Native Americans
First Nations News & Views: Weaving a Stronger Future
Welcome to First Nations News & Views. This weekly series is one element in the “Invisible Indians” project put together by Meteor Blades and me, […]
Native Americans
The Wounded Knee Massacre: 121st Anniversary
( – promoted by navajo) The Sand Creek Massacre and the Washita Massacre both led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. The Sand Creek Massacre brought […]
North Dakota U Dumps Fighting Sioux Mascot. Can We Finally Get Rid of ‘Prairie RedSkins,’ Too?
( – promoted by navajo) What does the epithet “Prairie RedSkins” have to do with the controversy around the University of North Dakota’s mascot, the […]
Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part V (Termination Era, 1954-1986)
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey Don’t worry if you missed previous installments. This diary will serve as a stand-alone and as […]
“marrying land & people to Jehovah”
( – promoted by navajo) What’s the main point? Denials Of The Genocide Of Native Americans There are many other examples of denial by perpetrators […]
147th Anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre of Nov. 29th, 1864
Chief Black Kettle: I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we […]
Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part IV
In case you missed anything… Part I describes the first generation of Modoc people to contact European-Americans, and the slow war in the Klamath Basin […]
Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part III
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey The Battle of Lost River In Part II, I had concluded with the Third Generation’s great […]
Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part II
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey Ethnography Prior to contact, the Modoc people inhabited an area approximately 5,000 square miles in southern […]