The term “redskin”
Redskin (1699) is a “dated or offensive” term for Native Americans. Continue reading Sourced through Scoop.it from: abagond.wordpress.com
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This Native American Muslim Uber Driver Just Went Viral for the Wrong Reason
Sonia Martinez of Denver, CO has taken the public by storm after reporting yet another case of racial discrimination. As part of the Facebook group “Uber’s Woman Driving Network”, Martinez was attacked by Rene Hunter, another alleged Uber client, concerning her identity as a Muslim Driver for Uber. Her post containing racist sentiments has gone viral, spreading across Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Reditt,
Read moreNative Americans get shot by cops at an astonishing rate.
So why aren’t you hearing about it? Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.motherjones.com
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 moreFootball Fan Threatens to “Fucking Cut” Native American
[A] blonde little wisp of a girl completely freaked me out as I waited in line for the bathroom. “Is that shirt supposed to be funny?” she asked motioning to my satirical”Caucasians” T-shirt. And then she said, “I’ll fucking cut you.” Actually, she didn’t scare me so much as the wannabe linebackers standing behind her who looked like they
Read moreUS agrees $500m Navajo tribe payout
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Read moreFinally a Music Festival Bans Native American Headdresses
A line has been drawn in the sand over Native American cultural appropriation in the music industry. Source: fusion.net See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
Read moreObama To Make First Visit To Native American Reservation As President
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will pay his first visit as president to Indian Country when he travels to a Native American reservation in North Dakota next week. In an opinion piece published Thursday by an online tribal newspaper, Obama announced that he and first lady Michelle Obama plan to visit Standing Rock
Read moreNative American DNA Projects
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “I’m often asked about DNA projects at Family Tree DNA that are for or include Native American or aboriginal DNA results. Please note that different project administrators have different criteria for admission to a project. Some require definitive proof of descent, some require no documentation at all. This is entirely left to the discretion of the project administrators.
Read more“Manhattan was sold for $24”
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations ““Manhattan was sold for $24″ worth of “trinkets” or “glass beads” by Native Americans to the Dutch. It is something taught to most American schoolchildren by age eight. That was true in 1911, in 1949 and in 2009. The $24 is never adjusted for inflation.” See on abagond.wordpress.com
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