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I hope our generation can reclaim our healthier, precontact foods, so our kids and grandkids can have warm memories of their own.

The Pueblo Food Experience is the best example I've witnessed of a community reclaiming their own food, and they are on the rez. But they garden, raise turkeys, harvest wild foods including their own salt. Families joined together to purchase, slaughter, and process a buffalo that they shared.

It's harder for relocated tribes but early crops like lambsquarters grow everywhere.

If you're interested in Sci-Fi, there's Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse. It's about a Post-Apocalyptic Navajo society with Native american monsters wandering the South-west. Here's the amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Lightning-Sixth-Rebecca-Roanhorse/dp/1534413499

This doesn't directly answer your question but a lot of people are pushing for folks to join mastodon instead of using instagram, in response to a lot of different censorship that facebook (instagram's owner) is doing to user posts. It's been affecting a lot of BIPOC, sex workers, and activists, among others.

Check out Allan Downey's The Creator's Game He's a history prof. His book also goes into how in Canada, Lacrosse was banned for Indigenous people, then became Canada's national sport, and then "taught" to Indigenous children as Canada's sport in Residential Schools. Pretty f'ed up history in Canada.

Anyone going up to Standing Rock needs to bring a couple pairs of safety glasses with them for this--exact--reason. One pair should be clear so you can wear them at night, and the other pair should be polarized sunglasses for the snow glare in day.

Here's a 12-pack for $12 off Amazon, if you want to know what they look like.

Appreciated! We were trying to get it in ICTMN for NNHAAD, but they skipped NNHAAD entirely, opting for politics/Sanders.

Not sure about that "why" of it. Funny thing: I think we have the potential to reach more people than ICTMN.

I can see that being in issue, no worries. I'm waiting on the Robert J. Conley book from Amazon, hope it's good. It's got great reviews. Just got The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears a few days back, gonna try to start reading it today.

If you know your language, or know someone who does, memes are not hard to make. Google the terms 'meme maker' and there are a gazillion websites that let you type in the text for existing meme images, or add your own images.

I went to the Bear Paw battlefield in Montana last summer. You can see why they picked the spot to rest: a little declivity by flowing water with plenty of fodder for horses that offered shelter from the wind. Having read the story of their flight to Canada (esp. 'Yellow Wolf: His Own Story' by Lucullus McWhorter) the place was exactly as it appeared in my mind. To see the places where Ollokot & Toohoolhoolzote fell...where the infantry had its cannons...where the people hid from the fighting was moving. I made an offering of incense (staying 'til it burned out to make sure the ember didn't inadvertently start a range fire) and offered a prayer in respect.

There's not much to the place now but it is preserved...is set aside for future generations. Worth a visit if like me you are interested in the Nez Perce people, or western military history in general. Not much else to do up there, though the bright pink Sacred Heart Church on the Ft. Belknap Reservation is striking and wholly photogenic.

Loom beading is the simplest place to start, I've found. My uncle beads freehand directly onto leather, and my mother makes beautiful earrings, but I'm not so talented. A cheap loom (or you can make your own with wood and a couple of hair combs) and a book of simple patterns will give you a good start. :-)

Here's a kit from Amazon that has some good reviews. Cousin Large Traditional Bead Loom kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BNF8JA/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_yRXsxbFBZAEK3

If you are interested to learn some of the basic Choctaw words and phrases on your own convenience, you could try using free apps like Beginner Choctaw

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shex.beginnerchoctaw

The author is the only other person I've read, apart from yourself, who describes the feelings of being half native half white and not being accepted by either.

The book itself is about him losing his job, wife and apartment all in the span of I think a week or so, and deciding to pack up his truck and drive Black Elk's "sacred hoop" around the United States, but only on the old "blue" highways which meander and take him through the weirdest stuff in the country. He travels basically anywhere the names on the map are interesting.

One of the best travel dialogs I've ever read. I'd say it's way better than Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and much more poetic.

It stirred a deep sense of wanderlust in me back when I needed to journey to find out who I was. You might find the same to be true for you, or at least you might find a kindred spirit.

Yeah I've bet some too, super cool people. They were Bunun. I learned so much about the indigenous people of Taiwan. They gave me a super helpful DVD about the various tribes called "Naluwan Romance". Weird name but I think it's a translation error.

