Submitted by Linda Weaving Dreams.
Don't let go of hope. Hope gives you the strength to keep going when you feel like giving up.
Don't ever quit believing in yourself. As long as you believe you can, you will have a reason for trying.
To be continued...
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
In North American Indian History:
1885: Sitting Bull signs contract today to work in Buffalo Bill"s Wild West Show.
1868: On this date, Captain D.Monahan, and troops from Troops G and I, 3rd Cavalry, leave Fort Sumner, in western New Mexico. The troops are chasing a group of NAVAJO Indians, who have been accused of killing 4 settlers about 12 miles from the fort. After following their trail for 100 miles, the army surprises the NAVAJOs, who are in a ravine. The Army reports killing 3 Indians, and wounding 11; the rest escape. No soldiers are killed.
1868: On this date, Captain D.Monahan, and troops from Troops G and I, 3rd Cavalry, leave Fort Sumner, in western New Mexico. The troops are chasing a group of NAVAJO Indians, who have been accused of killing 4 settlers about 12 miles from the fort. After following their trail for 100 miles, the army surprises the NAVAJOs, who are in a ravine. The Army reports killing 3 Indians, and wounding 11; the rest escape. No soldiers are killed.
Court rejects Seminoles' effort to raise boy
BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER
Breaking new ground for Florida courts in cases involving the welfare of American Indian children, an appeals court ruled Wednesday that the ''best interests'' of a seriously ill half-Seminole child outweigh the Seminoles' desire to raise him within the tribe's culture and traditions.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach ruled that the 4-year-old boy, identified only as K.D., must remain with a non-Indian family that has cared for him since birth in a medical foster home. The eight-page decision affirmed a 2006 ruling by Broward Circuit Judge Hope Bristol.
The ruling allows Bristol to set aside provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law that gives American Indians great preference over non-Indians when deciding who should raise a Native American child taken into custody by state child-welfare administrators.
In K.D.'s case judges had to weigh two competing interests: the state's desire to protect a child whose medical needs are so great that child-protection workers said he needs to live with a family specially trained and equipped to care for him, versus the Seminoles' desire -- and right -- to raise him as a member of their tribe.
Read more here: http://www.nativebiz.com/community/News,op=visit,nid=15559.html
Breaking new ground for Florida courts in cases involving the welfare of American Indian children, an appeals court ruled Wednesday that the ''best interests'' of a seriously ill half-Seminole child outweigh the Seminoles' desire to raise him within the tribe's culture and traditions.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach ruled that the 4-year-old boy, identified only as K.D., must remain with a non-Indian family that has cared for him since birth in a medical foster home. The eight-page decision affirmed a 2006 ruling by Broward Circuit Judge Hope Bristol.
The ruling allows Bristol to set aside provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law that gives American Indians great preference over non-Indians when deciding who should raise a Native American child taken into custody by state child-welfare administrators.
In K.D.'s case judges had to weigh two competing interests: the state's desire to protect a child whose medical needs are so great that child-protection workers said he needs to live with a family specially trained and equipped to care for him, versus the Seminoles' desire -- and right -- to raise him as a member of their tribe.
Read more here: http://www.nativebiz.com/community/News,op=visit,nid=15559.html
Mashpee Wampanoags officially recognized
by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
MASHPEE, Mass. - The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's federal acknowledgement became official May 24, three months after the BIA issued its positive final determination: and no one challenged it.
Tribal members met for a daylong celebration at the tribal headquarters in Mashpee, where tribal council chairman Glenn Marshall issued a statement for the occasion.
''Three hundred and eighty-six years ago, the Mayflower landed at Plymouth and was met by representatives of a sovereign nation. The complexities of that relationship, the friendship, the first Thanksgiving, the betrayal, the battles, the efforts at resettlement and the constant struggle are well documented. Today has reaffirmed the faith of that first meeting. But in another respect, we are today who we were then - the keepers of an important American story, one that was in danger of dying out, but has been given a new birth,'' Marshall said.
The tribe's new life includes eligibility for federal funding for health, education, housing and other programs, and the right to pursue a gaming compact with the state.
The tribe has been actively preparing to pursue gaming and in the past months announced plans to develop a resort destination modeled after the hugely successful Mashantucket Pequots' Foxwoods Resort and Casino and Mohegan Sun facilities in Connecticut.
Click here for full article: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415137
MASHPEE, Mass. - The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's federal acknowledgement became official May 24, three months after the BIA issued its positive final determination: and no one challenged it.
