” In December,Macarro personally asked Bidento take action on Peltier’s behalf. Among the many advocates for Peltier’s release over the past five decades include South African President Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights. We’ll hear from ...
The Ojibwa is one of the largest tribes of the United States, and it is scattered over a considerable area, from the Province of Ontario, on the east, to the Red River of the North, on the west, and from Manitoba southward through the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. ...
Society The Ojibwa is one of the largest tribes of the United States, and it is scattered over a considerable area, from the Province of Ontario, on the east, to the Red River of the North, on the west, and from Manitoba southward through the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and ...
Rebecca Jim was a school counselor when she witnessed Tar Creek in Oklahoma run orange with pollution. Native America Calling: Native Playlist for 2024 Native America Calling runs down some of the standout Indigenous tracks from the past year. Tune in! Ryman LeBeau: Native nations must remind...
Two Spirit: Contemporary umbrella term that refers to the historical and current First Nations people whose individual spirits were a blend of female and male spirits. This term has been reclaimed by Native American LGBT communities in order to honor their heritage and provide an alternative to the...
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons comprise 1.7% of the population in the United States (U.S.), 1.1% of the population in the state of Wisconsin (WI), and represent immense diversity with over 566 federally recognized Sovereign Nations. Despite their relatively small numbers, AI/...
The Sioux are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations peoples in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation’s many language dialects. The Sioux comprise three major divisions based on language divisions: the Dakota,...
Duhare – Irish “Indians” in South Carolina? Lenape-Delaware Tribe Fremont Indians – Forgotten Ancient Peoples Five Civilized Tribes The Hidatsa Tribe – North Dakota Pioneers The Ho-Chunk or Winnebago of Wisconsin The Hopi – Peaceful Ones of the Southwest ...
The term “Indian” originated with Christopher Columbus who thought he had landed in the East Indies. He called the indigenous people “Indians.”[4] Native Americans and First Nations people speaking a language of the Algonquian group were the first to meet English explorers and, consequently,...
In 1831 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall, had attempted to define their status. He declared that Indian tribes were ‘domestic dependent nations’ whose ‘relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian’. Marshall was, in effect, recognising that ...