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Many people believe racial and ethnic groups in North America have always lived as separately as they do now. However, segregation was neither practical nor preferable when people who were not native to this continent began arriving here. Europeans needed Indians as guides, trade partners and military allies. They needed Africans to tend their crops and to build an infrastructure.
Later, as the new American government began to thrive, laws were drafted to protect the land and property the colonists had acquired. These laws strengthened the powers of slave owners, limited the rights of free Africans and barred most Indian rights altogether. Today, black, white and red Americans still feel the aftershock of those laws.
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“I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures." Quote from Apache, Geronimo |
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Thursday, 29 June 2006 |
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The Cherokee language is spoken by approximately 10,000 people in the Cherokee Nation, as well as speakers in the homelands (of the Eastern Band of Cherokee). Some Cherokees who speak the language have relocated to other areas of the world. The western and eastern dialects are different in many ways, although extremely similar. Here in the Cherokee Nation, which consists of a 14 county area in northeastern Oklahoma, there are many different dialects as well as slang words. Although many people write Cherokee using the English alphabet using phonetics, in the early 1800’s, Sequoyah Guess invented a syllabary for writing Cherokee. The syllabary consists of 84 characters which represent the 84 different syllables used in speaking the language. Within days, Sequoyah taught his daughter to read and write her native language, and within months, hundreds of Cherokees were able to write and read their own language. Language is very important to preserving a culture – many words which are descriptive of cultural mannerisms, feelings, events, and ceremonies are only identifiable in the native tongue. There is no comparable word in the English language. |
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Wednesday, 28 June 2006 |
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Want to learn about the 'Seminoles Tribe of Florida' in today’s news? Read “The Seminole Tribune: Voice of the Unconquered”. See website: http://www.seminoletribe.com/tribune/index.shtml Photo of today’s Seminoles in the news 
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Wednesday, 28 June 2006 |
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"Billy Bowlegs" was O-lac-to-mi-co or "Holato Mico" (circa 1810-circa 1864), a Seminole chief who was part of a ruling Seminole family. Bowlegs met up with Andrew Jackson during the Indian uprisings of the early 1800's. In the 1850's, when the few remaining Florida Seminoles were living peacefully on their own lands in south Florida, 'the old Chieftain' was provoked into war by Colonel Harney's surveying corps. One night Harney's men slipped into Bowleg's thriving banana plantation and hacked the plants to bits. When confronted by the outraged chieftain, the surveyors brazenly admitted to ruining the plantation because they wanted "to see old Billy cut up". The incident led to the Third Seminole War (1855-1858), bringing federal troops and bloodhounds into South Florida. Chief Bowlegs and his war-weary band surrendered on May 7, 1858. Thirty-eight warriors and eighty-five women and children, including Billy's wife, boarded the steamer, Grey Cloud, at Egmont Key to begin their journey to Oklahoma. Bowlegs died soon after his arrival, on April 27, 1859. Photograph of Seminole Chief, Billy Bowlegs 
Excerpts taken from Biography prepared by Gail Clement, Florida International University. |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2006 |
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Ever wonder what Native American men and women wore for clothing, shoes, headwear, and other garments? You can see drawings of their clothing based on their tribe and region in which they lived in the United States. Below is an example and you can SEE MORE NATIVE AMERICAN CLOTHES AT: http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/regions.html Southeast Region 
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Monday, 26 June 2006 |
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"The Chickamauga feared that the expansion of the United States spelled doom for the Cherokees and believed that by engaging in war they were protecting their territory the only way they could. After the American Revolution, the majority of Cherokees favored peace and agreed to give up all lands east of the Appalachians. But a small band of warriors, called ‘Chickamauga’, were unwilling to accept a truce and moved their families to northeastern Alabama". "Fighting continued on both sides until 1785, with the most stubborn resistance coming from a recalcitrant group of Cherokees who seceded after the Carolina cession in 1777 and established themselves first on Chickamauga Creek and later on the Lower Tennessee River. These diehards became known as 'The Chickamauga of the Five Lower Towns' and were among the last of the Cherokees to lay down their arms." Hence, the political division between the Cherokee Nation and the Chickamauga Indians occurred as a result of the Carolina land cession and the over-all concern of the Chickamauga was that the end of Cherokee independence was coming. The split, which occurred between the Cherokee Nation and the Chickamauga, was political and represented a fundamental shift in international policy. The Chickamauga favored continued conflict with the United States in an attempt to maintain their land base and independence, where some influential elements of the Cherokee Nation Council had a more conciliatory position. The United States government also recognized the Chickamauga as a separate political entity in the treaty of 1817 (7 Stat. 156) whereas the prologue stated "the establishment of a division line between the upper and lower towns". The Chickamauga people were historically known as the lower town Cherokees. |
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Saturday, 24 June 2006 |
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center is the world's largest and most comprehensive Native American museum and research center offering an array of engaging experiences for young and old, from life-size walk-through dioramas that transport visitors into the past, to changing exhibits and live performances of contemporary arts and cultures. Four full acres of permanents exhibits depict 18,000 years of Native and natural history in thoroughly researched detail, while two libraries, including one for children, offer a diverse selection of materials on the histories and cultures of all Native peoples of the United States and Canada.
Summertime is Time for Adventures! Join the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center for a Summer of adventure and exploration as you examine the bones of ancient Mammoths and Mastodons, dance at a Powwow Festival, celebrate strawberries or earn your stripes as a Junior Scientist. You’ll become a part of history as you visit the world’s largest Native American museum and walk through an authentic Native American village from the 16th century – among other time-traveling adventures. Then try your hand at digging for ancient artifacts or creating expressive artwork. Or take a sculpture tour and learn how to track woodland animals. If you’re looking for excitement this summer, you’ve come to the right place! There’s something to do everyday for the whole family. Just ask the Yankee Magazine Travel Guide, which named the Mashantucket Pequot Museum one of the “must see” places in New England. | Museum Address: | 110 Pequot Trail
P.O. Box 3180
Mashantucket, CT 06339-3180 |
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Thursday, 22 June 2006 |
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) was founded in 1944 in response to termination and assimilation policies that the United States forced upon the tribal governments in contradiction of their treaty rights and status as sovereigns. NCAI stressed the need for unity and cooperation among tribal governments for the protection of their treaty and sovereign rights. Since 1944, the National Congress of American Indians has been working to inform the public and Congress on the governmental rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Over a half a century later, our goals remain unchanged. NCAI has grown over the years from its modest beginnings of 100 people to include 250 member tribes from throughout the United States. Now serving as the major national tribal government organization, NCAI is positioned to monitor federal policy and coordinated efforts to inform federal decisions that affect tribal government interests. Now as in the past, NCAI serves to secure for ourselves and our descendants the rights and benefits to which we are entitled; to enlighten the public toward the better understanding of the Indian people; to preserve rights under Indian treaties or agreements with the United States; and to promote the common welfare of the American Indians and Alaska Natives. |
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