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The Cherokee Nation wants Jeep to stop using its name on the popular 45-year-old vehicleFebruary 23, 2021 at 4:44 PM Relations between Native American tribes and corporate imagery depicting the people has shifted dramatically in the past few years.
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The Cherokee Nation wants Jeep to stop using the tribe's name, which the brand has used since 1975.
Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. says he anticipates "further discussions" over a potential rebranding.
Hoskin told Insider, "Our names were carefully selected by our ancestors before written history."
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The Che...Tags: Transportation, Washington, Cars, US, NFL, Trends, Native American, Jeep, Jeep Cherokee, Hoskins, Chuck Hoskin, Cherokee Nation, Hoskin, Chuck Hoskin Jr, Aleeya Mayo, Washington Redskins Football Team 114 people like this. Like The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations for people who speak native languages in an effort to keep customs aliveJanuary 5, 2021 at 12:17 PM Native American tribal members march to celebrate the easement denial of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Canon Ball, North Dakota on December 4, 2016.
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Health care workers on the Standing Rock reservation already began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Next in line are members who speak the native languages of Dakota and Lakota.
The customs and history of the tribe are passed down through the native languages, so it's important to protect those who speak ...Tags: Science, News, Trends, Ap, North Dakota, South Dakota, Faith, Associated Press, Native American, Ward, Dakota, SIOUX, Lakota, KXMB TV, KXMB, Standing Rock Sioux 128 people like this. Like Despite a record turnout, Native American voters faced challenges new and old to casting a ballot in the 2020 electionDecember 15, 2020 at 3:41 PM Samantha Lee/Business Insider
In 2020, Native American voters turned out in record numbers, and were integral to President-elect Joe Biden's victory in key states like Arizona.
Native American and Alaska Native organizers from around the country told Insider that Native American voters, especially those living on reservation lands, still face barriers to voting.
The physical distance required to get to a polling place, lack of traditional mailing addresses and consistent mail delivery, a...Tags: Politics, Voting, Montana, US, Trends, Post Office, Joe Biden, United States, North Dakota, Alaska, Arizona, Hobbs, Navajo Nation, Nevada, Oklahoma, Biden 89 people like this. Like The first US vice president of colorNovember 13, 2020 at 8:55 AM Kamala Harris has broken many barriers in her election as vice president of the United States. But the first biracial and the person of color to become vice president was Charles Curtis, who served under Herbert Hoover in his single term. — Read the restTags: Post, News, US, United States, Vice President, Native American, Kamala Harris, Herbert Hoover, Charles Curtis, Chares Curtis 139 people like this. Like New memorial to Native American veterans opens on the National MallNovember 12, 2020 at 10:36 AM The new National Native American Veterans Memorial is now open on the National Mall in DC.
Throughout US history, American Indians and Alaska Natives have enlisted in the Armed Forces at a rate five times the national average, despite the fact that they weren't even recognized as US citizens until 1924. — Read the restTags: Post, News, US, Veterans, National Mall, Native Americans, American Indian, Native American, Armed Forces, Veteran's Day, Alaska Natives, Native Rights, Native Alaskans, National Native American Veterans Memorial 76 people like this. Like 'I gave money to your campaign': Trump was frustrated by John McCain after he ignored him at a congressional hearing, new book saysOctober 16, 2020 at 7:06 PM Donald Trump at his Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 5, 1990.
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One of the earliest interactions between Donald Trump and the late Sen. John McCain came at a congressional hearing in 1993.
Trump, who owned casinos in Atlantic City, was in Washington, DC, to claim that casinos on Native American reservations were controlled by the mob and avoiding taxes.
Trump tried to get McCain's attention by saying, "I gave money to your campaign," according t...Tags: Politics, News, Vladimir Putin, Washington, Casinos, White House, Gambling, US, Trends, Washington Dc, House, Arizona, Atlantic City, John Mccain, Native American, Donald Trump 80 people like this. Like CPS: School for Creative and Performing Arts – DirectorApril 21, 2020 at 4:24 PM The Director of SCPA will serve as a central collaborator and consensus-builder inside and outside SCPA.
