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  1. The Native Americans

    Infobox television show name The Native Americans image caption genre Documentary film Documentary director John Borden br Phil Lucas br George Burdeau narrated Joy Harjo country United States language English num seasons 1 num episodes 3 executive producer Jonathan Taplin producer runtime network TBS TV channel TBS first aired Start date 1994 10 10 last aired br End date 1994 10 13 The Native Americans is a three part American television Documentary film documentary miniseries that premiered on TBS TV channel TBS on October 10, 1994. ref name C16 cite news url http www.nytimes.com 1994 10 10 movies television review a romantic tribute to the first americans.html title Television Review A Romantic Tribute To the First Americans last Goodman first Walter date October 10, 1994 work The New York Times accessdate 14 December 2009 ref The remaining two episodes aired on October 11 and 13, 1994. ref name Heckman Directed by John Borden , Phil Lucas and George Burdeau , the six hour series explores the history of Indigenous peoples of the Americas Native American cultures, with each hour of the series devoted to a particular region of the United States. Music for the series was composed by Robbie Robertson in collaboration with other Native American and Canadian First Nations musicians, including Ulali , Rita Coolidge , Douglas Spotted Eagle and Kashtin , and was released on the album Music for The Native Americans . ref name Heckman cite news url http articles.latimes.com 1994 10 04 entertainment ca 46418 1 native american music title Getting In Touch With His Roots last Heckman first Don date October 4, 1994 work Los Angeles Times accessdate 14 December 2009 ref References Reflist External links imdb title 0215431 DEFAULTSORT Native Americans Category American documentary television series Category American television miniseries Category 1994 American television series debuts Category TBS TV channel network shows Category Native American documentary films Category Indigenous ...   more details



  1. Administration for Native Americans

    The Administration for Native Americans ANA is a department of the United States United States Department of Health and Human Services Department of Health and Human Services established in 1974 through the Native American Programs Act NAPA . The mission of ANA is to promote economic and social self sufficiency for Native Americans in the United States American Indians , Alaska Natives , Native Hawaiians , and other Pacific Islander Native Pacific Islanders . ANA provides community based project funding to improve the lives of native children and families thereby reducing long term dependency on public assistance. Funding for community based projects is provided through three competitive discretionary grant programs to eligible tribes and non profit Native Americans in the United States Native American organizations. External links http www.acf.hhs.gov programs ana about about.html About ANA HHS agencies Category Native American topics Category United States Department of Health and Human Services agencies Category Alaska Natives and United States law ...   more details



  1. Stereotypes of Native Americans

    Refimprove date January 2008 globalize North America date December 2010 Stereotypes of Native Americans ... ik Yup ik peoples and Indigenous peoples of the Americas American Indians , commonly called Native Americans in the United States Native Americans or First Nations in Canada . This article primarily ... About Native Americans. http www.jcu.edu education ed350 Myths 20and 20Stereotypes 20About 20Native .... These images have become known across North America. Native Americans have been stereotyped ... used Native tribes as a malignant presence to be wiped out or reined in, or depicted as a form of local wildlife . Western stereotypes of Native Americans tend to portray them as trackers , with the ability ... Portrayals of Aboriginal People ref Native Americans are perceived as rich per gaming revenues. Not all ... roll. The claim that all Native Americans have a vast amount of knowledge about medicine, even ... rose in May 2011. The assertion that Native Americans cannot grow facial hair is a common misconception ... that male Native Americans never shave but still do not have beards. The common explanation for this miracle ... novels about Native Americans in the 19th century. Interestingly, May had never seen Native Americans ... Native Americans Stereotype threat Racial profiling References reflist External links Video ... Of Native Americans Category Aboriginal peoples in Canada Category Ethnocentrism Category Ethnic and racial stereotypes Category Native American topics Category Native Americans in popular culture .... ref http pubs.niaaa.nih.gov publications arh22 4 253.pdf American Indians and Alcohol ref Native Americans were also portrayed as fierce warriors and braves, often appearing in school sports teams ... continue. Some Native American Mascot Controversy controversial upper level Native American team mascots ... Kid and Predator . Portrayals of Native characters as primitive, criminal, violent, rapists, deceptive .... Spirit Bay , The Beachcombers , North of 60 and The Rez used Native actors to portray their own ...   more details



