My stepfather’s brother died with other Marines on the beach at Guadacanal during World War II. My best high school friend was killed in the early days of the Vietnam War. These men will be honored at next Monday’s Memorial Day ceremonies along with nearly a million of their soldier, sailor, marine, coast guard and … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) This is an attempt, by using the Eight Stages of Genocide by Gregory H. Stanton, to show how climate change is a human rights issue in our own backyard. The Inuit in Alaska are the “canary in the coal mine,” while the rising sea levels from the melting Arctic ice … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Cross posted at Daily Kos. Barack Obama was formally adopted into the Crow Nation today — and given the name “One Who Helps People Throughout the Land.” I was shocked (although I shouldn’t have been) to learn that he is the first presidential candidate who has ever visited the reservation … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Kevin Woster: Many years ago, the federal courts ruled that the Black Hills of western South Dakota had been taken illegally from the American Indian tribes – As governor, would you consider transferring Bear Butte State Park land and management to a consortium of American Indian Tribes as a gesture … Continued
Yes, THAT Governor Schweitzer; he just sent me an email about his efforts to abate the bison “management” problem in Yellowstone – follow me after the jump. We’ve known for some time that bison who strayed out of the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park have been subject to removal, even slaughter, because of rancher’s fears … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) I just got an email from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names: This is to inform you… More: Here’s the full text: This is to inform you that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, at its April 10, 2008 meeting, approved the proposal to change officially the name of Squaw … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) I drive home from having been with the Earth Mother for any length of time and feel clarity about our artificial environment. The longer I’ve been with her, the more profound the clarity is. I stare straight in the face of “progress” as phone lines, gas stations, and eventually the … Continued
I am currently in Nursing School and I am doing a project on Cultural Diversity in Healthcare. If any Native American female or male could post the answers to the following questions below & state what tribe they belong to I would GREATLY appreciate it! 1) Have you or anyone you know received care in … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) http://digilander.libero.it/Bo… Historical revisionists of American Indian history portray indigenous people being as violent as white Europeans were before they arrived on this continent and after settlement. Consequently, HBO’s “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” was no exception in the scene with Sitting Bull and Col Nelson Miles on the Buffalo … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Free urges Oklahoma Indians to exercise power Kalyn Free, the founder and president of the Indigenous Democrat Network, says Oklahoma Indians need to exercise their political clout. – snip – But Free, a member of the Choctaw Nation, says Oklahoma tribes aren’t doing enough to wield their political power. She … Continued
