Into California – Project 562
By Matika Wilbur Click through for more Sourced through Scoop.it from: matikawilbur.com
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Searching for Clues to Mystery of Ancient Americans
Modern day Puebloans are often infuriated to be told that their ancestors ‘vanished’ or ‘disappeared’. Source: news.nationalgeographic.com
Read moreHeart of Decolonization Gathering
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
Read moreLiving in two worlds – Native Navajo & White Mormon
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
Read moreThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” (2007) by American writer Sherman Alexietells the story of Arnold Spirit, a 14-year-old boy from the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington state. He goes to an all-White high school – thus the “part-time Indian” of the title. It won a National Book Award and yet is banned by some schools. It is
Read moreERASURE POEMS: “Wondrous Theft” & “Some Stayed”
Source: badndns.blogspot.com When cultures merge, who’s culture is erased? Neither / Both? Or does the dominant culture mostly wipe out the culture that has been colonized?
Read moreFinding Your American Indian Tribe Using DNA
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
Read moreInterview with Celeste De Luna, Xicana artist – Xica Nation
Hello and welcome to Xica Nation. Could you tell us your name, age, nation and how you identify? Celeste De Luna, 40, Xicana, I identify myself as an indigenous person of the North American continent, one in the process of trying to decolonize my mind and spirit and that of my family. The loss is so great that it feels
Read moreTribes See Name on Oregon Maps as Being Out of Bounds
Several place names in eastern Oregon include the word “squaw,” which Native Americans say is offensive. An effort to change the names has been long and difficult. Source: www.nytimes.com HT @mixed_race
Read moreLying to Children About the California Missions and the Indians | The Zinn Education Project
By Deborah A. Miranda Lying to Children About the California Missions and the Indians | The Zinn Education Project.
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