NATIVE AMERICAN

It Is a Time to Acknowledge the Earth and All Living Things

As spring takes over from winter, there are many celebrations across Native America. From the Hopi kachina dances in Arizona, to the Cherokee corn planting ceremonies, traditional Native people are celebrating the new growing season. Different tribes have different customs depending on what type of climate they live in and if they are nomadic or sedentary.

Buffalo hunters would tear down their winter camps and set out for their summer hunting… >> Continue reading: It Is a Time to Acknowledge the Earth and All Living Things

Love Your Mother

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj47_OBBw1A

Mother’s Day is upon us and we feel the need to send out our love in a tangible way. Many of us long for the good old days of making her a special gift, like the tracing of our little hand in the shape of a bouquet of flowers or a colored macaroni necklace.

Some of us have lost our mothers, but this in no way diminishes… >> Continue reading: Love Your Mother

New Mommy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwfLD4Yap_I…

McCormick Cafe

sdoorway1 Every time we get to Billings, Montana we make it a point to visit our favorite cafe there. The McCormick Cafe goes on our list of “great places.” You can find it in the historic district at 2419 Montana Avenue. The food is fantastic, the staff is gracious and we always find it a welcome relief when we’re on tour. Stop… >> Continue reading: McCormick Cafe

Take a deep breath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlfbBkUi3gE…

Web of Life

In this day and age it seems that you can connect with more people over greater distance through technology. We can share ideas, stories and histories through thin air from across the planet. Lately, many more indigenous people are connecting more and relating their respective stories online. Aboriginal people in Australia can hear or read traditional Native American stories and histories online, and can tell and share theirs with us… >> Continue reading: Web of Life

Good News

“Standing Tall”
“Chief Robert TallTree and his wife Terri Lynn speak to pupils at Fairbanks Elementary School Wednesday. The TallTrees have been presenting Native American cultural programs for more than 30 years, appearing on PBS, the BBC, Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel.Through traditional Native American music and stories, they teach children to respect themselves, the earth, and… >> Continue reading: Good News

We Are All Related

Last week we shared the story of a whale rescue. We heard about it from a friend, and it was taken from an article in the San Fransisco chronicle that shows how animals are more like people than we generally think.

For thousands of years the Native peoples of the America’s have always known that animals have thier own spirits/souls. We shared this article with you as a perfect example of… >> Continue reading: We Are All Related

Initiation

“Every man on this planet is taking his initiation in love.”
- Florence Scovel Shinn

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Trees

tall-trees “TREE, purifier of air, nourishing, sheltering, supporting, its roots tap the depth of the earth.
Dependent on water, soil and sun, everchanging, a timeless indicator of regeneration, symbol of wisdom, a cosmic tree, a tree of light, lie down beneath one.”

Miracles

How is it that a young child learns to walk or a bird to fly?
How does an acorn become an oak tree?
We can’t say for sure.

How do you decide which miracles to doubt and which ones to accept?

We are reminded that we are surrounded by miracles. When we look and listen, we can experience them.

The miracle most people forget is the one that is in the mirror… >> Continue reading: Miracles

I hope you dance

This is our hope for all children everywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikM9ZQdr3j0… >> Continue reading: I hope you dance

What a Wonderful World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5IIXeR5OUI…

Song of the Wolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydVYskJire8…

Where is the love?

We believe it’s in all of us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRjN_WRAM6c… >> Continue reading: Where is the love?

The True History of Thanksgiving

Here’s a link to an article on the true history of Thanksgiving. It is likely this is not the story you’ve been told. www.aaanativearts.com/article937.html

Here’s the most important thing we took from this article:
…Over the centuries, Thanksgiving has become a special day to join with loved ones in an offering of thanks for our blessings. Some give their time to help with the homeless and hungry. It is now a… >> Continue reading: The True History of Thanksgiving

A Different Perspective on Thanksgiving

If you are an educator or parent who teaches children about Thanksgiving, here is a MUST READ article offering a differing perspective and resources on the puritan/Indian mythology surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday.

www.ewebtribe.com/NACulture/articles/thanksgiving.html

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Authentic Thanksgiving Food

Foods Available to the Pilgrims for their 1621 Thanksgiving from www.nativeamericans.com/Thanksgiving.htm

FISH: cod, bass, herring, shad, bluefish, and lots of eel.

SEAFOOD: clams, lobsters, mussels, and very small quantities of oysters

BIRDS: wild turkey, goose, duck, crane, swan, partridge, and other miscellaneous waterfowl; they were also known to have occasionally eaten eagles (which “tasted like mutton” according to Winslow in 1623.)

OTHER MEAT: venison (deer), possibly some salt pork or chicken.

GRAIN: wheat flour… >> Continue reading: Authentic Thanksgiving Food

Making Connections to Myth and Folktale… Lesson Plan

www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=281

In The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday links the survival of the Kiowa people to their ability to remember, preserve, and pass on stories. Taking the idea one step further, Momaday models the necessity of personal involvement in the stories. For Momaday, to make sense of and find a place in the contemporary world, one must connect on a personal level with the stories of one’s past.

In… >> Continue reading: Making Connections to Myth and Folktale... Lesson Plan

Native Americans Today – Lesson Plan

www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=324

Many people think that Native Americans are a vanished people—that they do not exist in the present day.

Using this lesson plan, teachers can use photo essays and other texts to introduce students to Native children and their families, thereby countering the idea that Native people no longer exist… >> Continue reading: Native Americans Today - Lesson Plan

Chant to the Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_baloCb-nM…

A letter to parents about Thanksgiving

www.understandingprejudice.org/teach/thanksgiv.htm

Thanksgiving presents a special challenge to school teachers who want to discuss the holiday without resorting to biased information about Native American history and culture. To prepare parents for an anti-bias curricular approach, educators may wish to use or adapt the letter below.

Dear Parents:

As a part of our anti-bias curriculum, we are taking a careful look at how we discuss and celebrate Thanksgiving with students. As you may know… >> Continue reading: A letter to parents about Thanksgiving

Yeha-Noha Native American chant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frmZcFUgdA…

Native American Pourquoi Tales – Lesson Plan

Engage your students in an exploration of Native American heritage through a study of Native American pourquoi tales. Pourquoi tales explain why something or someone, usually in nature, is the way it is. Have your students read a variety of Native American pourquoi tales, explore the cultural origins and signficance of these stories, and share similar stories from their own cultures.

For more info and resources click www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=324

>> Continue reading: Native American Pourquoi Tales - Lesson Plan

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