Militarized officers forcing Water Protectors out of their Inipi Ceremony (sweat lodge) and confiscating “Sacred and cultural items, such as eagle-feather staffs and prayer drums” is Cultural Genocide. (This is reposted due to the recent news regarding the Executive Order) www.newyorkupstate.com/… “Richmond said the authorities told everyone to disperse. The water protectors asked officers for … Continued
https://www.google.com/search?q=native+americans+health+care&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPj-PIjePUAhUizIMKHUrsDrUQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=662#imgrc=atxzgZS-ayjnyM: When I explain tribal sovereignty to people and how it actually is applied, I say “when it’s good for the government to respect tribal sovereignty, they respect tribal sovereignty. And when it’s not good for the government to respect tribal sovereignty, they don’t respect tribal sovereignty.” The federal government’s failure to provide easily accessible … Continued
The Salish language family is found on the Northwest Coast and in the Columbia Plateau. Salish is generally felt to have great antiquity in the Northwest Coast. Salish-speakers were the earliest settlers in the Fraser River area of British Columbia. Linguists estimate that this language family may be 6,000 years old, although some feel it … Continued
During the nineteenth century, the United States had attempted to settle all Indians on well-defined reservations on lands deemed unsuitable for non-Indian development. Here Indians were to remain until they became extinct or had fully assimilated into the Christian American lifestyle. By the end of the nineteenth century, the government began the process of dismantling … Continued
Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), who called overwhelmingly peaceful #NoDAPL protesters “violent,” has been named the new chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The incoming Republican-controlled Senate has named John Hoeven, a staunch proponent of the highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, as the new chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. “I am … Continued
In 1719, the French were continuing their exploration of North America. Historian William Eccles, in his chapter in North American Exploration. Volume 2: A Continent Defined, explains: “In the eighteenth century the French had four main aims in their thrust into the Far West: to discover new supplies of furs; to find new tribes to … Continued
When Ulysses S. Grant became President of the United States in 1869, the Indian Office (also known as the Indian Service, and the Indian Bureau) was generally seen as the most corrupt branch of the American government. The Office of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior was headed by the Commissioner of Indian … Continued
What happened inside of the walls of the Indian Boarding School that was to the right here? Let’s look to history for some feasible answers. (all bold mine) RICHARD PRATT — “KILL THE INDIAN, SAVE THE MAN” The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Forum As we have taken into our national family … Continued
Indians, according to the non-Indian social philosophers, bureaucrats, and politicians of the nineteenth century, were going to simply disappear by the end of the century or in the early twentieth century. Many history books about Indians stop their stories at the end of the nineteenth century adding to the illusion that Indians somewhat stopped being … Continued
Boise Mayor Dave Bieter (D. ID) Received this e-mail today from Paulette Jordan’s (D. ID) gubernatorial campaign: Paulette Jordan (D. ID) This campaign has always been about you. As I travel the state and talk to Idahoans about education, healthcare and public lands, people are saying the same thing: It’s time for new leadership in … Continued
