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✨ The Indigenous Met Gala returns Oct 11. ✨Headlining Indigenous Peoples Day 2025 (U.S.), the Indigenous Fashion Gala re...
09/27/2025

✨ The Indigenous Met Gala returns Oct 11. ✨
Headlining Indigenous Peoples Day 2025 (U.S.), the Indigenous Fashion Gala returns for its second year — promising a star-studded celebration of Indigenous style and sovereignty.
Held at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles (Tovaangar) on October 11, 2025, the gala is co-chaired by Quannah ChasingHorse and Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, and founded by Sarah Eagleheart, Twila True, and Lillian Sparks. 📍⚡️
This year’s theme — “Fashion for Sovereignty” — spotlights Indigenous excellence through fashion, art, music, and cultural expression, featuring:

.BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN, history from elders 51 years later. In 1927, Wooden Leg, right, was pointing to a map of ...
09/17/2025

.BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN, history from elders 51 years later. In 1927, Wooden Leg, right, was pointing to a map of the Little Bighorn Battlefield, drawn by historian Thomas B. Marquis. The other Cheyenne warriors were, L to R, Little Sun, Wolf Chief, and Big Beaver. All had fought at the 1876 Battle in Eastern Montana. Three of the men held eagle wing fans when Marquis took the photo.
Marquis lived on the Northern Cheyenne reservations for some years, and learned Plains Indian sign language. He interviewed many warriors and wrote extensively on Custer’s defeat. Marquis’ most popular book was “Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer,” a volume rich in detail on Cheyenne life and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Click or zoom photo for more detail.

Portrait of Strikes with Nose, an Oglala Sioux Native American Chief, 1899. Second in a series of four hand-colored plat...
09/17/2025

Portrait of Strikes with Nose, an Oglala Sioux Native American Chief, 1899. Second in a series of four hand-colored platinum prints gifted to the Library of Congress by David A. Rector.
This late 19th century Native American History photo features Strikes With Nose, one of the chiefs of the Oglala Sioux tribes, which were famous for their hunting and warrior culture. Warfare formed a central part of the culture of the Plains Indians which often led to inter-tribal conflicts and violent clashes with the white settlers and the US Army.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Pine Ridge) covers a vast geographical area in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska. Pine Ridge is among the largest of the reservations in the United States. It consists of 3.5 thousand square miles, more than twice the size of Rhode Island. Pine Ridge consists of nine districts and over fifty distinct communities/neighborhoods. Individuals of both American Indian and non-Indian ancestry reside within reservation land boundaries.
Established in 1889, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, which is the sovereign governmental entity with regulatory authority within reservation land boundaries. The Oglala Sioux Tribe maintains a membership of more than 52,000 enrolled tribal members. While not all members reside on the reservation, OST tribal members are connected through very rich historical, social, racial, and ethnic ties.

Kuun-nux Tunawiinx (aka Rushing Bear, aka Son Of The Star, aka Son Of Star), the son of Star Robe, in Washington D.C. - ...
09/16/2025

Kuun-nux Tunawiinx (aka Rushing Bear, aka Son Of The Star, aka Son Of Star), the son of Star Robe, in Washington D.C. - Arikara - 1880
{Note: Rushing Bear was the husband of the Arikara woman known as Red Eagle Woman, and was also the husband of the Hidatsa woman known as Buffalo Bird Woman.}

Big Bear, also known as Mistahi-maskwa (c.1825 – 17 January 1888), was a powerful and popular Cree chief who played many...
09/15/2025

Big Bear, also known as Mistahi-maskwa (c.1825 – 17 January 1888), was a powerful and popular Cree chief who played many pivotal roles in Canadian history. He was appointed to chief of his band at the age of 40 upon the death of his father, Black Powder, under his father's harmonious and inclusive rule which directly impacted his own leadership. Big Bear is most notable for his involvement in Treaty Six; he was one of the few chief leaders who objected to the signing of the treaty with the Canadian government. He felt that signing the treaty would ultimately have devastating effects on his nation as well as other Indigenous nations. This included losing the free nomadic lifestyle that his nation and others were accustomed to. Big Bear also took part in one of the last major battles between the Cree and the Blackfoot nations. He was one of the leaders to lead his people against the last, largest battle on the Canadian Plains.

During the last decade prior to the establishment of reservations, the dance had achieved prominence as a successful cel...
09/15/2025

During the last decade prior to the establishment of reservations, the dance had achieved prominence as a successful celebration for petitioning supernatural protection in warfare activities. The dance was the property of the Omaha society, a man's organization. Accordingly, participation was restricted to society members and their families. Certain sacred badges of distinction were reserved for outstanding members. Prominent features of the celebration included dancing, oratory, give-aways, ritual drama, and feasting. The song, oratory, and dance pantomine aroused a patriotic fervor while warfare achievements and victories were reenacted. Giveaways, public distributions of gifts by hosts and other prominent persons, served to reinforce social relationships and demonstrate generosity. All ceremonies climaxed with a ritual drama or kettle dance, which included a flamboyant display of dancing with warriors dramatically vanquishing the enemy, symbolized by a pail of cooked dog meat. Typicall y, celebrations also served as protracted social affairs, and lasted well into the night.
"The Omaha Dance in Oglala and Sicangu Sioux History, 1883-1923 by Mark G. Thiel"