  1. Portrayal of Native Americans in film

    of Native Americans in the United States Native Americans in film has been contentious, raising allegations of racism. Traditionally, the Native American archetype has been that of a violent, uncivilized ... Peter Pan is a classic children s movie that involves Native Americans. A major scene in Peter Pan involves the Lost Boys and Peter Pan celebrating at the Native Americans camp after Peter rescues ... across a Native American tribe that is already living on that land. There is conflict between the two groups, both hating the other. The Europeans want gold and the Native Americans want their land ... Native American woman, saves the life of a European man, and prevents the war from happening. Pocahontas portrays Native Americans and Europeans with just as much guile. One scene involves both the Europeans and the Native Americans singing Savages about the other group. Europeans What can you expect ..., Now we sound the drums of war. Native Americans This is what we feared. The pale face is a demon, The only ... Traditionally, Native Americans have been portrayed as the uncivilized villains in film. According ... Americans in Movies. Native Americans and Cinema. N.p. 2010. Web. 1 December 2010. ref In most films involving Native Americans, they wear clothes made from animal skins, carry spears, and enjoy fighting .... 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, 2005. Film. ref Positive portrayals In some films, Native Americans ... American land. Out of nowhere, the Native Americans race onto the scene and kill all of the U.S. soldiers while none of the Native Americans get killed. Some of them receive injuries, but they just ... World film The New World is another movie about Native Americans. It is the fictitious story ... captured by a Native American tribe. While there, he gets accepted by the Native Americans and falls ... Cinema, 2006. Film. ref The Native Americans portrayed in this film were peaceful and gentle people ... Reel Injun Imagining Indians Native Americans in popular culture Native Americans in children s literature ...   more details



  1. Native Americans in popular culture

    Merge Stereotypes of Native Americans date May 2010 The portrayal of Indigenous people of the Americas Native American s in popular culture has traditionally oscillated between the fascination with the noble savage who lives in harmony with nature and their depiction as uncivilized bad guys in the traditional Western genre Western genre . In 1851 Charles Dickens wrote a scathingly sarcastic review in his weekly magazine Household Words of painter George Catlin s show of American Indians when it visited England. In his essay, entitled http www.readbookonline.net readOnLine 2529 The Noble Savage , Dickens expressed repugnance for Indians and their way of life in no uncertain terms, recommending that they ought to be civilized out of existence . Dickens s essay refers back to Dryden s well known use of the term, not to Rousseau. Dickens s scorn for those unnamed individuals, who, like Catlin, he alleged, misguidedly exalted the so called noble savage , was limitless. In reality, Dickens maintained, Indians were dirty, cruel, and constantly fighting among themselves. Dickens s satire on Catlin and others like him who might find something to admire in the American Indians or African bushmen is a notable turning point in the history of the use of the phrase. ref For an account of Dickens ... Stalin . Red Western or Ostern films usually portrayed the Native Americans in the United States ... of authentic Indians in Eastern Europe. The concept of Native Americans living in harmony ... depiction of Native Americans came to be seen as politically incorrect in the 1980s, as reflected ... Native American counterpart of the biblical Ten Commandments . The ten points listed echo the clich of the native living in ecological harmony. References Reflist See also Legend of Rainbow Warriors Show Indians Noble Savage Great Spirit Native Americans in children s literature Portrayal of Native Americans in film Category Native Americans in popular culture Category American popular culture ...   more details



