Everything Amerindian
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Beginning with the Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee intertwines the unique perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastman (Adam Beach), né Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation; Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg), the proud Lakota
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Dr. Charles Eastman, a Dakota, hears reports of a battle. Despite a blizzard and Army efforts to delay him, three days later he arrives with 85 Lakotas and 10 to 15 white civilians who plan to bury the dead at Wounded Knee. Although he had been told that the incident was a battle, Eastman
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations In the early hours of Feb 26 1860 the Whites began their 2 day massacre (up to 5 days by other accounts) on at least 12 CA Indian sites. Dulawat village on Indian Island, on the lower Eel River, at least two locations on the South Spit, at Table Bluff, in the Fortuna area, in the Rio Dell
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations To download the film in HD, burn your own DVD, or order a free copy of the DVD, visit http://www.dakota38.com/ . In honoring honor native traditions surrounding ceremonies, we are screening and distributing “Dakota 38” as a gift rather than for sale. In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran,
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations NEW ULM – On horseback, bundled against the cold, a band of riders passed near New Ulm Tuesday, one day away from arriving in Mankato to commemorate one of the saddest, angriest moments in Minnesota’s history. The Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride originated in Lower Brule, S.D., has been making its way across
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Radio-BED sits down with Crow and Sacheen of Ancestral Pride for a necessary conversation on land defence, Idle No More, settler solidarity, nationhood and going home. In this special report, Ancestral Pride schools listeners of all nations on the reality of the struggle for safety and self-determination and the importance of asserting and re-asserting Indigenous
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “After losing much of their ancestry, the Wiyots are learning their traditions in preparation for a renewal ceremony A posse of white settlers sneaked through the darkness one night in 1860 and murdered more than 50 Native American women and children, mostly with axes and hatchets. “Amidst the wailing of mutilated
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations While exploring the streets of Ottawa with Judy Graves, one of Canada’s most famous homeless advocates, we happened to meet an adorable mother and son living in a homeless shelter. Annie and Matto are very proud that they are Inuit. They are from Nunavut, which is pretty much on the top of the world.
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “What makes Canadian homelessness unique is aboriginal homelessness. Because residential schools literally destroyed generations of families Canadian streets are filled with thousands upon thousands of “walking wounded”. The numbers of aboriginal people experiencing homelessness in Canada are alarming, and if this social crisis continues to be ignored it will only get worse. I met
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations The term Code Talkers is associated with the United States soldiers during the world wars who used their knowledge of Native-American languages as a basis to transmit coded messages. In particular,… See on nativeheritageproject.com
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