Everything Amerindian
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Sioux is not even a word?” It’s a partial word, a slang word; Sioux comes from two words.”Nadowessi” comes from the Chippewa’s and “Oux” comes from the French. The two words were put together is “Nadowessioux.” Sioux has no meaning in either the Chippewa or French language. “Nadowessi” is the main word; “Oux” is
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Basketball is an important part of life Native American communities. And nothing shows that better than the ascendence of Louisville’s Shoni and Jude Schimmel. See on colorlines.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Karina Lombard is an actress and singer. She was born in Tahiti. Her mother, Nupuree Lightfoot, is a medicine woman of the Lakota Nation and was an immigrant living in Tahiti. Her father, Henry Lombard, a banker, is a European aristocrat of Italian, Russian, and Swiss descent. Lombard is a naturalized U.S. citizen but
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Aaron Huey’s effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people — appalling, and largely ignored — compelled him to refocus. See on www.ted.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “The singer was born Cherilyn Sarkisian. Her Mother, Jackie Jean Crouch is of Cherokee, English and German descent and her father is of Armenian Descent. Her father, John Sarkisian was an Armenian refugee who worked as a truck driver in the US” See on nativeamericanencyclopedia.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “Members of the Metlakatla First Nation Community near Prince Rupert, BC who collaborated with an international team of scientists in a genetic study of aboriginal people, including excavated remains that link them to their 5,500 year old Grandmother.” See on nativeheritageproject.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Images of art and artifacts produced by ancient civilizations in the Americas up to the period of the Spanish conquest. Photos freely available for noncommercial use with attribution – “Photo by Mary Harrsch”. See on www.flickr.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Dartmouth is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Native American Studies (NAS) program during the 2012-13 academic year. When Dartmouth was founded on December 13, 1769, its charter created a college “for the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land … and also of English Youth and any others.”
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations These are photos of Modern American Indians. Some in their regalia but most are just as they are day to day. Today’s American Indian doesn’t live in a teepee or ride a horse to work, but it does occasionally happen. American Indians have the same hopes, dreams and hardships as the rest of America.
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Woman in red regalia by Sings in the Timber http://www.singsinthetimber.com
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