We don’t often hear about wine and oil at the same time do we? Sometimes though, what is currently sitting under the ground can be just as important as what is grown on top of it. As an example, some native American reservations do not allow ownership of large tracks of land because the federal [...]
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Native American Tribal Casinos and Bankruptcy
In recent history, declining Tribal gaming revenues have forced the question whether or not American Indian Tribes and their casinos can file for federal bankruptcy in the United States. As “Domestic Dependent Nations,” it is not clear if tribes who own and operate casinos fit the necessary conditions to apply. Recently, the Mashantucket Western Pequot [...]
Ancient Knowledge is Being Rediscovered
It’s a tragedy that only today is Native American culture truly beginning to be appreciated. Some of this is evidence in the organic food movement, and of the biodynamic food movement, which has to do with planting crops in relationship to the lunar cycle. Many of these practices originated in Native American cultures. Fertilizer for [...]
Learning Peace and Fighting Prejudice
We can learn a lot from our ancestors and through our history books. The most important thing that we should learn, however, is to not discriminate anyone period. Any sort of prejudice related to race, ethnicity, gender, or skin color should be eliminated and we should treat people equally. If we overcome this type of [...]
Regaining the Health of our Nation
Native Americans were fairly healthy before the European Invaders arrives. They lived on the land and in some areas grew crops in cultivated, rich soils. The Bison hunting Nations who were always on the move ate a mixture of meat, plants, fruits and berries. Long ago, this country was a bountiful place where Native people [...]
Native American Exhibitions – Smithsonian Institute
There are many museums that cover all aspects of Native American history and culture but my favorite one is The National Museum of the American Indian. It is one of the many museums owned and operated by the Smithsonian Institution. This museum is probably the first National museum which covers nearly all aspects of Native [...]
Refrigerator Reviews For The Reservation
For Native American living on reservations, utilizing modern conveniences like refrigerators can be a real challenge. Well over ten percent of homes on reservations have no electricity, well above the national average of only one percent. Even worse, on the remote Navajo reservation a staggering 40 percent of homes lack electricity. This means that Native [...]
Grants For American Natives
There happen to be an abundant quantity of american natives grants available for registered American Indian tribal members as well as Alaskan as well as Hawaiian natives. There are Native American grants for learning, housing, looking after senior tribal members, cultural revival, environmental protection, as well as tribal economic progression according the sites like Lån. [...]
Education on the Ute Indians
To better understand the Native American legal and political nature lets first look at some history. In this article we will be looking at the Ute Indians who main location was in the State of Utah. Like most other groups they are facing the political fights that many other tribes face. However, it was not [...]
Native Americans Critical Role in World Wars
Native Americans played a critical role in several world wars, supporting the United States as code takers. Most well known were the 400 or so Native American Marines whose job it was to transmit secret tactical messages. The actual code was transmitted via their native language over military telephone and/or radio communications nets. Especially notable [...]
