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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
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— 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!
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American Indian Casino/Resorts Indian Gaming News & Updates
AMERICAN INDIAN CASINOS/RESORTS Alphabetical, by state - brought to you by Americas Cardroom. **ALABAMA Poarch Creek Indian Bingo Palace Atmore, Alabama "Offering the highest stakes Indian Bingo in the South." Owned/Operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Located...
Big Mountain August 17th Raid Camp Anna Mae Disassembled
At three o'clock on the afternoon of August 17th I spoke with the office of Hopi Tribal Chairman, Eugene Kaye. It was confirmed that: 1. Bulldozers and Chainsaws have destroyed all buildings/Sundance arbor at Camp Anna Mae. The office also says that "No personal...
How Effective Was Navajo Code?
"One Former Captive Knows" By Tim Korte, Sanostee, New Mexico By the close of World War II, Army Sgt. Joe Kieyoomia shared something with the secret words employed by the Navajo Code Talkers: both were like granite against Japanese efforts to break them. Captured...
North American Indian Historical Sites
Mounds, Pyramids, Related National and State Parks Regional Information & Sites | Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kentucky | Minnesota | Mississippi | Montana | New Hampshire | New Mexico | North...
Response to the Sundance Incident In the name of Traditional Hopi Elders
Message from the Traditional Hopi Elders: Asquali, In the name of the Traditional Hopi Elders that have gone before -Thank you for hearing me. Dear friends and relations, After reading the report on the "Sun Dance" and the Hopi Tribal Council I feel again the need to...
Witnesses Observe Dismantlement of Site
Big Mountain, AZ - Yesterday, Friday, August 17, 2001, at approximately 5:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, the Office of Hopi Lands, Hopi Range Management, Resource Enforcement Services, Hopi Tribal Police, Navajo County Sheriff, and U.S. Department of the Interior’s...
Desecration of Sacred Sundance Ground
BIG MOUNTAIN, AZ - Today (8-17-01) at approximately 5:00 a.m., the Office of Hopi Lands, Hopi Range Management, Resource Enforcement Services, Hopi Tribal Police, Navajo County Sheriff, and BIA impoundment trailers entered Camp Ana Mae, a sacred religious area located...
Environment-Guyana: Cyanide spill could be long-term disaster!
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (IPS) - Cyanide and related waste metals -- such as those which spilled into the Essequibo River in Guyana earlier this month -- have major long-term environmental and health impacts on local people, fish and livestock, according to experts...
First Indian on the Moon?
Cherokee Clothing and Adornment
Cherokee Culture Notes Edited and Revised: August 27, 2000 Fact Sheet Author Unknown Edited by: Wendell Cochran, Tahlequah, OK Cherokee Clothing and Adornment The earliest description of southeastern Indian costumes might apply to the Cherokee was written by Adair (p....
Cherokee Word List T
English to Cherokee ~ Words and Phrases Beginning with "T" Tab - Gadvi Tabernacle - Tsunilawilsdi galitsode Table - Gasgilo Tables - Digasgilo Tablet - Digowelodi goweli Tack - Gahadodi Tackle - Ganasanesdodi Tag - Gayalvdi Tail - Ganidadv Tailor - Dinuwo digayewasgi...
A Guide to Cherokee Confederate Military Units, 1861 – 1865
by Lars Gjertveit By the spring of 1861, Stand Watie (1806-1871), the leader of the southern faction of the Cherokee Nation, was a prosperous attorney and speaker of the nation’s National Council (the lower house of the Cherokee legislature). He owned a plantation and...
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...
Livestock Permitting On HPL – Is Good Land Stewardship
A good deal of the propaganda spread by Navajo resisters living on Hopi land bemoans alleged harassment by BIA and Hopi police who impound the resisters' livestock. They would have the public believe that livestock confiscation is part of a greater conspiracy between...
View from the Hogan VIV ~ January 2000
Ya'a'tee First off, I apologize for the length of time since I last wrote, I had a dose of pneumonia, things have been real busy, and quite frankly I choose not to spend too much time staring at a computer screen. So Thanksgiving came and went, and a good time was had...
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