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Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He w...
28/03/2024

Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.

A SQUAD OF FOUR CHEYENNE DOG SOLDIERS:These "Dog Men" were a Southern Cheyenne military organization. One of six Cheyenn...
28/03/2024

A SQUAD OF FOUR CHEYENNE DOG SOLDIERS:
These "Dog Men" were a Southern Cheyenne military organization. One of six Cheyenne warrior societies, Dog Soldiers were responsible for both the tribe's internal and external security. Bravest of the brave, their dedication to this way of life had a monk like immersion. Their bodies were simply a vessel to deliver what was necessary to protect the tribe. Renown for staking themselves to dead ground (can neither advance or retreat) during battles, they could not unpin themselves; could only be relieved by another DS, or their party had left the scene completely. With eagle bone whistles in their mouths, they would blow them during the fight. When a whistle went silent in a certain section of the battlefield, the others would know that warrior X had fallen. He would have sung his death song, well in advance of that moment and no longer thought of home.
Meanwhile, in terms of internal security, they were dispatched in the camp to get straddlers up to speed on moving day. Families who dragged their feet in the packing up process would receive a visit. Their mere appearance would get the message across. Step on it. Likewise, before a big hunt they would check up on the young warriors, to make sure none of them sneaked away to get the first kill and stampede the herd. Imagine the US national interdiction team and you will have an idea as to the level of responsibility they bore. Feared by reputation, they numbered no more than 500 at their peak.

Short Bull(1845 – 1923)Tataŋka Ptečela or Short Bull was born around 1845 at Pass Creek on today's Pine Ridge Indian Res...
28/03/2024

Short Bull
(1845 – 1923)
Tataŋka Ptečela or Short Bull was born around 1845 at Pass Creek on today's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His family - nothing else is known about his parents - belonged to the Brulé Wazhazha band of chief Lips. By reservation workers and ethnologists Short Bull, is described as a friendly, gentle and benevolent personality. Nevertheless, as a reservation Indian, he always represented traditional values of Lakota culture.
1888 and 1889 were hard years for the Lakota. The reservation was haunted by droughts and epidemics, and the Washington government had passed the "General Allotment Act", and the Lakotas lost to two-thirds of its land base. In addition, food rations had been cut. At the beginning of 1889, the Lakotas heard of a prophet and his new religion. For the first time the desperate Lakota drew hope. In March 1889, a council meeting, attended by the chiefs of the Pine Ridge, the Rosebud and the Cheyenne River Reservation, determined eleven scouts who were sent to Wovoka to get to know his teachings. Among the pilgrims who made their way to Nevada in the fall were Short Bull and his friend and brother-in-law Kicking Bear, a cousin of Crazy Horses. After their return in March 1890, Short Bull and Kicking Bear were invited by many Oglala, Hunkpapa and Brulé chieftains to introduce Wovoka’s teachings to their camps. The Brulés Crow Dog and Two Strike were among the first to be introduced into the new religion by Short Bull. Big Road and Little Wound, two prominent Oglala leaders, also supported the new religion.
After the tragic events at Wounded Knee Creek in December 1890, Short Bull, Kicking Bear and another 25 Ghost Dancers were imprisoned in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, in January 1891. In the following weeks, the causes of the events as well as the sanctions for the Lakotas were publicly discussed. William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, who had very good relations with General Miles, smelled a chance for his "Wild West" company. Cody offered to take the Ghost Dancers on a European tour. When the imprisoned Indians were offered the alternative "detention or Wild West Show", 23 declared ready to go with Cody. On April 1, 1891 Buffalo Bill left with his "Indians" on the steamship S.S. Switzerland the United States to tour Europe.
From the daily life of Short Bull during this time hardly any details are known. However on this tour, the first detailed report about the Ghost Dance from the perspective of a participant emerged. Short Bull dictated a twenty-page text to the Lakota interpreter George C. Crager (or Craiger), provided by Crager with the title "As Narrated by Short Bull." According to Crager and a census in 1891/92 Short Bull had at that time two wives (Plenty Shell and Comes out) and 5 sons and a daughter living near Wounded Knee. One of his sons was John Short Bull(in 1911: 24 years old). His native Name was Shot-to-Pieces (--> Wounded Knee?)
At the beginning of 1892, some of the Lakota prisoners of war found that the eleven-month absence of their family was punishment more than enough. On March 4, 1892, Cody and 24 Indians, including Short Bull and eleven other Ghost Dancers, sailed on the S.S. Corean home. When Short Bull and Kicking Bear had hoped that they could return to their families, they saw themselves deceived. When the ship docked at Brooklyn Harbor on March 18, soldiers marched up and arrested the 12 Ghost Dance prisoners again. After long public discussions the two "fathers of the Lakota Ghost Dances" were released in October 1892.
Short Bull returned to South Dakota where he settled at Pass Creek. Because of a border clearance, this land was part of the Pine Ridge Reservation since 1890. From then on Short Bull - although Brulé Lakota – was considered an Oglala by outsiders.
About 1902 Short Bull and Kicking Bear visited Wovoka again. In the same year they travelled to Poplar to teach the Assiniboine Fred Robinson the Ghost Dance religion. What makes the conclusion, that both have remained true to the ghost dance.
In 1913 he met his old employer William Cody again, who had founded the "Col. Wm. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) Historical Picture Co.". This company filmed in 1913 the film “The Indian Wars”. Cody also wanted to film the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek at the original battlegrounds. This encountered the resistance of Oglalas. But Cody solved the problem. Over his old employees, including Iron Tail, No Neck and Short Bull, he invited the most ardent people to a meeting and after a big feast he got their consent. Today no complete copy of the movie is known.
In his later years Short Bull was known as Arnold Short Bull. On July 6, 1923 he died in his home on Pine Ridge. Even though he turned to the Protestant Congregationalists in his last years, Short Bull remained faithful to the doctrine of Wovoka all his life

