“We have been traveling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began.” Moxtaveto (Black Kettle) The intent to commit genocide at Washita is hidden in plain view, unless key elements are brought together. These are: that the Cheyenne were placed on land where they would starve while promises to avert … Continued
The city of Pittsburgh PA was once the center of the industrial world. But Pittsburgh was originally founded as a military fort, part of the struggle between two colonial powers to dominate the new world of North America. Blockhouse, Ft Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh By 1750, the continent of North America was divided between three European … Continued
Traditionally, Apache religious ceremonies focused on curing, hunting and gathering rituals, puberty ceremonies, and obtaining personal power and protection. While spiritual power is available to most people, spiritual leaders–usually called medicine men and medicine women–are people who have greater access to spiritual power than other people. Among the Apache groups, the Gans (gaans) or Mountain … Continued
The Northwest Coast culture area stretches along the Pacific coast between the Cascade Mountains and the ocean. It extends north of California to Alaska. This is an area which is the home to many Indian nations who traditionally based their economy on the use of sea coast and river ecological resources. The Northwest Coast culture … Continued
By email to subscribers this morning, the National Indian Health Board‘s Congressional Relations Associate, Bobby Ahern, reported: The FY 2019 President’s Budget Request for the Indian Health Service, proposes to eliminate funding for the Community Health Representative (CHR) Program and the Health Education program. In the coming weeks, National Indian Health Board (NIHB) will advocate … Continued
Senators Joe Manchin (D. WV) & Heidi Heitkamp (D. ND) Received this e-mail today from CREDO Action: Red state Democrats like Sens. Joe Donnelly, Claire McCaskill and John Tester have found their backbones and voiced their opposition to Brett Kavanaugh, but not Sens. Heidi Heitkamp or Joe Manchin.1 Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s brave, credible testimony … Continued
I want justice for what Tr*mp has done to land and to tribes he affected by his rampant ignorance and malice. “Nobody thought any politician would have the guts to approve that final leg and I just closed my eyes and said ‘Do It,’” Trump said on the banks of the Ohio River as he … Continued
For more than 10,000 years Indian people have lived adjacent to the Columbia River. The river provided them with countless salmon which they harvested with nets and spears. The annual salmon run provided Indians with a nutrient-rich food as well as a valued commodity for barter. It is estimated that the aboriginal salmon harvest along … Continued
One of the characteristic Peruvian pottery styles is the stirrup-spout bottle. This type of container features a closed body with a tubular handle in the shape of an up-ended U with a spout in the middle. In some instances, there are two spouts. The handle and spout resemble the stirrup on a European saddle and … Continued
In 1877 the United States army under the leadership of America’s Christian general, O.O. Howard, went to war against the Nez Perce. The five autonomous non-treaty Nez Perce bands selected Looking Glass, the leader of the Asotin band, as War Chief. Looking Glass, who had been born about 1823, took his father’s name and so … Continued
