Nope. Nope. Nope. Atlanta fans didn’t find a foam tomahawk on their seats at Game 5 of the National League Division Series game against the St. Louis Cardinals, a decision the ballclub announced shortly before the game. The change came days after comments from Cardinals pitcher Ryan Helsley, who is Cherokee. Helsley expressed his surprise … Continued
Chief Pretty Nose, Cheyenne, 1878. https://imgur.com/gallery/CFggo Yesterday, November 24, 2017, the day after Thanksgiving, was celebrated as Native American Heritage Day. The month of November is generally designated as Native American Heritage Month. According to www.census.gov/…, the first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. Red Fox James, a member of … Continued
Nez Perce captives in 1877. On June 16, 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant issued an executive order barring white settlers from claiming title to northeast Oregon’s Wallowa Valley. This was the traditional turf of one band of the Nez Perce (Nimi’ipuu) tribe. The executive order was needed because Nez Perce bands who didn’t live in … Continued
Not this time, GOP. Last week, the Supreme Court delivered a major defeat for Native American voting rights in North Dakota when it allowed the implementation of a Republican-backed voter ID law. In order to vote, the law requires documentation of a residential address. Native Americans living on reservations often don’t have residential addresses because … Continued
Kickapoo women around 1900. Nearly 125 years ago, on May 23, 1895, the smallest and last federally-approved land rush in Oklahoma Territory got under way as “surplus lands” of the Kickapoo were thrown open for settlers to homestead. That rip-off had begun in 1889. The Kickapoo had fled their homeland in southwestern Wisconsin after the … 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
Maine-Wabanaki REACH (Reconciliation-Engagement-Advocacy-Change-Healing) began as a collaboration of state and tribal child welfare workers who knew from their work together that children, families, and communities need truth, healing and change. — see logo ↓ below An activity in observance of our next Greater United States’ national holiday, Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 14 @ 3pm EDT/noon … Continued