Daughters of a Navajo silversmith. ca. 1930-1940. Photo by Frasher's Fotos
27/03/2024

Daughters of a Navajo silversmith. ca. 1930-1940. Photo by Frasher's Fotos

Chief Hollow Horn (Matȟó Héȟloǧeča). Brulé Lakota. ca. 1900. Photo taken in Washington, DC. Source - University o...
27/03/2024

Chief Hollow Horn (Matȟó Héȟloǧeča). Brulé Lakota. ca. 1900. Photo taken in Washington, DC. Source - University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center.

Ernie LaPointe is a Lakota Native American who claimed to be the great-grandson of the legendary Sitting Bull - the Hunk...
27/03/2024

Ernie LaPointe is a Lakota Native American who claimed to be the great-grandson of the legendary Sitting Bull - the Hunkpapa Lakota leader who routed General Custer and 5 of his companies at the battle of Little Bighorn. His claims were proven true by a DNA analysis, which compared Laponte's DNA with that found on Sitting Bull's scalp lock. Finding a way to extract usable DNA from the scalp lock took 14 years, as the specimen was extremely degraded. This was the first time in history that ancient DNA confirmed a familial relationship between a living and historical individual. LaPointe based his claims on birth and death certificates, as well as his family tree. Ernie is now looking to further his efforts towards the reburial of Sitting Bull, who he believes to be buried in Mobridge, South Dakota, a place which he claims has no historical relation to Sitting Bull.

