"We had no churches, no religious organizations, no sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe would assemble to sing or pray; sometimes in a small number, perhaps only two or three. Sometimes we prayed in silence, sometimes each one prayed aloud." -
Geronimo - Apache
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Do you know...
Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr.
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
A Winnebago Indian from Wisconsin, and a Corporal in Company E., 19th Infantry Regiment in Korea. On 5 November 1950, Red Cloud was on a ridge guarding his company command post when he was surprised by Chinese communist forces. He sounded the alarm and stayed in his position firing his automatic rifle and point-blank to check the assault. This gave his company time to consolidate their defenses. After being severely wounded by enemy fire, he refused assistance and continued firing upon the enemy until he was fatally wounded. His heroic action prevented the enemy from overrunning his company's position and gained time for evacuation of the wounded.
U.S. Army Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. was honored with the military's highest honor for his fearless and heroic deeds Nov. 5, 1950 in a battle near Chonhyon, Korea, that saved his comrades and cost him his life.
There's more at this link: http://www.medalofhonor.com/MitchellRedCloud.htm
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
A Winnebago Indian from Wisconsin, and a Corporal in Company E., 19th Infantry Regiment in Korea. On 5 November 1950, Red Cloud was on a ridge guarding his company command post when he was surprised by Chinese communist forces. He sounded the alarm and stayed in his position firing his automatic rifle and point-blank to check the assault. This gave his company time to consolidate their defenses. After being severely wounded by enemy fire, he refused assistance and continued firing upon the enemy until he was fatally wounded. His heroic action prevented the enemy from overrunning his company's position and gained time for evacuation of the wounded.
U.S. Army Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. was honored with the military's highest honor for his fearless and heroic deeds Nov. 5, 1950 in a battle near Chonhyon, Korea, that saved his comrades and cost him his life.
There's more at this link: http://www.medalofhonor.com/MitchellRedCloud.htm
History of the modern Hoop Dance
by: Dennis Zotigh / Today correspondent
The hoop is symbolic of ''the never-ending circle of life.'' It has no beginning and no end.
Many tribal groups across North America used the hoop in traditional healing ceremonies, and the hoop's significance enhances the embodiment of healing ceremonies. Tribal healers and holy men have long regarded the hoop as sacred and many have used it in their ceremonies. Visions and ailments were seen through some of these hoops by tribal holy men and women.
Many tribes lay claim to the Hoop Dance. It wasn't until the 1930s that a young man named Tony White Cloud, Jemez Pueblo, played an instrumental role in its evolution and began using multiple hoops in a stylized version as ''founder of the modern Hoop Dance.''
He used five hoops made of willow wood bent to form a circle. These hoops were approximately 24 inches in diameter, enough to get his small frame through. Through this new art form, he invented hoop formations to symbolize traditional designs and teachings that were a part of his culture and traditional pueblo upbringing. The hoop designs that White Cloud invented are still the foundation of hoop formations and routines in modern Hoop dancing. American Indians saw his modern multiple Hoop dances in his performances in the 1930s in the American Indian Exposition in Anadarko, Okla., the Gallup Indian Ceremonial in New Mexico and Chicago's Railroad Fair, and adapted it in their own Indian dance shows for the public.
White Cloud made a cameo performance of his Hoop Dance to the American public in the 1942 movie ''Valley of the Sun,'' starring Lucille Ball. During World War II, White Cloud traveled with Gene Autry across America and Europe promoting war bonds to fund the war effort by performing the Hoop Dance. He later danced in Autry's movie, ''Apache Country,'' in 1952.
Click here to read more: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415117
The hoop is symbolic of ''the never-ending circle of life.'' It has no beginning and no end.
Many tribal groups across North America used the hoop in traditional healing ceremonies, and the hoop's significance enhances the embodiment of healing ceremonies. Tribal healers and holy men have long regarded the hoop as sacred and many have used it in their ceremonies. Visions and ailments were seen through some of these hoops by tribal holy men and women.
Many tribes lay claim to the Hoop Dance. It wasn't until the 1930s that a young man named Tony White Cloud, Jemez Pueblo, played an instrumental role in its evolution and began using multiple hoops in a stylized version as ''founder of the modern Hoop Dance.''
He used five hoops made of willow wood bent to form a circle. These hoops were approximately 24 inches in diameter, enough to get his small frame through. Through this new art form, he invented hoop formations to symbolize traditional designs and teachings that were a part of his culture and traditional pueblo upbringing. The hoop designs that White Cloud invented are still the foundation of hoop formations and routines in modern Hoop dancing. American Indians saw his modern multiple Hoop dances in his performances in the 1930s in the American Indian Exposition in Anadarko, Okla., the Gallup Indian Ceremonial in New Mexico and Chicago's Railroad Fair, and adapted it in their own Indian dance shows for the public.
White Cloud made a cameo performance of his Hoop Dance to the American public in the 1942 movie ''Valley of the Sun,'' starring Lucille Ball. During World War II, White Cloud traveled with Gene Autry across America and Europe promoting war bonds to fund the war effort by performing the Hoop Dance. He later danced in Autry's movie, ''Apache Country,'' in 1952.
Click here to read more: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415117
Eastern Pequots anticipate traditional gathering
by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. - In 1675, the colony of Connecticut passed a series of laws governing the Pequot Indians, including prohibitions against non-Christian forms of worship.
''That whosoever shall expose or speake against the onely living & true God, the creator & ruler of all things, shall be brought to some English court to be punished as the nature of the offence may require; That whosever shall powau or use witchcraft or any worship to the divill or any fals god all be convented & punished,'' the law said.
The ban didn't stop the tribe from holding pow wows, but they were low-profile affairs and in later years they were conflated with a religious meeting on the fourth Sunday of July.
These days, the event takes place on Saturday and Sunday of the fourth weekend in July and includes annual tribal elections on Saturday; a Sunday prayer meeting, which is a traditional meeting with the drum, singers and religious ceremonies led by Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation Chief Roy Sebastian; and a pow wow in the afternoon. The pow wow attracts people from tribes all over the Northeast, attracting between 500 and 1,000 people.
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NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. - In 1675, the colony of Connecticut passed a series of laws governing the Pequot Indians, including prohibitions against non-Christian forms of worship.
''That whosoever shall expose or speake against the onely living & true God, the creator & ruler of all things, shall be brought to some English court to be punished as the nature of the offence may require; That whosever shall powau or use witchcraft or any worship to the divill or any fals god all be convented & punished,'' the law said.
The ban didn't stop the tribe from holding pow wows, but they were low-profile affairs and in later years they were conflated with a religious meeting on the fourth Sunday of July.
These days, the event takes place on Saturday and Sunday of the fourth weekend in July and includes annual tribal elections on Saturday; a Sunday prayer meeting, which is a traditional meeting with the drum, singers and religious ceremonies led by Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation Chief Roy Sebastian; and a pow wow in the afternoon. The pow wow attracts people from tribes all over the Northeast, attracting between 500 and 1,000 people.
Want the whole story? Click here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415116
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