( – promoted by navajo) The aboriginal Taíno name for the island that is today called Puerto Rico is Borinquen and thus people from the island are Boricuas. While the Taínos were the dominant aboriginal group on the island when the Spanish arrived in 1493, they only arrived on the island in the seventh century. … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) In response to an earlier diary on American Indians as slaves, one reader asked what happened to the Indians who had been taken to Europe. While most died in Europe, often from unfamiliar diseases, there were a few who returned to their people in North America. This is the story … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Mr. Olbermann, I was pretty exhausted from moving again for the third time in six months for good reasons, although I had to sweep a few streets till I got the job I moved for. Pictures weren’t hung up yet when this racial utterance came out of Steele’s mouth. Normally … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) At the beginning of the European Age of Discovery in the sixteenth century, Europeans knew that all human beings had originally come out of the Garden of Eden and that this Garden of Eden was located at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present-day Iraq. They knew … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) It is estimated that there were between 250 and 400 distinct American Indian languages were being spoken in what is now the United States and Canada at the time of first contact with Europeans. By the 1960s, there were 175 Indian languages still being spoken north of Mexico. Of these … Continued
I am a college student and I am trying to work on my final essay in my Comp II class. I am trying to find opinions from Native People on how, if any, differences exist between light skinned natives and dark skinned natives. I would great appreciate your thoughts and opinions on this topic that … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) During the first part of the twentieth century, American Indians were granted citizenship by Congressional action on several different occasions. While citizenship is often felt to be associated with the right to vote, this has not always been the case with regard to Indians. The right to vote is a … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) A treaty is simply an agreement between two sovereign nations. In the American political system, a treaty involves three basic steps: (1) First, there is negotiation. Representatives from the U.S. government meet with representatives of the other governments, discuss mutual concerns, and arrive at some sort of agreement. (2) This … Continued
New to this, non-Native, maybe. I’m one of “those people” with reported but unverified Native ancestry; that’s why I’m a family historian. Anyway, just watched the DVD of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee last night. Scene 3 in the menu – Cedar Creek, Sitting Bull, Gall and others are overlooking the arrival of Col. … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) At the time of first European contact, California had the widest variety of Native American languages and cultures in North America: there were more than 100 languages, making it the most linguistically diverse area in North America. We don’t know exactly how many tribes there were in California prior to … Continued
