Virginia de Leon Staff writer
Native American history in indeed unique in its own right. It is a collective culture of deep spirituality and beautiful art. What is important to note is that Native Americans are one of the most important facets of American history. Sacagawea and Pocahontas are two Native American women whose...
You can learn more about the early farmers of the desert from the Woodbury and Zubrow paper (the major source for this article) and from Gordon R. Willey’s An Introduction to American Archaeology, Volume One, and Polly Schaafsma’s Indian Rock Art of the Southwest....
(page loads slowly - graphics not resized, just coded as thumbnails) It is featured in the Enoch Kelly Haney Native American Art Gallery. Hopi Art The Kachina carvings, or dolls, were originally intended as educational tools to teach the younger children appropriate rituals. Today, these ...
For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town. London: Routledge, 2004; Book Google Scholar Mark Johnson. “Global Desiring and Translocal Loves: Transgendering and Same-Sex Sexualities in the Southern Philippines.” American Ethnologist. 25.4 (1998)...
Marya means “good” or “beautiful”. This name is used for both Native American and non-Native American girls. The popular doll “Bitty Baby” was named after this Native American name. 21. Minnehaha This name sounds very mysterious, but also beautiful when used in the right context. This...
Sixsipita (Native American unisex name)–“One like a black eagle” Skanawati (Native American unisex name)–“One who lives on the other side of the swamp” What Are Lakota Women’s Names? Dyani (Native American –Lakota)–“A deer,”“gazelle,” or “smart and fast”; deer are cons...
“Even though it was beautiful, I wanted to get away from it — because of all the violence, alcohol, and drugs.” Like a number of Native American reservations, San Carlos Apache Nation has seen its share of crime. It’s also been struck with devastating unemployment levels and poverty,...
American Indians have appeared on many U.S. coins including the Buffalo nickel (Indian Head nickel) minted between 1913 and 1938 and more recently the Sacagawea dollar which features the famous Indian women who served as a guide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ...
Her world is populated by stunning men and women with dark, perfect skin and along, shiny, black hair. “My rendition may be romantic but the fact is that I find Indian faces extremely beautiful the bone structure, the color….” Many of Marta’s models are real people, some of them ...