Everything Amerindian
This week has seen a flurry of new scientific and news articles. What has been causing such a stir? It appears that Australian or more accurately, Australo-Melanese DNA has been found in South America’s Native American population. In addition, it has also been found in Aleutian Islanders off the coast of Alaska. In case you aren’t aware, that’s about 8,500
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Native Americans are the closest living relatives of the Kennewick Man, an 8,500-year-old skeleton discovered in Washington State. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.livescience.com Continue reading
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Modern day Puebloans are often infuriated to be told that their ancestors ‘vanished’ or ‘disappeared’. Source: news.nationalgeographic.com
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Heart of Decolonization A gathering for decolonizing people of diverse backgrounds who are in positions of teaching and inspiring others to decolonize while occupying stolen Native lands still under resistance. SAVE THE (TENTATIVE) DATE! September 4-6, 2015 Independent Lakota Territory Hosted by the Lakota Cante Tenza Okolakiciye (Strong Heart Warrior Society) This unique gathering is intended to bring together a
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F by navajo I am trying to live in two worlds. I was born in Utah. My white father descended from the Mormon pioneers. His grandparents were polygamists. My full-blood Navajo mother — who was taken from her family at age five to be assimilated into white culture at the Tuba City Boarding School — joined the Mormon church
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By robertajestes If I had a dollar for every time I get asked a flavor of this question, I’d be on a cruise someplace warm instead of writing this in the still-blustery cold winter weather of the northlands! So, I’m going to write the recipe of how to do this. The process is basically the same whether you’re utilizing Y or
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By Deborah A. Miranda Lying to Children About the California Missions and the Indians | The Zinn Education Project.
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Though often romanticized in textbooks, the Gold Rush era is remembered by many California Indians as a time their ancestors fought for survival. Source: indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
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This September, as world leaders make their way to the United Nations for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, five brave Alaska Native women are traveling to New York to ask the world to… Source: joespub.tumblr.com See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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Approximately 900 horses belonging to tribes along what is now the Idaho/Washington border were needlessly slaughtered in 1858. Source: indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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