Cierra Fields in Washington D.C. This I think is an impressive young woman who for many of her own reasons and as a member of the Oklahoma Cherokee Nation refused to be coerced into a pledge that she fundamentally disagrees with by a rather strident nationalist teacher. “After I said I was not going to … Continued
The Inuit are a Native American people whose homelands are in the Canadian Arctic. A special exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, Washington, featured The Inuit Art of Povungnituk. Povungnituk is a village on the eastern shores of Hudson Bay in Arctic Quebec. This artwork provides some insights into the … Continued
For thousands of years, American Indians used the asphalt from the tar seeps of Rancho La Brea in what is now Los Angeles, California, for many different things. The displays at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum show many of the Native uses of the tar and display some of the artifacts which archaeologists have … Continued
If the camp is evicted or raided, it will only hinder or stop the cleanup It’s raining and hailing hard at the Oceti Sakowin camp right now where the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux plus their allies having been protecting the precious water source, the Missouri River in North Dakota, from being compromised by … Continued
By the last quarter of the nineteenth century, most American Indian cultures had dramatically changed, and many Indian tribes ceased to exist. Many Americans, particularly politicians and academicians, were convinced that American Indians were a vanishing race and would be gone by the first part of the twentieth century. With this in mind, some scientists … Continued
By 1869, the Indian policies of the United States government were largely focused on reservations. It was generally felt that by confining Indians to small reservations out of the way of non-Indian settlement, Indians could be made into English-speaking, Christian farmers. Or they could become extinct. The well-known Indian-fighter General William T. Sherman once defined … Continued
In museums, textbooks, the popular media, and college classrooms, American Indians are often kept in the ghetto of the past. Displays of American Indian art often focus on the past both in terms of when the art was made and the images shown. Indian people did not disappear nor did they stop producing art at … Continued
There are some people in history that have impressed upon me that no matter where they came from..poverty and alcoholism…one can change their direction and become a voice for their people. Dennis Banks was such a man. Whilst in prison, he had a moment of clarity that changed his life. He decided he would devote … Continued
The Eastern Woodlands refers to the vast area in North America which is basically east of the Mississippi River. Anthropologists generally divide this area into two major culture areas: the Northeastern Woodlands and the Southeastern Woodlands. The shaded area on the map shown above shows the Woodlands culture area. The Maryhill Museum of Art near … Continued
#NoDAPL TV Spot Exposes Discrimination and Hypocrisy in Moving of Dakota Access Route YouTube Video To our netroots relatives: We want you to know that, despite the raids clearing the frontline camps, our movement to stop the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t over by a long shot. Oil has not yet begun to flow, and new … Continued
