With the new standards recently adopted by the Texas Board of Education which appear to emphasize the historical accomplishments of English-speaking Christians, I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the forgotten (or at least ignored) history of Texas: the relationship between the short-lived Republic of Texas and some of the Indian … Continued
Please post your news items in the comments. Thanx. I’ll start: http://indian.senate.gov/publi… “OVERSIGHT HEARING on The Preventable Epidemic: Youth Suicides and the Urgent Need for Mental Health Care Resources in Indian Country” From the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:30 AM [from translatorpro] Program aims to find American Indian victims … Continued
Welcome to News from Native American Netroots, a weekly series focused on indigenous tribes primarily in the United States and Canada, but inclusive of international peoples also. Our format will be evolving and our focus of coverage will broaden as the series develops. News from Native American Netroots is unique as a news digest … Continued
This is the fourth diary in what was supposed to have been a three-part series on the Dark Ages of American Indian Religious Freedom. For the past five centuries, American Indians have had their religions suppressed (sometimes brutally and violently) and denied. With the formation of the United States and the adoption of the Bill … Continued
Seventeenth century life under Spanish rule was not pleasant for the Pueblos in New Mexico. The Franciscans attempted to brutally suppress all vestiges of Native American religion: they burned religious paraphernalia, they whipped religious leaders, and they destroyed the kivas (underground ceremonial chambers). In 1680, the Pueblo spiritual leader Popé led a revolt against the … Continued
The Columbia Plateau is an area that stretches from the Rocky Mountains to the east to the Cascade Mountains to the west. It is cut by the Columbia River. For thousands of years, many different Indian nations have lived in this area, many using the Columbia River to provide them with fish. While there are … Continued
I sent Autumn Two Bulls a message asking how many suicides on Pine Ridge in the last 6 months. I noticed yesterday that Cornell University had a front page story in The New York Times after three suicides on their campus. All young people at risk for suicide deserve help love and suppport. But why … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) In 1987, the United States Senate passed a resolution which acknowledged the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the United States Constitution. Furthermore, the resolution acknowledged the historical debt which the United States owes to the Iroquois Confederacy and to other Indian nations for the … Continued
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( – promoted by navajo) The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry. –attributed to the Omaha It can be said, alternately, that the hungry bird cannot fly as far or hunt as successfully as the bird who has already been fed. (Crossposted at Dailykos) The larger picture When it … Continued
