Month: December 2010
The Wounded Knee Massacre: 120th Anniversary
The Sand Creek Massacre and the Washita Massacre both led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. The Sand Creek Massacre brought the realization that “the soldiers […]
So Many Stories
This is one a guy I know who lives in Albuquerque, told me. His name is Mark, but he has other ways of Mark to […]
The Bannock War
( – promoted by navajo) A casual reading of almost any book on American history-from popular accounts to textbooks to scholarly tomes-reveals that there have […]
A brief poem
I Am A River I am a river, I move Sometimes I have waves, I thrust! Things fall into me And sometimes I am done […]
Native American Spirituality: The Omaha Venerable Man
( – promoted by navajo) Among the Omaha there are two objects which are sacred to the tribe: Sacred Pole or Venerable Man and the […]
Marriage between Indians and Non-Indians
( – promoted by navajo) In 1808, President Thomas Jefferson told an Indian delegation who was visiting Washington: “You will unite yourselves with us and […]
Bad News for Indian Country: INDN’s List Closes
How does the American Indian improve his life today? If he’s not completely strapped down by the terrible conditions of most of our reservations he […]
American Indians and Museums
( – promoted by navajo) In 1842 an entrepreneur named P.T. Barnum opened the American Museum on Broadway in New York to entertain the public […]
The sad truth about New Jersey Indians
As a member of New Jersey’s Indigenous population I understand why the road to recognition of any form has been so arduous. Let’s take for […]