"Aaron Carapella, a self-taught mapmaker in Warner, Okla., has pinpointed the locations and original names of hundreds of American Indian nations before their first contact with Europeans."
"Indigenous Peoples' Day is a time of reflection, recognition and celebration of the role Native people have played in U.S. history, as NPR has reported. One way to mark the day — and to learn about Indigenous history year-round — is to learn which Native lands you live on."
Jean E. Balestrery, PhD, MA, MSW, LICSW, is co-editor and author of "Indigenous Peoples and Dementia: New Understandings of Memory Loss and Memory Care" (UBC Press).
How a string of custody battles over Native children became a federal lawsuit that threatens everything from tribal sovereignty to civil rights.
In this episode, Ms. Agnes Williams, a member of the Seneca Nation, uses her Nation’s experience as a context to discuss cultural appreciation. .
In this episode, Dr. David Patterson describes the Three Sisters and other core ideas that informed the creation and evolution of the Native American Center for Wellness Research.
"As our organization expands we continue to seek relevant avenues to involve the younger generations in our work."
"Welcome! All My Relations is a podcast hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip), and Dr. Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) to explore our relationships— relationships to land, to our creatural relatives, and to one another."
The Forgotten Creeks documentary trailer provides a brief glimpse into the struggles and determination of the Poarch Creek Indians that ultimately led them to become a sovereign nation and Alabama’s only federally recognized Native American tribe.
Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them. From secret recordings to Star Wars films dubbed in Navajo, follow the revolutionary steps transforming Native America.
Tribal sovereign status for an individual refers to the unique legal and political status of a member of a federally recognized tribe in the United States (National Congress of America Indians, 2020). Here are some key aspects:
It is important to note that the specifics of tribal sovereign status can vary widely among different tribes, as each tribe has the inherent right to establish its own laws and governance structures. For more detailed information, it would be best to refer to the specific laws and regulations of the relevant tribe – see the Tribal Directory of the National Congress of American Indians.
(Reference: National Congress of American Indians (2020). Tribal Nations and the United States: An Introduction. Washington, D.C., February 2020. https://cdn.sanity.io/files/raa5sn1v/production/3e782452a1ed9a2e03425ba035b353f54b2c2e46.pdf)
Additional Resources
Acknowledgment is a simple, powerful way of showing respect and a step toward correcting the stories and practices that erase Indigenous people’s history and culture and toward inviting and honoring the truth. Visit www.usdac.us/nativeland to move beyond acknowledgment into action.
A culture deprived of its children will not survive. Yet at one point in our nation's history an alarming number of Native children were removed from their homes and placed with non-Native foster and adoptive homes, damaging the thread connecting the child and their culture.
Through first-person narratives, students are introduced to federally run boarding schools, institutions created to force the assimilation of Native American children into white society.
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