( – promoted by navajo) I just got an email from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names: This is to inform you… More: Here’s the full text: This is to inform you that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, at its April 10, 2008 meeting, approved the proposal to change officially the name of Squaw … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) I drive home from having been with the Earth Mother for any length of time and feel clarity about our artificial environment. The longer I’ve been with her, the more profound the clarity is. I stare straight in the face of “progress” as phone lines, gas stations, and eventually the … Continued
I am currently in Nursing School and I am doing a project on Cultural Diversity in Healthcare. If any Native American female or male could post the answers to the following questions below & state what tribe they belong to I would GREATLY appreciate it! 1) Have you or anyone you know received care in … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) http://digilander.libero.it/Bo… Historical revisionists of American Indian history portray indigenous people being as violent as white Europeans were before they arrived on this continent and after settlement. Consequently, HBO’s “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” was no exception in the scene with Sitting Bull and Col Nelson Miles on the Buffalo … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Free urges Oklahoma Indians to exercise power Kalyn Free, the founder and president of the Indigenous Democrat Network, says Oklahoma Indians need to exercise their political clout. – snip – But Free, a member of the Choctaw Nation, says Oklahoma tribes aren’t doing enough to wield their political power. She … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlarge The first Native American group encountered by Christopher Columbus were the Island Arawaks (more properly called the Taino) of Boriquen (Puerto Rico), the (Quisqueya) of the Dominican Republic, and the Cubanacan (of Cuba). It has been … Continued
( – promoted by SarahLee) With 4.5 million Native Americans in the U.S., both Clinton and Obama need the Native American vote in some key states, and are therefore courting votes. A while back, I diaried their policy proposals. Both were good, but I found Obama’s more comprehensive. Now, Obama has come out with a … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) …Among the Courts’ cases, 240 of 375 recognized American Indian treaties have been cited 992 times in 342 opinions between the years 1884 and 2004. Source ARTICLE VI This Constitution, and Laws of the United States which shall be made Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be … Continued
In a nutshell, because of a billing dispute, Internet service is likely to be shut off Monday for the whole Navajo Nation. There’s more… (For brevity, I’m excerpting from the referenced article without comment.) The thousands of Navajo Nation residents who rely on the Internet to work, study and communicate across their 27,000-square-mile reservation will … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Dr. Blair Rudes was a linguist & scholar of American Indian languages from UNC Charlotte. He died at the age of 57 from a heart attack. Word has spread slowly about the death last month of Dr. Blair Rudes. The linguist and renowned translator of American Indian languages died … Continued