Moche potrait vessels are some of the few known examples of naturalistic portraits of specific individuals (almost always males) in the pre-Columbian Americas.

Moche culture flourished from about 1 to 800 CE on the northern coast of Peru. Coastal Peru is has an extremely dry atmosphere, so the stirrup-spouts in this ceramic vessel prevented evaporation of liquids. Liquids also made an unusual sound when being poured from vessels like this.

Here's essay on " 'v' and 'b' in Lipan Apache: An Ethnohistorical Approach to a Phonological Variation" available for free download via academia.edu. It looks like the linguist Harry Hoijer studied you guys' language in the late '30s.

I have a friend whose master's thesis is on the Lipan Apache. I can ask him for good source material.

Legends of the Iroquois (Myths and Legends) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1570670560/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_TB3GC2D1K5NSXK3KHZBZ Collection of stories from my neck of the woods, the 3 brothers/hunters story is one I’ve told many times around moonlit campfires. Might not be the exact literature type you’re looking for but I hope it helps

This book is geared towards YA but it does a fine job of getting the narrative your asking about, across.

https://www.amazon.com/Feathered-Serpent-Dark-Heart-Sky/dp/1941026710/ref=pd_sbs_4/142-1382356-8699646?pd_rd_w=000Wg&pf_rd_p=a5925d26-9630-40f3-a011-d858608ac88b&pf_rd_r=H80JB6JWMRXF6T83PKFY&pd_rd_r=b31d97ff-0374-46e2-8b18-663ff41b74f1&pd_rd_wg=Td6q8&pd_rd_i=1941026710&psc=1

I just checked, it is free in Canada via Amazon.ca HERE, so grab it while you can.

And if there are any UK folk, Amazon UK has it up too for download.

Will this book be of use?

I don't know if linking to Amazon is OK on this sub or not. But I just found that "Winter Counts" is an "Amazon Best Book of August 2020". This book is getting fantastic reviews! Many, many more reviews can be read here:

https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Counts-David-Wanbli-Weiden/dp/0062968947/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Winter+Counts&qid=1598138368&s=books&sr=1-2

Oh, it's made out of seal? I didn't know :i

Oh wow, those are beautiful! .. But shouldn't the fur be on the inside since it makes pockets of air to store the heat?
I currently have this "anorak" which is just made out of combed wool, where I have sown some sheepskin on the inside (and in the pocket) to keep me warm.

The "icewear" shirts on Amazon, nah forget it... they're synthetic and cheap - amazon sellers are sadly known to lie about product quality, which is why they are itchy. I'd rather give him a nice, tripple layered one. I think I'll go with one that has a traditional pattern, perhaps one of the cream/white ones with turtleneck.

I'd love to bring home some Moccasins, but we have so many woke people here in Copenhagen, that I think it would be a bad idea. I'm a teacher on the pedagogy (paraprofessional?) education here at the University of Copenhagen, so I'd risk losing my job if I did anything considered cultural appropriating and rude, sadly.

If you want a real anorak coat made from real seal skin, sorry, no seals in North Dakota. You can buy something made from real buffalo hide but they are very expensive like this.

As for those sweaters, it depends on the person. Every person has their own style. I think they translate to "Icewear" and are available on Amazon. THIS one for an example. Me personally, I have a couple of those sweaters but rarely wear them because I find them itchy.

Its possible that while your up there your friend might know a native craftsman and you could find some authentic native clothing like moccasins.

I love this topic because I love horses so much. I am Mapuche (Chile) and the word for horse is Cawayo much like the Spanish word for horse.

I watched an incredible documentary about indigenous horses and the basis of the movie is that horses are indigenous to turtle island and we’re here before the Spanish in certain areas. I was googling but I haven’t had coffee yet.

I did find this documentary that looks super interesting

https://www.amazon.com/Horse-Tribe-Janet-Kern/dp/B00U2UQPJ8

I really loved this book by Tom Porter

I have this book called “Tricksters” that’s full of little comic adaptations of native stories, was one of my favorite things to read as a kid. Highly recommend if y’all haven’t heard of it. this is the Amazon link

I've actually thought about this. One of my ancestors was the only person to settle at Jamestown and then sail on the Mayflower and settle at Plymouth. His personal story is fascinating and I've been struggling for a decade with how to tell it in a way that is both true to his experience and an overdue bucket of cold water on the whole colonial mythology. It was actually looking for other sources on the Pocahantas story that led me to find this sub. The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History by Dr. Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow and Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star” is the only one I've found.

