Mari Sandoz was a fine story-teller. I found her book Crazy Horse ‘The Strange Man of the Oglalas’ to be so compelling,it was the beginning of my own desire to do whatever I could to help the Native American people any way I could.
AUTHOR: Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Press Release Lare Aschenbrenner, the directing attorney of the Alaska office of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), is taking the lead for the plaintiffs in the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council v. Alaska lawsuit. Currently, NARF is representing ten villages, the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council and the Alaska Native Justice Center […]
Cynthia Ann Parker, a captive of the Comanches, was born to Lucy (Duty) and Silas M. Parker in Crawford County, Illinois. According to the 1870 census of Anderson County she would have been born between June 2, 1824, and May 31, 1825. When she was nine or ten her family moved to Central Texas and […]
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Hector Barreto, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C., has been scheduled to speak at the 2002 Reservation Economic Summit and American Indian Business Trade Show. The conference, with the theme, “Economic Success in Indian Country: Making It A Reality,” will take place April 29 to May 2 at the Hyatt Regency […]
[Release date TBA] Sherman Alexie served as writer and director of this independent film, The Business of Fancy Dancing, which was shot on digital video. It stars Evan Adams as a gay Spokane poet returning to his reservation for the funeral of a childhood friend. The Sundance Film Festival has announced this film will be […]
May your moccasins Leave footprints on All the main paths, And walk with the Chiefs Of all the tribes That live in Peace on earth. We are part of this Earth.
Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Read the Native American Ten Commandments:
Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, an important chief of the Algonquian Indians (the Powhatans) who lived in the Virginia region. Her real name was “Matoaka.” “Pocahontas” was a nickname. Do you know what it means?
Have you seen the animated film “Pocahontas”? It tells the story of the daughter of Powhatan, the most powerful Indian chief of coastal Virginia in the early 1600s. Even today, the story of Pocahontas fascinates people.
Pocahontas was only about 10 years old when her world changed forever. English settlers arrived from far across the ocean and created a settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
These new English settlers looked and acted very differently from Powhatan’s tribe.
The English settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, called America “The New World.” But for Pocahontas it was the settlers who brought a new world of language, dress, and culture.
Pocahontas made some friends among the settlers, but when war broke out between the Powhatan Indians and the English colonists in 1613, Pocahantas was found visiting the Patawomeke tribe and was taken prisoner.
The English were certain that her father would ransom his daughter and settle the war. Do you know what happened?
Because she was the daughter of a powerful chief, Pocahontas was an ideal person to help reduce tensions between the Native Americans and the English colonists in Virginia.
Her own people loved and respected her, and she made many friends among the newcomers.
Hopi basketmakers are some of the finest artists in this medium in North America. Today, while many Pueblo peoples no longer weave baskets, Hopi women continue a centuries-long tradition of basketry. They are also innovative artists, developing new methods and designs from traditional ones. Red, yellow, and black are the usual colors skillfully arranged to produce katsina, animal, blanket, and geometric designs.