(History with Nanji) April 15, 2023. For the American Indian (Aboriginal, Native, Indigenous) people of North America, sex was not associated with guilt.

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The Wendat (Huron) are an Aboriginal people whose descendants live in four communities across North America -- Quebec, Michigan, Kansas, and Oklahoma -- and separately across the continent. Their ancestors of the 17th century became well-known in Europe because of the writings of Catholic Jesuit missionaries who lived with them, studying them, learning as much as they could in order for the Vatican to be able to crush, conquer, and colonize them.

(Essential White History V) June 25, 2023. In the heart of the Cherokee tribe, women were highly revered for their wisdom and abilities.

From a young age, Cherokee girls were taught how to cook, sew, and care for themselves and their families. They were also taught how to be heads of households, to farm and hunt to feed their families.

Males had different roles in society, such as being warriors or hunters, but the females of the tribe held more importance, as it was a matrilineal society.

Marriage expectations in Cherokee society were different from Western culture. Women were free to choose their own husbands. They could even practice polygamy if they wanted to.

However, it was common for young women to wait until they had finished their education before getting married.

The young men of the tribe would often bring gifts or hunt for food as a way of showing their love and respect for a particular woman. Europeans brought sexism, patriarchy, and male dominance.

(Quotes That Changed History) This video delves into the wisdom of Native American elders and their timeless quotes and sayings. These insightful sayings were passed down through generations to offer valuable guidance on life, nature, and the world. From the teachings of Chief Seattle to the wisdom of Sitting Bull, let's explore the profound messages behind their words to uncover what lessons we can still learn today. Join this journey to discover the powerful words of the ancients to gain a deeper understanding of America's First Nations and their indigenous culture and beliefs.

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This includes the "Bible Belt" and the "Unchurched Belt" (really).

Some lesser-known belts include the "Jell-O Belt" and the "Stroke Belt." They are some of the many regions that share distinct characteristics and make the USA diverse.

The USA can be divided and subdivided into countless regions, each sharing a unique set of characteristics that set it apart from the rest of the country as a whole.

Most have probably heard of the "Rust Belt," the region in the Midwest and Northeast where once-booming economies are on the decline.

Here are the most prominent "belt" regions in the USA: MAP: From the Bible Belt to the Rust Belt, the United States has 13 distinct 'belts' (msn.com)

(MSN) To learn more about migration patterns in the US, Stacker compiled a list of where Los Angelenos (people living in LA County, California) are moving to the most using data from the US Census Bureau. Counties and county equivalents are ranked by the estimated number of people who moved to the county from Los Angeles County between 2015 and 2019. Ties were broken by gross migration. More

What does the flag of the "United States" represent to Native people post-genocide?

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Following the American occupation of California in 1846 and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, "Indian peoples throughout California were drawn into the 'cycles of conquest' that had been initiated by the Spanish."

During the 1850s alone, the California Indian population declined by 80 percent. Any land rights Native people had under Mexican rule were completely erased under American occupation, as stated in Article 11 of the treaty:

"A great part of the territories which, by the present treaty, are to be comprehended for the future within the limits of the United States, is now occupied by savage tribes."

As the United States government declared its right to police and control Native people, the "claims of Indians who had acquired land in the 1841 formation" of the San Juan pueblo, "were similarly ignored, despite evidence that the [American] land commission had data substantiating these Juaneños' [Acjachemen] titles" [13].

By 1860, Juaneños were recorded in the census "with Spanish first names and no surnames; the occupations of 38 percent of their household heads went unrecorded; and they owned only 1 percent of the land and 0.6 percent of the assets (including cattle, household items, and silver or gold)."

It was recorded that 30 percent of all households were headed by women "who still lived in San Juan on the plots of land that had been distributed in 1841" under Mexican rule.

It was reported that "shortly after the census was taken, the entire population began to leave the area for villages to the southeast of San Juan."

A smallpox epidemic in 1862 took the lives of 129 Juaneño people in one month alone of a population now "of only some 227 Indians." The remaining Juaneños established themselves among the Luiseño [farther south], who they "shared linguistic and cultural similarities, family ties, and colonial histories."

Even after their relocation to various Luiseño villages, "San Juan remained an important town for Juaneños and other Indians connected to it" so that by the "latter part of the nineteenth century individuals and families often moved back and forth between these villages and San Juan for work, residence, family events, and festivals" [14].

American occupation resulted in increasing power and wealth for European immigrants invaders and Anglo-Americans to own land and property by the 1860s, "in sharp contrast to the pattern among Californios, Mexicans, and Indians."

In the Santa Ana and San Juan Capistrano townships, most Californios lost their ranchos in the 1860s. By 1870, European immigrants and Anglo-Americans now owned 87 percent of the land value and 86 percent of the assets.

