If you’re wondering, “Who are those famous people who have a Native American heritage?“, then it’s time to find out. You may be a Native American woman who wants to know what celebrities have the same native heritage, or you may just be curious about what famous people belong to this beautiful and deeply rooted … Continued
Native Americans in the U.S. have a history that dates back thousands of years to the latter part of the Late Pleistocene period (we’re talking about the time between circa 129,000 and 11,700 years ago), when it is believed that the Paleo-Indians first arrived in the Americas. Of course, there is still debate about exactly … Continued
Muskogean was the most important language family of the Native American Southeastern Culture Area. In her introduction to Florida Place Names of Indian Origin and Seminole Personal Names, Patricia Riles Wickman writes: “We shall never know with any certainty how many dialects derived from this mother tongue and from the social template that contained an … Continued
The Maryhill Museum located near Goldendale, Washington, has a display of Plateau stone artifacts. The Plateau Culture Area is the area between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountains in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, and Western Montana. From north to south it runs from the Fraser River in the north to the Blue Mountains … Continued
Miguel Trujillo of Isleta Pueblo and his daughter. Trujillo, a World War II veteran, successfully battled state authorities in 1948 for his right to vote in New Mexico nearly a quarter century after Congress extended citizenship to all Indians. Efforts to suppress the Native vote continue today in several states. Vote-by-mail has made it much … Continued
When the Spanish explorer Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo arrived in what was to become Los Angeles in 1542, his ship anchored off Santa Catalina Island where it was greeted by a large canoe filled with Indian people who called themselves kumi.vit, and who would later be identified as the Gabreleño/Gabrielino-Tongva. The Gabreleño-Tongva occupied the area as … Continued
It is unfortunate that on a daily basis, there are stories about terrible things members of Republican leadership are doing to America. Today, instead of writing about those doing the wrong thing, I think it is time we throw some praise toward our Democratic legislators who are doing the right thing and representing all of … Continued
When on October 9th the US Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a 2103 North Dakota voter ID law disenfranchising thousands of voters living on reservations, I felt compelled to act. Regardless of party, all Americans should agree everyone has the right to vote. In 2012 North Dakota elected Democratic US Senator Heidi … Continued
One of the characteristics of American culture is an obsession with private property. The idea of holding land in common, as was the practice of Indian nations, was seen as uncivilized, un-Christian, and a barrier to civilization. The policies of the American government with regard to Indian nations were generally based on socioreligious concepts rather … Continued
Kevin Killer is a former state legislator in South Dakota and a senior fellow at Prism. Hau Mitakuyapi! (Hello my relatives!) Please allow me to introduce myself as a new Prism fellow. I recently completed 10 years in the South Dakota legislature and have been in politics for the past 14 years. In the majority … Continued