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“SCPA is a true melting pot. Students from across the region come together to create art, music, and movement. The lessons learned in such a diverse setting create strong communities outside of the school’s walls. The freedom to be creative as a child leads to brave, critical thinkers beyond their school years. Creative, strong, brave—those are the words that define an SCP...Tags: Art, Jobs, Kentucky, Indiana, United States, Ohio, Kennedy Center, Native American, Cincinnati, Cps, University Of Cincinnati, Carnegie Hall, YWCA, Edinburgh Scotland, Procter Gamble, Ohio River 150 people like this. Like The US government just "disestablished" a Native American reservationMarch 31, 2020 at 8:23 AM From WBUR:
The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs told the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe on Friday that the tribe's reservation will be "disestablished" and its land taken out of trust, per an order from Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, tribe Chairman Cedric Cromwell announced in a post on the tribe's website.
The Mashpee Wampanoag and their ancestors have lived on and around Cape Cod for thousands of years. They are one of two federally recognized tribes of Wampanoag people in Massachusetts. ...Tags: Post, Real Estate, News, Washington Post, Boston, Massachusetts, US, Commission, Bia, Native Americans, Associated Press, Bill, American Indian, Native American, Rhode Island, Cape Cod 45 people like this. Like Link About It: This Week’s PicksMarch 7, 2020 at 9:04 AM Women shaping the design world, India's wine industry, the recipe for black concrete and more Farewell to the Plastic Bags of NYC While the single-use plastic bag ban in New York (instated 1 March) is undeniably necessary, the bags’ kitsch designs have become synonymous with the city. Graphic designer Sho Shibuya collected more than 200 different types of bags over several years and photographed some …Tags: Travel, Art, New York, Science, Design, News, NYC, India, Environment, Cars, Tech, Sustainability, Materials, Architecture, Bags, Antarctica Over 200 Native Americans Ask Elizabeth Warren to ‘Make Clear Public Statement’ Disavowing Past Claims of HeritageFebruary 26, 2020 at 10:05 AM More than 200 Cherokees and other Native Americans sent a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) urging her to issue a public apology after “vague and inadequate” past steps to apologize for her claims of Cherokee ancestry.“Your history of false claims to American Indian identity and the defense of these claims with a highly publicized DNA test continue to dog your political career,” the letter reads. “For Native Americans, this moment is more than an annoyance; it represents the most pu...Tags: News, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, Heritage, Warren, Native American, Los Angeles Times, Sioux City Iowa, Elizabeth Warren D Mass, Trump Warren 68 people like this. Like 4 things that may be coming to a casino near you, including beerFebruary 25, 2020 at 12:44 PM Over the span of only a couple decades Southern California’s casinos have grown from small-scale gaming operations to full-fledged resorts boasting hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues and more.
As the properties continue to evolve, one of the places casino operators go to not only to get a pulse on the industry, but also learn about what’s new, is the Western Indian Gaming Conference.
