Bows made by Chickasaw Chosen for “The Revenant,” “Lewis and Clark”

http://chickasaw.net/News/Press-Releases/2016-Press-Releases/Bows-made-by-Chickasaw-Chosen-for-The-Revenant,%E2%80%9D.aspx?platform=hootsuite&utm_content=buffer25cea&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Eric Smith’s work makes a dramatic appearance very...

10 Outrageous (and Mostly True) Quotes on Native Americans by Famous People

Everybody, it seems, has an opinion on American Indians, and precious few of them actually know what they're talking about. Over the years, many of those who've given the matter some thought have formulated unpopular opinions about the series of injustices and brutality that constitutes American...

Why every Canadian should watch Rhymes for Young Ghouls

http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/why-every-canadian-should-watch-rhymes-for-young-ghouls-1.2687357 Rhymes for Young Ghouls plays Wednesday, at the Asinabka Festival in Ottawa.     I do not think I would have gone to see this film if I had dug a little deeper into the plotline; it hurt too...

‘White Man Kill Me Three Times’ Remembering Seminole Elder George Billie

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/11/21/white-man-kill-me-three-times-remembering-seminole-elder-george-billie-162480 A flock of birds landed in a large oak tree at the Seminole burial grounds near Clewiston. Family and friends, mostly indigenous people, gathered by the tree to...

Mass. Supreme Court Rules Sweatlodge Closure Violates RLUIPA

https://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/mass-supreme-court-rules-sweatlodge-closure-violates-rluipa/ DUFFLY, J. Randall Trapp and Robert Ferreira, who are adherents of Native American religious practices, are both incarcerated at Department of Correction (DOC) facilities. In 2010, Trapp...

Happy U. S. CITIZENSHIP NATIVE AMERICANS

http://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/upload/Native-American-Citizenship-2.pdfIn some ways, it is remarkably easy for most of us to become a citizen of the United States. For most U.S. citizens, the simple fact that we were born within the country's borders qualifies us. We become citizens...

RED ALERT: Congress Foretells Return to Termination

http://www.galandabroadman.com/2015/05/red-alert-congress-foretells-return-to-termination/?utm_content=buffere476b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=bufferFive years ago,Drs.Stephen Cornell and Joseph Kalt citeda Republican-fueled trend away from the Indian...

MY "New" World

Well Kavika - I finally made it to the world of "retirement" - not by choice, either.There is a lot of information that could be placed in this space, but suffice it to say - I had three massive heart attacks within a 30 minute period, was supposedly "dead" for 21.52 minutes, i. e. no heart...

WAR PONY is dressed and ready to ride

Got War Pony back from the paint shop today - I am impressed.Now, where's that damn warm weather?????

10 Things You Should Know About Cherokee Nation

Interesting information.Many people and images come to mind about the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Syllabary, created by Sequoyah, may be one of them. For many others, it may be the Trail of Tears. Still, Cherokee people such as Will Rogers or Wilma Mankiller may come to mind.Yet there is much...