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November is National American Indian AND Alaska Native Heritage Month.
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— Nancy Thomas, Keeper of “the People’s Paths!”
“Aniyosgi Dotsigusdaa. ~ Unelanvhi Wigadoligi Ama Ayetli.”
We support our warriors! ~ God Bless America!
3rd Annual Native American Intertribal Cultural Festival
December 2nd-3rd 2017 10am - 7pm RedHawk Ranch 4110 C.R. 579 S. WIMAUMA FL, 33598 813-997-9639...
2017 Thundering Spirit Pow Wow – March 3 – 5, 2017
The People’s Paths
- Cherokee News Resources – general links
- Cherokee Culture/History/Facts Index – articles on Cherokee culture
- Cherokee Legal Archives – concerning the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
- Native American News Links – links to news articles
- Indian Gaming News & Links – list of casinos, regulatory information, news
- NAIIP News – North American Indian & Indigenous People’s News
— NAIIP General Articles
— Black Mountain / Black Mesa Articles, Land Dispute
- Political & Legal Issues – posts of historical political and legal events
- Literature, Stories, Poems – read posts of stories, legends, and poems
About
This Internet site was created in the hope that all people, no matter what their own culture, may be able to find a bit of information that might be helpful in the understanding of American Indian Culture and other Native Cultures from all over our Mother which is called Earth!
Native People’s Cultures are as diverse as nature, but with good reason! Nature is our teacher and guide for walking the path of life! The Native Cultures teach that it is the human species responsibility to take care of our Mother! Only appreciation is asked, for what she gives us, in return for her care!
Progress is a wonderful thing! If we can keep some of the beliefs from the First People’s Cultures, that are alive and well, incorporated with the technology that leads to progress, it may help all peoples to live in a more harmonious world not only with Nature but with each other as well!
It is time to Celebrate and Appreciate the Diversity in the Human Species as we do in Nature! The rose is beautiful, but how long would its beauty be appreciated if it was the only species of flower we had to enjoy! It does not matter what name the Creator goes by or if you believe in one, many or none at all! The experience of a storm, rainbow, or just the sun rising and setting tells us there is a much Greater Power that speaks to all cultures and this Power that we call Nature survives because of diversity!
Latest Posts
The View From The Hogan XVI – Notes from Big Mountain
Ya'a'tee First off, regarding the article A TRUST BROKEN, A HERITAGE BETRAYED: Battle for Native American Rights, which I urged you to read. Last time I checked, the magazine still hadn't put it on their website, but the editor (editor@freedommag.com) will send you a...
Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America
Written by Benjamin Franklin ~ 1784 Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs. Perhaps, if we could examine the manners of different nations with impartiality, we should find...
Sacred Sundance Ceremony – Used for Political Motives
Once again groups of Navajo resisters living illegally on Hopi Partitioned Lands (HPL) and their friends are flouting the laws of the Hopi Tribe - this time under the guise of participating in a religious ceremony. More than 100 individuals have set up camp on Hopi...
Cherokee Word List O
English to Cherokee ~ Words and Phrases Beginning with "O" Oak - Tsusga Oar - Digayawesdi Oath - Aselidodi Oats - Soquili unigisdi Obedience - Gohiyuhi Obedient - Uwohiyuhi Obey - Gohiyudiyi Obituary - Deganotsalv uyohusv Object - Digatilesdi Objection - Digatilvda...
John Stuart Beloved Father of the Cherokees
Finance-Guyana: Backers of Gold Mine Have History of Disaster
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (IPS) - Backers of the two gold mining companies implicated in Guyana's biggest environmental disaster were also associated with the two biggest cyanide-related gold mining disasters in this country, an IPS investigation has discovered. On Aug 19,...
Great Walks & Great Talks in Choctaw History
The View From The Hogan XII – Notes from Big Mountain
I have an alarm clock. Its called the Peabody Mine Plane. Most days it flies by a little before sunrise, so if I am still in bed when I hear it I know I'm running late. Its not a little 2-seater, but large enough to have cargo doors in the rear. A couple of years ago...
Leonard Peltier Strategy Meeting Report
Of June 26th, 1998, Washington D.C. From the LPDC Leonard Peltier Defense Committee The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee met with Leonard Peltier Support Groups on June 26th in Washington DC to strategize for Leonard's release. We met for several hours in a room...
AFN Open Letter To The United Nations
Wachiya! Greetings! Bonjour! [Short traditional greeting in Cree] Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues May 13 2002, New York City, New York I am honoured to have the opportunity to address this historic occasion, the first meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum...
View From The Hogan Reminder – Statemnet To the United States Congress
Ya'a'tee It will be a little while till I can get the next VFH out to you,.... Unfortunately I've had a damaged leg that has put me behind schedule, so in the meantime Roberta has asked me to send the following statement to you all. It is a from more than a year ago,...
ENOUGH! What happened to us at Big Mtn
ENOUGH! Statement by Leonard Benally in response to desecration of sacred Sundance Grounds site. To all the people Indigenous and non-indigenous people, On August 17th at 5:00 a.m. this was a disgrace, humiliating, and disregarded our right to pray which is supposed...
Ancient Cherokee Marriage Tradition
Cherokee Culture Notes Edited and Revised: August 27, 2000 Fact Sheet Author Unknown Edited by: Wendell Cochran, Tahlequah, OK Ancient Cherokee Marriage Tradition When a young man wished to marry a Cherokee woman, he consulted her parents, whose consent was necessary....
Cherokee Word List N
English to Cherokee ~ Words and Phrases Beginning with "N" Nab - Adaniyvdi Nag - Adalisganosedi Nail - Yvgi Naked - Uyelvha Named - Dagovgi Nameless - Nidudohvna Namely - Digovhi Names - Dunadov Naming - Dagosgv Nap - Tlega galvdi Napkin - Digisulidodi Narcotic -...
Snoqualmie Tribe needs your help!
The Snoqualmie Tribe is in Washington State They are an unrecognized tribe. When the Washington Tribes were herded on to reservations, the Snoqualmie people stayed near the Snoqualmie Falls. It has been their millenia old responsibility to care for their people's...
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