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The grim legacy of America's treatment of its native peoples is explored in detail in this documentary. The Canary Effect via @YouTube
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Robin Williams made every company he worked for hire homeless people. During his entire career, he helped around 1520 homeless. A man with a big heart. โค๏ธ
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Along with Greta Thunberg, three young climate activists of color you should know are Autumn Peltier, Mari Copeny, Xiye Bastida. Donโ€™t forget their names and include them in climate conversations.
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๐Ÿ”ฅPaulette Jordan (Idahoโ€™s soon to be first female governor and the first Native American governor in our countryโ€™s history)
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When Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing those who would not. ~ Tecumseh
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@NahNotFeelinIt This sacred mountain was carved up full well knowing how much it meant to the Indigenous people. An unforgivable show of total disrespect.
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โ€œI Am a Full-Blooded Klamath River Womanโ€ Tribal Chief Lucy Thompson was an influential figure in the history of the Yurok tribe. Born in Northern California, she became the first person to document the history and culture of the Yurok people.
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A street artist draws a work of art: "the invisibility of poverty". A masterpiece.
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Stunning.....
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Sleepyeye LaFromboise, dressed for success! He was the first Native American in the United States to have his high school senior portrait shot in his proper regalia as a Seneca Iroquois
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Chief He Dog, of the Oglala Lakota He died in 1936 between the ages of 95 or 96. He Dog (Lakota: ล รบล‹ka Blokรก) (ca. 1840โ€“1936). A member of the Oglala Lakota, He Dog was closely associated with Crazy Horse during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77.
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The Miami is a Native American nation originally from northern Indiana and the adjacent areas of Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. Initially speaking one of the Algonquian languages.
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Southern Ute Indian Tribe The Ute people are the oldest residents of Colorado, inhabiting the mountains and vast areas of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Eastern Nevada, Northern New Mexico, and Arizona Southern Ute Archives
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The Comanche are a Native American nation of the Great Plains whose historic territory ranged from present-day north-centralย Texas, eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
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A Young Mother at the Rosebud and Little Bighorn Battles Buffalo Calf Road Woman is just one of many incredible women you didnโ€™t read about in history class.
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Tribal History Culture Spokane Indians, 1861'
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White Buffalo (1862- June 1929) was a chief of the Northern Cheyenne. He was born in Montana Territory to the Northern Cheyenne tribe but was forced with most of his tribe to remove to Indian Territory (now the State of Oklahoma). .
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Tecumseh is a proud Shawnee Warrior who fought until his last breath in an attempt to unify all Indigenous Nations!!
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Native American Code Talkers The military recruited Native Americans from the Assiniboine,Cherokee,Cheyenne, Chippewa,Choctaw, Comanche, Cree, Crow, Hopi,Kiowa, Menominee, Meskwaki, Mississauga, Muscogee, Osage, Pawnee, Sac & Fox, Seminole, Sioux tribes
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RED SAND will be placed in the sidewalk cracks at the tribal complex on Monday, April 9 to symbolize the thousands of missing and murdered Native women whose criminal cases have fallen through the cracks of the justice system. 1/2
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Beautiful Native American couple in their traditional clothes
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Indigenous grandmothers captured nazi flag from bunch of dumb neo-nazis trying to start their own white supremacist community in Nrth Dakota
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Sioux Native Americans: Their History, Culture, and Traditions Sioux are one of the largest & oldest Native American tribes in North America, dating back three thousand years. A territory that spanned thousands of square miles at the peak of its strength
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The Ute Bear Dance is performed every Spring, around late May or June by the Ute Indians of Colorado.ย  It is the oldest dance that the tribe performs and dates back further than the 15th Century when Spanish explorers witnessed it.
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Hand woven rug made by 90 years old Elder Alice Begay, of the Navajo" Nation. #welcomenativespirit
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Beautiful photographโ€ฆโ€ฆ
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Never forget what a PRIVILEGE and HONOR to stand in the shadow of a ELDER๐Ÿชถโค๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
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Members of the Blackfoot tribe overlooking Glacier National Park, 1913 The name of this photograph is 'The Eagle'.
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Sitting Bull (c. 1831-1890) was a Teton Dakota Native American chief who united the Sioux tribes of the American Great Plains against the white settlers taking their tribal land. SITTING BULL'S TEPEE AND FAMILY.
