Tag: American Indian history

Coyote

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations   Coyote is a Trickster Figure and a symbol in Native American Culture and oral tradition…   The Coyote based on the coyote (Canis latrans) animal. This character is usually male and is generally anthropomorphic although he may have some coyote-like physical features such as fur, pointed ears, yellow eyes, a tail and claws.

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Light-skinned-ed Girl: Mixed Experience History Month 2013: Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, Educator & Activist

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, also known as Zitkala-Sa or Red Bird, was born in 1876 to a full-blooded Sioux woman and a white man. She struggled with her mixed-race heritage as a chid on the reservation as well as off. See on lightskinnededgirl.typepad.com

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