1683: Today, William Penn and DELAWARE Chief Tamenend will sign a peace treaty in Shackamoxon, Pennsylvania. Tamenend was also called Tammany. He was renown for his honor. The Tammany societies were named so in his honor. William Penn will purchase 2 plots of land from Chief Tamanend. The land will be on the Pennypack & Neshaminy Rivers, and between them. The land was purchased for a long list of supplies.
1704: James Moore, former Governor of South Carolina, is leading a force of 50 British, and 1,000 CREEKs against Spanish settlements. Today, they will attack the APALACHEE Mission of San Pedro y San Pable at Patale, in north-western Florida. They will take many Indians as slaves and kill Father Manuel de Mendoza. The mission will be destroyed tomorrow.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Quotes
"We are now about to take our leave and kind farewell to our native land, the country that the Great Spirit gave our Fathers, we are on the eve of leaving that country that gave us birth...it is with sorrow we are forced by the white man to quit the scenes of our childhood... we bid farewell to it and all we hold dear." -
Charles Hicks, Tsalagi (Cherokee) Vice Chief on the Trail of Tears, August 4, 1838
Charles Hicks, Tsalagi (Cherokee) Vice Chief on the Trail of Tears, August 4, 1838
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Bill Miller - Mohican
Over the past three years, singer/songwriter Bill Miller has produced two amazing projects, SPIRIT RAIN and CEDAR DREAM SONGS that exemplify his artistry by blending the Native American and western folk/blues traditions in something wholly new. These are works of a man who knows first-hand life's keenest joys and sorrows, a man who distills experience into a potent musical style.
CEDAR DREAM SONGS brought Bill great recognition by winning this year's Grammy Award for Best Native American Recording. This instrumental CD contains nine beautiful songs which, as the subtitle suggests, are perfect examples of ‘Musical Portraits on the Native American flute.'
A Mohican Indian from northern Wisconsin, Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond. As an award-winning recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, and painter, he's been a voice for the voiceless, a link between two great and clashing civilizations. On SPIRIT RAIN, he walks the path of reconciliation in a set of fourteen heartfelt songs and evocative instrumentals.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.billmiller.net/bio.html
Over the past three years, singer/songwriter Bill Miller has produced two amazing projects, SPIRIT RAIN and CEDAR DREAM SONGS that exemplify his artistry by blending the Native American and western folk/blues traditions in something wholly new. These are works of a man who knows first-hand life's keenest joys and sorrows, a man who distills experience into a potent musical style.
CEDAR DREAM SONGS brought Bill great recognition by winning this year's Grammy Award for Best Native American Recording. This instrumental CD contains nine beautiful songs which, as the subtitle suggests, are perfect examples of ‘Musical Portraits on the Native American flute.'
A Mohican Indian from northern Wisconsin, Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond. As an award-winning recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, and painter, he's been a voice for the voiceless, a link between two great and clashing civilizations. On SPIRIT RAIN, he walks the path of reconciliation in a set of fourteen heartfelt songs and evocative instrumentals.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.billmiller.net/bio.html
Mohegans Restore Ancient Burial Ground
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN
NORWICH, Conn. _ The Mohegans were wiped out long ago in the novel "The Last of the Mohicans," but today the real American Indian tribe is flush with casino cash and using it to restore its proud past.
The Connecticut tribe has reclaimed the Mohegan Royal Burial Ground and is restoring it to pay homage to its famed Chief Uncas and his descendants, who were mythologized in James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 work.
The project has been dubbed "The Lasting of the Mohegans."
"Writing somebody out of history is another form of genocide," tribal historian Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel said. "We certainly can't allow Uncas to be forgotten."
The Mohegans operate one of the world's most successful casinos and are among about 50 tribes in the U.S. that have managed to reclaim burial grounds or other sacred sites, said Suzan Harjo, president of the Morning Star Institute, an Indian rights organization in Washington.
In recent years, the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes have preserved a massacre site in Colorado, while the Nez Perce have taken control of worship sites in Idaho, Harjo said. Several tribes in California who operate casinos also have reclaimed burial grounds, she said.
"More and more, the native people are using newfound wealth to purchase what should be theirs anyway," Harjo said.
Read more here: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4911480.html
NORWICH, Conn. _ The Mohegans were wiped out long ago in the novel "The Last of the Mohicans," but today the real American Indian tribe is flush with casino cash and using it to restore its proud past.
The Connecticut tribe has reclaimed the Mohegan Royal Burial Ground and is restoring it to pay homage to its famed Chief Uncas and his descendants, who were mythologized in James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 work.
The project has been dubbed "The Lasting of the Mohegans."
"Writing somebody out of history is another form of genocide," tribal historian Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel said. "We certainly can't allow Uncas to be forgotten."
The Mohegans operate one of the world's most successful casinos and are among about 50 tribes in the U.S. that have managed to reclaim burial grounds or other sacred sites, said Suzan Harjo, president of the Morning Star Institute, an Indian rights organization in Washington.