I may simply not be talented enough to pull it off, but it's also challenging when all the research to draw on is done by people who are members of the Mayflower Society. Too many of those people are too invested the crap I've spent my whole life trying to distance myself from. In the right hands I think it's got potential though.

Region of Peel Archives here, we're the ones who found the document.

I'm not sure what will happen in the future, though that would be great to see.

I can strongly recommend <em>Transformation and Continuity in Lakota Culture: The Collages of Arthur Amiotte</em> (2014). Amiotte is Standing Bear's grandson, and an accomplished artist.

>Through his artwork, Arthur Amiotte offers insight into the early reservation period, a time of great upheaval for the Lakota people. In words and images, he tells the fascinating story of his great-grandfather Standing Bear, a Lakota artist whose family uniquely blended Native and European ways of life.
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>Drawing inspiration from Standing Bear's legacy, Amiotte uses ephemera, historical and modern photographs and artworks, and the remembered stories of his relatives to compose collages that tell the story of a culture and people in transition. The vivid juxtaposition of materials allows viewers to experience the nuances and fluctuations in the Lakota people's environment, values, and way of life.

The book also includes a small biography of Standing Bear by another author.

"Bad Indians" by Deborah Miranda is a really great book that ties the residual mission trauma into family history in a really amazing way. It also from a California Native perspective which you don't get a lot of. Read it if you haven't yet!
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Indians-Tribal-Deborah-Miranda/dp/1597142018

Thanks for sharing this info & link! I ordered sunflowers for my brother; tomatoes & the mix for myself....all excited!

Looks like this outfit/group is providing this service as part of the USDA lawsuit settlement which is why it is only open to NDNs/Natives for ordering.

If anyone around this sub lives Up North in Wisconsin, our tribe is giving away starter plants to anyone/everyone (Native & Non) on 5/20 & 5/22 on a 1st come/1st serve basis.

Per Covid, face-masks are required & it is drive-thru only at the Keshena Public School. Limit 10 plants per household; Pepper, Cucumber, Squash, Melon, Zucchini, Herbs, Onion, Tomato, Pumpkin & Green Bean plants are available.

For beginner gardeners out there, our tribal college in conjunction w/UW is doing a Zoom class 5/13 9-10 AM Central on how to get started (working up the soil; raised beds; & covering plants, etc.) Link to register is:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElf-qprT0jE918l69bS6aNTFZt4wXGxeqc

Happy Gardening To ALL!!

Here is a link with fairly easy to follow instructions on researching names on the Dawes Rolls. The rolls include Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles. It is a good starting place, though it is not the be all end all of finding Native ancestry as it is limited to just those five tribes.

I would also highly suggest Family Search. Yes, it is run by the Mormon Church, but neither you nor your family has to be Mormon to use it. It uses the same archives as Ancestry.com, but it's free. If you can find where some of your family was born, you can potentially reach out to tribes in those areas and see if any of your family is on their rolls.

"There, There" Tommy Orange Hands down own of the best Native authored books I've read in a long time. ❤️💛🖤🤍

There There https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0525436146/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_MHMRGC6HXZTR52H91JKA

Indigenous peoples and communities have long used stories to understand the world and our place in it. Seedcast is a story-centered podcast by Nia Tero and a special monthly column produced in partnership with the South Seattle Emerald about nurturing and rooting stories of the Indigenous experience.

We are now in our third month of Indigenous storytelling with this wonderful mixed-media column of personal essay, podcast, poetry, and imagery. This month we want to underscore, through this reflection on episode two of Seedcast, the voices of two charismatic Pasifika leaders who demonstrate the ability to navigate the western world of politics with a deeply rich and culturally nuanced balance of Indigenous-centered policy.

