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Site of the month
These are the sites we've selected as our featured site of the month. We encourage you to give them a look. We've seen many, many websites and these rise far above the average.
April, 2008
Republic of Lakotah
Russell Means made a compelling case for the Republic of Lakotah at the Freedom Rally, April 15, 2008 on the west lawn of the Capitol in Washington DC. Check it out. See the photos we took on our page reporting on Russell Means and Ron Paul at the Freedom Rally.
March, 2008
Buffy Sainte–Marie
Buffy Saint&ndah;Marie was working for peace and justice in the sixties and continues to work for peace today, in her sixties. She won an Academy Award in 1982 for her song Up Where We Belong but on the day I saw her, greeting the Veterans for Peace on their march on the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, in front of the National Museum of the American Indian, she sang Universal Soldier, the peace song of the Viet Nam war era that got her blacklisted from perforiming at most venues in the United States by President Lyndon Johnson (the photo shown here was taken that day, March 19, at this event). She was named a spokesperson of the United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organization. Her site includes discography and photos of her in performances throughout her career.
November, 2007
Webb To Support Virginia Indian Recognition
Senator Jim Webb of Virginia endorsed a House-passed bill to grant federal recognition to six Indian tribes in Virginia. He urged the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to approve the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2007 (H.R. 1294), which the House of Representatives approved overwhelmingly in May. The bill, while a gain for the six tribes, the Chickahominy Tribe; the Chickahominy Indian Tribe – Eastern Division; the Upper Mattaponi Tribe; the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc.; the Monacan Indian Nation; and the Nansemond Indian Tribe, bypasses the normal Bureau of Indian Affairs procedures which would likely make it impossible for some or all of these tribes to gain federal recognition. The Bureau's requirements include geneological documentation, which was systematically destroyed by a racist white supremacist who ran Virginia's Bureau of Vital Statistics from 1912 to 1946 when he reclassified Virginia's known indians as mulattos or as negros. One somewhat controversial provision of the bill is that it would strip from the recognized tribes the right to engage in gaming as a tribal industry.
September, 2007
Owl Tipi Art
Owl Tipi, operated by Harvey and Monka Zephier, offers carved and painted horn and bone jewelry with traditional and modern motifs. In addition to jewelry, Owl Tipi offers hand made drums, parfleche boxes, dolls, and hoops. Dupree, South Dakota.
August, 2007
The 2007 National Powwow
The National Powwow is held every other year and is sponsored by the Smithsonian Instution National Museum of the American Indian.
The National Powwow in Washington DC, August 10-12 was definitely the site to be at for a great time and to learn a lot about Native America's living culture. We were able to learn a great deal about the grass dance and the fancy dance.
June, 2007
Hidden History of Virginia Indians
The Washington Post
Feature article highlights sites on the Virginia Indian Heritage Trail. Introduces leaders in a movement to reeducate both Virginia's native American population and the entire state about its six recognized tribes, especially focusing on the Monacan and Pamunkey. Article also has Lsrge graphic with the 24 sites of the Virginia Indian Heritage Trail.
April, 2007
Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum has two wonderful photo resource of pieces from their collection of Native American Art. In the ARTScape viewer, you'll need to select Native American Art from the list. It is a cool viewer with a large selection of images across a range of arts and craftwork, and indexes explaining item origins. The 164 items displayed from the Native American collection includes pipes, pouches, moccasins, vessels and other items, mostly from the 19th century. The page in the main museum site also has super photos of Native American Arts.
March, 2007
Yellow Bird Indian Dancers, an Apache family
Yellow Bird Productions is an Apache family of experienced professionals. They perform for many groups while also explaining a conscientious approach to preserving their people's ways and protecting its holy traditions.
Yellow Bird Indian Dancers have wonderful photography on their website. They demonstrate commitment to keeping their ancient ways alive, of finding ways to preserver their cultural identity while sharing its beauty with the outside world, and of creating a viable business entity as well. For all these reasons we' selected Yellow Bird Indian Dancers as our Go Native American website of the month.