Lenape-Delaware Native Americans focus of Flemington meeting
(NEW JERSEY) -- John Kraft, director of Lenape Lifeways Educational Programs, will speak about the heritage of the Lenape-Delaware Native Americans at the annual meeting of the Hunterdon County Historical Society being held 2 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at the Flemington Presbyterian Church, 10 East Main St..
AZ 101: Apaches had women warriors, too
(ARIZONA) -- Today's question: Were there any Native American women warriors in the Southwest? / Some. The Apaches raised boys and girls to learn more or less the same skills and let them decide how to spend their lives. If the girls wanted to be warriors, fine and dandy. If boys chose otherwise, fine and dandy.
Pueblo takes traditional name
(NEW MEXICO) -- The Santo Domingo Pueblo is changing its name back to its traditional pueblo name of Kewa. Pueblo officials say “Kewa” is how the tribe's people refer to themselves.
International Women’s Day and First women
(USA) -- In the early 20th century, Clara Zetkin (leader of the “Women’s Office” for the Social Democratic Party in Germany), proposed that every year in every country, there should be a celebration on the same day — a Women’s Day — to press for their demands.
Christian Island man dances at Olympic opening
(ONTARIO) -- Four years ago when he began dancing and participating in native culture and lifestyles, Wes King did not dream someday he would be representing his people on a world stage.
Publisher, artist and naval officer amassed large collection of American Indian artifacts
(TEXAS) -- From age 5, when he first met American Indian Chief Two-Guns-White-Calf, Gordon W. Smith was captivated by Indian culture. Through the years, he collected mementoes of Indian life -- including blankets, headwork, shields and the black rawhide rattle that the chief gave him when Mr. Smith was a child -- which decades later ended up in museum displays in Fort Worth and Houston.
John Watson: Museum resource of American Indian history
(TEXAS) -- For anyone interested in American Indian history, the Museum of the Americas in Weatherford is the place to go. The museum covers all the Americas, including Mexico and Latin America, or as Harold Lawrence, the curator, phrased it, everything from the tip of South America to the Arctic Circle.
HISTORY: Tribe’s efforts highlighted
(OKLAHOMA) -- Many may think the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma is made up of only Cherokees, but as "Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation” (University of Nebraska Press, $45) by Brice Obermeyer shows, there are other tribes within the Cherokee Nation due to one historical reason or another. Some of these tribes have sought to become independent of the Cherokee Nation.
52nd Annual Indian Fair and Market at Heard Museum Phoenix Arizona
(ARIZONA) -- The Heard Museum Guild presents a world-acclaimed cultural festival. The 52nd Annual Indian Fair and Market is open from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, March 6 – 7, 2010. This diverse festival presents more than 700 of the most outstanding, accomplished American Indian artists from several states.
Winter Blessing spreads tradition
(IDAHO) -- Continuing a rich history, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe held the Winter Blessing in the Circling Raven Golf Club's Stensgar Pavilion in the Coeur d'Alene Casino.
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