Category: North American Aboriginals
Lakota Sioux – Wiwanke Wachipi – The Sun Dance
Excerpt taken from: †††† http://aktalakota.stjo.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8668 The Sun Dance was the most important ceremony practiced by the Lakota (Sioux) and nearly all Plains Indians. It was a time of renewal for the tribe, people and earth. The village was large, as many bands came together for this annual rite. Each tribe camped within their own circle,… Continue reading Lakota Sioux – Wiwanke Wachipi – The Sun Dance
An excellent talk on how Eurocentrism is the central worldview in the world
Indigenizing the Academy: Indigenous Perspectives and Eurocentric Challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnw-G-D4wG8 Indigenizing the Academy: Indigenous Perspectives and Eurocentric Challenges
Ethnic Cleansing and the Indian: the Crime that Should Haunt America -Book Review
Book originally written by Gary Clayton Anderson This book review was written by Mark Meuwese, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and the excerpt here is taken from: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1329&context=gsp Since the early twenty-first century, historians have paid increasing attention to the violent impact of European and American colonial expansion on the Indigenous peoples of North… Continue reading Ethnic Cleansing and the Indian: the Crime that Should Haunt America -Book Review
Draft of Proposed Articles of Confederation – Benjamin Franklin – Perpetual Alliance
taken from: http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal Benjamin Franklin In a draft, "Proposed Articles of Confederation", presented to the Continental Congress on May 10, 1775, Benjamin Franklin called for a "perpetual Alliance" with the Indians for the nation about to take birth, especially with the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy: Article XI. A perpetual Alliance offensive and defensive,… Continue reading Draft of Proposed Articles of Confederation – Benjamin Franklin – Perpetual Alliance
Clearances of the Native American peoples from their ancestral lands – (still continuing)
I am guilty of this..... we all are..... Money wins out every time…. and we are all a part of it…. The process which started with the Spaniards in central America, then the USA and their "Indian Removal Act", and Canada….. still continues…. if we look in our hearts, what does it say about us… Continue reading Clearances of the Native American peoples from their ancestral lands – (still continuing)
Zitkala-Sa – Yankton Dakota Sioux (1876–1938)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zitkala-Sa https://wwnorton.com/college/history/america-essential-learning/docs/Zitkala-Sa-Indian_Stories-1921.pdf Excerpt:" A wigwam of weather-stained canvas stood at the base of some irregularly ascending hills. A footpath wound its way gently down the sloping land till it reached the broad river bottom; creeping through the long swamp grasses that bent over it on either side, it came out on the edge of the… Continue reading Zitkala-Sa – Yankton Dakota Sioux (1876–1938)
Native Americans – Some Information
https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/ Native Americans - Medicine Man & Medicine Pouches https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-culture/medicine-pouch.htm https://readtiger.com/www.native-languages.org/languages.htm
Weapons of the Indian Wars
https://truewestmagazine.com/weapons-of-the-indian-wars/ https://truewestmagazine.com/weapons-of-the-indian-wars/
The Two Wolves – A Cherokee Story
One evening, an elderlyCherokee brave told hisgrandson about a battle thatgoes on inside people.he said "my son, the battle isbetween two 'wolves' inside us all.one is evil. it is anger,envy, jealousy, sorrow,regret, greed, arrogance,self-pity, guilt, resentment,inferiority, lies, false pride,superiority, and ego.the other is good.it is joy, peace love, hope serenity,humility, kindness, benevolence,empathy, generosity,truth, compassion and… Continue reading The Two Wolves – A Cherokee Story
Reality is Dharma 