In the second episode of Seedcast, Nia Tero’s Jessica Ramirez interviews two well-respected elders at the forefront of Indigenous Pacific Islander issues, Taholo Kami of Fiji and Sen. J. Kalani English of Hawai‘i. In this episode, they each reflect on the Pacific Islander tradition of talk story as an act of resilience, identity and public policy, youthful romanticism for the past, and how these island communities have had to adapt in the age of COVID-19.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1206521

Thanks for having this conversation with me! I love history and appreciate you being ok with talking more here :)

If it interests you, the pestilence before it got to Europe, this is a really good paper on how it affected the Golden Horde Khanate and the changes it brought. It's a PDF, so I'm not sure if it's something you'd want to download, however, it's actually a very good read, it's not as dry as it probably sounds!

"It considers whether there was a medieval growth in population in the Golden Horde prior to the arrival of the Black Death in the mid-14 century. It considers the level of depopulation and how it led to political instability. It notes how bubonic plague was used as a weapon by the Mongol armies. It considers economic consequences such as the decline in certain professions and crafts, the threat to the food supply, and the rising cost of labor which led to inflation. It also considers the social crisis brought about by the sudden death of substantial portions of the population."

(Me here real quick - the Siege of Kaffa, the Mongols flung their dead into the Genoa ports, bringing the plague to Europe, that's how the plague was biological warfare, that's always been a trip to me, throwing their dead literally wreaked havoc upon the continent)

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-impact-of-the-Black-Death-on-the-Golden-Horde%3A-Schamiloglu/39a54d8f53b7be65b40beb58a15c57c6f62fe22f

Wow, I have never come across a dissertation you couldn't at least order a print copy of. Guess next time you are in Gatineau, Quebec, you can peruse Rothcshild's dissertation.

Which tribes? For anything Nahua, Miguel León-Portilla is the man! I've only read a few of his many books, but he is the source!

I have heard that from Finnougrists. Just read &quot;An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic prehistory&quot; from Ante Aikio. Have never heard of a connection to the Berber people, could you explain where this is coming from or what the reasoning is. Excuse me this isn't meant rudely, I'm just always a bit sceptical if something is based of genes alone, yes you can trace back very very ancient migrations, but often it does not correlate well with cultural and linguistic groupings. For example the R1b is very common in Western Europe and the british isles and often connected with Celtic and Vasconic peoples, however its also very common in Udmurtia, in Afganistan, northern Nigeria and North-Eastern America. So there might be a very ancient connection, but the peoples have moved very far apart.

I want to say up front that I am not indigenous myself, I would just like to recognize the true history of the land that I live on and of the peoples that have lived here longer than my ancestors.

I made this and this prezi to give facts surrounding the holiday and to give a voice to indigenous perspectives in my own social circle.

Any feedback on how to better represent indigenous perspectives or general feedback would be super appreciated!

Horrible! I think these Native American women are getting played. The following book is provoding informations that governments are producing and protecting serial killers ...

Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder

https://www.amazon.de/Programmed-Kill-Politics-Serial-Murder/dp/0595326404
Governments are using the "serial killer" phenomenon to their own advantage

Non-Native here: I got the full "happy Native neighbors helping the nice Pilgrims" version when I was in grade school, but that was many decades ago when I lived in New England. By the late 60s, it was obvious that this was a myth, but it was replaced by a superficial and almost equally inaccurate story about the vicious Pilgrims immediately wiping out very "Indian" in sight. The more complicated story of European immigrants with mixed motives and Natives with shifting allegiances told in the 2015 PBS documentary &quot;The Pilgrims&quot; seems now to be more historically accurate, and features descendants of the indigenous tribes living near Plimouth Colony at the time the Mayflower arrived. Another acclaimed 2015 made for TV film, &quot;Saints and Strangers&quot; recounts a similar version.

My book suggestion, OP: https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Empire-Indians-Making-America/dp/0809068001/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Also you can't go wrong with anything written by Richard White or Daniel K Richter.

Here you go:

https://www.smilingmind.com.au

https://www.smilingmind.com.au/smiling-mind-app

On the home page you will have to scroll past the LEGO characters to learn more and navigate. You are on the right site when you see LEGO figures - just keep scrolling. : ) There is a lot of information on this site.

