Have you noticed that many of Native American baby names have links to nature? While they’re in languages non-Native Americans might not understand, these beautiful nature names might offer the perfect name for both boys and girls. Whether you or your partner come from Native American heritag...
“He’s a fighter.” This is a Navajo baby boy’s name. There aren’t many Native American boy names that start with the letter ahiga (pronounced ah-HEE-gah). In 2018, only five boys were given the name Ahiga. If you choose this name for your child, he will most likely meet hi...
Young Native American boys in parade, downtown Flagstaff, Arizona [constructed title].Edward J. Dawson
Dances have always been significant in the lives ofNative Americansas both a common amusement and a solemn duty. Many dances played a vital role in religious rituals and otherceremonies, while others were held to guarantee the success of hunts, harvests, giving thanks, and other celebrations. Co...
(named for the English city and shire) was created. During theAmerican Revolution, theContinental Congress, fleeing from Philadelphia, held a one-day session there (September 27, 1777), and the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania took refuge in the city for nine months in 1777–78. ...
Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn, the first wave of the Native American Renaissance is characterized by a struggle between two worlds for a generation existing both on and off the reservation, a devotion to the land, and a celebration of traditional customs and myths. 1. N. Scott ...
This last house on Pratt was built in 1963 and featured a stone facade in the front. The stone, Wonder Stone, was quarried in Fallon, Nevada. The facade is the work of Don Talas, a Native American master stone mason. Before – with the Wonder Stone facade ...
plan an appropriate celebration for Native American Heritage Month. If you don’t, imitation powwows with fake animal names, paper bag vests, and fake feather headdresses could happen. Direct teachers to read “The Harm of Native Stereotyping,” and “American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving....
MCH: Susie Peters was actually a dorm mother that took a lot of the boys under her wing and provided them with things like paper bags to draw on, paper and some materials. JE: Oh she was at the American Indian Institute in Wichita? That’s where she was a dorm mother. MCH: Um-hmm...
leading to high levels of addiction and violence. As the birthplace of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968, many Indigenous people have been fighting these forces for centuries. The people, who are all too familiar with overdoses, high crime rates, and low graduation rates, have turned...