Native American Women Leaders: Fourteen ProfilesEdward J.Rielly. McFarland And Company, 2022.Roger L. NicholsUniversity of ArizonaJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.The Journal of American Culture
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the work of 10 Native American education leaders and children’s book authors who have had immeasurable impacts on the field of early childhood education. Learn more about how they have advocated for equitable, inclusive education for ...
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Enslaved people were brought to North Carolina, mainly from other American colonies, in the 17th and 18th centuries as a solution to the shortage of intensive labor required to grow tobacco, rice and indigo. The colony didn’t play a large part in the slave trade due to the lack of access...
When they heard the rumors of gold, they clamored for access to an area that had previously been avoided for fear of Native American attacks and because of the 1851 Treaty. In 1857, Lakota leaders gathered at Bear Butte to discuss the increasing number of white invaders in the Black ...
Happy Native American Heritage Month! In part one of this two-part series, we celebrate five Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people as heroes of history.
Spiritual icons such as the Hero Twins, Tlaloc and Horned Serpent figures declare their parentage, and they seem to have played roles in Anasazi beliefs which evolved from those in Mesoamerican cultures. For instance, J. J. Brody, a distinguished researcher in Native American Art History and pas...
From this qualitative study conducted with four Native American women leaders working in a reservation community in Colorado, five major themes were identified: (a) knowing "who I am," (b) turning points, (c) walking in two worlds (biculturalism), (d) call to service, and (e) women are...
Though thousands of men and women could be mentioned, this ever-growing list of individuals begins with those most famous.Also See: Native American Heroes & LeadersNotable Native Americans in History:AAdoeette, aka Big TreeAdoeette, aka Big Tree (1845?-1871) –Known as Adoette to his Kiowa...
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