( – promoted by navajo) The struggle of African-Americans to obtain the right to vote has been well documented, but the struggle for American Indian voting rights is less well-known and more complex. The voting rights battles fought by the Eastern Cherokee in North Carolina provide one aspect of this battle. General Background: Toward … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Ten thousand years ago, Native American people in what is now Utah had a lifeway that was centered around a pattern of seasonal wandering, the hunting of animals, and the gathering of plants. Human habitations at this time tended to cluster around lakes. Native American groups were surviving and prospering … Continued
Via Brenda Norrell at CENSORED NEWS How the lives of women occupying Alcatraz were changed. Film trailer 2010. Filmmaker Miho Aida plans to finish this documentary in the spring of 2011.
( – promoted by navajo) I live in rural Rio Arriba County in the mountains of northern New Mexico. While my community covers a geographic area the size of Massachusetts, there are only 40,000 residents. Seventy percent are Hispanics who arrived in New Mexico in the 17th century. Eighteen percent are Native Americans: two pueblos … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The Plateau Culture Area is the region which extends east from the Cascade Mountains in Washington to the Rocky Mountains in Montana. It extends from the Fraser River in British Columbia to the Blue Mountains in Oregon. The Indian tribes which inhabited this area have historic and cultural ties with … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) When John Rollin Ridge died in 1867 he was eulogized as one of California’s great poets and political commentator. To understand his life and what motivated him, we must start by looking at his parents: John Ridge and Sarah Bird Northrup. In the early 1800s, the Cherokee were borrowing many … Continued
Cross-posted at Daily Kos I’d like to give you small update on our recent request for propane help. This past Friday I posted a familiar diary to many of you asking you to call the propane companies directly and help pay for propane for Lakota families on Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations. You made more … Continued
Cross-posted at Daily Kos So the big news is that a blizzard has hit the Dakotas and a huge 100 car pile up occurred near Fargo. What doesn’t get reported, as usual are the Lakotas who live in dismal conditions to begin with and struggle every day to survive. It is especially hard during the … Continued
I would like to know if there are any tribes in the US or Canada that are still living a traditional Native American lifestyle or close to it.
The entire top floor of a very tall building in San Francisco is a grand apartment with gleaming stone and metal columns. The place is lush yet comfortable and simple with few perfectly beautiful and functional things. A banquet table is set on the west side of the suite filled to overflowing with the finest … Continued