Native people went from owning 1 percent of the land value and assets, as recorded in the 1860 census, to 0 percent in 1870. Anglo-Americans became the majority of the population by the mid-1870s and the towns in which they resided "were characterized by a marked lack of ethnic diversity" [15].

In the 1890s, a permanent elementary school was constructed in San Juan. However, until 1920, for education beyond sixth grade, "students had to relocate to Santa Ana – an impossibility for the vast majority of Californio and Juaneño families" [16].

On December 10, 2021, the Juaneño people celebrated the opening of Putuidem Village, a [token] 1.5-acre park (0.61 ha) in San Juan Capistrano, [a miniscule] part of their original lands, which commemorates their history [17].

Spokesperson Clarence H. Lobo, 1946-1985

Fray Gerónimo Boscana, a Franciscan scholar who was stationed at San Juan Capistrano for more than a decade beginning in 1812, compiled what is widely considered to be the most comprehensive study of precolonial religious practices in the San Juan Capistrano valley.

Religious knowledge was secret, and the prevalent religion, called Chinigchinich, placed village chiefs in the position of religious leaders, an arrangement that gave the chiefs broad power over their people [18].

Boscana divided the Acjachemen into two classes -- the "Playanos" (who lived along the coast) and the "Serranos" (who inhabited the mountains, some three to four leagues from the Mission) [19].

The religious beliefs of the two groups regarding creation differed quite profoundly: On the one hand, the Playanos held that an all-powerful and unseen being called "Nocuma" brought about the earth and the sea, together with all of the trees, plants, and animals of sky, land, and water contained therein [20].

The Serranos, on the other hand, believed in two separate but related existences -- the "existence above" and the "existence below."

These states of being were "altogether explicable and indefinite" (like brother and sister), and it was the fruits of the union of these two entities that created "...the rocks and sands of the earth; then trees, shrubbery, herbs and grass; then animals..." [21]. More

Native Americans, Hawaiian Gardens Pow Wow

The Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians will host their 39th annual Powwow at the Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, CA, starting Black Friday, Nov. 25, 2022.

The three-day event, with dance and drum competitions as well as other cultural activities, will take place at the resort’s Special Events Center, at 84-245 Indio Springs Parkway.

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“The Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians are excited for the return of our Powwow,” Chairman Douglas Welmas said. “We are proud to share our rich tradition of bird singing, which is an oral form of storytelling, as well as showcasing the vibrant regalia, dances, music, song, and history of the indigenous people of North America, not only with other native peoples but with non-native people as well.”

There will also be traditional Native American food, hand-crafted jewelry, dream catchers, and more available for attendees. Admission is FREE. The event is alcohol and drug-free.

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(Andrea Johnson) R. Carlos Nakai. Canyon Trilogy, Canyon Records (1989). This is a photo montage of ancient Native American petroglyphic rock art from the Southwest, a portion of the United States, with special thanks to photographer Doak Heyser for use of his images in the making of this video. See more stunning photos of Native American rock art at: net.indra.com/~dheyser/index.html, singingdesert.com.

(CBS Los Angeles) In tonight's episode (March 31, 2022), Desmond Shaw gives us a fascinating history lesson about the star-studded Los Angeles neighborhood of Toluca Lake. Celebrities like Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Viola Davis have all called this exclusive lakeside idyll their home throughout the years after developers pushed the native people off the land and into ghettoes and early burial plots.

(Pamela J. Peters) LOS ANGELES, California (Jan. 24, 2020) A poem written as a Navajo learning more about the traditional Native people in Los Angeles known as the Tongva (Kizh or Gabrieleno) people. They are not gone but are very much alive all over Los Angeles (Tongvaland). Let's acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples, living as the remnants of many tribes, as the traditional caretakers of the land known as Tovaangar (LA basin and Channel Islands extending out for 50 miles). As a Navajo, I pay respect to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders), and ‘Eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging. Ahéhee' ("Thank you" in Diné or Navajo) © 2020 Tachiinii Production.

Who will remember the old ways that worked?

(ABC News) Sam Olbekson was first exposed to architecture at age 5, when his uncle was a construction worker on a project to build the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC). Decades later, Olbekson, 51, now runs his own architecture firm, Full Circle Indigenous Planning. He’s also MAIC's board president, designing an addition to the building that will begin construction next month. 

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A citizen of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe in Minnesota, Olbekson split his childhood between the area’s reservations and urban Native American populations, observing and experiencing their impoverished living conditions. Inspired by his childhood interest in art, math, and social justice, he studied architecture in college and later earned a graduate degree in urban design. More

Natural medicine is the knowledge and tools that keep us mentally, physically, and spiritually well or in “balance.” Find Indigenous knowledge and practical ways to be happy and healthy.

