( – promoted by navajo) (Navajo invited me to cross post this from Daily Kos.) A lot of people are aware of the many abject problems Native American’s face- rampant poverty, diabetes, environmental degradation to name a few. The current social problems are not isolated from the past several hundred years of colonalism & imperialism, … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) October: For most Cherokee, the “Trail of Tears” begins. http://s26.photobuck… The Legend of the Cherokee Rose. SOURCE No better symbol exists of the pain and suffering of the Trail Where They Cried than the Cherokee Rose(pictured at top of page). The mothers of the Cherokee grieved so much that the … Continued
I was a believer in Native American ways from the time I was 6 years old, growing up in Germany, when I first read about Native American culture, via an author – Karl May – a German who had never even been to the United States, but who wrote books honoring Native Americans, against all … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Christopher Columbus: The Christian Crusades had ended in 1291, the Black Death had been deliberately blamed on innocent Jews who said what their Christian torturers forced them to, that they poisoned water wells, causing the Black Death. Of course, the real cause was in the stomachs of fleas, not planetary … Continued
Seventeen lives were lost in the Washita Flood of 1934, that brought about the flood prevention system for the surrounding area.Little known is this flood with its impact and death toll. Less known than that is the Cheyenne Arapaho band that escaped that flood and why they survived. Nearly completely unknown is the short … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) A Canadian company has the legal right to condemn land for a crude-oil pipeline through the eastern part of the state (South Dakota in this case) – Custer’s method of attack was a four front attack at dawn on sleeping villages. It seems an extreme comparison to make, even irresponsible. … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) “Few opinions that I will express” are more certain that Michael Medved denies genocide. No, it is not an opinion, he literally denies genocide. Reject the Lie of White “Genocide” Against Native Americans Few opinions I’ve expressed on air have produced a more indignant, outraged reaction than my repeated insistence … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) (Correction: it was/is an American developer, not an American company. Plus, a new character) I think this is a case in point of why the Neoconservative forces in the U.S. and in Canada de-affirmed the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Final update is at the end. Manifest … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will be voted on September 13th. Here’s a petition for it, please sign it. “We reaffirm our commitment to continue making progress in the advancement of the human rights of the world’s indigenous peoples at the local, national, regional and international … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Source Department of Justice officials have quietly opposed Native Hawaiian self-determination but the administration didn’t outright come out against the recognition bill until last fall. – snip – The anti-Hawaiian campaign has since been extended to urban Indians, lineal Indian descendants and certain Alaska Natives. In testimony to the Senate … Continued
