Boise Mayor Dave Bieter (D. ID) Received this e-mail today from Paulette Jordan’s (D. ID) gubernatorial campaign: Paulette Jordan (D. ID) This campaign has always been about you. As I travel the state and talk to Idahoans about education, healthcare and public lands, people are saying the same thing: It’s time for new leadership in … Continued
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https://www.google.com/search?q=american+indians+ignored&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvkNXF2_jWAhUV7GMKHaTXDE8Q_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=662#imgrc=K_PNgiqOu-12EM: Why is it that every time there is a hate crime or racism committed against American Indians – it doesn’t make national headlines, or get much attention? Why is that, would you please tell me why is that?? Is it guilt for one’s ancestors’ actions against indigenous people? I’ve seen that in comments and … Continued
The early nineteenth century was a period in which American Indians came into contact with non-Indian explorers and missionaries. Unlike the early explorers who simply passed through Indian territories and having relatively brief encounters with the Indians themselves (including sexual encounters), the missionaries came with the idea of actually living among the Indians. They often … Continued
Following the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn in which the American 7th Cavalry under the command of Lt. Col. George Custer attacked a peaceful camp of Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians which resulted in the massacre of the American troops, some of the Sioux bands fled north, seeking political asylum in Canada. Seeking … Continued
“Kola (friends). I am Frank Fools Crow, Chief of the Lakota and I am here today with Frank Kills Enemy, one of the most respected headmen and also an expert on Indian treaty rights. Before we begin, I would like to ask you why when we speak you do not listen, and when you listen, … Continued
Maine-Wabanaki REACH (Reconciliation-Engagement-Advocacy-Change-Healing) began as a collaboration of state and tribal child welfare workers who knew from their work together that children, families, and communities need truth, healing and change. — see logo ↓ below An activity in observance of our next Greater United States’ national holiday, Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 14 @ 3pm EDT/noon … Continued
The Salish-speaking First Nations whose aboriginal homelands included the Pacific coast area of present-day Washington and British Columbia have a long tradition of weaving. Weaving styles were owned by families and were passed down from mother to daughter or from grandmother to granddaughter. In an essay in Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native … Continued
For many people in the academic world, one of the major foundations of Native American literature was laid with the publication of The Surrounded in 1936. This novel, written by D’Arcy McNickle, was not the first novel written by an Indian nor was it particularly successful at the time. The book came out in the … Continued
The Cherokees, whose traditional name is Aniyvwiya (Real People), were a farming people whose aboriginal homeland spread across 40,000 square miles in the American Southeast. Following the creation of the United States, there was pressure on the Cherokees to remove themselves or be forcibly removed from this valuable farming land and to settle west of … Continued
