Cross Posted at DailyKos Welcome to News from Native American Netroots, a Sunday evening series focused on indigenous tribes primarily in the United States and Canada but inclusive of international peoples also. A special thanks to our team for contributing the links that have been compiled here. Please provide your news links in the comments … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) As with American Indians in other areas, the Northern California Indians traditionally viewed human beings, plants, animals, and objects as living things-“people”-who were basically equals. The relationship between human beings and animals, for example, was not one of exploitation but of reciprocity. Human beings respected the animal people and performed … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Religious traditions which are based on animism-the view that all things are alive and have souls-tend to have sacred places that are natural rather than being made by human beings. Instead of building churches, animists tend to use special places in the natural landscape as portals to the spiritual world. … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Following World War II, many American politicians wanted to end the federal relationship with Indian nations. They cited the cost of maintaining treaty obligations at a time when the United States was committed to rebuild the war-torn economies of Germany and Japan. The money which had been going to Indian … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The federal election voter guide is now available in the four most commonly spoken Native American/Alaska Native languages: Cherokee, Dakota, Navajo and Yup’ik. These languages are spoken by about 220,500 Americans. Native American Languages: Five centuries ago, there were more than 500 distinct Native American languages spoken in North America. … Continued
In 1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry brought the American Navy to Japan and forced Japan to end its policy of isolation from the rest of the world. In the negotiations, the Japanese government had interpreters who spoke English. Since Japan had isolated itself from the rest of the world and had barred foreigners from their … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Mitakuyepi When we talk about healing, as Native people or think about it. It can be over whelming at times. Because, we think as a whole Nation not as an individual. The healing process for a Nation is great work. We began to say where do we start? How do … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Chief Ron Yonaguska Holloway met with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, James Anaya on April 23, after giving a speech at the UN on April 20 regarding his case. http://www.nativeamericannetro… In that speech, it was revealed that this is the first time that a state in the … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has released a report which looks at the roots of the Christian domination over indigenous peoples. Forum member Gonnella Frichner, an attorney and member of the Onondaga Nation, indicated: The first thing indigenous peoples share is the experience of having been invaded … Continued
One of the major American events during the nineteenth century was the Civil War. This war, which lasted from 1861 to 1865 and caused 620,000 soldier deaths, divided the United States into two warring factions: the Union and the Confederacy. The Civil War not only divided the Americans, but also the Indians, particularly those living … Continued
