Native American communities are often portrayed as standing in the way of progress. You’ll often read about how communities are blocking things like wind farms or factories being built on protected land. However technology offers a real potential for many communities especially where local employment opportunities are limited. Many organisations are helping native Americans use [...]
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Why Match.com is a good dating site for Native Americans
Online dating is the most preferred communication channel used by singles to be able to meet their potential partners and hopefully find love. This type of dating has many benefits attached to it that makes it easy for singles from any part of the world to interact with each other irrespective of the distance between [...]
The Politics of Nomenclature
The way you name something does a lot to color perceptions of a thing. One of the ways that ancient peoples, and people who choose to live in communities outside the modern nexus of private property – money – consumer society have suffered is by the way they have been named. If I meet someone [...]
The Burden of Debt on Native American Populations
Native Americans have been saddled with countless hardships and oppressions spanning many centuries. Many Native Americans today find themselves burdened by debt. Ridding one’s debt is something that requires an action road map created by a comprehensive plan. There are many tools available to help with this, not the least of which is the compound [...]
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 [...]
Ethnic Diversity is a Matter Close to my Heart
I have been an supporter and exponent of ethnic diversity for all of my adult life. I have never felt that a person should be judged on their race or colour of their skin. We need to accept diversity an embrace it rather than fight against it…the path to conflict only. The web site that [...]
A Native American Doll to Celebrate Our Differences
When you think about it, it’s an absolute outrage that only 20 years ago on the US Census, there wasn’t an option to identify yourself as Native American. It seems as if the rich heritage of these people was just suddenly forgotten and it’s an absolute shame. In my home State of Maine, I am [...]
Promoting Native American Activism with Charity
A friend of mine told me that a local Native American awareness charity accepted his car donation as a means to help fund their ongoing efforts in promoting native American cultural awareness on their local reservation. Apparently this non-profit organization accepts various donations “in kind” in addition to standard monetary donations. This particular organization has [...]
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 [...]
Smoking Cessation Rates Set To Improve Amongst Native Americans
There have been a number of studies carried out over the last couple of decades that have uncovered Native Americans as having very high smoking rates, much more than any other ethnic groups within the United States. A recent study has revealed 24.3% of Americans continue to smoke whilst a massive 30-40% of Native Americans [...]
