Everything Amerindian
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “There is resistance: in Canada it’s coming from First Nations. But it’s worth remembering that that’s a world-wide phenomenon. Throughout the world, the indigenous populations are in the lead. See on unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations 500Nations‘s insight: The 2013 Native American $1 Coin commemorates the Delaware Treaty of 1778. Its reverse design features a turkey, howling wolf and turtle (all symbols of the clans of the Delaware Tribe), and a ring of 13 stars to represent the Colonies. The design includes the required inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and $1. The additional
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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 In Part 6 of Engineering the Inka Empire: A Symposium on Sustainability and Ancient Technologies, Christine Fiori and Cliff Schexnayder present Road Construction Technology in the High Cordillera. The engineers of the Inka Empire had a unique consciousness of nature, with construction skills founded in lessons learned from careful observation of the power of
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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 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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