Cultural Values

Below isa list of some "generalized" differences in cultural values.Have you/can you see them? Which do you place importance on (very important question).Native values - Formal (respect for others/elders/leaders); belief in family, group, village; value on being in harmony with others; place...

You wanna learn????

OK, let's get a discussion going about learning - or, better yet, finding out what the message is in the story being told.This is how most Indians teach and learn.Two Indians died and went to heaven. God welcomed them, walked them around and left them to themselves.Six months go by -God calls...

Backing out

Not wanting to cast a dark shadow over the festivities all of you have been enjoying, but I'm going to have to back out of this "Tribe" - for awhile.Maybe I just expect too much from folks who claim to have the interests of the Native People in their hearts and in their mindswho then start making...

Redskins Owner Dan Snyder on Name Debate: ‘We’ll Never Change the Name’

Time the courts weigh in and shut this man and his misplaced team (a losing team BTW) down.http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/05/09/redskins-owner-dan-synder-on-name-debate-well-never-change-the-name

To whom does Wounded Knee belong?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22301842Part of the historical site at Wounded Knee is up for sale. Should it be developed as a landmark or left in peace out of respect for the Sioux people who died there?Almost as soon as the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee was over, the battle to define what...

The golfing

Kav - you just had to do it. I've done my best to make sure no one "really" knows what I look like 'cause, well, you know, when you're a fstwarrior, you have to be stealthy, sneaky, sly, and most of all - hidden.But, as you all know, I am a golfing nut - not very good - in fact pretty bad - but I...

US justices struggle in weighing American Indian adoption case

http://news.msn.com/us/us-justices-struggle-in-weighing-american-indian-adoption-caseWhat's to struggle with? Follow the law - simple.A father is trying to take custody of his daughter, now 3 years old, even though she was legally adopted when the child's mother gave her up for...

Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations

MINNEAPOLIS Nothing in her upbringing on a remote Indian reservation in northern Minnesota prepared Jean Howard for her introduction to city life during a visit here eight years ago: an outbreak of gunfire, followed by the sight of people scattering.Slide ShowAs Indians Move to Cities, Old and...

As protesters jeer, Hopi masks sell in Paris

PARISIn a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court ignored the objections of the Hopi tribe and the U.S. government.The total tally was 931,000 euros ($1.2 million), with the most expensive, the "Mother Crow,"...

Everything you wanted to know about the Tribal Law and Order Act but were afraid to ask.

Crime remains an endemic problem in Indian country. Shocking homicide rates, skyrocketing levels of juvenile crime and gang activity, child abuse, and substance abuse plague the over 1.4 million people who populate tribal land.1 Crime data showed that violent victimization of Indians and Alaska...