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🪶 **Native Americans – The First People of America**Native Americans are the original people of North and South America,...
12/23/2025

🪶 **Native Americans – The First People of America**
Native Americans are the original people of North and South America, long before any outsiders arrived. In what is now the United States, they belong to many unique tribes and cultures — some still live today as proud, independent nations.
Most experts believe Native Americans came from Asia over 13,000 years ago, crossing a land bridge during the Ice Age. Some even say they arrived 40,000 years ago! Over time, these early people spread across the land, creating hundreds of different cultures.
The word “Indian” came from Christopher Columbus, who thought he had reached India. But even before him, Norse explorers had reached North America around 500 years earlier. Many Native tribes believe they’ve always lived here, as told through their creation stories.
When Europeans arrived in the 1400s, over **50 million people** already lived in the Americas — including about **10 million** in the area that is now the U.S. What followed were years of change, struggle, and survival.
Today, Native Americans make up about **1.5% of the U.S. population**, proudly keeping their traditions, music, stories, and ceremonies alive.

“The Pathfinders” (c. 1912) Piegan scouts on horsebackTaken by Roland W. Reed, a photographer who sought to capture Nati...
12/23/2025

“The Pathfinders” (c. 1912) Piegan scouts on horseback
Taken by Roland W. Reed, a photographer who sought to capture Native life. This image honors the Piegan (Piikáni), a proud band of the Blackfoot Confederacy.

Lone WarriorStand tall, O heart, when skies turn black,When no one dares to guard your back.Let thunder crash, let cold ...
12/22/2025

Lone Warrior
Stand tall, O heart, when skies turn black,
When no one dares to guard your back.
Let thunder crash, let cold winds moan—
Still rise, even if you stand alone.
For truth is fire that won’t grow cold,
A sacred drum, brave hands still hold.
Your voice, though lone, can shake the stone,
And echo louder than a throne.
Painted in red, with scars of pride,
You carry those who fought and died.
Not just for land — but soul and right,
To walk in honor, day and night.
So let them scoff, or turn their face,
You walk with ancestors in grace.
And every step becomes your own,
A path of one — yet never alone.

The Bear — Guardian of Strength and SpiritIn the forest deep, where shadows fall,The bear walks softly, answering nature...
12/22/2025

The Bear — Guardian of Strength and Spirit
In the forest deep, where shadows fall,
The bear walks softly, answering nature's call.
With strength and wisdom, it moves through the night,
A guardian of balance, in the moon's soft light.
Fierce yet gentle, its heart beats slow,
A reminder of the earth’s steady flow.
In hibernation, it teaches rest,
That even in darkness, life’s rebirth is blessed.
The bear’s paws print the ancient earth,
Its presence a symbol of strength and rebirth.
It roars with power, yet walks with grace,
A protector of land, a keeper of space.
With each step, it shows us the way,
That patience and strength are born from the day.
In the bear’s silent movement, we find our own might,
To stand firm in the storm, and rise to the light.

"I am an old woman now. The buffaloes and black-tail deer are gone, and our Indian ways are almost gone. Sometimes I fin...
12/22/2025

"I am an old woman now. The buffaloes and black-tail deer are gone, and our Indian ways are almost gone. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I ever lived them. My little son grew up in the white man's school. He can read books, and he owns cattle and has a farm. He is a leader among our Hidatsa people, helping teach them to follow the white man's road.
He is kind to me. We no longer live in an earth lodge, but in a house with chimneys, and my son's wife cooks by a stove.
But for me, I cannot forget our old ways.
Often in summer I rise at daybreak and steal out to the corn fields, and as I hoe the corn I sing to it, as we did when I was young. No one cares for our corn songs now.
Sometimes in the evening I sit, looking out on the big Missouri. The sun sets, and dusk steals over the water. In the shadows I see again to see our Indian village, with smoke curling upward from the earth lodges, and in the river's roar I hear the yells of the warriors, and the laughter of little children of old.
It is but an old woman's dream. Then I see but shadows and hear only the roar of the river, and tears come into my eyes. Our Indian life, I know, is gone forever."
Waheenee - Hidatsa (North Dakota)
Credit: Remembering the Old West

He didn’t just fight N***s — he became the last traditional Crow war chief… by stealing 50 of their horses.In World War ...
12/21/2025

