Everything Amerindian
Aaron Carapella, a self-taught mapmaker in Warner, Okla., has pinpointed the locations and original names of hundreds of American Indian nations before their first contact with Europeans. As a teenager, Carapella says he could never get his hands on a continental U.S. map like this, depicting mor…
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Nanye-hi, or Nancy Ward was apart of the Cherokee Nation and lived in the area now known as Eastern Tennessee. Having been born in 1738, Nanye-hi grew up in the time of European colonialism and war… See on ndnimpact.wordpress.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “The singer was born Cherilyn Sarkisian. Her Mother, Jackie Jean Crouch is of Cherokee, English and German descent and her father is of Armenian Descent. Her father, John Sarkisian was an Armenian refugee who worked as a truck driver in the US” See on nativeamericanencyclopedia.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations RT @CherokeeNation: Our prayers with the family of Frank Squirrel, who proudly served on our Color Guard, pic far left. He passed Tues. http://t.co/gQyPbiyygd See on twitter.com
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