( – promoted by navajo) The United States has always been very good about promising things to Indians, particularly during the Treaty Era of the 1800s. When it comes to making good on these promises, particularly when they might cost money, it is a different matter. Traditionally, when Congress wants to cut the budget, one … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The Modoc homeland is the Tule Lake area on the border between California and Oregon. In 1873, the U.S. Army engaged a small band of Modoc under the leadership of Captain Jack in what has been called the Modoc War. There were many things which lead up to this war, … Continued
Cross Posted at Daily Kos Welcome to News from Native American Netroots, a Sunday evening series focused on indigenous tribes primarily in the United States and Canada but inclusive of international peoples also. A special thanks to our team for contributing the links that have been compiled here. Please provide your news links in the … Continued
I’ll start: Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., today ordered flags on the Navajo Nation to be flown at half-staff from June 3 through June 6 in honor and recognition of the late Navajo Code Talker Lemuel Bahe Yazzien of Whitecone, Ariz., who died Friday. [May 28, 2010] He was 91. He was born on … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) HB2929 has passed the Oklahoma House and Senate and may now be moving to the Governor’s office for his signature. It is a historic day for Indian education in Oklahoma. Well done, ALL!!!!! Now on to Governor Henry for signature. Please take a moment to call or message him with … Continued
Vanguard’s “Rape on the Reservation” premieres on Current TV on Wednesday, June 2 at 10/9c. One in three Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. Correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota where sexual assault and violence against women has escalated to murder. What happened to 19-year-old Marquita, and … Continued
Several months ago you donated thousands of dollars to help the Lakota on South Dakota reservations through an extremely harsh winter. You saved lives, thank you so much. I want to tell you more about the significance of Pine Ridge reservation. It is ground zero for American Indian issues. Below is a recent powerful presentation … Continued
( – promoted by oke) Cross Posted at DailyKos Welcome to News from Native American Netroots, a Sunday evening series focused on indigenous tribes primarily in the United States and Canada but inclusive of international peoples also. A special thanks to our team for contributing the links that have been compiled here. Please provide your … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) While the popular image of Plains Indians is that of the horse-mounted warrior and buffalo hunter, the horse as we know it today only came to this continent with the Europeans. It reached the Plains Indians and dramatically changed their ways of life several generations before the Americans invaded the … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) By the end of the nineteenth century, it was commonly believed by scholars, politicians, and the general public that Indians were destined to disappear. In the twentieth century, many scholars continue to write as those Indians did, in fact, disappear by the twentieth century. Since there weren’t supposed to be … Continued