This year’s conference, held earlier this month at Sycuan Casino Resort in San Diego County, included a tr...Tags: Uber, California, Casinos, Sport, Beer, Things To Do, Soccer, Las Vegas, Oroville, Johnson, Native American, San Diego County, Neptune, Southern California, Juanes, El Cajon 46 people like this. Like Best things to do in OregonJanuary 15, 2020 at 5:00 PM The great food scene of Portland, rivaling those in San Francisco and New York, is one of the reasons more than 30 million tourists visited the city and its area in 2018. But the vast majority of those visitors never reach the state’s high country and vast coastal expanse — and it’s quite a shame. Oregon is stunningly beautiful, a landscape of rocky coast and the towering Cascade Mountains. Outside Portland, the state is rich in cultural and historic attractions, as well as beautiful natural ...Tags: Travel, New York, Oregon, America, San Francisco, Portland, Thor, Native American, Pacific Northwest, Lockheed, Newberry, All, Wright, Astoria, Institute, McMinnville 141 people like this. Like You know that only about 80% of SBC churches are anglo, don’t you?November 15, 2019 at 11:52 AM Dominant ethnic composition, in percentages, below for churches:
Anglo 81.9
African American 7.0
Hispanic 4.7
Korean 1.6
Native American 0.8
Haitian 0.8
Chinese 0.4
Filipino 0.3
Multi-ethnic 0.4
20+ other ethnic and languages groups 2.0
I’ve never seen any figure that breaks out dually affiliated churches. Nothing in the Annual Church Profile asks for that. I suppose LifeWay or NAMB could do a study t...Tags: Africa, Religion, Chinese, Native American, Korean, Filipino, Lifeway, SBC, Anglo, Multi, NAMB, SBC Issues, Dave Miller, Cooperative Program, SBC Executive Committee, Jonathan Howe 4 Ways to Explore Native American HeritageNovember 6, 2019 at 7:02 AM In the month of November every year, the United States marks Native American Heritage month. Here are four ways to join in. Visit Visit a museum that focuses on Native Americans, such as Ah-Ta-Thi-Ki Museum in Florida and the Eiteljorg Museum in Indiana. Seek out Native American exhibits in museums which have broader areas of coverage. Find out if there are reservations near you which welcome...Read the whole entry... »
Related Stories African American Foodways: Sweet Home Cafe Cook...Tags: Travel, Books, Florida, Films, Indiana, History, United States, Food & Drink, Museums, World Music, Native American, Us Travel, Kerry Projects, Tallahassee, Native American Heritage Month, Native American music What is Indigenous People’s Day? Great resources for talking to your kids, because Native American history is American history.October 14, 2019 at 2:46 PM Today is the day that’s been traditionally celebrated as “Columbus Day” in the U.S., but knowing now what we know about Christopher Columbus, the holiday is fast transforming into Indigenous People’s Day for many. If you’re wondering what Indigenous People’s Day is, and want to explain it to your kids, here are a few fast […]Tags: Video, Parenting, Shopping, Native American, Columns, Picture books, Tips And Tricks, Educational, Christopher Columbus, Doing Good, Books For Kids, Holiday Activities, Thinking : Parent, Parenting Tools, Educational Kids' Activities, Websites For Kids 18 people like this. Like “T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America” at the National Museum of the American IndianMay 15, 2019 at 4:48 PM Bold, political, multidimensional and wildly important works by the visionary artist After fostering his talents at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, T.C. Cannon entered the art scene with a vision to subvert traditional perceptions and dismantle stereotypes surrounding native art. He did so by combining historic, traditional motifs and images with his own distinct, contemporary style. Though his life was …Tags: Art, Design, America, Painting, Culture, Artists, Smithsonian, Native American, Paintings, National Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, National Museum of the American Indian, Native Art, T.C. Cannon MedCognition Making Augmented Reality Emergency Training for US ArmyMay 7, 2019 at 4:38 PM San Antonio—MedCognition, a startup that uses an augmented reality system to train emergency medical technicians and other first responders on how to treat injuries, has earned a $750,000 grant from the US Army to collaborate with another organization on developing a version of its system for military use.MedCognition plans to spend the next 12 months creating training modules that can be used to prepare healthcare workers for combat and mass casualty situations, the company says. The project c...Tags: Health, Startups, Texas, Technology, Microsoft, Trends, Startup, Tech, Software, Healthcare, Vr, Virtual Reality, Software Development, Ar, Augmented Reality, Native American 145 people like this. Like Oglala Lakota Sioux to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem: You are not welcome at Pine Ridge ReservationMay 3, 2019 at 9:34 AM South Dakota governor Kristi Noem (R) is governor non grata at Pine Ridge after her support of new "riot boosting" laws that target indigenous people opposed to oil infrastructure on their land.
