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Culture-> Tribal Customs: Many Indians say, 'no thanks' to Thanksgiving
Posted on Thursday, November 22 @ 13:09:02 CST (2915 reads)

AUTHOR: Anju Kaur

Desiree Shelley's family has observed Thanksgiving for generations, but that doesn't mean she doesn't understand the protests of fellow Indians who don't.

A native of Baltimore, Shelley has roots in the Monacan tribe of Virginia. Her father is part Monacan, a tribe that was "Christianized" shortly after the Jamestown colonization in the early 1600s, she said.

"Even if some American Indians celebrate (the holiday), there is a prevailing feeling of hurt for a lot of people," Shelley said. "We have all been assimilated and colonized. We have lost our history, our language and our culture. What do you expect?"

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Culture-> Tribal Customs: The Mother Blessingway Ceremony
Posted on Tuesday, September 18 @ 00:13:26 CDT (4409 reads)

A Mother Blessing is one form of the Navajo Blessingway ceremony. It is a ritual for the expectant mother. A Mother Blessingway is a gathering of only women who get together, tell (positive) birth stories, give the expectant mother emotional support and pamper her a bit (brush her hair, wash her feet, massage her).

The tone, content, and intent of a blessingway can vary greatly, but generally, the modern event involves songs, food, and the giving of symbolic gifts and good wishes to the mother. In less spiritual practice, a blessing way is similar to a baby shower and is held for a pregnancy other than a woman’s first.

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Culture->Games: ancient sla-hal bones identified, also known as the Bone Game or Stick Game
Posted on Saturday, August 04 @ 03:32:45 CDT (2577 reads)

Sla-Hal, Bone Game, or Stick Game are three ways to call a very popular game played amongst Northwestern Indian Tribes. Indian people of all ages have enjoyed gathering and participating in this exciting and traditional game for generations. Since time immemorial, some in the Pacific Northwest tribes say. And now there's physical proof.

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TNB->Souix Nation: Indian people knew the universe and followed the stars
Posted on Sunday, May 06 @ 19:03:23 CDT (3995 reads)

AUTHOR: Tim Giago

The so-called oral histories of many of the Indian tribes are often based on actual events, even those deemed as myths. If one takes the time to study the prophecies and the medicine of the Hopi, Lakota and other Indian nations, I believe they would be startled to find that so many of these predictions and cures are true.

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Crafts->Blankets/Rug: Weaving a story: Artist Jesse Henderson honors his Chippewa-Cree heritage
Posted on Saturday, March 03 @ 19:11:13 CST (4761 reads)

AUTHOR: Jody Rave Lee of the Missoulian

When the nation's premier woolen company asked artist Jesse Henderson to design a Pendleton blanket, he took it seriously.

“I was trying to be sensitive to my people,” said Henderson, a Chippewa-Cree from the Rocky Boy's Reservation in northern Montana. “It's not just another pretty blanket. I set out to show a good representation of us.”

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Rez->PineRidge: Regalia Stolen, reward offered for their return
Posted on Wednesday, December 27 @ 16:37:00 CST (4961 reads)

Anonymous writes September 23rd, 2006, while visiting Palm Springs, California from Pine Ridge, South Dakota to take part in a powwow, a young girl, by the name of Delmarina One Feather was robbed of a piece of her heritage by an uncaring thief.

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Culture->Games: Evolution of Native American Stickball into the modern game of LaCrosse
Posted on Saturday, September 23 @ 14:31:40 CDT (7618 reads)

This is a historical timeline of the evolution of the native american stickball game into the modern game of LaCrosse.

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Culture-> Indian Symbols: Pueblo symbols and their meanings
Posted on Monday, June 05 @ 02:19:47 CDT (15255 reads)

Symbols are visual clues that indicate or represent something. For the Pueblo Indians, colors have come to represent directions symbolically. For instance, for the Hopi, yellow represents north, white represents east, red represents south, blue represents west, and black represents "above." For centuries, the Hopi have grown maize in each of these colors.

Other Pueblo symbols include the following:

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Crafts->Silver Jewelry: Turquoise, the fallen Sky stone
Posted on Tuesday, May 23 @ 14:21:32 CDT (7614 reads)

Turquoise, the "fallen skystone", "gem of the centuries", is indigenous to the Americas, Egypt, ancient Persia (Iran), Tibet and China. Throughout human history, the stone has been revered and admired for its beauty and reputed spiritual life-enhancing qualities.

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Crafts->Blankets/Rug: Indian Trade Blankets
Posted on Tuesday, May 23 @ 13:56:18 CDT (5032 reads)

Whether woven by a Native American or mass-produced by American woolen mills on a Jacquard loom, the blanket is a constant of Native American life and it is inextricably tied to the tradition of trade in the Southwest.

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Culture->Wedding Customs: Cherokee Wedding Customs
Posted on Friday, May 19 @ 03:17:07 CDT (12975 reads)

As relatives and friends followed, the couple entered the sacred council fire area. The bride wore a white dress and white moccasins, usually made from deer or elk skins. The groom wore a roe-colored ribbon shirt, black pants and moccasins.

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Culture->Wedding Customs: Sacred Fire Wedding Ceremony
Posted on Friday, May 19 @ 03:12:58 CDT (7972 reads)

The Sacred Fire Ceremony is symbolic of the separate lives of the couple and the union of One accomplished by this beautiful and exciting ceremony.

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R&S->Prayers: Apache Wedding Prayer
Posted on Friday, May 19 @ 02:21:05 CDT (6459 reads)

Here is an Apache Wedding Prayer.

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Culture->Wedding Customs: Kaw Wedding Customs
Posted on Monday, January 02 @ 20:37:56 CST (6650 reads)

Thomas Huffaker, the Kaw Mission teacher, wrote the following account of a Kaw marriage:

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Culture-> Tribal Customs: Meaning of Prayer or Dance Fans Explained
Posted on Monday, December 19 @ 18:10:28 CST (10467 reads)

AUTHOR: Patrick Scott, Dine (Navajo)

As told to us by our elders, these fans are quite significant to the Native Americans. They are used in the Native American Church to sing and to pray with. They are also used in Pow Wows to dance with.

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