Scroll all the way down to sign the Petition to Create a National Holiday for Native Americans. There are over 40 thousand signatures already! Please add yours. View Current Signatures Have you celebrated National Tatanka Yotanka day or visited elders during the “Trail Of Tears” month… Ever heard of Geronimo day celebrating the [...]
Continue reading...14. October 2008
by Steve Newcomb To understand the connection between Christendom’s principle of discovery and the laws of the United States, we need to begin by examining a papal document issued forty years before Columbus’ historic voyage. In 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued to King Alfonso V of Portugal the bull Romanus Pontifex, declaring war against all [...]
Continue reading...12. October 2008
Introduction: The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC) asked me [Thomas Dahlheimer] to write and send Anna Marie Hill, the council’s Executive Director, a MIAC draft resolution endorsing the bill to replace Minnesota’s derogatory geographic site names that are offensive to American Indians. My draft resolution is presented below. Alfred Bone Shirt (Sigangu), a nationally renowned American [...]
Continue reading...11. October 2008
by Thomas Dahlheimer Because of the instructions Columbus and his men received from two 15th century Papal Bulls, they stole the native Taino people’s land that they, in 1492, "discovered" in the Caribbean Islands. And, likewise, because of these same two 15th century Papal Bulls, white Christians also stole the Dakota’s Wakan/"Rum" River Watershed traditional/ancestral [...]
Continue reading...9. October 2008
Written by Tim Giago By now many voters have made up their minds and have settled on one particular candidate for the Office of the President of the United States. It is surprising to many political pundits that there are large numbers of voters still “undecided.” According to nearly every Indian news source that I read or [...]
Continue reading...9. October 2008
Story of the Native American Indian Muslim A Native American Muslim’s Story by Lois Stands-Ali All Praise is due to Allah, the Creator who guided me to ISLAM—the Way of Life—the Red Road—the Straight Path. I began my journey on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, in one of the communities called Oglala. When I [...]
Continue reading...8. October 2008
By Thomas Dahlheimer The Sioux, or Dakota, consist of seven tribes in three major divisions: Wahpekute, Mdewakanton, Wahpeton, Sisseton (who together form the Santee or Eastern division, sometimes referred to as the Dakota), the Yankton and Yanktonai (who form the Middle division, sometimes referred to as the Nakota), and the Teton (who form the Western [...]
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10. October 2008
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