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By the time of his death he had published 4 books and had become a leader at the forefront of the progressive movement aimed at preserving Native American heritage and sovereignty, coming to be known as a strong voice in the education of the white man as to the Native American way of life. Here, then, are 10 quotes from the great Sioux Indian Chief known as Standing Bear that will be sure to disturb much of what you think you know about modern culture.
Being a Native feminist today often means resisting the dominant culture’s influence. Traditional women may know their value within their community and family, but when those same women go outside the tribe for work, professional support or services, they have to deal with a patriarchal society.
ICTMN has gathered the thoughts of six powerful women for whom tradition and feminism come naturally. All share their thoughts, for better and worse, about feminism in Indian country.
Sadly, our history with respect to the treatment of Aboriginal people is not something in which we can take pride. Attitudes of racial and cultural superiority led to a suppression of Aboriginal culture and values. As a country, we are burdened by past actions that resulted in weakening the identity of Aboriginal peoples, suppressing their languages and cultures, and outlawing spiritual practices. We must recognize the impact of these actions on the once self-sustaining nations that were disaggregated, disrupted, limited or even destroyed by the dispossession of traditional territory, by the relocation of Aboriginal people, and by some provisions of the Indian Act. We must acknowledge that the result of these actions was the erosion of the political, economic and social systems of Aboriginal people and nations.
Native American culture is more traditionally egalitarian?
That's cool.
How Technology Is Helping Modern Language Revitalization EffortsUntil recently, preserving the languages of our ancestors has traditionally been an extremely daunting task. While missionaries and scholars have written books about the native languages they encountered and audio recordings of elders speaking have existed for decades, these resources can be difficult to acquire and use to actually teach a language. Some people have successfully achieved fluency by becoming an apprentice to an elder in their community, by taking classes or enrolling in an immersion school. For many Natives who live great distances away from their communities, these options were nearly impossible.
Good article"Great Surprise"?Native Americans Have West Eurasian Origins
I find these National Geographic Genome studies fascinating. If one is going to argue that they are concoctions, then they need to come up with some pretty strong evidence for a contrary theory or at least evidence that these are concoctions.
Some of the ways that migration has occurred for Native American groups can be very interesting when seeing how extensive it can be. In example, ever heard of the Olmecs? They lived within the area of Mexico..the first 'major' civilization in Mexico f"Great Surprise"?Native Americans Have West Eurasian Origins
I find these National Geographic Genome studies fascinating. If one is going to argue that they are concoctions, then they need to come up with some pretty strong evidence for a contrary theory or at least evidence that these are concoctions.
Are you seriously arguing that scientific evidence should be disregarded if it doesn't come from a Native American?
I just came across this interesting article regarding Native American DNA:
"Great Surprise"?Native Americans Have West Eurasian Origins
I find these National Geographic Genome studies fascinating. If one is going to argue that they are concoctions, then they need to come up with some pretty strong evidence for a contrary theory or at least evidence that these are concoctions.
I believe the evidence points from humans originating from Africa, actually i think a thread on this topic already exists.I've heard they may have originally come from Egypt. I've heard of archeological findings of artifacts that are very similar to ones found in Egypt, and are around the same age. Not too far-fetched of an idea that some of them may have come to America and stayed here. I had a Native American friend once who I told this to when I first heard of it and she was very defensive, saying "No! We were here first!" But if humans originated in the middle east first, then they would have had to travel in order to establish civilizations elsewhere. Not hard to imagine some from Egypt or elsewhere in the middle east coming here long ago. Sailing ships existed even in biblical times.
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