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We need to do more for Native Americans – especially Native American women
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • 7 years ago
The US government needs to be accountable to Native Americans and respect tribal sovereignty says presidential candidate Joe Sestak Native American people serve in the military at a higher rate than any other ethnic group. During World War II, some tribes saw 70% of their able-bodied...
REPUBLICANS MISTREAT NATIVE AMERICANS
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 6 Comments • 2 Likes • 7 years ago
Trump has a portrait of “Indian killer” Andrew Jackson looking over his daily moves in Oval Office. GUEST COMMENTARY Published November 14, 2019 Why is life expectancy only age 57 for South Dakota Native Americans? That’s 24 years less than the state’s white residents. A big reason,...
Trump Ignores Native American Heritage Month, Makes It About White Founding Fathers Instead
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 20 Comments • 2 Likes • 7 years ago
November is Native American Heritage Month, meant to honor the ancient cultures of native people in the United States as well as bring awareness to the atrocities brought against them by colonists, politicians and soldiers. But last week, President Donald Trump decided to make November...
Sean Sherman’s (The Sioux Chef) 10 Essential Native American Recipes - Native American Heritage Month
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 39 Comments • 7 Likes • 7 years ago
Growing up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the 1970s, I ran wild with my cousins through my grandparents’ cattle ranch, over the hot, sandy South Dakota land of burrs and paddle cactus, hiding in the sparse grasses and rolling hills. We raced over the open plains, and through shelter...
Rumble: the story of the Native Americans who shaped rock music - Native American Heritage Month
Via: Kavika • History & Sociology • 12 Comments • 5 Likes • 7 years ago
In an eye-opening new documentary, hidden Native American figures are finally given credit for influencing a vast amount of popular music Katie Bain @bainofyrexstnce Mon 21 Jan 2019 03.00 ESTLast modified on Tue 22 Jan 2019 10.16 ES Link Wray. Photograph:...
MARIA TALLCHIEF ''Americans first Prima Ballerina'' Native American Heritage Month
Via: Kavika • History & Sociology • 12 Comments • 7 Likes • 7 years ago
This is a very long article about Maria Tallchief and the ''Five Moons''...American's first Prima Ballerina and the five native women that conquered the world ballet field. BETH MARIA TALLCHIEF is famous for being the first American prima ballerina for the New York City Ballet. Born in...
The Mohawks that Built Manhattan (photos) Native American Heritage Month.
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 7 Likes • 7 years ago
High atop a New York University building one bright September day, Mohawk ironworkers were just setting some steel when the head of the crew heard a big rumble to the north. Suddenly a jet roared overhead, barely 50 feet from the crane they were using to set the steel girders in place. “I looked...
Cmdr Ernest Edwin Evans, MoH Recipient, And The Battle Off Samar - Native American Heritage Month
By: Kavika • History & Sociology • 18 Comments • 9 Likes • 7 years ago
This article was written by a friend of mine, Honmana (Bear Girl in the Hopi language). This is considered the Navy finest hour. The quote says it all... Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland maneuvered his small ship to evade the charging Heermann and, as he watched the destroyer receding...
Native American Heritage Month - Will Rogers: Actor, Comedian, Political Pundit, Truth Teller - And Proud Cherokee
Via: Kavika • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • 7 Likes • 7 years ago
Will Rogers: Actor, Comedian, Political Pundit, Truth Teller—And Proud Cherokee. In our time, we can remember where we were when a few transformative events occurred—the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the killing of John Lennon. The explosion of Challenger, the tanks...