Everything Amerindian
At the first gathering of the newly created National Congress of Black American Indians, organizers and attendees came to unite and celebrate individuals of both African and Native American ancestry — a subject often fraught with complicated questions of race, identity and citizenship. Click through to read more. Source: america.aljazeera.com See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations When Hernando de Soto carved his way through the Southeast in the 1540s, there were some eight million Native Americans living in North America. By 1900, the population had fallen by more than 95%. For every twenty American Indians alive in 1500, there was only a single survivor four hundred years later. In
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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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