  1. Music for The Native Americans

    Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Music for The Native Americans Type Soundtrack Artist Robbie Robertson Cover Musicfornativeamericans.jpg Released October 4, 1994 Recorded 1994 Genre Native American music Length 54 17 Label Capitol Records Capitol Producer Robbie Robertson Reviews Rolling Stone Rating 3 5 http www.rollingstone.com artists robbierobertson albums album 116346 review 5946824 music for the native americans link Last album Storyville album Storyville br 1991 This album Music for The Native Americans br 1994 Next album Contact from the Underworld of RedBoy br 1998 Music for The Native Americans is a 1994 album by Robbie Robertson , compiling music written by Robertson and other colleagues billed as the Red Road Ensemble for the television documentary film The Native Americans . The album was Robertson s first foray into writing music specifically inspired by his Mohawk nation Mohawk heritage. Robertson brought in his son Sebastian Robertson to handle the drums on Golden Feather , Skinwalker , It Is a Good Day to Die and Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood . His daughter Delphine Robertson sings backing vocals on Coyote Dance . Track listing The album is compiled as a soundtrack, being credited to a variety of musicians. Songs listed below are credited to Robertson unless otherwise specified. Coyote Dance Dave Pickell, Jim Wilson 4 07 Mahk Jchi Heartbeat Drum Song Pura F Ulali 4 17 Ghost Dance Robertson, Jim Wilson 5 12 The Vanishing Breed Robertson, Douglas Spotted Eagle 4 39 It Is a Good Day to Die Robertson 5 46 Golden Feather Robertson 5 22 Akua Tuta Claude McKenzie , Florent Vollant Kashtin 4 51 Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood Robertson 4 52 Cherokee Morning Song Rita Coolidge 2 58 Skinwalker Robertson, Patrick Leonard 5 56 Ancestor Song Traditional Ulali 2 54 Twisted Hair Jim Wilson Robbie Robertson and Bonnie Jo Hunt 3 23 Category Television soundtracks Category Robbie Robertson albums Category 1994 soundtracks Category Capitol Records soundtracks ...   more details



  1. Native Americans and hot springs

    Native Americans have a long relationship with hot springs . There is evidence that many of the major hot springs in the Americas were visited and used by local Indigenous peoples of the Americas native peoples . There are artifacts near some of these hot springs that support a history of human activity that extends back thousands of years. Native Americans revered hot springs as a sacred healing place. ref http geoheat.oit.edu bulletin bull16 4 art2.pdf Historical Impacts of Geothermal Resources on the People of North America , John W. Lund, orig. published in Proceedings of the 1995 World Geothermal Congress, Florence, Italy, 1995, revised version published in Geo Heat Center Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 4, retrieved Nov. 9, 2006 ref The natural hot springs in Tonopah, Arizona are a prime example. The name Tonopah derives from the Western Apache name T Nohw , meaning Water For Us or Water For You , Though there are no ruins or evidence of dwellings in the immediate vicinity of the hot springs, the prevalence of grain grinding mortar holes, pottery shards, and other man made objects in the area suggest that this site was frequented for many years by native peoples such as the Hohokam . The hundreds of very high quality arrowhead s found near existing springs in Tonopah attest to its popularity as a hunting ground. References references Further reading and External Links Marjorie Gersh Young, Hot Springs and Hot Pools of the Southwest Jayson Loam s Original Guide, Aqua Thermal Access, 2004. ISBN 1 890880 05 1. Marjorie Gersh Young, Hot Springs & Hot Pools Of The Northwest, Aqua Thermal Access, 2003. ISBN 1 890880 04 3. G. J Woodsworth, Hot springs of Western Canada a complete guide, West Vancouver Gordon Soules Book Publishers. 1999. ISBN 0 919574 03 3. Clay Thompson, Tonopah It s Water Under The Bush , the Arizona Republic 1 12 03, p. B12. DEFAULTSORT Native Americans And Hot Springs Category Hot springs of the United States Category Bathing Category Religious places of the indigenous ...   more details



