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Girl in the Thunder
The Girl Who Joined The ThundersOne time there was a young girl who was very good-looking, yet years passed and she never married.But at last a handsome young man, a stranger, began to come around and talk to her, and at last she began to like him, and finally she went away with him.They traveled…
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Ruth Kirk
Ruth Kirk, Seri woman, 1959. โMarรญa Burgos beginning a delicate facepainting pattern. She used a a slender brush made from her own hair. โฆFacepaintings for protection of the sun were large, simple designs. Women painted their faces for this purpose particuraly when traveling at sea and in summer when out in the desertโ From the…
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Dreamcatchers
Dreamcatchers originated with the Ojibwe people and were later adopted by some neighboring nations through intermarriage and trade. It wasn’t until the Pan-Indian Movement of the 1960s and 1970s that they were adopted by Native Americans of a number of different nations. Some consider the dreamcatcher a symbol of unity among the various Indian Nations,…
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Xolos
Pre-European Xolos, we’re considered sacred dogs by the Mexica, Toltecs, Maya. The deity Xolotl made Xoloitzcuintli from a silver of bone of life from which all man kind was made.Xolotl gave this gift to man with the instruction to guard it with his life and in exchange it would guide man through the dangers of…
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Natives & Wild Horses
๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ I studied horses with Shinรกรก Cho. Some had no stamps at all. Others were marked with the “USA” symbol used by the bluecoats. The rest were branded with several different markings, and many had no iron on their hooves. I realized that many of the horses in the paddock must have been Indian ponies stolen…
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Buffalo and Humans
๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌI am the largest land animal in North America and my picture often symbolizes the American West during the time of settlers, wagon trains, Cowboys and Indians, and you will even see my image on some of your money.You likely know me as the American Buffalo, although in technical terms some of…
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Mary Kiona
๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐, a member of the Cowlitz tribe long before the Cowlitz had federal recognition as a Indian tribe in the State of Washington. Mary was 107 in this portrait taken by Josef Scaylea in the year of 1957. Mary lived past the age of 117. She was the longest…
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The Mohawk Tribe
The Mohawks were a part of the Iroquois Nation (League of Six Nations.) They lived in what is now Upstate, New York and parts of Canada near two bodies of water they are the St.Lawrence River and Lake Ontario.Since the Mohawks were part of the Iroquois tribe they too, shared the tradition of building longhouses.…
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