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5th graders learn about their own Native American culture

Ironically, the 5th graders are assigned a unit about People of the Plains as a part of their curriculum. This always leaves me scratching my head because my class, Native American Studies, is pretty much all about the People of the [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

A Native Culture’s Reach, Both Visual and Emotional

“Kindred Spirits: Native American Influences on 20th Century Art” at the Peter Blum Gallery in SoHo closes out the New York gallery year with a great group show. This superb yet fraught exhibition creates a vortex of history, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Mpls Schools Celebrate Native American Culture

There are Native American drummers, fry bread cooks and dancers in the Minneapolis schools for the district's annual celebration of American Indian culture. The district says Thursday is Native American Family Involvement Day, which a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Pow Wow opens eyes to Native American culture

The crisp fall air and changing landscape was the perfect backdrop this weekend for the two-day Harvest Pow Wow event held at the Naper Settlement. The 17th annual event was presented by the Midwest SOARRING Foundation, a not-for-profit g [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Native Village:Nations and Cultures Library

"We are INDIGENOUS to this land. We didn't come from China, Mongolia, Ireland or Greece. We traveled around yes, and met other cultures and peoples, but get this: we are indigenous "native to these lands." Altho [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2007 | Comments : 0

The Ifugao - native people

You might not have taken notice of the Ifugao populace of the Banaue region of the Phillipinnes, but you have fairly probable seen their achievement. For over a period spanning thousands of years, the Ifugao have labored to transform the pr [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2007 | Comments : 0

A Native American pow wow

A pow wow is a gathering of Native Americans, usually from one or more tribes for several days of ritual singing and dancing. The name derives from ‘powwaw’, a Narragansett Indian word meaning spiritual leader. The event [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

native american rituals

Native American tribes had their own unique beliefs and rituals. Children who had attained puberty were made to undergo rigorous rites of passage. This helped to prepare them for the hardships of life and also attuned them to the spiritua [...]