FYI - current list of Federally Recognized Tribes

Taken from the Federal Register of29 January 2014, the list of Federally Recognized Indian Tribes.http://www.indianaffairs.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc006989.pdf

Discovery of Native American village threatens to halt downtown Miami development

Haaaa - somebody was there before the Cubans???http://www.cbsnews.com/news/native-american-village-threatens-to-halt-downtown-miami-development/MIAMI The discovery of the remains of an extensive Native American village below downtown Miami could bring a halt to a multi-million construction...

the-shape-of-things-that-have-been-the-power-of-sacred-sites

http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/01/29/the-shape-of-things-that-have-been-the-power-of-sacred-sites/Luv this stuff - just LUV it.

L. Brooks Patterson Slams Detroit: ‘The Truth Hurts… Tough S***’

Wonder how he really feels about Indians???"Hes also quoted as saying a prediction he made has come to pass. He said, What were going to do is turn Detroit into an Indian reservation, where we herd all the Indians into the city, build a fence around it, and then throw in the blankets and...

Have you ever had one of those "Revelations"?????

This is a true story - something I have been burying in my mind for years, but it finally came out over the holidays.During the Christmas holidays, I went to Las Cruces to spend 2.5 weeks with my wonderful and gorgeous family (three women - who can go wrong with that). One day, Audra (wife) and I...

Bluegrass pipeline | Indian burial site in way; looters strike

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20131203/NEWS01/312030077/?nclick_check=1Dowser - this is in your neighborhood. Unfortunately, this occurs way too often.An Indian burial site in Hardin County has been looted between visits by archaeologists working for the Bluegrass Pipeline project,...

Florida Seminoles work to preserve isle where ancestors held

By Saundra Amrhein, 12/1/2013EGMONT KEY, Florida (Reuters) - As a fog bank rolled in behind them onSunday afternoon, several members of the Seminole Tribe of Floridadisembarked from a double-decker catamaran onto a small island off thecoast near St. Petersburg in west-central Florida.It was part...

'Nuff said

From The Daily Republican, a newspaper from Winona, Minnesota, dated September 24, 1863)

Words used to sway the early Native Americans - before they killed them?????

This may seem a bit long, but there are some in our group that really need to see how the Spanish actually met, greeted and massacred our peoples.The document is called "El Requerimiento" and it was issued in the name of King Ferdinand and Queen Juana (his daughter) and used whenever the Spanish...

Who Is Te Ata?

"Te Ata (1895-1995), whose name means bearer of the dawn, was an award-winning storyteller and trained actress whose one-woman interpretations of American Indian folklore earned her national and international acclaim throughout her 70-year career. Te Ata became the first Native American woman to...