During the twentieth century, the United States viewed large hydroelectric dams as signs of progress, and as symbols of American technological superiority and modernity. In 1932, the Army Corps of Engineers submitted a 2,000 page report which called for the construction of 10 large dams on the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington. The report … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) World War II changed both the Indians and the reservation. Following the war, veterans returned to their reservations. In many cases they returned as warriors, victorious warriors, and unwilling to accept the secondary status assigned to them by the larger society. They faced discrimination in housing, employment, education, land rights, … Continued
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As summer vacation is coming to a close and the new school year right around the corner we here at RezHeadz Ent. are gearing up for the 2010 Rezolution “Back 2 School” tour, and what better way to get your students excited and motivated to learn. Smoke’s energetic presentations were created to inspire Leadership, Self … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Source The Forgotten People invite you to a press conference at the Veterans Park in Window Rock on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM (DST) to announce filing a major lawsuit to get answers about the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund monies to benefit the victims and survivors of the … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Weekly Podcasts on RezKast.com, from the heart of the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation in Northern Idaho. This weeks Hnqhesti’lshn segment of St’im khwe ‘i’ytspu’s minm is up! http://www.rezkast.com/music.p… This week Chanda Heer along with Sharilyn Kidder of the BMC talk about the importance of immunization… And we talk to Bernie … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) There has been a lot of talk recently by politicians, reporters, pundits, legal scholars, and others about the Fourteenth Amendment and citizenship. There is, as usual, a great lack of awareness of what this amendment has meant to American Indians. Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution states … Continued
In northeastern Kentucky, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, and western West Virginia, the culture which archaeologists call Fort Ancient flourished from 1000 CE to 1700 CE. Some archaeologists feel that the Fort Ancient people are ancestral to the Pawnee. The Fort Ancient people developed and sustained a way of life based on maize agriculture. They supplemented … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Beginning in 1999, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM, founded the Native Eyes Project to provide a new approach to online tertiary education in indigenous studies. By 2007 eight online courses were on offer by this well known tribal college Taught from an interdisciplinary and liberal … Continued
Throughout the United States, public school students usually have very little exposure to American Indian histories and cultures. Montana may be the exception. In Montana, all students in all grades and in all subjects are to be exposed to information about Montana’s Indian nations. This all started when the state adopted a new constitution in … Continued
