And of course the Iroquois foreshadowed, in their Longhouse of sky and earth, the planetary message of the Bahá'í Faith for today.(68) Is this appreciation of Deganawida's influence on American history borne out by the facts? Does it withstand critical analysis? Until recently, Hollywood ...
Abstract: Because of differences in craniofacial morphology and dentition between the earliest American skeletons and modern Native Americans, separate origins have been postulated for them, despite genetic evidence to the contrary. We describe a near-complete human skeleton with an intact cranium and ...
"Our goal is to get as many people that want to go to ceremony or powwows to be able to go, without having to struggle financially in their recovery," Mason said. "We're trying to make sure that our people don't have to struggle, especially when they already struggled with their add...
Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present—a book beautifully illustrated by CHamoru artist Ciara Sana featuring short profiles of 50 American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian folks from history and today, covering a wide swath of identities and life paths. These...
These restrictions lasted until the Native American Languages Act of 1990 which once again allowed Native people to speak their own language and the 1978 American Indian Religious Freedom Act allowing Native people once again to hold events such as powwows and practice their own belief system. ...
Native American artists have made many styles of pins over the years and continue to do so today. They range in size from tie tacks and hat pins all the way up to large petit point pins and employ all types of animals, symbols and designs. See the slide show below for samples of Zuni...
The bottom line for me is this: In my entire life, I have never met a person, whoprimarily identifies as a Native American,who didn’t have a tribe. Yes, that is a potentially dangerous blanket statement, but it gets at a fundamental misunderstanding of Native identity. Native identity is...
Thomas Gilcrease and her Native American upbringing. Chapter 2 — 9:00 The Crumbos John Erling: My name is John Erling. Today’s date is November 11, 2014. Minisa, would you state your full name please? Minisa Crumbo Halsey: My name is Minisa Crumbo Halsey. JE: Did you have a mi...