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When you think of an Indian, you usually imagine them wearing their hair in braids. This hair style was often the tradit...
05/15/2025

When you think of an Indian, you usually imagine them wearing their hair in braids. This hair style was often the traditional style among Native American Indians. What most people don’t know is that certain tribes had their own traditions when it came to hair.

Thank you for your service.
05/09/2025

Thank you for your service.

Cherokee Women and Their Important Roles:Women in the Cherokee society were equal to men. They could earn the title of W...
03/07/2025

Cherokee Women and Their Important Roles:Women in the Cherokee society were equal to men. They could earn the title of War Women and sit in councils as equals. This privilege led an Irishman named Adair who traded with the Cherokee from 1736-1743 to accuse the Cherokee of having a "petticoat government".
Clan kinship followed the mother's side of the family. The children grew up in the mother's house, and it was the duty of an uncle on the mother's side to teach the boys how to hunt, fish, and perform certain tribal duties. The women owned the houses and their furnishings. Marriages were carefully negotiated, but if a woman decided to divorce her spouse, she simply placed his belongings outside the house. Cherokee women also worked hard. They cared for the children, cooked, tended the house, tanned skins, wove baskets, and cultivated the fields. Men helped with some household chores like sewing, but they spent most of their time hunting.
Cherokee girls learned by example how to be warriors and healers. They learned to weave baskets, tell stories, trade, and dance. They became mothers and wives, and learned their heritage. The Cherokee learned to adapt, and the women were the core of the Cherokee

In Cherokee culture, women held significant positions and enjoyed certain privileges and responsibilities.Women in Chero...
03/07/2025

In Cherokee culture, women held significant positions and enjoyed certain privileges and responsibilities.Women in Cherokee society were considered equals to men and could earn the title of War Women. They had the right to participate in councils and make decisions alongside men. This equality sometimes led outsiders to make derogatory remarks, such as the accusation of a "petticoat government" by the Irish trader Adair.
Clan kinship was matrilineal among the Cherokee, meaning that family lineage and inheritance were traced through the mother's side. Children grew up in their mother's house, and maternal uncles held the role of teaching boys essential skills related to hunting, fishing, and tribal duties.
Women owned houses and their furnishings, and marriages were often negotiated. In the event of a divorce, a woman would simply place her spouse's belongings outside the house. Cherokee women had diverse responsibilities, including caring for children, cooking, tanning skins, weaving baskets, and cultivating fields. Men contributed to some household chores but primarily focused on hunting.
Cherokee girls learned various skills by observing and participating in their community. They learned story, dancing, and acquired knowledge about their heritage. Women were integral to the Cherokee society, and their roles played a central part in the community's functioning and adaptation to changing circumstances.

WHY SITTING BULL WEARS A RED FEATHER AS A HEAD ORNAMTby One BullWhen the Lakota were camping round the Mussel shell Rive...
03/05/2025

WHY SITTING BULL WEARS A RED FEATHER AS A HEAD ORNAMTby One BullWhen the Lakota were camping round the Mussel shell River Country, they were still at war with all other Tribes except the Cheyennes, Utes, and Arapahoes were their Allies, hence they pere prepared to meet them at any time. One day, the standing scouts reported that a war party of some unknown Tribe had been seen sneaking round behind the high places near the camp. Several young warriors volunteered to look up this party. Sitting Bull was then fifteen years of age (1845) -- just a year after he was decorated as a hero in a battle with the Crows. He did not ask any one to join these volunteers, simply saddled up his pony, took what he really needed and started off without any fuss of any kind. Then the war party, consisting of about fifteen warriors, was out some distance they were suddenly attacked from a deep ravine. They were Flathead-- about twenty of them. The leader of the Lakota, Strikes the Kettle immediately commanded their defense. They met the enemy. A bitterfight was on. The Flatheads, dismounted and behind their horses were shooting away at the Lakota. Young Sitting Bull told the leader he was going to make a dash on horse back along the enemy's line. They rather applauded him for his daring offer. He galloped up, then made his horse run on a full speed and dashed along the enemy's line in the thickest of bullets fixed on him. He succeeded getting through. He was wounded on the right foot. Both sides lost about half their number though the Lakota were mostly wounded. The Flatheads were driven off toward North. When the Lakota warriors got back to the Camp a big victory celebration was given and Sitting Bull was decorated again, but this time, with a redfeather indicating wounded on battle field. He was again declared a young hero. This entitled Sitting Bull the honor of wearing a red feather as a head ornament."Story was compiled and translated by Paul High Bull in the mid 1920's. He was commisioned to interview several members of the Lakota to preserve story and songs. 25 songs were written also