From The Lakota Law Project: “The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council voted unanimously this week to inform South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem that she is not welcome at the Pine Ridge Reservation in the wake of her support for new "riot boosting" laws that unfairly target tribes and their allies who oppose ne...Tags: Post, News, Oil, South Dakota, Pine Ridge, American Indian, Native American, Indigenous, Kristi Noem, Pine Ridge Reservation, Picks, Kristi Noem R, Oglala Lakota Sioux, Oglala Sioux Tribal Council 47 people like this. Like New US dollar coin honors Native Americans' contributions to the space programFebruary 13, 2019 at 1:12 PM The latest addition to the US Mint's Native American $1 Coin series celebrates "American Indians in the Space Program." The heads-side of the coin still features Sacagawea. From Space.com:
The reverse features Mary Golda Ross, the first known Native American woman to become an engineer. Ross' work for Lockheed Martin helped advance the Agena rocket stage used by NASA for rendezvous and docking trials during the Gemini program in the 1960s.
The tails-side also depicts an Atlas-Agena rocket l...Tags: Post, Space, News, US, Nasa, Engineering, Lockheed Martin, Native American, American Indians, Ross, Collections, Coins, Mission Control, Osage, John Herrington, First Peoples 118 people like this. Like What Is the Indigenous Peoples Movement?January 23, 2019 at 1:30 PM This week, social media has been set ablaze with a series of videos and images capturing a group of high school teenagers mocking a Native American man marching for indigenous rights in Washington D.C. If you’re wondering what the indigenous movement is all about, here’s what you need to know.Read more...Tags: Politics, Washington, Government, Lifehacks, Native American, Government Shutdown, Indigenous Peoples Day 65 people like this. Like Kentucky Catholic School Considers Expelling Boys Who Taunted Native AmericansJanuary 20, 2019 at 2:40 PM A statement condemned the actions and apologizedTags: News, Kentucky, Uncategorized, Native American, Washington D.c, Onetime, Kentucky Catholic School 14 people like this. Like The People Shall Continue: a conversation-starting epic history of Native people for kidsNovember 19, 2018 at 5:25 PM Each year during November, which is National Native American Heritage Month by the way, we like to take a look at some of the great resources for our kids about the Native experience. Especially as we approach Thanksgiving. Because without the Wampanoag people, there wouldn’t have been a first Thanksgiving at all. In that light, […]Tags: Books, Holidays, Shopping, Native American, Educational, Books For Kids, Educational Kids' Activities, Educational Kids' Books, National Native American Heritage Month 41 people like this. Like A collection of culturally and historically accurate Thanksgiving coloring pages for childrenNovember 11, 2018 at 9:43 AM This year, I’ve been on a mission to track down more culturally and historically accurate Thanksgiving coloring pages for my own kids and for our readers. Because most of us know by now that, however uncomfortable it may be, the story of Thanksgiving that so many of us grew up with as kids is nowhere […]Tags: Diy, Thanksgiving, Shopping, History, Native American, Printables, Educational, Holiday Crafts, Coloring Books, Coloring Pages, Cool Websites, Free Downloads, Holiday Printables, Holiday Activities, Educational Kids' Activities, Holiday Picks 36 people like this. Like Tha Native ft. E-40 – “Go Get The Paypah”October 29, 2018 at 12:18 AM Tha Native is best known for his early 2018 Tech N9ne-featured single, “Whatcha Wanna Do”. Continuing to make a name for himself, the Highland, California-native takes a trip to the Yay Area, linking up with the Bay Area Ambassador himself E-40 for new single to close out the year, “Go Get The Paypah”.