  1. Native Americans in the United States

    see Indigenous peoples by geographic regions Infobox Ethnic group group Native Americans image div ... x112px caption Native Americans of the United States from top left br Joseph Brant Sequoyah ... br Unique to Specific Tribe or Band related Indigenous peoples of the Americas Native Americans ... to Native Americans have been Native American name controversy controversial . According to a 1995 ... written historical record about Native Americans after the colonists immigration to the Americas. ref name test Calloway, Colin G. http www.americanheritage.com content native americans first view whites shore Native Americans First View Whites from the Shore. American Heritage , Spring 2009. Retrieved 29 Dec 2011 ref Many Native Americans lived as hunter gatherer societies and told their histories ... the established Native Americans and immigrant Europeans, as well as shifting alliances among ... Native Americans in preparation for assimilation as United States citizens. ref name perdue Cite ... Native Americans accessdate 2009 02 17 author Tom Jewett last Jewett first Tom year 1996 2009 ... Native Americans from their homelands within established states to lands west of the Mississippi ... agents encouraged Native Americans to adopt European style farming and similar pursuits, but European ..., Native Americans who were not already U.S. citizens were Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted citizenship by Congress of the United States Congress . Contemporary Native Americans have a unique ... to be the Mississippi . ref Deloria, V., Jr., 1997 Red Earth White Lies Native Americans and The Myth ... show the people traded with other Native Americans located from Georgia to the Great Lakes region ... Kansas , Nebraska , Arkansas and Oklahoma . The Osage warred with Caddo speaking Native Americans ..., the population of Native Americans declined in the following ways pandemic epidemic diseases brought ... title Native Americans Huron Tribe publisher Nativeamericans.com accessdate 2010 08 22 ref enslavement ...   more details



  1. Methamphetamine and Native Americans

    Methamphetamine has become a major concern among the Native Americans within the last decade. Tribal leaders and reservation police departments consider the epidemic the largest threat to public safety and attribute higher rates of domestic violence, assaults, burglaries, and child abuse and neglect on reservations to the drug. ref http www.bia.gov bia ojs.html ref ref http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2007 06 10 AR2007061001182.html ref Background Methamphetamine s westward spread from California included most of Indian Country however, due to the nature of the substance, it is created independently in labs on tribal lands and surrounding areas, as well. As in the case of the Wind River Indian Reservation , Mexican drug cartels specifically targeted reservations due to their isolation and complicated drug laws. ref http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2007 04 29 AR2007042900577 3.html ref Tribes have the right to outlaw substances on their lands as a part of their inherent rights as domestic dependent nations. For example, Montana legally allows the sale of alcohol as does the rest of the United States, but the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations in the state prohibit it. ref http www.gannett.com go difference greatfalls pages part8 dry.html ref The jurisdictional issues between native and federal law created created loopholes and opportunities for the cartels to begin business. Current status Empty section date June 2010 Effects on Indian Country Crime Reports of crime have escalated since methamphetamine s introduction. FBI offices located ... Meth Overview.pdf ref The increase cannot be solely attributed to Native American users. Traffickers, criminal groups, and gang members commit crimes against other groups and Native Americans in order ..., The Meth Epidemic DEFAULTSORT Methamphetamine And Native Americans Category Methamphetamine Category Native American topics Category Drugs in the United States ...   more details



  1. Native Americans in children's literature

    Unreferenced date May 2010 Native Americans in the United States Native Americans have been featured ... of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. See also Native Americans in popular culture Portrayal of Native ... lisamitten ailabib.htm I is not for Indian The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books ..., Inc. MacCann, D. 1993 . Native Americans in books for the young. In V. J. Harris Ed. , Teaching Multicultural ... . Native Americans in picture books recommended for early childhood classrooms, 1945 1999. Ph. D. dissertation ... . Los Angeles American Indian Studies Center. DEFAULTSORT Native Americans In Children s Literature ... others have been written or contributed to by native authors. Children s literature about American .... The majority of the books were written and illustrated by authors who are not themselves Native American ... more than history or reality of any Native tribal nation or group Caldwell Wood & Mitten, 1991 Dorris ... Library Association to withdraw Native American Month posters and bookmarks with his art on them ... who work with Native populations. Children s literature written or illustrated by American Indians ... Encyclopedia of Children s Literature , in the entry Native American Children s Literature, as far back as 1881, Native authors published stories for children, many that countered stereotypical portrayals ... were watercolors painted by Native artists like Allan Houser whose work would eventually become ... of the books were written by non Native author Ann Nolan Clark , but illustrated by Native artists ... Velino Herrera . In the 1950s, other Native people wrote books for children. D Arcy McNickle s historical ... of the United States. Ortiz includes the forced removal of Native peoples from their homelands ... Book Award in 2004. In the 1990s, many Native authored books for children were published, including ... Native authors write that portray the lives of modern day Native people. One author of this genre ... 2001 , and Indian Shoes 2002 . In 2007, Sherman Alexie joined the growing list of Native authors writing ...   more details