Nez Perce men by teepee. Montana, Yellowstone River, 1871. Photo by William Henry Jackson
03/05/2025

Nez Perce men by teepee. Montana, Yellowstone River, 1871. Photo by William Henry Jackson

In many Native American cultures across the continent, feathers were placed in headdresses. Headdresses were used to com...
03/04/2025

In many Native American cultures across the continent, feathers were placed in headdresses. Headdresses were used to communicate status and occupation.

Cherokee women were central to Cherokee culture, taking charge of family matters, agriculture, and property management. ...
03/03/2025

Cherokee women were central to Cherokee culture, taking charge of family matters, agriculture, and property management. They had the privilege of participating in important councils, and their wisdom was highly valued. Some even became medicine women, making significant contributions to their community.
In the family and community, Cherokee women were crucial. They were tasked with gathering materials and constructing homes for their families. They also cultivated gardens, raised children, prepared meals, cared for their spouses, collected firewood, and crafted tools and weapons. As they accumulated wisdom and experience, they could participate in various important councils. In Cherokee tradition, a "Council of Grandmothers" could assemble and had the power to overturn even the Chief’s decisions.

The Black Hills WarIn 1875, the Great Sioux War of 1876-77 erupted when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills....
03/02/2025

The Black Hills War
In 1875, the Great Sioux War of 1876-77 erupted when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills. The government decided to stop evicting trespassers from the Black Hills and offered to buy the land from the Sioux. When they refused, the government decided instead to take the land and gave the Lakota until January 31, 1876 to return to reservations. The tribes did not return to the reservations by the deadline, and Lt. Colonel George Custer found the main encampment of the Lakota and their allies at the Battle Of Little Big Horn. Custer and his men were separated from their main body of troops, and they were all killed by the far more numerous Indians led by Crazy Horse and inspired by Sitting Bull's earlier vision of victory. The Anheuser-Busch brewing company made prints of a dramatic painting that depicted "Custer's Last Fight" and had them framed and hung in many American saloons as an advertising campaign, helping to create a popular image of this battle.
The Lakota's conducted a Ghost Dance ritual on the reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1890, and the Army attempted to subdue them. Gunfire erupted on December 29 during this attempt, and soldiers killed up to 300 Indians, mostly old men, women, and children in the Wounded Knee Massacre. Frank Baum wrote: "The pioneer has before declared that our only safety depends upon the total extermination of the Indians. Having wronged them for centuries, we had better, in order to protect our civilization, follow it up by one more wrong and wipe these untamed and un-tamable creatures from the face of the earth.

Warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to t...
03/02/2025

Warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others. His task is to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who cannot provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity. —Sitting Bull (c. 1831 - 1890), Hunkpapa Sioux

THE REAL NORTH AMERICANS WERE INDIANS AND THEIR NAMES ARE NAMED AFTER THE PLACE OF THEIR TRIBE NAMEHalf of all US states...
02/28/2025

