A man in dance regalia at the United Tribes Powwow in Bismarck, North Dakota. © MedioImages/Getty Images UN forum: “Indigenous Children and Youth” Representatives of indigenous groups attending a United Nations forum on “Indigenous... ...
…of the United States and Canada disenfranchised most Northern American tribes of their land and sovereignty. Most indigenous individuals were legally prohibited from leaving their home reservation without specific permission; having thus confined native peoples, the two countries set about assimilating th...
To suggest that native Amerindian religions are somehow lost tribes of Sabians is reductionist in the extreme. The Research Department of the Universal House of Justice broached this problem when in 1988 it drew attention to the following statement from one of the well-known tablets of 'Abdu'l-...
Although many Canadians supported the Mohawks' position during the standoff, their support is likely to erode when the scope of native land claims becomes clear. The various tribes lay claim to the northern half of Canada, most of British Columbia and Quebec, and the upper half of ...
You can tell your children the story of “burying the hatchet.” When Native American tribes had disputes or wars with each other, when it was over, they literally buried a hatchet in the ground to symbolize the end of the disagreement. ...
This saddle-stitched pamphlet provides a description of how different tribes made their now-iconic dwellings, how they used them historically, why they were so important to the culture of the Plains tribes, and how people still use tipis today. Illustrations and photographs in this handy and con...
It is now the largest political subdivision in the country, covering 18 percent of the total land area–also the largest native land-claim settlement in the history of the country. About 84 percent of the residents claim ancestry from native tribes;the largest of these Nunavut tribes is the ...
In 1651, the fur- trade rivalry between the Huron and Iroquois Tribes was heating up. TheIroquois Nationcompletely dessimated theNeutral Tribewho were the first native tribe to take up residence in theNiagara area. Until theAmerican Revolution, theIroquois managedto keep white settlers out of Ni...
Tensions mounted in 2005 as environmental and feasibility assessments were beginning at the proposed mining site. Protesters from the aboriginal tribes blockaded the main access road to the mining site as a result of the mining project's infringement on aboriginal titles and rights. Internal conflicts...
Champlain created alliances with some Indigenous tribes. Indigenous people were a huge help to Europeans, as they showed them how to survive the harsh winters, how to trap fur (which would later be beneficial during the fur trade), and how to heal using natural resources. For several years ...