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The late James Scott, Who died around 1944 at about 110 years of age.
He walked the Trail of Tears from the Alabama/Georgia region to Oklahoma when he was 7 to 8 years old. His parents died during the removal.
He was from Okemah, Oklahoma and belon
It has been over 150 years since the largest mass execution ever seen in the United States took place on December 26, 1862. The Dakota 38 riders make honor the 38 men who lost thei
“The rich are not like you and me.” “The poor will always be with us.” Get real and accept it we are told. Give alms and aid to the poor, tax the rich. Establish private foundations, be a responsible trust baby and give. You’ve heard it all, and mayb
Map showing Indian reservations within the United States, 1883. (Image: blogs.baylor.edu)
Of all the myths that surround American Indians, none is as confounding as the misunderstanding that the federal government gave Indians their lands. Arguab
The first Native American group encountered by Christopher Columbus were the Island Arawaks (more properly called the Taino) of Boriquen (Puerto Rico), the (Quisqueya) of the Dominican Republic, and the Cubanacan (of Cuba). It has been said that of
Dec 17,1883 the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a decision in Ex Parte Crow Dog that reaffirmed a basic promise of federal law as it dealt with the Native American nations: that these nations are political sovereigns and have a right to
"The proud spirit of the original owners of these vast prairies inherited through centuries of fierce and bloody wars for their possession, lingered last in the bosom of Sitting Bull. With his fall the nobility of the Redskin is extinguished, and wh
Remembering Sitting Bull: “After all these years, we still quote his words, we still remind the children, we still see his descendants here”
This Date in Native History: On December 15, 1890, Sitting Bull, known as Tatanka Iyotake, was killed along t
Sitting Bull most renowned Sioux of modern history, is dead.
He was not a Chief, but without Kingly lineage he arose from a lowly position to the greatest Medicine Man of his time, by virtue of his shrewdness and daring.
He was an Indian with a whit
The ride is called the Oomaka Tokatakiya (Future Generations) Ride and the ma
Today we lament the death of Sitting Bull – arguably the most famous-ever Native American – murdered by Indian “police” during a bungled effort to arrest the legendary 59-year-old Sioux chief. Five years earlier, Sitting Bull had received a vision th
John Trudell, noted activist, poet and Native thinker, walked on
There is a simple but profound Lakota prayer: Mitakuye Oyasin. These two words mean “All My Relations” or “We are All Related”. To pray this prayer is to petition God on behalf of everyone and everything on Earth.
Mitakuye Oyasin honors the sacredne5 months & some days from above date
Would be dead at the age of 30 late Sept 2015 No matter your thoughts on him thug or angel I & others really don't care your thoughts
The conclusion of the Civil War saw the painfully reunited nation resume its westward surge. Complicating tha