  1. Bahá'í Faith and Native Americans

    The Bah Faith and Native Americans has a history reaching back to the lifetime of Abdu l Bah and has ... have been founded to serve native Americans and have native Americans serve on Bah institutions. By 1963 Bah sources claim members of some 83 tribes of Native Americans had joined the religion ... of Native Americans in the United States Native American , especially Hopi , prophecies. Brown ..., or forced conversions of Native Americans. Indeed in 1960 Hand of the Cause R h yyih Kh num asked ... And in 1963 anthropologist Alice Beck Kehoe , a well known researcher of Native Americans, observed ... ref In North America diversification is an ever present theme in Bah history. Native American Indians ... American indigenous there are also substantial populations of native Bah s. There is an estimate of some ... title Guaymi work Data Map All Affinity Blocs People Clusters Affinity Bloc Latin Caribbean Americans ... QuickLists QuickList 40c.asp accessdate 2009 07 04 ref Native religion Acceptance of cultural ... title Native Messengers of God in Canada? A test case for Baha i universalism journal The Bah ... Europe location London year 1996 url https www.msu.edu buckc Buck PDFs Buck Native 1996.pdf issn doi ... of the richness and authenticity of native cultural values. Such recognition has been ... theoretically acknowledged, explicit recognition of native messengers of God has yet to be formalised .... ref Cite newsgroup title Review of Christopher Buck s Native Messengers of God in Canada? A test case ... collins Cite journal last Collins first William P. title Commentary on Christopher Buck s Native Messengers ... Bah Universalism & Native Prophets journal Studies in the B b and Bah Religions volume 13 Reason ... http christopherbuck.com Buck PDFs Buck Native Prophets 2002.pdf issn accessdate 2010 05 22 ref ref ... first Lee title Native American Indian prophecies Lee Brown work publisher year 1986 url http video.google.com ... episode title Native American Indian prophecies Lee Brown and Martha Many Grey Horses episodelink url ...   more details



  1. Flags of Native Americans in the United States

    softredirect commons Flags of Native Americans in the United States Excess long comment to prevent listing on Special Shortpages ............................................................ Category Flags of indigenous peoples Native Americans in the United States ...   more details



  1. File:Native Americans swearing in.jpg

    Summary Non free use rationale Article Native Americans in the United States Description Native Americans swearing in for the American Civil War Civil War Source http www.nativeamericans.com CivilWar.htm Portion full Low resolution yes Purpose Shows a historical moment Replaceability non available other information Licensing Non free historic image ...   more details



  1. Modern social statistics of Native Americans

    Image NativeAmericansToday.jpg 275px thumb Images of Native Americans in the modern day. Modern social statistics of Native Americans serve as defining characteristics of Native American life, and can ... understanding of Native American life. Health standards for Native Americans have notable disparities ..., Native Americans lost more than 97.7 percent of their land over the course of the American conquest ... federally recognized tribes . The population of Native Americans however extends beyond ... of age of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives differs from the general population of the United ... than the overall population. The median age of Native Americans and Alaskan Native is 31.2, while ...& geo id NBSP& format & lang en . ref Native Americans and Alaskan Natives also differ in their household ..., upon closer examination, we have found that this is not the case. While Native Americans have ... has prevailed on reservations to this day, Native Americans have the highest poverty and unemployment rates in the United States of America. The poverty rate of Native Americans is 25 . ref American ... . ref Incomes of Native Americans tend to be low, and unemployment rates are usually high ... . ref Russell, Cheryll. Demo Snapshots Native Americans. Findarticles.com. Media Central Inc., 1996 ... location. Further breakdown of poverty rates show that Native Americans are consistently the highest ... concentration of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in 2008 by state, with darker shades of green .... The majority of Native Americans live in the western regions of the United States, specifically ... general areas. This is further proven by the fact that over half of Native Americans live within ten ..., New Jersey and West Virginia. ref name PDF Native Americans live in a variety of different locations ... Oct. 2009. http www.doi.gov bia ia faqs.html . ref Native Americans also can own land as private property. Those living on private property include Native Americans who live in cities or urban centers ...   more details



