Everything Amerindian
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Note: Whites and Natives means the forefathers of White and Native Americans, even though they rarely called themselves that back then. In the 1500s Westerners viewed the natives of the Americas as… See on abagond.wordpress.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “The origins of the First Americans remain contentious. Although Native Americans seem to be genetically most closely related to east Asians1, 2, 3, there is no consensus with regard to which specific Old World populations they are closest to4, 5, 6, 7, 8.” See on nativeheritageproject.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “The genome of the boy indicates that Europeans reached farther east across Eurasia than previously assumed, and that Native Americans may be descended from a mix of Western Europeans and East Asians.” See on www.nytimes.com
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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 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 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 “Are there still Indians here in Palm Springs?” Yes. “So, where are all the tipis?” According to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum’s Executive Director, Dr. Michael Hammond, inquiries about the Palm Springs area Indians, who are mostly of historical Cahuilla origins, and how to find tipis in Palm Springs, are the two most frequently asked
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