“Bribed With Our Own Money: Federal Abuse of American Indian Funds in the Termination Era” examines how officials coerced tribal nations to accept termination by threatening to withhold money owed them by the federal government.'
Abstract: Mutually beneficial partnerships between genomics researchers and North American Indigenous Nations are rare yet becoming more common. Here, we present one such partnership that provides insight into the peopling of the Americas and furnishes another line of evidence that can be used to further treaty and Indigenous...
I'm only about 60 pages into this next book, but I'd dare say this is also probably required reading for... everyone.
After so many books about the subjugation and weakness of his ancestors (even from the most seemingly progressive sources), my partner was extremely excited to find this and we've been really enjoying discussing it. It doesn't sugarcoat the atrocities of the imperial colonists, but it also doesn't downplay the very real power held within Indigenous nations in North America throughout the entire period of "conquest". This is a side of our history I've never read, and I'd guess most of you are in the same boat.
Today in Labor History February 14, 1779: Indigenous Hawaiians killed Captain James Cook near Kealakekua, on the Big Island of Hawaii after Cook attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaii.. The site is near the modern town of Captain Cook.
At dawn on November 29, hundreds of U.S. soldiers led by Colonel John Chivington surrounded the village. Residents responded by waving white flags and pleading for mercy; one of the chiefs even raised the American flag in an attempt to demonstrate that he, too, was American. Ignoring these symbols of surrender and peace, the white troops opened fire with carbines and cannons, slaughtering more than 200 Native American people. Most of the victims of the massacre were women, children, and the elderly and infirm. After the massacre, the troops burned the village, mutilated the bodies of the deceased, and removed body parts to keep as trophies. Some scalps of the dead became props in plays that the troops later performed to celebrate, as one soldier boasted, “almost an annihilation of the entire tribe.” #history#histodon#journalism#media#newstodon#government
from Original Nations Advocates PRO on December 8, 2020
"#Vatican documents issued by various popes during the fifteenth century created global patterns of domination, leading ultimately to the current #EcologicalCrisis. The wisdom teachings of original nations and peoples provide a way forward for the well-being of the planet and our future generations. Based on the book Pagans in the Promised Land by Steven T. Newcomb."
'The museum acquired the Patriots of Color Archive in 2022. In it: nearly 200 rare documents — original muster rolls, pay vouchers, enlistment papers, discharge forms and more — originally belonging to Black and Native American soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War.... Ancestry.com digitized the collection and made it available online for free.'
Snippet “…over the years, archaeologists have dug up mysteriously black and fertile patches of ancient soils in hundreds of sites across the Amazon. This "dark earth" has been found in and around human settlements dating back hundreds to thousands of years. And it has been a matter of some debate as to whether the super-rich...
Something totally unique! We are back with our livestreams.
We will be in the kitchen chatting with Chef Destiny as she talks about her personal reconciliation journey through the recreation of indigenous food recipes.
Beothuk Lake was the last refuge for Newfoundland's #Indigenous group. They struggled with European diseases, violent encounters, and losing crucial migration routes to colonization. Shawnadithit, widely recognized as the last Beothuk, died in 1829.
Remember that since July 4th, 1776, American settlers have stοlen over 1.5 billion acres of Indigenous land and rеduсed the Indigenous population to 250,000 people by 1900. This is US Manifest Destiny.
June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. The CBC has curated these recommendations for TV shows, podcasts and playlists, including Reclaimed, which explores the many worlds of Indigenous music, and Powwow, a selection that celebrates the power of the drum.
Genomic analyses correspond with deep persistence of peoples of Blackfoot Confederacy from glacial times [Open access] (www.science.org)
Abstract: Mutually beneficial partnerships between genomics researchers and North American Indigenous Nations are rare yet becoming more common. Here, we present one such partnership that provides insight into the peopling of the Americas and furnishes another line of evidence that can be used to further treaty and Indigenous...
Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile 'dark earth' (www.sciencedaily.com)
Snippet “…over the years, archaeologists have dug up mysteriously black and fertile patches of ancient soils in hundreds of sites across the Amazon. This "dark earth" has been found in and around human settlements dating back hundreds to thousands of years. And it has been a matter of some debate as to whether the super-rich...