  1. List of trademarks featuring Native Americans

    This list is for trademarks of corporations and organizations which feature an actual or stylised Native American figure. Calumet Baking Powder Company Crazy Horse Beer ref http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 950DE3DB1139F935A35751C1A963958260 Complaints by Indians Lead to Bans on a Beer New York Times , 2004 ref Land O Lakes Lorillard Tobacco Company Mutual of Omaha Pontiac Savage Arms Spur Steak Ranches Sports teams See Native American mascot controversy Washington Redskins Cleveland Indians University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Chief Illiniwek Chicago Blackhawks Fr lunda HC Portland Winter Hawks Elora Mohawks Exeter Chiefs Florida State Seminoles Armijo High School North Dakota Fighting Sioux References references Category Trademarks Native American Category Native Americans in popular culture ...   more details



  1. Slavery among Native Americans in the United States

    among Native Americans in the United States includes slavery by Native Americans as well as slavery of Native Americans roughly within the present day United States. Tribal territories and the slave ... prior to and during European colonization of the Americas European colonization , some Native Americans ... slavery used by Native Americans in the United States Native Americans . As they raided other tribes ... title Slavery and Native Americans in British North America and the United States 1600 to 1865 ... slain in battle. ref name amslav Some Native Americans would cut off one foot of captives to keep ... October 24, 2007 ref When the Europeans discovered the Native Americans, they began to participate ..., L.R. accessdate 2010 05 29 year 1966 publisher Los Angeles, CA Westernlore Press ref Native Americans ... Native Americans enslaved by Spaniards , published in 1596. European colonists caused a change in Native ... for resource exploitation rather than settlement, colonists purchased or captured Native Americans .... ref name amslav To acquire trade goods, Native Americans began selling war captives to whites rather ... began to capture and enslave Native Americans for sale and export to the sugar islands, as well ... amslav Traders, frontier settlers, and government officials encouraged Native Americans to make war ... tribes. ref name amslav Historians have estimated that tens of thousands of Native Americans were enslaved ... Native Americans for enslaved Africans during this time period was two or three Native Americans to one African. ref name amslav In the Southwest, Spanish colonists and Native Americans sold or traded ... captive Native Americans who were under eighteen years old, as they were believed to be more easily ... Native Americans to the Catholic faith. ref name Ekberg Church baptismal records have thousands of entries ... Spanish surnames to Native Americans and recorded them as servants rather than slaves. ref name ... as slaves. ref name Ekberg In the East, Native Americans were recorded as slaves. ref name SS cite ...   more details



  1. Native Americans and World War II

    a New Era in Indian Affairs 1999 External links http www.shsu.edu his ncp NAWWII.html Native Americans ... War II http www.history.army.mil html topics natam index.html Native Americans in the United States Army Portal at the United States Army Center of Military History USWWII DEFAULTSORT Native Americans And World War Ii Category Native American history Category American military personnel of World ..., 10 16 1943 NARA 535876.tif thumb Native American women as Marine Corps Reserve Marine Corps Reservists ...   more details



