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 “Jeannette Armstrong is an Okanagan Indian writer, educator, and activist. Her main goal in writing is to educate young people about Native culture and history. She is the director of the En’owkin Center, a cultural and educational organization operated by the Okanagan Nation in Penticton, BC, Canada.” See on prn.fm
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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 Native American stereotypes are alive and well: extreme poverty, high teen suicide rates, and alcoholism. See on www.oprah.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Campaigns: Reclaim Rename Reoccupy See on unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com
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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
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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
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