Pueblo Weaving

February 26, 2012 admin 0

For more than a thousand years, American Indian agriculturalists have been living in villages in what is now Arizona and New Mexico. When the Spanish […]

Justice Denied in the 1870s

Justice Denied in the 1870s

February 19, 2012 admin 0

Equal protection under the law is a legal and social concept which has often not been viewed as applicable to American Indians.  During much of […]

Navajo Sandpaintings

January 9, 2012 admin 0

Most Navajo ceremonies are focused on health: on healing someone who is ill or on maintaining health. Navajo ceremonies, often referred to as “sings” or […]

One Hundred Years Ago: 1912

January 2, 2012 admin 0

During the nineteenth century, academics, politicians, teachers, historians, and the general public knew that Americans Indians were a vanishing race, destined to disappear before the […]

The War Against the Yavapai

The War Against the Yavapai

December 31, 2011 admin 1

In 1865, some drunken American squatters murdered Pai headman Anasa. In retaliation, Pai raiders attacked several wagon trains, ran off livestock, and shut down the […]

William Potter Ross

The Indian Journal

December 24, 2011 admin 0

The media has never been fair and balanced when it comes to serving Indian people and reporting on events which impact Indian lives. Many Indian […]