Everything Amerindian
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Journey with author Scott Wallace deep into the Amazon rain forest in search of one of the last uncontacted tribes on Earth. See on www.youtube.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations The Jackson Rancheria is raising its minimum wage to $10.60 an hour, along with excellent benefits. See on colorlines.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations The Mystic massacre (May 26th 1637) was the worst massacre in the genocide known as the Pequot War. White Americans killed 400 to 900 Pequots, mostly women, children and old men. They burned down their main town, Mystic (in present-day Connecticut), killing those who tried to escape. Most were burned alive. …
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See on Scoop.it – Project 562 Road Stories allow the viewer unique access, and insight into the daily doing’s of Project 562 road life. Project 562 is a multi-year national photography project documenting Native America directed by acclaimed Swinomish/Tulalip photographer Matika Wilbur. The goal of the project is to unveil the true essence of contemporary Native issues, the beauty of Native
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations She sleeps on couches, dines with strangers and lives out of her car. Still, Matika Wilbur does it for the art and for the people. Wilbur is Native American. See on usnews.nbcnews.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “Justin Petrone, like me, is a mixed race person with Native American ancestry, although unlike me, initially, he never thought of himself in those terms. I’ve always known and since I was a child, self-identified myself in that way. Like me, Justin has spent years searching for his elusive ancestors, more often than
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations By Robert Jensen, AlterNet “One indication of moral progress in the United States would be the replacement of Thanksgiving Day and its self-indulgent family feasting with a National Day of Atonement accompanied by a self-reflective collective fasting. In fact, indigenous people have offered such a model; since 1970 they have marked
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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 Ramona Peters, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Tribal Historic Preservation Officer told Indian Country Today Media Network in a conversation on the day before Thanksgiving 2012—391 years since that mythological “first Thanksgiving.” So the Pilgrims didn’t invite the Wampanoags to sit down and eat turkey and drink some beer? [laughs] Ah, no. Well, let’s put
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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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