Tribal members met for a daylong celebration at the tribal headquarters in Mashpee, where tribal council chairman Glenn Marshall issued a statement for the occasion.
''Three hundred and eighty-six years ago, the Mayflower landed at Plymouth and was met by representatives of a sovereign nation. The complexities of that relationship, the friendship, the first Thanksgiving, the betrayal, the battles, the efforts at resettlement and the constant struggle are well documented. Today has reaffirmed the faith of that first meeting. But in another respect, we are today who we were then - the keepers of an important American story, one that was in danger of dying out, but has been given a new birth,'' Marshall said.
The tribe's new life includes eligibility for federal funding for health, education, housing and other programs, and the right to pursue a gaming compact with the state.
The tribe has been actively preparing to pursue gaming and in the past months announced plans to develop a resort destination modeled after the hugely successful Mashantucket Pequots' Foxwoods Resort and Casino and Mohegan Sun facilities in Connecticut.
Click here for full article: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415137
The White Horse - A Cree Legend
A Cree chief had a very beautiful daughter who was sought after by many brave warriors. There were two suitors who led the rivalry for her hand, a Cree chief from Lake Winnipegosis and a Sioux chief from Devil's Lake. The girl herself favored the Cree warrior, and when he brought a beautiful white horse from Mexico as a gift for her father, the man agreed to the marriage.
The Sioux chief was enraged by the rejection of his suit. On the day of the wedding, he gathered a war-party and came thundering across the plains toward the home of the beautiful maiden. The Cree chief tossed his lovely bride on top of the white horse and leapt upon his own gray steed. The couple fled to the west with the rejected Sioux and his war-party on their heels.
The canny Cree chief doubled back several times and the couple hid among the prairie bluffs. For a time, it seemed as if they had lost the Sioux. But once they were on the plains again, the beautiful white horse was visible for miles, and the war party soon found them. A rain of arrows fell upon the fleeing lovers, and the warrior and his bride fell dead from their mounts. At once, the Sioux captured the gray steed, but the white horse evaded them. One man claimed he saw the spirit of the young bride enter into the horse just before it fled from their clutches.
The white horse roamed the prairies for many years following the death of the Cree warrior and his lovely bride. The inhabitants feared to approach the horse, since the spirit of the maiden dwelled within it. Long after its physical body passed away, the soul of the white horse continued to gallop across the plains, and the land where it roamed became known as the White Horse Plain. They say that the soul of the white horse continues to haunt the prairie to this very day.
A statue of the white horse was erected at St, Francois Xavier on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg, to remind all who see it of the phantom white horse and the beautiful maiden who once rode it.
The Sioux chief was enraged by the rejection of his suit. On the day of the wedding, he gathered a war-party and came thundering across the plains toward the home of the beautiful maiden. The Cree chief tossed his lovely bride on top of the white horse and leapt upon his own gray steed. The couple fled to the west with the rejected Sioux and his war-party on their heels.
The canny Cree chief doubled back several times and the couple hid among the prairie bluffs. For a time, it seemed as if they had lost the Sioux. But once they were on the plains again, the beautiful white horse was visible for miles, and the war party soon found them. A rain of arrows fell upon the fleeing lovers, and the warrior and his bride fell dead from their mounts. At once, the Sioux captured the gray steed, but the white horse evaded them. One man claimed he saw the spirit of the young bride enter into the horse just before it fled from their clutches.
The white horse roamed the prairies for many years following the death of the Cree warrior and his lovely bride. The inhabitants feared to approach the horse, since the spirit of the maiden dwelled within it. Long after its physical body passed away, the soul of the white horse continued to gallop across the plains, and the land where it roamed became known as the White Horse Plain. They say that the soul of the white horse continues to haunt the prairie to this very day.
A statue of the white horse was erected at St, Francois Xavier on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg, to remind all who see it of the phantom white horse and the beautiful maiden who once rode it.
Blackfeet Indian Nations: Siksika, Bloods, Peigans, and Browning Blackfeet
The Blackfeet Nation is divided into three divisions which make up four tribes, one in the United States in northern Montana and three in Canada in southern Alberta. They share a historical and cultural background but have separate leadership. They are the Siksika (which means "Black Foot"), the Bloods (also called Kainai or Akainawa), the Peigan (variously spelled Piikani, Pikani, Pikuni, Piegan, or Pikanii) in Canada, and the Blackfeet Nation in the US which are mostly of Peigan decent, living on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana.