Welcome to one of the wealthiest locations in the world, Oglala Lakota Territory. Perhaps you have heard the opposite. I...
09/15/2025

Welcome to one of the wealthiest locations in the world, Oglala Lakota Territory. Perhaps you have heard the opposite. It is often reported that places like the Pine Ridge Reservation and Rosebud Reservation are the poorest counties in the United States.
While this statistic might be accurate through the lens of capitalism, it is far from the truth. As Lakota people, we don't define our wealth by how much we store up but by how much we give away.
Our culture, lifeways, kinships, and connection to Uŋčí Makȟá can not be measured in dollars and cents. The life of a Lakota is a hard life but a good life!

This powerful photograph, taken in the early 1900s, shows a Native American man and woman in traditional dress. They are...
09/14/2025

This powerful photograph, taken in the early 1900s, shows a Native American man and woman in traditional dress. They are not only posing for a photo, but they are also carrying the weight of their people’s history.
At this time, Native nations across the United States were facing some of the harshest years of cultural oppression. Children were forced into boarding schools, languages ​​were stifled, and sacred traditions were violated. Yet, in the midst of this struggle, families like the one in this photo chose to preserve their identity.
The feathered headdress worn by the man is not just a decoration, but is made from individual feathers, each representing courage, leadership, and sacrifice.
The woman’s beaded dress and jewelry tell the story of her people’s artistry, resilience, and spiritual strength. Each bead is a prayer, each thread a connection to her ancestors.
Together, they represent unity - husband and wife, warrior and nurturer, standing tall against a world that is trying to erase them.
This is more than just a photograph.
It is a testament to love, resilience and survival.
It reminds us that no matter how dark times may be, indigenous people stand strong, protecting their culture and passing it on to the next generation.

Why Isn’t This Map in the History Books?Native Tribes of North America Mapped ✔🛒Order from here 👇https://nativelover.sho...
09/10/2025

Why Isn’t This Map in the History Books?
Native Tribes of North America Mapped ✔
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The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in North America about 15 thousand years ago.
As a result, a wide diversity of communities, societies, and cultures finally developed on the continent over the millennia. The population figure for Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus was 70 million or more.
About 562 tribes inhabited the contiguous U.S. territory. Ten largest North American Indian tribes: Arikara, Cherokee, Iroquois, Pawnee, Sioux, Apache, Eskimo, Comanche, Choctaw, Cree, Ojibwa, Mohawk, Cheyenne, Navajo, Seminole, Hope, Shoshone, Mohican, Shawnee, Mi’kmaq, Paiute, Wampanoag, Ho-Chunk, Chumash, Haida. Below is the tribal map of Pre-European North America.
The old map below gives a Native American perspective by placing the tribes in full flower ~ the “Glory Days.” It is pre-contact from across the eastern sea or, at least, before that contact seriously affected change. Stretching over 400 years, the time of contact was quite different from tribe to tribe.
For instance, the “Glory Days” of the Maya and Aztec came to an end very long before the interior tribes of other areas, with some still resisting almost until the 20th Century. At one time, numbering in the millions, the native peoples spoke close to 4,000 languages. The Americas’ European conquest, which began in 1492, ended in a sharp drop in the Native American population through epidemics, hostilities, ethnic cleansing, and slavery.
When the United States was founded, established Native American tribes were viewed as semi-independent nations, as they commonly lived in communities separate from white immigrants.
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🌎 THE UNTOLD STORY OF NATIVE AMERICA 🌎Long before skyscrapers and highways…There were vast plains, sacred rivers, and en...
09/10/2025

🌎 THE UNTOLD STORY OF NATIVE AMERICA 🌎

Long before skyscrapers and highways…
There were vast plains, sacred rivers, and endless skies.
And there were the Native Americans – people who lived not on the land, but with the land.

🌾 To them, the Earth was not property.
She was Mother.
The rivers were not resources.
They were life itself.
The sky was not just above them.
It was their eternal roof.

Cherokee Women: Equal Partners in Society Cherokee women enjoyed equal status with men in their society. They were eligi...
09/07/2025

Cherokee Women: Equal Partners in Society Cherokee women enjoyed equal status with men in their society. They were eligible for the title of War Women and participated in councils as equals. This led Adair, an Irishman who traded with the Cherokee from 1736-1743, to accuse the Cherokee of having a "petticoat government". The Cherokee people followed a matrilineal system, where children grew up in their mother's house. An uncle from the mother's side taught boys essential skills like hunting and fishing. Women owned the houses and furnishings. Marriages were carefully negotiated, but women could initiate divorce by placing their spouse's belongings outside. Cherokee women worked hard, caring for children, cooking, tending to the house, tanning skins, weaving baskets, and cultivating fields. Men assisted with some household chores like sewing but focused primarily on hunting. Cherokee girls learned various skills, including warfare, healing, basket weaving, storytelling, trade, and dance. They became mothers, wives, and custodians of their heritage. The Cherokee people's ability to adapt was largely attributed to the women, who formed the core of their society.

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