En el mundo prehispánico, los tatuajes eran considerados un símbolo de valentía, pues en aquellos tiempos se hacían con ...
26/03/2024

En el mundo prehispánico, los tatuajes eran considerados un símbolo de valentía, pues en aquellos tiempos se hacían con espinas de cactus. Los tatuajes, además, contaban historias, leyendas y hazañas y, cuando se veía a una persona con un tatuaje, de inmediato se sabía que tenía algo que contar. La Iglesia Católica trató de “satanizar” el uso de tatuajes y, si bien aún hay mucha gente que asocia el tatuaje con la delincuencia, los mexicanos no le tememos a llevar historias escritas en nuestra piel.
Bañarse 2 veces al dia
Al llegar los españoles a nuestro continente notaron que la población era extremadamente limpia y que, además de bañarse dos veces por día en ríos y arroyos, todas las casas contaban con un temazcalli (una casa donde se suda, en náhuatl). Y que ambas cosas eran parte de la rutina diaria de aseo personal. Cabe destacar el contraste con las costumbres de los españoles, que casi ni se bañaban.
Lavarse los dientes después de cada comida.
Es bien sabido que los nativos del continente americano siempre fueron muy limpios, y el cuidado de los dientes no fue la excepción. Para ello usaban una mezcla de miel y cenizas de tortilla, ya que la miel es antibacteriana y las cenizas funcionan como un pulidor para los dientes. Los españoles se mostraron muy sorprendidos al notar las sonrisas blanquísimas de los indígenas quienes, además, conservaban su dentadura hasta la muerte.
Llama “escuincles” a los niños.
El Xoloitzcuintle es una raza de perro nativa de México. Estos perritos carecen de pelaje y pueden tener tres tamaños distintos. Son perros que de pequeños son muy inquietos, celosos y hasta groseros con los desconocidos, aunque muy cariñosos con su dueño.
Comer raspados.
Se cuenta que el Señor Motecuhzoma II, Señor de Tenochtitlan, ordenaba traer nieve desde el volcán Popocatépetl solo para que le fuera preparado un manjar hecho de nieve, jarabe de frutas, flores, vainilla o miel. Era un postre tan exclusivo que solo la nobleza podía consumirlo. En nuestros días, y aunque siguen siendo un manjar de reyes ¡todos podemos acceder a los deliciosos raspados!.
Hablar en diminutivo.
Los pueblos originarios se expresaban con los niños de una manera más cariñosa que con el resto de la gente, llamándolos con apodos tiernos como cocoton (migajita en náhuatl), o nishi (pequeño en hñahñu). Esta es una costumbre ha sobrevivido hasta nuestros días, no solo en nuestro trato a los más pequeñitos, sino en el uso que hacemos de los diminutivos en nuestro día a día. ¡Ahorita ya sabes de dónde viene esta costumbre!
Beber agua de frutas.
Esta costumbre les resultó muy extraña a los europeos, puesto que allá no se conocía la enorme variedad de frutas que hay en México. Era (¡y es!) tal la abundancia de frutos que, además de comerlas, nos podemos dar el lujo de mezclarlas con agua o con miel para tomarlas.
Comer tortilla y picante.
Los mexicanos no podemos pasar un día sin comer tortilla o picante. Lo hemos heredado de nuestros padres y ellos de sus ancestros. La comida nativa no sufrió grandes transformaciones desde la invasión europea y solo se le agregaron nuevos ingredientes llegados de otros continentes. Estas adiciones mejoraron los sabores y, aunque crearon algunos alimentos nuevos, la esencia es la misma hasta nuestros días. Creéme que la historia de nuestro pueblo se podría contar a través de la tortilla y el picante…

A VERY WORTHY READ!Keanu Reeves was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He ...
26/03/2024

A VERY WORTHY READ!
Keanu Reeves was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident. His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister has leukemia.
And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need. When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants; One cried because he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 and on the same day Keanu deposited the necessary amount in the woman's bank account; He also donated stratospheric sums to hospitals.
In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery and bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.
After winning astronomical sums for the Matrix trilogy, the actor donated more than $50 million to the staff who handled the costumes and special effects - the true heroes of the trilogy, as he called them.
He also gave a Harley-Davidson to each of the stunt doubles. A total expense of several million dollars. And for many successful films, he has even given up 90% of his salary to allow the production to hire other stars.
In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.
Most stars when they make a charitable gesture they declare it to all the media. He has never claimed to be doing charity, he simply does it as a matter of moral principles and not to look better in the eyes of others.
This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: To be a good person.
Keanu Reeves’ father is of Native Hawaiian descent