  1. Native Americans in the American Civil War

    http www.nativeamericans.com FamousNativeAmericans.htm Famous Native Americans ref Parker was one of two Native Americans to reach the rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War. Native Americans in the American Civil War composed various Native Americans in the United States Native American bands, tribes, and nations. ref name aa Native Americans served in both the Union American Civil War Union ..., while originally the majority party went for the North. ref name ac cite web title Native Americans ... 2009 01 05 publisher Ethic Composition of Civil War Forces C.S & U.S.A. author ref Native Americans ... up on the losing side of the Civil War. ref name aa ref name ac 28,693 Native Americans served .... Many Native Americans served in the Union and Confederate military during the American Civil War Civil ... all the vigorous and able bodied Native Americans in their respective agencies. ref name aa ... pitched battles against Confederate whites and other Native Americans that joined the Confederates to reach ... Image Native Americans swearing in.jpg thumb 250px right Native Americans swearing in for the American ... century, the word colored included not only African American s, but Native Americans as well. ref ... Americans, Native Americans hoped to gain favor with the prevailing government by supporting ..., removal, or extermination of Native Americans. ref name aa General Ely S. Parker, a member of the Seneca ... replied, We are all Americans. ref name aa cite web title We are all Americans , Native Americans ... name ad cite web title Native Americans url http www.historycentral.com civilwar people Native.html ... the Santees were transported to a reservation in Dakota Territory. ref name ad Native Americans in the Confederate ... Civil War, Pike was appointed as Confederate envoy to the Native Americans. Native Americans served ... of the war, Albert Pike was appointed as Confederate envoy to Native Americans in the United States Native Americans . In this capacity he negotiated several treaties, one such treaty was the Treaty ...   more details



  1. Charles Johnston (captive of Native Americans)

    Infobox Person name Charles Johnston image Johnston charles indian captive.jpg image size 150px caption Charles Johnston birth date 1770 birth place death date 1833 death place occupation Lawyer br Indian captive br Author Charles Johnston c.1770 1833 was an American lawyer and author who spent five weeks as a captive of a Shawnee group, and later wrote a captivity narrative of his experience. In 1790, he was traveling down the Ohio River by keelboat with his employer John May, a Kentucky land speculator, as well as dry goods dealer Jacob Skyles, frontiersman William Flinn, and sisters Dolly and Peggy Fleming. Near the juncture of the Ohio and Scioto River s, the party was lured to the bank by an Indian stratagem. May and Dolly Fleming were killed outright and the four others taken prisoner. Johnston spent five weeks with the Shawnee before being ransomed for six hundred silver brooches by Francis Duchouquet, a Canadian trader. Johnston repaid his redeemer upon returning to Virginia . In 1827, he wrote his memoirs, A Narrative of the Incidents Attending Capture, Detention, and Ransom of Charles Johnston . He died in 1833. ref cite book author Drimmer, Frederick date 1985,1961 title Captured by the Indians 15 Firsthand Accounts, 1750 1870 location New York publisher Dover Publications, Inc. pages 183 185 isbn 0 486 24901 8 ref References reflist External links http clarke.cmich.edu detroit johnston1790.htm Charles Johnston at the Clarke Historical Library DEFAULTSORT Johnston, Charles Category 1770 births Category 1833 deaths Category Captives of Native Americans Category Authors of captivity narratives Category People from Virginia ...   more details



  1. List of Native Americans of the United States

    See List of indigenous people of the Americas This is a list of notable Native Americans from peoples indigenous to the contemporary United States, including Native Alaskans , Native Hawaiians , and Native Americans in the United States . ref http www.infoplease.com spot aihmbioaz.html Notable American Indians ref ref http www.nativeamericans.com FamousNativeAmericans.htm Famous Native Americans ref Americans TOC A Nicolas de Aguilar , P urh pecha , New Mexican official, tried by the Inquisition. Ai poet Ai , Choctaw , Chickasaw , Southern Cheyenne , and Comanche poet Richard Aitson , Kiowa Kiowa Apache bead artist and poet Sherman Alexie , Spokane , Coeur d Alene Tribe Coeur d Alene author and comedian Elsie Allen , Cloverdale Pomo basketweaver Paula Gunn Allen , Laguna Pueblo , Sioux poet, literary critic, activist, and novelist Marcus Amerman , Choctaw multimedia artist Bill Anoatubby , Chickasaw , Governor of the Chicksaw Nation since 1987 Annie Antone , Tohono O odham basketweaver William Apess , Pequot author and minister Anna Mae Aquash , Mi kmaq people Mi kmaq Spencer Asah , Kiowa artist Attakullakulla , Cherokee chief James Auchiah , Kiowa artist Marilou Awiakta , Eastern Band Cherokee author and poet B Jimmy Santiago Baca , Apache Chicano author and poet Dennis Banks , Anishinaabe activist, teacher, lecturer, author and co founder of the American Indian Movement Jim Barnes writer Jim Barnes , Choctaw editor, author, poet and founder of the Chariton Review Press Fred ... artists of the Americas List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas List of Native American politicians List of Native American leaders References reflist DEFAULTSORT List Of Native Americans Of The United States Category Lists of Native American people ... Native American physician. Carole LaFavor Ojibwa novelist and activist Hyapatia Lee Cherokee actress ... Native American woman to appear on an American coin. William Clyde Thompson Texas Choctaw ...   more details