Famous Blackfeet chiefs and medicine men include Old Woman (a.k.a. Ermine Horses), Captain Jack, Yellow Horse, Crowfoot (Isapo-muxika), White Calf, Lame Bull, Heavy Runner, Little Plume, Generous Women, White Calf, Iron Shirt (Mehkskehme Sukahs), Three Suns, Two Guns , Red Crow (a.k.a.Sitting White Buffalo, Mi'k ai'stowa), Black Bear, Shot-on-Both-Sides, Crop Eared-Wolf, Mountain Chief (Ninastoko), and Earl Old Person.
Although "Blackfeet" is the official name of this tribe, the word wasn't plural in their language. Blackfoot comes from the word "Siksika," which means "black foot." It refers to the dark color moccasins worn by the people. It was changed by the US government, and some of the Blackfeet of Browning, Montana especially, resent this label and still prefer to be called Blackfoot. Most people today use the terms Blackfoot and Blackfeet interchangably to mean the same group of people.
Want to know more? Click here: http://blackfeet.aaanativearts.com/
Famous Blackfeet chiefs and medicine men include Old Woman (a.k.a. Ermine Horses), Captain Jack, Yellow Horse, Crowfoot (Isapo-muxika), White Calf, Lame Bull, Heavy Runner, Little Plume, Generous Women, White Calf, Iron Shirt (Mehkskehme Sukahs), Three Suns, Two Guns , Red Crow (a.k.a.Sitting White Buffalo, Mi'k ai'stowa), Black Bear, Shot-on-Both-Sides, Crop Eared-Wolf, Mountain Chief (Ninastoko), and Earl Old Person.
Although "Blackfeet" is the official name of this tribe, the word wasn't plural in their language. Blackfoot comes from the word "Siksika," which means "black foot." It refers to the dark color moccasins worn by the people. It was changed by the US government, and some of the Blackfeet of Browning, Montana especially, resent this label and still prefer to be called Blackfoot. Most people today use the terms Blackfoot and Blackfeet interchangably to mean the same group of people.
Want to know more? Click here: http://blackfeet.aaanativearts.com/
Justice O’Connor Visits Cherokee Nation, Praises Wise Use of Business Monies
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Cherokee Nation was honored this weekend with a visit from former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Justice O’Connor spent Friday and Saturday in Tahlequah at the invitation of Principal Chief Chad Smith. Now retired, Justice O’Connor was the first female Justice to sit on the United States Supreme Court.
“We were privileged last night to have dinner in the wonderful school area,” stated Justice O’Connor. “The monies that the Nation is earning with the casinos that it has, and with other ventures in which it is engaged, are being used for the betterment of the tribe in very real ways.”
The Justice was referring to her tour of the tribe’s language immersion school, where she met the children and was treated to a musical performance in Cherokee by the first grade students. O’Connor remarked on the fluency of the children and supported the importance of teaching children multiple languages at the earliest possible age. She was surprised by the delicious seven-course meal served to her by Cherokee Nation’s Job Corps students and commented on the ingenuity of the tribe in using its professional hospitality employees in practical programs to mentor young people interested in the culinary arts.
Justice O’Connor has a special interest in encouraging young women to reach their goals and she repeatedly stated her support of the Cherokee society’s inclusion of women in positions of importance.
Click here to read the full story: http://www.cherokee.org/home.aspx?section=story&id=FL8UK3xysAs=
“We were privileged last night to have dinner in the wonderful school area,” stated Justice O’Connor. “The monies that the Nation is earning with the casinos that it has, and with other ventures in which it is engaged, are being used for the betterment of the tribe in very real ways.”
The Justice was referring to her tour of the tribe’s language immersion school, where she met the children and was treated to a musical performance in Cherokee by the first grade students. O’Connor remarked on the fluency of the children and supported the importance of teaching children multiple languages at the earliest possible age. She was surprised by the delicious seven-course meal served to her by Cherokee Nation’s Job Corps students and commented on the ingenuity of the tribe in using its professional hospitality employees in practical programs to mentor young people interested in the culinary arts.
Justice O’Connor has a special interest in encouraging young women to reach their goals and she repeatedly stated her support of the Cherokee society’s inclusion of women in positions of importance.
Click here to read the full story: http://www.cherokee.org/home.aspx?section=story&id=FL8UK3xysAs=
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