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Native American Tobacco Mythology " Tobacco was considered a gift from the Creator in many Native American cultures; according to some of them, tobacco smoke is a means of carrying the smoker's prayers to God. Artist ... Douglas Laird
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Chief Dull Knife makes the last fight for freedom He had long urged peace but 1864 massacre of more than 200 peaceful Cheyenne Indians by Colorado militiamen at Sand Creek, Colorado, led Dull Knife to question whether the U.S. army could ever be trusted.
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๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™†๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–, a member of the Cowlitz tribe long before the Cowlitz had federal recognition as an Indian tribe in the State of Washington.
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First Nations Husband and Wife, (A. Ross, 1886).
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Northern Cheyenne warrior Bobtail Horse, circa 1906. Bobtail Horse was among the first Cheyenne to cross the Little Bighorn River to charge Custerโ€™s E troop at the 1876 battle in Eastern Montana
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This article contains facts and information about the life and times of the famous Native American Indian chief known as Kicking Bear. Kicking Bear was born on March 18, 1846, as an Oglala Lakota Sioux. Originally, he was given the name Mato Wanartaka.
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A reminder to all non- natives this continent was not discovered it was invaded.
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Only to the white man nature was a wilderness and only to him the land was infested with wild animals and savages people. To us it was tame Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery' - Black Elk, OGLALA Lakota Medicine Man.
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The Shinnecock people have been living on Long Island for approximately 13,000 years. They were once part of a larger group that inhabited all of the island, which also was part of an even larger group that included all of New England.
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Chief Massasoit Facts and Accomplishments Chief Massasoitย was the leaderย of the Wampanoag, and โ€œMassasoitโ€ of the Wampanoag Confederacy. He was the chief of the Wampanoag Indians when the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth
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Cayuse Indians The Cayuse Indians were once masters of a vast homeland of more than six million acres in what is now Washington and Oregon. Cayuse mother and child, ca. 1910
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Willie โ€œChief Running Bearโ€ George Willie George - Running Bear with Children
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PAWNEE. In 1874 the Pawnee gave up their Nebraska reservation Pawnee men from Nebraska - 1874 *L-R: Kee-wuck-oo-pah (aka Red Fox), Kee-wuck-oo-tah-kah (aka White Fox) and Lat-wee-lat-his (aka White Eagle).
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Ralph Willet Dixey (Bannock tribe ), Peter Jim (Shoshone tribe ) - 1897
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Never forget what our people went through ๐Ÿงก
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FORT RENO Six Bits and Tom Smith, at Fort Reno in Indian Territory (now known as Oklahoma) - Shawnee - 1884
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A Buffalo soldier and Native Americans 1877
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No More Stolen Sisters โค๏ธ
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Respect and admiration for our elders is a gift of life, they are wisdom and our roots.๐ŸŒน
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RIP Brave Warrior.
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Little Moon family
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The Otoes also call themselves Jiwere (jee-WEH-ray) & the Missourias who call themselves Nutachi (noo-TAH-chi) were related to each other in language and customs, but they were still two distinct people Oto women and boy in Oklahoma Territory - circa 1885
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Despite being granted full citizenship in 1924, not all Native Americans were granted the right to vote until 1957 due to discriminatory state laws which used a variety of excuses to prevent members of tribes from fully exercising their rights
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Chief Standing Elk, Roast, Chief Spotted Tail's son. Sicangu Lakota. 1880s
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Tiwahe. Family. Ti- dwelling or home Wa- pure He- where it stands. Our language is beautiful and sacred. Sacred in that when we speak lakota, we will think lakota. Within our words are roots that tie us to who we are. Wopila mitakuyapi
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Lakota / Sioux lived a peaceful way before they were forced to live on Reservations.
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The Life and Death of Chief Ouray (and a History of the Ute People) Mount Ouray is one of many places to bear the name. Thereโ€™s another mountain, Ouray Peak, in Chaffee County, Colorado. Thereโ€™s the town of Ouray, Colorado, the seat of Ouray County.
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Samson Beaver, his wife Leah, and daughter Frances Louise, 1907
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The Lakota people or the people of Standing Rock are one of the first original Native American tribes who inhabited the North Americas before the arrival of Europeans. Often referred to as the Great Sioux Nation
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A pencil drawing by a 16-year-old Irish girl which has won a National Art Competition. Shania McDonagh is tipped as a future top artist. The man she drew is a Fisherman and Seaweed Harvester named Coleman Coyne.
