( – promoted by navajo) Why might “Change and Hope for American Indians start with Peltier’s Freedom?” First, let’s review three examples of what needs to be changed: Blackwater’s questionable involvement with Bear Butte, Alex White Plume having been disallowed to grow Hemp, and Michael Rost’s encroachment on Tribal Lands. Many more examples could be … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) I’ll have a Big Mac, fries, and a medium Dr. Pepper. Source Custer rides again, although he’s atop a plastic motorcycle and in a McDonald’s Happy Meal box. My wife wants chicken McNuggets and a Coke. The 140th Anniversary of the Washita Massacre of Nov. 27, 1868 The Cheyenne women … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Chief Leonard Crow Dog: My Relatives, Long, long time I come here – and during those trials. Now I’m 68 years old, can hardly walk, can hardly sing. Oh before I go, I want Leonard to be free. I am neither going to elaborate on Chief Leonard Crow Dog’s words, … Continued
I’m a member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon. I’m also a member of the Native American Journalists Association. I was notified yesterday that I’m being sued in Tribal Court by two members of the Siletz Tribe’s Election Board for statements I made during my 2009 campaign for Tribal Council. Specifically, I … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) There’s a reason Kevin Annett has a petition stating, “apparent refusal to investigate suspected crime sites related to the mass burials of children who died in Indian residential schools.” http://feminismfriday.wordpres… The child was touched without permission, during this time the assailant was holding what we can easily refer to as … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Why say “Dead Warrior Creek,” when racism fuels cultural hegemony so well? Source The official name now is Dead Warrior Lake, ending for some a controversy over the lake’s name that has been going on for almost a decade. – snip – The first settlers in the area came up … Continued
(Comment by navajo: Feel free to keep your posts simple also. Just text diaries are excellent. Don’t feel the need to post images or embed video. Those are wonderful but not necessary. Thank you winter rabbit for these instructions. You are a master at diaries. – promoted by navajo) The title of this is how … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) My friend and spirit brother, Albert Gray Eagle, needs an author. [email protected] [email protected] Albert Gray Eagle is a noted flute artist and performer who is skilled in the craft of making traditional flutes along with regional forms of creative writing. Residencies with Gray Eagle may include the art of flute … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The goodwill expressions of two hundred Netroots Nation attendees have been stitched into a star – and a few more Native American bloggers who were not in attendance will add their names to the background sky. As you know, this particular quilt is intended to benefit a Native American cause, … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The sterilizations of indigenous women were covert means of the continuation of the extermination policy against the Indian Nations. At least three indigenous generations from 3,406 women are not in existence now as the result. The sterilizations were not unintentional or negligible. They were genocide. What would the indigenous culture … Continued
