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MailBag Archive: How can Maashkinoozhe mean 'Ugly Pike' when Maash means 'flower'?
Posted on Thursday, December 04 @ 02:01:18 CST (28 reads)

QUESTION:
I am doing some research on the Muskellunge. Every web site I go to says the word was based on the Ojibwe word Maashkinoozhe and they say Maashkinoozhe means Ugly Pike. That does not make sense because Maash means flower in Ojibwe. I was wondering if you can tell me what the aborigional word for Muskellunge is?
~Submitted by Gary

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MailBag Archive: What is the meaning of Indian jewelry?
Posted on Thursday, October 02 @ 20:43:50 CDT (873 reads)

QUESTION:
I have been searching for information on the significance of Lakota jewelry in the past. I am a teacher and during watching a film on Lewis & Clark, which included some references to the Lakota, some students were very interested in the pictures of the beautiful bear claw necklaces, etc. They wanted to know what the jewelry really meant. So far, I've had no luck with internet searches. Can you help?
~Submitted by Jewell S.

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MailBag Archive: How do I know if 'Indian Jewelry' is authentic and made by a real indian?
Posted on Saturday, July 26 @ 21:26:58 CDT (3379 reads)

QUESTION:
My sister taught school on the reservation in Pine Ridge (Porcupine) about 20 years ago. She will be 50 this year. I am looking to buy her turquoise jewelry. I'd like to know it's authentic and made by the Indians. She would hold this as being very special. I understand that some jewelry has tribes' names inscribed on the back. Can you give some reputable stores or web sites that I can look at and buy. I would be particularly interested in Lakota, Sioux.
~Submitted by Kathy C.

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MailBag Archive: When did native americans get the right to vote and drink alcohol?
Posted on Wednesday, July 02 @ 05:25:26 CDT (2670 reads)

QUESTION:
When did it become legal in Arizona for Native Americans to buy alcohol and to vote?
~Submitted by Mel H.

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MailBag Archive: Did the Apache and Sioux intermarry?
Posted on Friday, May 16 @ 18:26:52 CDT (3070 reads)

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I know this may be a strange question and i am sorry if it seems not right to ask, but i was wondering if there had been any sioux - apache weddings? Meaning the girl was apache and the boy sioux? There is a very valid reason for this question but I am not allowed to talk about it. Only to ask. Please can you go back as to 14-15 hundred years. Or after.
~Submitted by Kerry S.

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MailBag Archive: Do indian reservations need summer volunteers?
Posted on Thursday, May 08 @ 17:59:39 CDT (3664 reads)

QUESTION: Do indian reservations need summer volunteers? I am a 17 year old junior in high school and would like to do some volunteer work this summer with another culture.
~Submitted by Cindy T.

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MailBag Archive: I'm related to Pocahontas. Can I enroll in her tribe?
Posted on Sunday, May 04 @ 03:30:42 CDT (3185 reads)

QUESTION:
We have recently traced my husband's roots to Pocahontas. His Grandmother had always told him there was a relation, but he never had any proof. He is now interested in joining a tribe. Is this something that is completed in the state we reside? We have found that there is a Accohannock Tribe in Maryland, but we reside in North Carolina. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
~Submitted by Connie C.

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MailBag Archive: Were the Arickaree tribe from the Kansas City, Kansas area?
Posted on Tuesday, April 08 @ 01:21:06 CDT (3480 reads)

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Were the Arickaree Indians ever in Kansas City, Kansas in Wyandotte County? We live in a housing addition called Arickaree Addition on the papers from when we purchased the house. A woman said the Arickarees were never in Kansas.
~Submitted by Frances W.

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MailBag Archive: How do I go about researching my Algonquin genealogy?
Posted on Friday, February 29 @ 09:58:42 CST (3610 reads)

QUESTION:

My family is descended from the Algonquin's. If I were to try to get in touch with a member of the tribe to learn more about where my family comes from how would I go about it?
~Submitted by Grace K.

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MailBag Archive: What indian tribes originated in Kansas?
Posted on Saturday, February 09 @ 15:26:10 CST (3854 reads)

QUESTION:
Greetings ~

I am interested in learning about the nation(s) that inhabited a particular area - specifically what is now known as the counties of Leavenworth and Jefferson in the NE corner of the state of Kansas (map: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/).

Is there such a resource that documents, even roughly, what nations might have occupied this area over the span of the last several centuries? I understand that geographical occupation can be influenced by nomadic behavior, unmapped/ancient boundaries, and historical events.

After visiting several books, maps, and websites, I've narrowed it down to a few possibilities: Kiowa, Pawnee, Osage, Cheyenne, and possible Missouri. I am by no means a scholar on this subject, and I desire to learn for my own personal curiosity. I've found contradictions in the resources I have, so I am coming to you for guidance.
~Submitted by: Jenesa S.

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MailBag Archive: .Where is Geronimo buried?
Posted on Thursday, December 27 @ 09:34:39 CST (2987 reads)

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Is GERONIMO buried at Fort Sill or was he moved to another place? Is it posible to get in contact with some of his ancestors?
~Submitted by Ronny W.

