Five Books that Reframe the Thanksgiving Narrative – COLORLINES
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations These children’s books, authored by Native writers, help set the record straight. See on colorlines.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Native American stereotypes are alive and well: extreme poverty, high teen suicide rates, and alcoholism. See on www.oprah.com
Read moreIndigenous Nationhood Movement
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Campaigns: Reclaim Rename Reoccupy See on unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com
Read moreSo your friend dressed up as an Indian. Now what?
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Let’s set the scene. You walk into school/work/a halloween party and are having an awesome day cause it’s Halloween and you are wearing an awesome costume on that has something t… See on nativeappropriations.com
Read moreDC Comics to Reveal Native American Teenage Superheroine
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations A Canadian teenager is the inspiration for a new superhero in development for DC Comics. Jeff Lemire, an illustrator and cartoonist from Toronto, says that Shannen Koostachin — a young Cree activist from Attawapiskat — inspired him. See on jezebel.com
Read moreThe Chickasaw Migration Story
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
Read moreRobert McGee and The Cherokee Disturbance
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
Read moreUnited Native Americans Reclaim Mount Rushmore – 1970
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
Read moreAncestor of Native Americans in Asia was 30% “Western Eurasian”
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
Read moreMount Rushmore
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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