When you look at the app download page info, it all seems to be in English for now. But if you look at the farthest down on the page, on the right hand side, you will see the apps offered in "Other Languages". That would be the Aboriginal languages referred to in the article. I want to see a near future where hundreds and hundreds of languages are represented in apps here so people from all over can listen and practice their mindful wellness exercises in the true language that represents their own identity and experience in the world. That is vital to care for and heal the mind.

lol...you had me fooled!

Yah, Canva is really wonderful & you download all your creations too. Just watch out for their upselling/spiffing of some of their templates & graphics/icons for a fee. I've used Canva for 5 yrs. or so & haven't had the need to buy their premium service or pay for anything!

For free graphics/icons/vectors, you may also be interested in: https://www.freepik.com/ . If you're using freepik for personal use, you don't need to attribute ownership to them. If for commercial/business purposes, it's nice they've got a standard IP attribution blurb that you can copy & paste at the end of marcom. Happy creating to you!! Good luck in your studies, too!

All My Relations did an excellent podcast on this too: https://www.buzzsprout.com/262196/2024181-ep-11-love-in-the-time-of-blood-quantum

The Makah are still fighting in the courts to resume their regular whale hunting, which they only did that one time in 1999. Here's how a mostly-white audience on Facebook felt about it. It's pretty mixed but mostly negative: https://wordpress.com/post/memoriesofthepeople.wordpress.com/638

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With the caveats that it was written by a white guy and does include some ingredients tailored to modern pallettes, the Mitsitan Cafe cookbook has some pretty tasty recipes researched and made at the Smithsonian for the American Indian.

If you wanted to feature a more authentic white man's thanksgiving, you could take a page from the original Jamestown colonists who butchered and ate their children during their first winter.

There’s a lot available, one place to start would be the book And Grandma Said by Tom Porter.

And Grandma Said... Iroquois Teachings: as passed down through the oral tradition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1436335655/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_ZAS168231DJC77ZX0XFM

I'm not sure what age range you're working with, but this book is fun for little kids and has a decent fry bread recipe

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626727465/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_36VP7JTH7656FG7ADJBX

If you're dealing with older teens, or are interested in native movies and TV, Smoke Signals and Reservation Dogs both showcase native humor and what its like to be a native today. One of the biggest issues I've seen during this time of year is a lot of "natives used to do this" and "natives used to live here" talk.

Focusing on the fact that we're still here is incredibly important.

Native peoples don't agree on much. Some will be offended, some won't. Some will always be offended. Some have so given up on our cultures they don't care to be offended by any of it, choosing instead to save their outrage for things like the casual disregard for native holocaust, or the women and girls disappearing at the new colonial pipeline borders.

Don't get a tattoo to show your connection to a culture you are ignorant of. If you believe your blood or your proximity to the Cherokee give you license to use the symbols of that culture...you may be right. I won't judge. But wait a year, and then get the tattoo in celebration of all that you have learned about your people.

Read this: James Mooney's History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees https://www.amazon.com/dp/0914875191/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_DD2JQ139SXZG4YGQDX2C

Cover to cover. Go on Osiyo TV and do the language lessons. Then, if you still want the tattoo, go for it. But see my first paragraph.

I think you got great suggestions! If you’re going for a lil hike or something I’d recommend bringing a garbage bag + gloves for the both of you so you can pick up litter lol it adds a little activity and puts “taking care of the earth” into practice.

I have little nieces that loveeee the show Reservation Dogs & have little inside jokes about it. She’s probably too young for it BUT you never know, it might stick haha. Those same nieces live a very suburban life detached from our culture, and I’m just glad they at least have some normal representation on tv that’s not an injun/enemy trope.

At her age, I had some children’s books about the Navajo like this one: The Goat in the Rug https://www.amazon.com/dp/0689714181/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_KD60SYC7M7CY83KQ7N3V

It's difficult, I think this is partially why the narrative is taking so long to change. The information is scattered in hard-to-access scientific articles, indigenous wisdoms, European records, native historical writings, etc. I think the book 1491 is a good start, but it covers the whole of the Americas, and so can never really goes in-depth on anything, and has to leave out a lot. So I honestly don't have any good book recommendations on the overall topic, especially ones written in recent years with our knew influx of knowledge on the subject. This was a good book, but deals with more modern indigenous people in urban environments, and felt a little text-booky. I guess I'd recommend just following the links I posted above, and then following information that you find interesting.