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MailBag Archive: Is it possible to find native american genealogy information online without paying for it?
Posted on Sunday, December 16 @ 18:20:37 CST (3109 reads)

QUESTION:
Is it possible to find native american genealogy information online without paying for it? Where do I start?

~Submitted by Craig G.

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MailBag Archive: When is the creation story told?
Posted on Monday, December 03 @ 02:22:42 CST (2905 reads)

Question:

I am writing a paper for college on how two different native american tribes traditionally explain creation or how life came about. I have found some information but would like to know if anyone could tell me when this would be typically told to someone? As a yound child? In a Ceremony? Does it depend on the individuals family and how much they believe in the passing of legends?
~Submitted by Sarah

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MailBag Archive: Cherokee and Sioux courtship and wedding customs
Posted on Wednesday, November 21 @ 18:42:51 CST (6190 reads)

Mailbag Question:

In the very near future, I am planning on asking a woman of mixed Sioux and Cherokee descent to marry me. Her family history is obscure but I would like to recognize her partial native american heritage by making a traditional request for her hand, if such a tradition exists. If you could point me in the proper direction, I would be apppreciative.
~Submitted by Jim M.

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MailBag Archive: How many native americans have played major league baseball?
Posted on Thursday, November 01 @ 12:50:01 CDT (4467 reads)

QUESTION:

My son asked me if Jacoby Ellsbury is the first Native American in the majors. I could think of Chief Bender, Louis Sokalexis, Jim Thorpe, and Allie Reynolds, but I wondered where I could find a comprehensive list. And perhaps someone has written a book on the topic. Please help. Thank you.

~Submitted by Oz McConathy

Answer:

In all, only forty-seven full blood Indians have played in the baseball major leagues since 1897.

Jacoby Ellsbury was the first Navajo to play in the major leagues and is one of the most recent baseball players with Indian ancestry. This Native American star in the making spent Spring Training in Red Sox Nation. Ellsbury, signed by Boston in the first round of the draft in 2005 as the 23rd overall pick, is a left-handed outfielder who competed for Oregon State University where he was the 2005 Pac-10 Conference Co-Player of the year and an All Academic Honorable Mention. Ellsbury was ranked as the fastest base runner and 3rd best defensive outfielder of eligible college players in Baseball America's Best Tools Survey for 2005.

Ellsbury's speed coupled with power to all fields, according to the Red Sox, most closely resembles Johnny Damon's playing style and the hope is that he will at least spend part of the 2008 season at the major league level while becoming a regular starter in 2009.

While Ellsbury is only one-half Navajo, he is one of several players of native American descent now making a mark in the big leagues – another being Joba Chamberlain (Winnebago), a rookie reliever for the Yankees.

Right handed starting pitcher, Joba Chamberlain, was landed by the Yankees in the 2006 draft, signed as a supplemental first-round pick and 41st overall. Chamberlain is a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. After competing for two years for the University of Nebraska, having only started to play baseball as a senior in high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, Chamberlain led his team to the 2005 College World Series going 10-2 for the season with a 2.81 ERA.

Now 21, Chamberlain has been clocked with a 98-mph fastball and has been favorably compared by physique, delivery and his portfolio of pitches to Cleveland Indians pitcher, C.C. Sabathia.

Another recent former major leaguer, Bobby Madritsch (Lakota Sioux), pitched for the Seattle Mariners in 2004 and 2005 and was traded to the Kansas City Royals for the 2006 season. Madritsch was recovering at age 28 from reconstructive shoulder surgery when the Mariners signed him. Unfortunately, he re-injured his shoulder and tore his labrum in 2005 and the Royals eventually released him. He is now looking for a contract in the minor leagues.

The first American Indian who is believed to have competed in the major leagues was James Madison Toy, (1/2 Lakota Sioux), who played in the American Association League in 1887 as well as in 1890. Toy preceded Louis Sockalexis, the first officially acknowledged full-blood American Indian to play major league baseball.

Louis Sockalexis is usually credited with having been the first full-blood native american to play major league baseball.

He played for Cleveland from 1897-99, when they were the Cleveland Spiders.

Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox),is perhaps the best-known Native American player of the 20th century as he excelled in multiple sports. Jim Thorpe was an amazing athlete who won both the decathlon and the pentathlon in the 1912 Olympic Games by wide margins in Stockholm, but in 1913 an investigation by the Amateur Athletic Union showed that he had played semi-professional baseball in 1909 and 1910, which should have disqualified him from Olympic competition. He was subsequently deprived of his gold medals, which were reinstated after his death and given to his family in the 1980s. Thorpe later became a major league baseball player and then a pro football player.

From 1913 through 1919, Thorpe was an outfielder for the New York, Cincinnati (Ohio), and Boston baseball teams in the National League. He was more successful as one of the early stars of American professional football from 1919 through 1926. He spent two seasons (1922–23) with the Oorang Indians, whose owner attracted crowds by having Thorpe and his teammates dress up and perform “Indian” tricks before games and at halftime.

Jim Thorpe once hit three home runs into three different states in the same game.

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In all, only forty-seven full blood Indians have played in the baseball major leagues since 1897.

Louis Sockalexis is usually credited with having been the first full-blood native american to play major league baseball.

Jim Thorpe once hit three home runs into three different states in the same game.