On the track, the two stars spit that money talk. The Native American hold his own with the book of Slang, catchy hook, gritty street attitude, and exciting to sing-a-long, “Go Get The Paypah”...Tags: California, Jazz, Native American, Bay Area, Singles, E-40, Gift Of Gab, Highland California, Tha Native, Yay Area, Go Get The Paypah, SickwidIt, Voodoo Nation Music, Gift of Gab Tour Tha Native, Spotify Follow Tha Native 144 people like this. Like Trump Lashes Out at Warren over DNA Test, Calls Her ‘Phony!’October 16, 2018 at 9:38 AM A DNA analysis done on Sen. Warren provides strong evidence she has Native American heritage.Tags: News, Dna, Elizabeth Warren, Native American, Sen Warren 33 people like this. Like Learn the Hawaiian and Navajo Languages on DuolingoOctober 8, 2018 at 10:00 AM Just in time for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Duolingo is launching two courses for endangered indigenous languages, both created by native speakers. Starting today, you can use the app to learn the languages spoken by native Hawaiians and by the Diné, better known as the Navajo nation.Read more...Tags: Learning, Hawaii, Lifehacks, Languages, Native American, Duolingo, Courses, Dine, Hawaiian, Navajo, Indigenous Peoples Day, Navajo Languages 53 people like this. Like Sephora Won't Sell That "Starter Witch Kit" After AllSeptember 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM Earlier this month, trendy fragrance brand Pinrose announced the upcoming release of its "Starter Witch Kit," set to launch at Sephora stores nationwide and online starting October 9. With nine sample-sized Pinrose perfumes, a tarot deck, a stick of "cleansing sage," and a piece of rose quartz, the kit would ostensibly contain everything you could ever need to incorporate elements of pagan rituals into your everyday life this Samhain season, for just $42.The backlash was swift — with critics ta...Tags: Fashion, Music, California, Usda, Salem, Native American, Sephora, Samhain, Pinrose, Green America Gold Certified 98 people like this. Like The American Southwest: Travels and StoriesMay 28, 2018 at 1:02 AM The American southwest: a land of high desert, rushing river, Native tribes, cowboys, ranchers, city dwellers, deep canyons, quiet forest, and high mountains The American southwest is a landscape that has fascinated tourist and traveler for centuries, really, and continues to do so. We’ve written a good bit about the American southwest here at Perceptive Travel. I am going to be doing an occasional series looking at gems from our archives to share with you, and I’ve decided to begin with a se...Tags: Travel, History, National Parks, Food & Drink, Arizona, Encounters, World Music, Glasgow, New Mexico, Native American, Santa Fe, Perceptive Travel, Travel Stories, Us Travel, City Or Urban Travel, Kerry Projects 36 people like this. Like Who put Native American sign language in the US mail?May 9, 2018 at 3:30 AM In 1890, a strange letter with “hieroglyphic script” arrived at Pennsylvania’s Carlisle Indian Industrial School. It was sent from a reservation in the Oklahoma Territory to a Kiowa student named Belo Cozad. Cozad, who did not read or write in English, was able to understand the letter’s contents—namely, its symbols that offered an update about his family. The letter provided news about relatives’ health and employment, as well as details about religious practice on the reservation.
Letter wri...Tags: Books, Texas, Featured, Religion, US, Mail, Pennsylvania, Smithsonian, Jesus, Christian, Buffalo, Oklahoma, Native American, Wikimedia Commons, Cozad, Arts & Humanities 120 people like this. Like May Kindle for Samsung Free BookMay 3, 2018 at 11:45 AM If you have a Samsung tablet or phone, you can pick one free book from the list below using the Kindle for Samsung app; additional titles can also be purchased at a discount (generally $1.99), if desired. Samsung Book Deals is similar to the Kindle First program run by Amazon: the picks are from Amazon publisher imprints, but are not “new” books necessarily.
Tidewater: A Novel ($3.99 Kindle) by Libbie Hawker
A clash of desire and hatred, of friendship and fear, of stark ambition and desperate...Tags: Amazon, Books, Featured, Romance, Virginia, Fantasy, Samsung, Kindle Books, Network, Native American, Smith, Historical Fiction, Magnolia, Mary, Jamestown, John Smith 146 people like this. Like |