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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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- 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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North American Indian Recipes
View From The Hogan XVIII – Notes and comments on Big Mountain
Ya'a'tee I have occasionally received criticisms that these writings of mine are too lengthy. Without wishing to go into a critique of "sound-bite" culture, or a discussion of the difference between being informed and being well informed, I thought I'd offer both a...
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...
The View From The Hogan X – Notes from Big Mountain
Ya'a'tee Judging by the amount of visitors we are getting here recently, its my guess that a lot of you are focussing on the Altar right now, so I wanted to get something out quickly, so please excuse me if this issue is a bit scattered. Communications from the Altar...
The View From The Hogan XIII – Notes from Big Mountain
Ya'a'tee Once again, things have been real busy here, and I've had a hard time getting this out, so please excuse if some of the "news" is a little out of date. It was gratifying to hear of the demonstrations and public outreach on behalf of the people here that took...
Navajo Resisters Jeopardize Own Water Supplies
A May 10, 2001 letter circulated on the Internet from Caroline Tohannie, a Navajo residing on the HPL in the Tonalea area, to Marsha Monestersky requested her help in restoring the Tohannie's only water source, a local windmill. Tohannie alleged that the Hopi Rangers...
Hopi Stuff “Tree of Life” Into Chipper
"Hopi Tribal staff stuffed the Tree of Life into a woodchipper and haul the other remains away in trailers" Camp Ana Mae, the well-known site of Sun Dances , home to Louise Benally and her children at the foot of Big Mountain, Arizona has been bulldozed by Hopi Tribal...
John Stuart Beloved Father of the Cherokees
“Cry Of The Earth” General Assembly, United Nations, New York
Prophecy Message Delivered and Submitted 11/22/93 at the "Cry Of The Earth" General Assembly, United Nations, New York Submitted by Martin Gashweseoma Hopi Caretaker of the Sovereign Hopi Nation For The Great Spirit, Massau'u We come here from the Sovereign Hopi...
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
Annual Florida Pow Wows
**JANUARY January Annual Indian River Native American Festival Silver Sands Arena, 625 Tomoka Farms Road (C. R.#415) New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168 Contact: 904-424-0860 (Vendors by invitation.) **FEBRUARY February Annual Native American Inter-Tribal "Arts &...
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...
Cherokee Method for Tanning Hides
Cherokee Culture Notes Edited and Revised: August 27, 2000 Fact Sheet Author Unknown Edited by: Wendell Cochran, Tahlequah, OK Cherokee Method for Tanning Hides Mose Owl described this method. Step 1. Make a lye solution by putting one gallon of hickory ashes in a...
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...
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