Tribal lands were stolen. W... The Land Back movement is long-overdue justice. It’s also a climate solution. This stor... Read more Native American Lands and T... I would like to start this piece off with a land acknowledgment, where I acknowledge th... Read more View all...
His tribes stream in from east & west, exceeding fruitful the lands they enrich. In this granary of a continent this basin of the Missippii must not the nations be greatly multiplied & blest? (NN CM 497) Abraham symbolizes here the ideal nationhood in which various "tribes" or "nations"...
As Congress mulls significant cuts to Medicaid, Native American tribes are bracing for potentially devastating financial fallout. Mar 14 Wood thinned from forests prevents wildfires and heats Native American homes Families living on tribal lands are 1,200 times more likely to live in homes with heati...
Though this parcel was their original vineyard site, the Jordans have since focused their vineyard plantings off of the valley floor on higher elevation hillsides and benchlands, where they feel the soil is better-suited to Cabernet Sauvignon. Jordan CEO John Jordan called the parcel sold “a ...
but their people and culture didn’t survive the founding and growth of the city. Nearby, the Wampanoag occupied southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, and have a presence in those areas today. The Mohegan and Pequot lands include Connectic...
From the very first interaction, the social and political relations between the Native Americans and the Europeans had begun with much tension. Many Europeans came to the Americas with the intention of discovery. However, when it became apparent that these new lands were inhibited the motives chang...
2005,Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook(ISBN 1851097414), page 82: Therefore, in 1885 Congress passed the Major Crimes Act whereby jurisdiction in the case of seven major crimes (the list of crimes was later expanded) occurring onNativelands was placed in the hands of federal courts....
Naomi Lee. I am from the Seneca Nation of Indians and of the bear clan. My siblings and I were raised on our original lands, the Seneca Cattaraugus reservation, located in western New York. Throughout my academic journey I was often the only Native American represented at my university and...
The chivalry that this full blood Native American displayed overseas fulfilled a prophecy made by Pushmataha, a Choctaw chief who passed way in 1827, “that the Choctaw ‘War Cry’ would be heard in many foreign lands.” Joseph Oklahombi's actions during World War I were nothing short of ...
Under state law, the Colorado State Land Board manages CSU lands. Some of the lands granted to CSU generate income, and a CSU System Board of Governors policy instructs a portion of that revenue from the endowment land income fund is used for the benefit of Native American students, faculty...