  1. Native

    Citations missing article date March 2010 Wiktionary The term native can have many different social and political connotations in different contexts. In some cases it is a neutral, descriptive term, for example, when stating that one is a native of a particular city or that a certain language is one s native language. However, in the context of colonialism &mdash in particular, British colonialism&mdash the term natives , as applied to the inhabitants of colonies, assumed a disparaging and patronising sense, implying that the people concerned were incapable of taking care of themselves and in need of Europeans to administer their lives Citation needed date July 2010 therefore, these people resent the use of the term and consider it insulting, and at present English speakers usually avoid using it. This connotation has also led to controversy over the preference of the terms Native American ... uses Native may also refer to Native processing , a concept pertaining to computer software Native band , a contemporary French R&B band Native metal Native comics , a character in the X Men comics universe Nationality and language Native language and Native speaker as opposed to foreign language and non Native speaker Native born citizen as opposed to foreign born Indigenous peoples , people, communities ... to their original territories Native means living in the area where one was born whether an animal, mineral Ecology Biomass ecology Endemism Indigenous ecology Native plant Permaculture Wildcrafting Computing In computing, software has a native mode when it is written for a specific Central processing unit processor see wikt native Adjective native on Wiktionary . In computing, software has a native support when it is written for a specific operating system . Other NATIVE Northeast Arizona Technological ... portion of the Navajo Nation See also Native Speaker , a book by Pee Lee Native Language Music , a record ... simple Native ...   more details



  1. The Americans

    The Americans may refer to Jay and the Americans , a rock and roll band The Americans commentary , a 1973 commentary by Gordon Sinclair on CFRB radio that became a hit recording in more than one form, and has been replayed and reprinted widely since The Americans documentary , a film series of stories telling the extraordinary lives of ordinary Americans The Americans novel , a 1979 novel by John Jakes part eight of The Kent Family Chronicles The Americans photography , a book by Robert Frank disambig ...   more details



  1. Americans

    the American people. Aside from the indigenous Native American population, nearly all Americans ... peoples of the Americas , such as Native Americans in the United States American Indian s and Inuit ... topics Asian Americans Native American rights Middle Eastern American Pacific Islander Americans ... and history of the meanings in various contexts . Ethnic group group Americans image File ... amabroad.pdf Americans abroad 1999 ref region4 flagcountry Philippines pop4 250,000 ref4 ref cite web ..., France Americans in France . France.usembassy.gov 2010 08 10 . Retrieved on 2010 12 09. ref region8 ... flagcountry Japan pop12 52,684 ref12 ref cite web url http www.costa rica life.com americans living in costa rica.html title Americans living in Costa Rica publisher Costa Rica Life.com accessdate ..., 2010 ref region20 flagcountry Lebanon pop20 25,000 ref19 ref http www.aaci.org.il Association of Americans ... NewZealandPeoples NorthAmericans 4 en title North Americans Facts and figures encyclopedia Te Ara ... Religious Movements and others. The people of the United States , also known as simply Americans or American ... ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, Americans ... by most Americans is referred to as mainstream American culture , a Western culture largely ... to the United States, Americans and people of American descent can be found internationally. As many as 4 million Americans are estimated to be living abroad. ref name abroad cite web url http www.shelteroffshore.com index.php living more americans living abroad title Record Numbers of Americans ... and European Americans main European American White American White Hispanic and Latino Americans ... to the original peoples of Europe , the Middle East , and North Africa. White Americans are the majority ... continental ancestral group of Americans are Europeans who have origins in any of the original ... American s 16.5 , Irish Americans 11.9 , and English American s 9.0 were the three largest self ...   more details



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