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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations As Told By LaDonna Brown To find their homeland, the Chickasaws and Choctaws migrated across the continent. They prayed each night for direction. A force manifested in the Leaning Pole indicated which path to follow. Two brothers led the procession and the two tribes didn’t part until they reached the Mississippi River. See
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Someone was cleaning out their files and offered a pension application to anyone interested. Since it related to the “Cherokee Disturbance” and since no one else stepped up, I asked for the applic… See on nativeheritageproject.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations The park ranger says “There’s a 50% chance that they’re right” regarding their claim to the land. 50% chance huh? according to who? See on www.youtube.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations The complete genome has recently been sequenced from 4 year old Russian boy who died 24,000 years ago near Lake Baikal in a location called Mal’ta, the area in Asia believed to be the origin of the… See on nativeheritageproject.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Location: Near the centre of North America, in the Black Hills of the American state of South Dakota. The Black Hills are sacred to the Sioux. The American government in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie said the Sioux would have the mountains forever. Forever lasted eight years: whites discovered gold and the government
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Note: The following is based completely on statements and works by Native Americans. Most of it is cut and pasted from the words of Russell Means, Jack D. Forbes, Devon A. Mihesuah, James Collins a… See on abagond.wordpress.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations It’s time to recognize Native Indians’ rights in the face of their ongoing struggle. See on truth-out.org
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Our friends at Abroad in the Yard wrote an interesting article back in December 2011 about Modern Faces and Ancient Migrations. As you’re probably aware, the migration of people, their ethnicity an… See on nativeheritageproject.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Kahsatstenhsera gah-sad-sdanh-se-ra is a Kanienkeha:ka (Mohawk) word that means Strength in Unity. This short documentary details contemporary Indigenous resistance to tar sands pipeline expansion, in particular the Line 9 and Energy East pipelines, which threaten the health of our territories in the northeast of Turtle Island. It includes the voices and perspectives of Dene,
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “Since the federal government first assumed control over First Nation education, First Nations have suffered poor educational outcomes. During the residential school era, federal control over First Nation education meant a very real chance of starvation, torture, abuse, medical experimentation, beatings and death for the students. Upwards of 40 per cent of the children
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