A LAUGH FOR TODAY❤When NASA was preparing for the Apollo moon landings of the late 60s and early 70s, they did some astr...
26/03/2024

A LAUGH FOR TODAY❤
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo moon landings of the late 60s and early 70s, they did some astronaut training along a Navajo Indian reservation in the SW. One day, a Navajo elder and his grandson were herding animals and came across the space crew. The old man, who only spoke Navajo, asked a question, which the grandson translated: "What are the guys in the big suits doing?" A member of the crew said they were practicing for their trip to the moon." Then, recognizing a promotional opportunity for the spin-doctors, added, "We will be leaving behind a special record with greetings in many languages and such. Would the old man be interested in giving us a greeting to include?"
Upon translation, the old man got really excited and was thrilled at the idea of sending a message to the moon with the astronauts. The NASA folks produced a tape recorder and the old man recorded his message at which the grandson fought back the urge to laugh... but he refused to translate.
After Apollo 11 had successfully landed on the moon and brought its astronauts homes, a new group were training in the desert when one of the NASA officials recognized the Navajo elder and his grandson and went to tell them that the old man's message was indeed on the moon which was met with laughter.
Finally, the NASA rep caught on that not everything was as simple as he had originally thought and asked for a translation. With a chuckle the youngster replied: "Beware of white man; they come to steal your land!"

This is Jim Thorpe, the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for his country. Looking closely at this phot...
25/03/2024

This is Jim Thorpe, the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for his country. Looking closely at this photo, you can see he wear different socks and shoes. Not because of his fashion sense. This photo was taken in 1912, when Jim, a Native American from Oklahoma, represented the United States in athletics at the Olympics that summer.
On the morning of the match, his shoes were stolen. Luckily, Jim found two different shoes in a trash can. Those are the two shoes he is wearing in the photo. But one of those shoes was a little too big, so he had to put on a few more socks.
Wearing these clunky shoes, Jim won two gold medals that day. The person who stole the shoes must have not expected that instead of causing him to fail, they would bring him glory. This is a reminder to all of us that we can overcome any difficulty in life if we try.

Rodney Arnold Grant (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor.Rodney Arnold Grant, a Native American, was raised on the ...
25/03/2024

Rodney Arnold Grant (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor.
Rodney Arnold Grant, a Native American, was raised on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. He is probably most well known for his role as "Wind In His Hair" in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves. He has also appeared in other films such as John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, Wild Wild West, Geronimo: An American Legend, White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf, Wagons East!, The Substitute, War Party, and Powwow Highway. In television, he played the part of "Chingachgook" in the series Hawkeye that aired in 1994-1995. He has also had guest roles in a television series such as Due South, Two, and the Stargate SG-1 episode "Spirits". He also portrayed the famous warrior Crazy Horse in the 1991 television movie Son of the Morning Star.
Rodney Arnold Grant is a member of the Omaha tribe of Nebraska. He has been very active in youth activities and had served on the Native American Advisory Board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He has five grown children, three from a previous marriage, and two from previous relationships. He currently resides in southern California.
Mr Grant illustrates a clash of cultures here at an awards ceremony, by appearing in both the customary evening attire and a traditional headdress. Blessed are those who know themselves, and remember where they came from.

“Before I was six years old, my grandparents and my mother had taught me that if all the green things that grow were tak...
25/03/2024

“Before I was six years old, my grandparents and my mother had taught me that if all the green things that grow were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all the four-legged creatures were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all the winged creatures were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all our relatives who crawl and swim and live within the earth were taken away, there could be no life. But if all the human beings were taken away, life on earth would flourish. That is how insignificant we are.”
Russell Means, Oglala Lakota Nation (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012).

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