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Canku
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(Many Paths) An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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September
2020
- Volume 18 Number 9
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"Osiyo
aquatsely yvwi"
The Cherokee Greeting (Hello My People.) |
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"Tahch’aruwina
Tehekuma"
Little Sister of the Hot Moon Tunica, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana |
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"I made
up a new proverb: "Indians chase the vision, white men chase the
dollar." We are lousy raw material from which to form a capitalist.
We could do it easily, but then we would stop being Indians. We would
just be ordinary citizens with a slightly darker skin. That's a high price
to pay, my friend, too high.
~Lame Deer Seeker of Visions~ |
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We
Salute How I Found My Voice
As The Only Native Student In My Class
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Our Featured Artist: | Honoring Students | |
The Artistic World Of The Taíno People The Taino civilization was decimated by
Christopher Columbus and other European explorers during first contact,
but the legacy of these people, who inhabited what is today called the
Caribbean,
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Osage Named In Sixth Class Of Billy Mills' 'Dreamstarter Teachers' Dance Maker Academy founder and choreographer,
Jenna LaViolette, has been selected to be part of the sixth class of Deamstarter
Teachers, an initiative of the Running Strong for American Youth organization.
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Our Featured Story: | Living History: | |
Cherokee
Nation Announces 2020 Cherokee National Treasures
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How
Alaskan Yup'ik People Are Reviving The Culture Lost To The 1919 Flu
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Honoring Native America | Honoring Native America | |
Pushing To End Myth Of Columbus, Honor History Of Indigenous Peoples This year, amid a national reckoning on
racial injustice, protesters have toppled and beheaded statues of Columbus
in various cities, while pressure grows to abolish the national holiday
and replace it with one that celebrates the people who populated the Americas
long before the explorer "sailed the ocean blue."
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Indigenous Peoples Day Comes Amid A Reckoning Over Colonialism And Calls For Return Of Native Land Celebrating Indigenous cultures every Oct.
12 is important. But in this moment when the U.S. is reckoning with legacies
of racism and colonialism,
many Indigenous nations call for something more the return
of ancestral lands.
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Recognition | Recognition | |
Oklahoma Is And Always Has Been Native Land Some Oklahomans are expressing
trepidation about the Supreme Courts recent
ruling that much of the eastern part of the state belongs to the Muscogee
(Creek) Nation. They wonder whether they must now pay taxes to or be governed
by the Muscogee.
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Supreme Court Ruling Could Rewrite History Textbooks In its ruling in the case of McGirt v.
Oklahoma July 9, the Supreme Court affirmed the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's
sovereignty by confirming it still occupies a distinct reservation.
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Living Tradition | Living Tradition | |
To Work Out Like An Aztec, Play Hard Ball Or Invest In Sneakers Long Before Sports Leagues
Around the world were abruptly put on hold, and centuries before they
were founded, Mesoamerican cultures were having a ball on courts of their
own.
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Oneida Cyclist Is First Native In Tour de France The first Native American to compete in
the Tour de France celebrated his 24th birthday in style. Neilson Powless,
Oneida, marked the occasion last week by placing fourth in stage 4 of
the grueling race. The Roseville, California, cyclist is riding with the
American professional team Education First Pro Cycling.
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Living Tradition | Living Tradition | |
Native Americans Have Always Answered the Call To Serve: National VFW Day 2020 National Veterans of Foreign Wars Day,
September 29, recognizes men and women who have served honorably in a
foreign war or overseas operation recognized by a campaign medal, received
hostile fire, or qualified for imminent danger pay. Active-duty servicemembers
who meet the criteria are also welcome.
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Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes The Squash had traveled a thousand miles
to rest quietly on Henrietta Gomez's arms. The elder farmer from Taos
Pueblo, a 1,000-year-old Indigenous town in northern New Mexico, held
the light-green vegetable like a baby.
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Recovering Our Heritage | Recovering Our Heritage | |
Drone Imaging Reveals Pre-Hispanic 'Great Settlement' Beneath Kansas Ranch Archaeologists using new drone-sensing
technology have found evidence of an enormous, horseshoe-shaped trench
hidden beneath a Kansas ranch, reports Kiona N. Smith for Ars
Technica.
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Repatriating The Archives: Lumbee Scholars Find Their People And Bring Them Home Following World War II, thousands of Lumbee
Indians migrated from their tribal homeland in rural North Carolina
to industrialized cities, including Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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Recovering Our Heritage | Recovering Our Heritage | |
A People's Orientation To A Regenerative Economy: Protect, Repair, Invest, And Transform We invite you to bring this orientation
into your work and your lives. This tool is for anyone who wants to create
life-affirming and transformative policy changes.
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Tribes Celebrate Mesa Verde Repatriation On Sunday, a coalition of tribes including
the Hopi Tribe, the Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of Zia, and the Pueblo
of Zuni repatriated and reinterred ancestors and associated funerary items
at Mesa Verde National Park. The National Museum of Finland repatriated
the human remains of 20 ancestors.
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Education News | New Leadership | |
KSUT And Rocky Mountain PBS Launch Native Lens KSUT Tribal Radio, in collaboration with
Rocky Mountain PBS are excited to present the launch of Native Lens, featuring
submissions from three Native Storytellers, with many more to come.
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Diné Woman Will Be Kansas' Youngest Sitting Legislator All four Native candidates running for
office in Kansas won their primary elections Tuesday, including one who
is the presumptive winner of a state House seat, and will become Kansas'
youngest sitting legislator, after no one filed to run against her in
November.
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About
This Issue's Greeting
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"Hello
My People"
is "Osiyo aquatsely yvwi" in Cherokee
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Nature's
Beauty:
Turkey Vultures Have A Keen Sense Of Smell And Now We Know Why |
This
Issue's
Favorite Web sites |
A
Story To Share:
How The Turkey Buzzard Became As He Is |
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