He didn’t just fight N***s — he became the last traditional Crow war chief… by stealing 50 of their horses.
In World War II, Joseph Medicine Crow, a 30-year-old Crow warrior, joined the U.S. Army. But he didn’t leave his heritage behind. Beneath his uniform, he wore war paint. Under his helmet, a sacred yellow eagle feather.
The Crow had four ancient requirements to become a war chief: touch an enemy without killing him, disarm an enemy, lead a successful war party, and capture an enemy’s horse.
In Europe, Medicine Crow did them all. He disarmed a German soldier in hand-to-hand combat. He led successful raids. In one fight, he choked a N**i soldier but let him live.
His boldest act came at night. At a German SS camp, Medicine Crow found about 50 horses. He crept into the camp, released the herd, and led them away — singing a traditional Crow honor song as he rode.
That daring raid fulfilled his final rite. He hadn’t just captured a horse — he’d taken fifty.
After the war, Medicine Crow became a historian, earned a master’s degree, and shared his people’s stories. In 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. When he passed in 2016, at age 102, he was honored as the last traditional Crow war chief — a title earned not on the plains of Montana, but on the battlefields of Europe.
Had you heard of Joseph Medicine Crow before? What do you think his story tells us about courage and tradition in modern times?

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12/21/2025

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In honor of Women’s History month BLM Idaho would like to honor an indigenous American heroine, 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐚 (pronounced Sa...
12/19/2025

In honor of Women’s History month BLM Idaho would like to honor an indigenous American heroine, 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐚 (pronounced Sack-ah-jah-WEE-a).Before Idaho was even a territory, Sacajawea was born in the Lemhi River Valley in the late 1780s. The Lemhi River Valley during this period was inhabited by the Agaidika (Salmon-eater) Shoshone. Around the age of 12, Sacajawea was with her tribe hunting bison in the Three Forks area of the Missouri River when she was captured by a raiding party from another tribe. She was later traded to the Hidatsa tribe in present day North Dakota. She learned to speak the language of the Hidatsa and lived with the tribe for a few years. Once more she was traded, this time to French trapper Toussaint Charbonneau, and married him.In the winter of 1805 while the Lewis and Clark Expedition wintered at Fort Mandan, Charbonneau, and subsequently Sacajawea, were hired to help the expedition on its westward journey. During the winter Sacajawea gave birth to her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. In May of that year, Sacajawea and her infant child set forth as part of the Expedition west.On August 12, 1805, Meriwether Lewis and his men climbed the eastern slopes of the continental divide, and stood on what is now known as Lemhi Pass, viewing the birthplace of Sacajawea below to the west. Just five days later, Clark noted the reuniting of Sacajawea, her people, and her brother who was now a chief of the Agaidika.Sacajawea provided lifesaving information regarding local tribes, edible foods, indigenous medicines, and the mostly unknown Idaho and Montana landscapes. Her ability to interpret and her relation to the tribes helped the Expedition acquire horses and supplies from the Agaidika people to continue on their journey west when supplies and spirits were low.

Your daily reminder that Indigenous people predated Columbus in the “new world” by — wait for it — 23,000 years.. ...
12/19/2025

Your daily reminder that Indigenous people predated Columbus in the “new world” by — wait for it — 23,000 years..

If I could choose the best and most memorable fight scene I’ve ever seen in a movie, this scene would be the winner.Afte...
12/19/2025

If I could choose the best and most memorable fight scene I’ve ever seen in a movie, this scene would be the winner.
After witnessing the death of his son, Uncas. Chingachgook, (Russell Means) the last of his people, faces off against the Huron war Chief Magua (Wes Studi).
The last of the Mohicans, from 1992.

There is always light at the end of the tunnel. When you're feeling down or experiencing a dark day, hold on to hope. We...
12/18/2025

There is always light at the end of the tunnel. When you're feeling down or experiencing a dark day, hold on to hope. We are all wired differently, and we all have different coping mechanisms. Give yourself a day to take care of yourself and perhaps work through your situation. Native American lessons teach us to check on your mind, body and spirit. Are they all in check or does something need adjusting. Don't let negativity consume you ❤
(Art by Sonya Terperning)

Did You Know. ? ?At the ripe age of 137, "White Wolf" a.k.a. Chief John Smith is considered to be the oldest Native Amer...
12/18/2025

Did You Know. ? ?
At the ripe age of 137, "White Wolf" a.k.a. Chief John Smith is considered to be the oldest Native American that has ever lived. 1785-1922

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