Tuscarora-English / English-Tuscarora Dictionary by Blair A. Rudes (1999-03-06) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FEM7IBW/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_X1QP0MM204VA67NAP1Q9

My aunt helped write the dictionary, and was one of few who spoke the language fluently.

Gunalchéesh! For anyone wanting to learn more about Elizabeth Peratrovich, there's a PBS Special titled "For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska"

Alaskool has this transcript of a part of Peratrovich's speech, as well as further context:

> "I would not have expected," Elizabeth said in a quiet steady voice, "that I, who am barely out of savagery, would have to remind gentlemen with five thousand years of recorded civilization behind them of our Bill or Rights. When my husband and I came to Juneau and sought a home in a nice neighborhood where our children could play happily with our neighbors' children, we found such a house and had arranged to lease it. When the owners learned that we were Indians, they said 'no.' Would we be compelled to live in the slums?" Her intelligence was obvious, her composure faultless. After giving a potent, neatly worded picture of discrimination against the Indians and other Native people, Mrs. Peratrovich said, "There are three kinds of persons who practice discrimination. First, the politician who wants to maintain an inferior minority group so that he can always promise them something. Second, the Mr. and Mrs. Jones who aren't quite sure of their social position and who are nice to you on one occasion and can't see you on others, depending on who they are with. Third, the great superman who believes in the superiority of the white race."

Article? Shoot, I just read a whole book intended to dispel myths and stereotypes.

"All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans (Myths Made in America) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807062650/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_bE95Fb5HPFTRN

Northwest Indian College (NWIC) has at least two traditional recipe books out there for purchase.

Here's one I found that was published a few years ago.

https://www.amazon.com/FEEDING-7-GENERATIONS-SALISH-COOKBOOK/dp/1633980499/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&amp;keywords=northwest+indian+recipe&amp;qid=1608042761&amp;sr=8-10

Here's a link for it on Amazon.

There's also a really great documentary called Warrior Women that focuses on women's roles in the Red Power movement. There's some clips of Richard in it when they're covering the Alcatraz takeover. It's streaming online for free right now.

You’ve linked the Oculus Quest which is the more expensive version of this console and not all Go games can play on the Quest so it’d be a real mistake to buy the Quest for this purpose.

Here’s a link to buy the Oculus Go on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Oculus-Standalone-Virtual-Reality-Headset-pc/dp/B076CWS8C6/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Oculus%2Bgo&amp;qid=1571952932&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyQTg1QlZZRDZTMzNVJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNzQ5NjM1STQ2RFAxQVZ...

My tribe has an app. I've started using it while on the bus to and from work. It's not easy, but it's worth it.

Hi guys! Is it ok if I recommend you native american music app? People who love this music, will definitely enjoy it. Thanks!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.strongsun.nativeamericanmusic

>one recorded case of smallpox blankets happening

According to this book it happened in the Pacific Northwest as well.

So i did a tiny amount of searching on amazon and found a cookbook from the smithsonian of native peoples of the Americas. It looks like a lot of central and South America. So i might be correct but who knows.

The link here

Right now, Thunder is only available for the Oculus Go system.

Users recommend you buy the full kit with controllers, which runs about $400 USD off Amazon, probably more in Canada.

It would be nice if they could port it to other systems. Might be slightly cheaper.

Little Hawk and the Lone Wolf by Raymond C. Kaquatosh. They aired it on Wisconsin Public Radio on chapter a day, it was really good. It's a memoir.

Edit: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Hawk-Lone-Wolf-Memoir/dp/0870206508

A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement by Kent Blansett.

The book is the culmination of 20+ years of Dr. Blansett's work on Richard Oakes, so this is a bit of a shameless plug for my professor/thesis committee member, but it's still an amazing book.

For an excellent book by a native author and revolutionary which discusses native philosophy/culture, I highly suggest:

Russel Means - If You've Forgotten the Names of Clouds, You've Lost Your Way

THAT'S MY UNCLE!

Not by blood, but he's a longtime friend of my dad and has known me my entire life. So cool to see his work recognized here.

He's written a couple of books,

In the Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided and

In the Light of Justice: The Rise of Human Rights in Native America and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

No way! That's so cool! I actually just started reading a different book recently - Nez Perce Women in Transition, 1877-1990 by Caroline Adams. In it, I saw someone captioned that I thought might be a relative of yours! I'll take a picture and message you.

