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- 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
Woven Fabrics and Basketry
Cherokee Culture Notes Edited and Revised: August 27, 2000 Fact Sheet Author Unknown Edited by: Wendell Cochran, Tahlequah, OK Woven Fabrics and Basketry Very few examples of pre-history Cherokee textiles and weaving have survived due to the hot damp climate of the...
Cherokee Word List H
English to Cherokee ~ Words and Phrases Beginning with "H" Habit - Iyadvnelidasdi Habits - Iyunadvnelidasdi Hack - Agvhaluyv Had - Ayehv Hag - Unegilvdi agayvli Hail - Ganesosgv Hair - Usdiyegv Hairy - Uwuyadv Half - Ayeli iyv Half-breed - Ayeli iyv ugigv Half-brother...
Cherokee Word List J
English to Cherokee ~ Words and Phrases Beginning with "J" Jack - Tsegi Jacket - Gasalena Jackrabbit - Utanatsisdu Jail - Didasdudi Jailor - Didasduhvsgi Janitor - Galitsode agatiya January - Unolvtani Jar - Gugu tsulvsada Jaunt - Atsvsiyeidasdi Jaw - Ayugeni Jay -...
The First Inhabitants – The Hopi
"History, Rights, Joint Use, HPL" Provided by the Hopi Tribe All of the land within today's northeastern Arizona was once a part of the Hopi tutsqua, the ancestral and sacred homeland of the Hopi. It is estimated the tutsqua covers over 18 million acres. Hopi villages...
National Living Treasure Nominations
Sought by Cherokee National Holiday Committee Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, News TAHLEQUAH, OK - The Cherokee National Holiday committee is seeking nominations for the fifteenth annual National Living Treasures awards. The awards will be presented during the 50th...
View From The Hogan – Notes from Big Mountain
Ya'a'tee As usual, I am behind schedule getting the next VFH out to you, so in the meantime I thought I would pass on some more words from the resistors. The first is a letter sent to the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs in 1991. Many of the Elders in the Big...
Chippewa Spearing/Netting Season Witness for Non-Violence Reactivated In Minnesota and Wisconsin
(Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota) April 1997 Witness trainings are being held for the upcoming Chippewa spearing/ netting season around Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. Witnesses have been requested to help out by the Lac du Flambeau and Mille Lacs Bands. A January federal...
Border Rights
TUCSON - At dawn there is the scent of coffee and pinto beans, the sound of Spanish language television and the dampness of the swamp cooler in the Sonoran Desert heat. Outside, a relative sleeps in the cool beneath the trees. When Jose Matus, Yaqui ceremonial leader...
Demolition Derby
Desecrated Indian Burial Grounds
Mother Nature Sends A Pink Slip
Cherokee Word List S
English to Cherokee ~ Words and Phrases Beginning with "S" Sabbath - Unadodaquasgv Sack - Degalodi Sacred - Galvquodi Sacrifice - Alisgolvdodiyi Sad - Uwedolisdi Saddle - Gayahulo Saddle bag - Digitsadi Safe - Niganayegvna Safely - Ganayegi nigesvna Safety -...
Paths to Changing News
Paths to Changing News! Original Web Source, for North American Indian Headline News, Online since 1995! Master Gardeners: Benefiting from how Native Americans cared for the land By Jeanne Price, IJ correspondent Published Marin IJ Saturday, 27 November 2010 GIAGO: A...
Wilma Mankiller Lawsuit – Cherokee Councilors Vote
By Donna Hales, Staff Writer Muskogee Daily Phoenix Cherokee councilors voted Thursday night in an Executive and Finance Committee meeting to dismiss a civil lawsuit against former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller. The suit involved about $300,000 in...
Thanksgiving Day Celebrates A Massacre
Research compiled, October 19, 1990 by Johyn Westcott and Paul Apidaca William B. Newell, a Penobscot Indian and former chairman of the Anthropology department at the University of Connecticut, says that the first official Thanksgiving Day celebrated the massacre of...
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