THE REAL NORTH AMERICANS WERE INDIANS AND THEIR NAMES ARE NAMED AFTER THE PLACE OF THEIR TRIBE NAME
Half of all US states, 25 to be exact, are named after Native Americans.
We will take a look at some of the 25 states and the meaning of their names. They will be listed in alphabetical order.
1. Alabama: Named after the Alabama tribe, or Alibamu, a Muskogean-speaking tribe. Sources are divided between the meanings "clearers of the thicket" or "gatherers of herbs."
2. Alaska: Named after the Aleut word “alaxsxaq,” meaning “the mainland”
3. Arizona: Named after the O'odham word “al ĭ ṣonak,” meaning “little spring”
4. Connecticut: Named after the Mohican word “quonehtacut,” meaning “place of the long tidal river”
5. Hawaii: Original Hawaiian word meaning “homeland”
6. Illinois: Named after the Illinois word “illiniwek,” meaning “men”
7. Iowa: Named after the Ioway tribe, whose name means “gray snow”
8. Kansas: Named after the Kansa tribe, whose name means “people of the south wind”
9. Kentucky: Origins unclear, may have been named after the Iroquoian word “Kentake,” meaning “in the meadow”
10. Massachusetts: Named after the Algonquin word “Massadchu-es-et,” meaning “big-hill-little-place.”
11. Michigan: From the Chippewa word “Michigama,” meaning “big lake.”
12. Minnesota: Named after the Dakota Indian word “Minisota” meaning “white water.”
13. Mississippi: Named after the river that was named by the Choctaw, meaning “big water” or “father of waters.”
14. Missouri: Named after the Missouri tribe whose name means “those who have dug canoes.”

"Tsin-is-tum, also known as Jennie Michel (c. 1814–1905, Clatsop), was a Native American folklorist based on the Pacific...
02/28/2025

"Tsin-is-tum, also known as Jennie Michel (c. 1814–1905, Clatsop), was a Native American folklorist based on the Pacific Coast of Oregon. Called "Last of the Clatsops" at the time of her death in 1905, Tsin-is-tum was much photographed. She provided oral history for scholars of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Among her accounts was of family members who interacted with members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the winter of 1805-1806; she helped historians to locate salt works they had used.
"Tsin-is-tum (known to some during her lifetime as "Jennie Michel") was a Clatsop woman born about 1814 to a family on the coast of what is today part of the American state of Oregon. She was the daughter of a woman named Wah-ne-ask, who was an eyewitness of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that visited the Pacific Northwest in 1805 and 1806. The name of her father has been lost to history. He was killed in a bombardment of her village by a warship, probably in the spring of 1829.
"Tsin-is-tum was recognized by historians associated with the Oregon Historical Society as a source of folklore of the Clatsop people, as well as oral history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. She had family members who had engaged with the Anglo-America explorers during their 1805-1806 sojourn on the northwest coast of today's state of Oregon. In addition to her mother's recollections, Tsin-is-tum learned from her uncle Ka-ta-ta about his experiences of hunting elk with the explorers.
"At the time of contact with Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their associates, the total population of the Clatsop people had plummeted to as few as 200 people, in the estimation of the Anglo-America visitors. They had suffered high mortality in the late 18th century due to new infectious diseases introduced into the population through contact with outsiders.
"Tsin-is-tum married the last chief of the Nehalem people, Wah-tat-kum. The couple lived along the Oregon coast between the outlets of the Columbia and Nehalem rivers until his death. She later married again, this time to Michel Martineaux (also written as "Michelle Martineau"), a man of French Canadian descent and a retired steamboat captain and sailing master. Her alternative name, Jennie Michel was derived from this relationship. The couple lived in the area of Seaside, Oregon.
"In June 1900, Tsin-is-tum provided a statement to a committee of the Oregon Historical Society. She described the story of her life and helped identify the location of salt works used by the Lewis and Clark party during their stay in Oregon in the winter of 1805-1806. At the time, she was believed to be one of the last three surviving full-blooded Clatsops.
"Tsin-is-tum died in March 1905 at the age of approximately 89. At the time of her death, she was referred to as "the last of the Clatsops" — perhaps the last surviving full-blooded member of that Native American tribe."

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