Cedarville Rancheria
The Cedarville Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute people in Modoc County, California.
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Leslie Marmon Silko: A Native American Writer of Distinction
Leslie Marmon Silko is a Laguna Pueblo Native American writer who is best known for her novels, short stories, and poetry. She is one of the most important figures in Native American literature, and her work has been praised for its lyrical beauty, its complex exploration of Native American culture and history, and its political activism.Continue to Leslie Marmon Silko: A Native American Writer of Distinction →
Sinixt or Lake Indians are now part of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
The Sinixt, or Lake Indians, as they are also known, live primarily on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State, where they form part of the Sinixt, or Lake Indians, which is recognized by the United States government as an American Indian Tribe.Continue to Sinixt or Lake Indians are now part of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation →
The First Butterflies, an Ojibwe legend
AUTHOR: Ojibway Oral Story Long ago, when human twins were born to Spirit Woman, she relied on the animals to help her take care of them. All the animals loved the first human babies and did everything they could do to help them. The dog watched over them. The bear gave his fur to keep them warm. The wolf hunted for them. The doe provided them with milk. The beaver and the muskrat bathed them. The birds sang lullabies to…
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is made up of four bands of Sioux people: the Minneconjou, Two Kettle, Sans Arc, and Blackfoot Sioux.Continue to Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation →
We must honor the buffalo! We are buffalo people.
Many days passed before the joy of that day settled deeply into my heart and I could move forward to thinking on the realities of the present situation of the buffalo on our People. The senseless slaughter of 60 million buffalo brought the herds to the point of extinction.Continue to We must honor the buffalo! We are buffalo people. →