Earth and Sky Photo Contest

By: screminmimi  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  9 Comments  •  9 years ago

These slides are incredible. Worth the view. Enjoy.http://vimeo.com/65960743(There is a better way I could have done this without all the copying and pasting to view this, but I'm technologically impaired and experimenting... believe me, this is worth the viewing when you have the time. Maybe not...

Cannibalism in Native Americans

By: screminmimi  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  34 Comments  •  9 years ago

There is an article in the news today that evidence has been found that the first settlers of Jamestown, VA turned to cannibalism in order to survive the first harsh winter there. Anthropologists have concluded beyond a shadow of a doubt that it happened.The resulting comments on the Newsvine...

Native American Gangs

By: screminmimi  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  9 Comments  •  9 years ago

On another news site this morning, there was a story about the conviction of three Native Americans in MN who the Feds claim are part of a gang of about 200 Natives involved in drug trafficking, gun running, extortion, intimidation, attempted murder, discharging firearms at innocents, and a host...

Lyle Eagletail, Hero

By: screminmimi  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  11 Comments  •  9 years ago

Lyle Eagletail, a 26 year old Native American, jumped into the icy Big Sioux river in South Dakota to try and save the life of a six year old boy who had fallen in three days ago.Both he and the boys sister jumped in when the boy fell into the water and though both Mr. Eagletail and the sister...

Are You Ashamed of Me?

By: screminmimi  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  71 Comments  •  9 years ago

Last night I had a call from a cousin in Detroit I haven't seen or talked with in almost forty years. We connected because she had noticed some of my comments on my Facebook page reflected my interest in Native American articles appearing in the news and that I was "admitting" to my NA...