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Apsรกalooke: The Story of the Crow Language ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š ๐—ข๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ, 1905, wearing a raptor headdress. Long Otter painted the back of his head red, his face yellow, and his body blue to attract the strongest challengers.
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๐“”๐“ต๐“ฒ๐”ƒ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“›๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐”‚
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CHOCTAW
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What a beauty!! The outward beauty can be fleeting, the inner beauty last forever!! Look at those amazing eyes ! Photo: Alessandro Bergamini
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This powerful, majestic eagle was rescued in Texas a couple of days ago ๐Ÿฆ…
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White Bull As a boy, he was known as Bull-Standing-with-Cow. Born in 1849 on the north edge of the Black Hills, his father, and grandfather before him were chiefs of the Minneconjou Lakota, and his mother, Good Feather, was Sitting Bull's sister.
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Red Leaf Wazhazha Brule Red Leaf did go to Washington just once, with the Red Cloud Agency delegation in May-June 1872.
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The warrior you're looking at, is Sergeant , Billy Walks About, one of the most decorated Warriors in the Vietnam War. Sergeant walks about was awarded one distinguished service cross, 5 silver stars, 10 bronze Stars, and 6 purple hearts.
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GERONIMO Bronze Sculpture made by the Navajo Artist ED NATIYA....!
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African Proverb: A village without the elderly is like a well without water. Meaning: What water is to a well, elders are to a society. Much respect for our Elders. โšกโšก
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Blackfoot homeland is primarily in Alberta, Canada, & the Blackfeet homeland is primarily in Montana. It should be noted that the Blackfoot Confederacy is made up of the following four Nations which share origin stories, language, & culture: Little Bear Chief, from the Blackfeet
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Amazing artwork
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Beautiful Woman! Tantoo Cardinal, 69, beautiful and talented Cree Native American actoress โค๏ธ
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"When I was 10 years of age, I looked at the land and the rivers, the sky above, and the animals around me and could not fail to realize that they were made by some great power". -- Frank Fools Crow, Lakota
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#FreeLeonardPeltier FREE LEONARD PELTIER!! NOW!!! THANK YOU JASON MOMOA, DANNY TREJO AND ALICE COOPER!!!!
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Awesome Vintage Photograph of a Native American Man with a Child Photographer & Tribe: UnKnown
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Otoe women and boy in Oklahoma Territory - circa 1885
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Maori Women, the Indigenous People of New Zealand! Enjoy! Year: 1908
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Apache Brothers, 1880
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Red Cloud and his son-in-law, American Horse, 1891 Photo by John C.H. Gabill
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Little Bird, Arapaho, holding Feather Standard and Shield. Photo - Omaha Exposition, 1898.
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It's not every day a person gets to see a Lakota buffalo hide teepee dating from the 1850's. Thanks Oklahoma Historical Society.
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Chiricahua Apache women at Fort Sill
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Blackfoot, Colorado, 1900s Photo by T.J. Hileman
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The town of Watonga, Oklahoma, was named to honor Chief Wa-ton-gha (of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes). His name means โ€œBlack Coyote.โ€ (9571, Joseph O. Hickox Collection, OHS)
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Cheyenne The Cheyenne (/สƒaษชหˆรฆn/ shy-AN) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. Their Cheyenne language belongs to the Algonquian language family. Cheyenne woman photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1930
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Isabelle and Children - Flathead - 1906
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Sleepyeye LaFromboise, dressed for success! He was the first Native American in the United States to have his high school senior portrait shot in his proper regalia as a Seneca Iroquois
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๐Ÿชถ๐ŸชถOklahoma is home to 39 American Native tribes, many of which were forcibly removed to this area. Photo of Kiowa tribal members, c. 1901 (19344.68.1, Virgil Robbins Collection, OHS)
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What an amazing and beautiful 74 year old photo! This Innuit girl descending into her home, an ice igloo ... This powerful image transcends time, and continues to go viral over 70 years later. Helen Konek is 91 years old now.
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Beautiful Native American Elders
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The marriage proposal. Done at the end of a smoke dance.
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Native American Soldiers tired of hearing how the USA killed the Native Americans, for those that need the history lesson This land was claimed by several countries Great Britain France Canada,Spain,Mexico, Portugal &Russia in what is now known as Alaska
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