And aw, thanks for letting me know! I am still working on one of the older replies. I hope your plate is full of happy things! :)

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm sure OP will appreciate it, and I'll be adding it to my reading list too!

"Native Fashion Now," a traveling exhibit curated by Karen Kramer of the Peabody Essex Museum. The exhibit an amazing catalogue for people who can't see the show in person.

Good question indeed. From what I've gathered thus far-

"The La Palma site where TMT is being re-proposed is not vacant. It is the sacred mountain of the Benahoaritas, the last indigenous Guanches (an ancient Berber people who were there for thousands of years), who were almost wiped out, but from whom many of the island's living people are descended. The mountain is the site of the last standoff against Spain, the same year that Columbus was making trouble in North America. Some are active, and do not want TMT either. Letʻs be clear: it is not enough to remove this project from Mauna Kea and build it on someone else's sacred land. Astronomy needs to EVOLVE, and stop destroying our Earth to look at the sky, period."

https://www.amazon.com/Guanches-Survivors-Their-Descendants/dp/8492052759

Her first fantasy book was called Demon Drums. It's off Amazon for $4.

Carol took care with some aspects of Polynesian culture. In Hawai'i, an emphasis is placed on song and oral tradition as well as writing in native culture, so when Carol's characters want to cast a spell in her books, they don't point magic wands. They sing and gesture like dancers. They whisper into their hands and place it into the water for water magic, or they sing into the air for storm magic, or they hum a song while applying salve to make wounds heal better. I think it's actually cool the way she depicts it and her worldbuilding, and some other well-known authors have commented that Carol has been criminally ignored. Not even Hawai'i knew much about her, and they normally celebrate locals who make it big. I haven't read many authors who's attempted to branch outside of the "wand casts magic missile" version of magic in fantasy, probably because it's hard to do. I might copy her someday in that regard.

Full disclosure: my mother and some of my friends took her writing course. A couple were Hawaiian. They all said she was a hard teacher, had her favorites, and was apparently gunshy of anyone who had talent approaching hers, as many teachers do. She was hired because UH liked the prestige of hiring published authors as all colleges do. But she was more geared toward academia than writing, and I wasn't aware of anything she published while she was teaching. I understand she died a few years ago.

What do you mean by "the system"? That's pretty broad. If you mean the legal system, then I'd recommend <em>In the Courts of the Conquerer: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided</em> (Fulcrum Publishing, 2012) by Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee).

THEY ARE IN DIRE NEED OF FIREWOOD! They do not need anymore food, nor clothing, for there is no more room, and not enough people for the amount.

They still need: *tarps, *blankets, *plastic boxes, *zip ties, *axes, *DIABETIC SUPPLIES (especially strips) *ROPES, *yeast (for baking), *dried egg product (some Native told me that is golden to them,) *transport dolly (there were big boxes and virtually no easy way to move them,) *tents (preferably military type but all is welcome), *batteries (TRIPLE AAA IS IN DESPERATE NEED! Also phone batteries would be nice,) *solar panels (for mobile phones) CHILDREN's BOOKS (for the school) *stakes, *campfire tripod (looks like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FSJHHI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ZF35xbRTCP6M2 ) *shovels, *amazon gift cards, *sleeping bags.

If you have any question, please inbox me.If you need assistance getting to Standing Rock (rideshare, directions, etc.) also contact me.

ALSO, IF YOU KNOW ANY RETIRED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS (EMT, Paramedics, CNA, Nurses, Doctors) have them know that Standing Rock needs medical assistance!

This is a good address where you can send donations:

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Attn: Johnelle Leingang North Standing Rock Ave Fort Yates, North Dakota USA 58538"

For the Nez Perce, check out <em>Noon Nee-Me-Poo - Volume 1</em> by Allen P. Slickpoo, Sr.; Deward E. Walker, Jr. The words come straight from Nez Perce elders and speak on our origin.

Not offended by the fact that the word originates in scalps and bounties. That it implies the savage. Have you read Rob Williams book on the origins of the myth of the savage?

http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Anxieties-Invention-Western-Civilization/dp/0230338763