In recent years, the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes have preserved a massacre site in Colorado, while the Nez Perce have taken control of worship sites in Idaho, Harjo said. Several tribes in California who operate casinos also have reclaimed burial grounds, she said.
"More and more, the native people are using newfound wealth to purchase what should be theirs anyway," Harjo said.
Read more here: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4911480.html
Eiteljorg's Indian Market will be artistic wellspring
By Whitney Smith
From a humble start on its own grounds, the Eiteljorg Museum's Indian Market has blossomed into an event that will feature more than 140 American Indian artists from at least 50 tribes this weekend in Military Park.
Traditional and modern jewelry, pottery and paintings will be shown and sold Saturday and Sunday, with performances ranging from flute music to tribal dance.
To mark the Indian Market's 15th year, here's a glimpse at hip-hop artist Buggin Malone, who parlayed his troubled past into what he hopes is an upbeat message, and visual artists Patria Smith and Katrina Mitten, longtime friends from Northeast Indiana.
Katrina Mitten
Since she finished raising her kids, Katrina Mitten has been earning a fine-arts degree and studying metal crafts. But at Indian markets, she's far better known for her beadwork.
"I've always been an artist," said Mitten, who is a descendant of the Miami tribe and began beading at age 12.
"I wanted to find an art form that was traditional to my people, so I chose beadwork and started looking to see how it was done, because there was no one left in my area to explain it."
Click here to read full article: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070622/ENTERTAINMENT01/706220311/-1/LOCAL17
From a humble start on its own grounds, the Eiteljorg Museum's Indian Market has blossomed into an event that will feature more than 140 American Indian artists from at least 50 tribes this weekend in Military Park.
Traditional and modern jewelry, pottery and paintings will be shown and sold Saturday and Sunday, with performances ranging from flute music to tribal dance.
To mark the Indian Market's 15th year, here's a glimpse at hip-hop artist Buggin Malone, who parlayed his troubled past into what he hopes is an upbeat message, and visual artists Patria Smith and Katrina Mitten, longtime friends from Northeast Indiana.
Katrina Mitten
Since she finished raising her kids, Katrina Mitten has been earning a fine-arts degree and studying metal crafts. But at Indian markets, she's far better known for her beadwork.
"I've always been an artist," said Mitten, who is a descendant of the Miami tribe and began beading at age 12.
"I wanted to find an art form that was traditional to my people, so I chose beadwork and started looking to see how it was done, because there was no one left in my area to explain it."
Click here to read full article: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070622/ENTERTAINMENT01/706220311/-1/LOCAL17
Hate vandalism stuns reserve
Spray-painted swastikas, SS symbols mar Aboriginal Day
By JORGE BARRERA
As dawn was waiting to break on National Aboriginal Day, vandals attacked a Native cultural centre on a West Quebec reserve.
In the dead of night, they covered the centre's beige stucco walls with black spray paint, screaming "white power" alongside swastikas and "SS" symbols.
They overturned picnic tables, ripped down tents and trashed a teepee, leaving Kitigan Zibi, a community about 130 km north of Ottawa, aghast and grappling with its first taste of a hate crime.
"Elders are shocked, saddened, upset and frustrated. The youth are upset and angry, the parents are angry and people are saying, 'Gee, when are we going to move away from this?' " said Anita Tenasco, director of education at the cultural centre.
"The message is so clear. 'White power' on our building as we get ready to celebrate (National Aboriginal Day)."
Click here to read more:
By JORGE BARRERA
As dawn was waiting to break on National Aboriginal Day, vandals attacked a Native cultural centre on a West Quebec reserve.
In the dead of night, they covered the centre's beige stucco walls with black spray paint, screaming "white power" alongside swastikas and "SS" symbols.
They overturned picnic tables, ripped down tents and trashed a teepee, leaving Kitigan Zibi, a community about 130 km north of Ottawa, aghast and grappling with its first taste of a hate crime.
"Elders are shocked, saddened, upset and frustrated. The youth are upset and angry, the parents are angry and people are saying, 'Gee, when are we going to move away from this?' " said Anita Tenasco, director of education at the cultural centre.
"The message is so clear. 'White power' on our building as we get ready to celebrate (National Aboriginal Day)."
Click here to read more:
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Four Directions Teachings celebrates Indigenous oral traditions by honoring the process of listening with intent as each elder or traditional teacher shares a teaching from their perspective on the richness and value of cultural traditions from their nation. In honor of the timelessness of Indigenous oral traditions, audio narration is provided throughout the site, complimented by beautifully animated visuals. In addition, the site provides free curriculum packages for grades 1 to 12 to further explore the vast richness of knowledge and cultural philosophy that is introduced within each teaching. The curriculum is provided in downloadable PDF and can also be read online through the Teacher’s Resources link. The elders and traditional teachers who have shared a teaching on this site were approached through a National Advisory Committee of Indigenous people concerned with the protection and promotion of Indigenous knowledge. This committee was formed directly for the purposes of this website to ensure a community based approach that was respectful and accountable.
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