The Potlatch

The Potlatch

August 13, 2010 admin 0

( – promoted by navajo) One of the cultural features of the Northwest Coast First Nations’ cultures is the potlatch. The Europeans, and particularly the […]

Wounded Knee: A Book Review

August 10, 2010 admin 0

( – promoted by oke) There are perhaps three major military conflicts between American Indians and the American military which have entered into popular culture […]

Kokopelli

August 9, 2010 admin 1

( – promoted by navajo) Throughout the Southwest, a figure known as Kokopelli appeared on rock art: pictographs (painted) and petroglyphs (carved). Later, the Kokopelli […]

NAGPRA

Federal Agencies and NAGPRA

August 8, 2010 admin 0

( – promoted by navajo) After decades of struggles by Native American tribal governments and individual Indians, in 1990 Congress passed the Native American Graves […]

Dam Indians: The Columbia River

Dam Indians: The Columbia River

August 8, 2010 admin 0

During the twentieth century, the United States viewed large hydroelectric dams as signs of progress, and as symbols of American technological superiority and modernity. In […]