"Medicine" is knowledge and a tool to keep healthy and balanced. No one could survive in the old days without a basic knowledge of medicinal plants. Everybody knew what tea to drink for a cold, what herb to rub on a burn. It was common knowledge. Traditional medicine is how we take care of our being, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Well-being is important, and medicine is knowledge.

In all traditional societies there were people who were more advanced in the use of medicine, who were able to change it. In Medicine Woman Cecilia Garcia’s Chumash culture, she would be called “Antwap,” which means a tool to be used by God.

Medicine has nothing to do with her. Instead, she allowed herself to be used. Her medicine used animal and plant energies to open people back up. Native culture believes that a medicine person tickles the spirit, as when we were born, open completely to all the love in the world.

A medicine person is also a guide through a process of healing for individuals and families.

We have to want to change, want to be useful, want to be decent, not just rich. Medicine keeps people healthy because in a cooperative society, everybody did what they did best, and nobody went without.

Native medicine isn’t about working on flaws. It’s about moving forward and being useful, getting into a natural rhythm so we can do what we do well. Until a person is willing to be honest to some power, medicine people cannot help them. We need to be ready.

We may drink a tea at night, heat something up on the stove for four nights, create a music instrument, or drink water with a leaf in it. A medicine person provides clear instructions and tools to continue the healing process. It’s up to us to follow through.

It’s important to use medicine properly, just as with anything else. Too much of something positive can cause negative effects. There is never a need to alter the medication or get creative with it, unless a medicine person instructs us to. It’s as easy as following simple instructions.

Common knowledge is very important. We should know what is good for us. We should be able to walk down the street and pick berries instead of plastic bags of chips. We want our native plants back, so we and our children can be healthy.

People serious about feeling better and taking action should grow something. Start a garden. People want to be green and ecologically sound. Therefore, something practical that can be done at home, even in an apartment. Grow food and medicine.

We all know in our hearts when we’re doing something wrong. We all know we should be getting more exercise, eating better, should be avoiding this, avoiding that. Medicine is the tools to help us stop cheating ourselves and the tools to go about with a good attitude. Medicine is about self-acceptance. When we accept ourselves, we do good things.

How kind we can be is what we can create for people to be useful -- whether we put a smile on a face or feed a body. Native medicine gives us practical knowledge to lead a good life in today’s modern world.

The teachings of this medicine woman offer us and our family common knowledge that Native Americans need to be well and go about our lives healthy and being our best.

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Hosted by Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell and Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission

I [Mitch O'Farrell] am honored to announce the second year of our Indigenous Peoples Day celebration in the City of Los Angeles!

A community celebration will be held on Sunday, Oct. 13, between the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at Los Angeles City Hall and Grand Park at 200 N. Spring St., DTLA.

The theme this year will focus on the "Past, Present, and Future," with a call to action for our state and federal lawmakers to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.

Native American O'Farrell on the City Council

“I look forward to continuing the movement to celebrate this momentous day for Native Americans, and especially for Angelenos,” said Councilmember O’Farrell, a member of the Wyandotte Nation.

“I want to send a message to other municipalities across the country that replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day is essential if we are to ever eliminate the false narrative that Christopher Columbus was a benign conqueror who discovered America.”

“Indigenous Peoples Day is an opportunity for Los Angeles to celebrate the beauty and resilience of Indigenous peoples all over the world, as well as to recognize the first peoples of Los Angeles -- the Tongva, Tataviam, and Chumash Nations,” said Chrissie Castro, chair of the Los Angeles City County Native American Indian Commission.

“We use this day to lift up the historic and current movement to protect our lands, water and peoples, from stopping the human rights abuses of Indigenous migrants, to standing up for sacred sites protections at Mauna Kea [a massive, snow-capped mountain in Hawaii]. Indigenous Peoples Day is everyday.”

In addition to the Indigenous Peoples Day event that Councilmember O’Farrell’s office is hosting at City Hall, an Indigenous Pride event will take place on Sunday, Oct. 13, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m at the Autry Museum, 4700 Western Heritage Way, in Griffith Park.

“Indigenous Pride LA is a proud partner of Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and the Native American Indian Commission,” says Indigenous Pride LA Co-Chair Gabriela Leon. “Together we aim to bring visibility to Indigenous people in Los Angeles County.”

Los Angeles’s first Indigenous Pride celebration was held on Oct. 7, 2018 at Barnsdall Park and celebrated Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer, and Indigenous lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, pansexual, Two-Spirit, and asexual people.

The event recognizes the need to have a space for Indigenous people from all lands, waters, and nations to meet and celebrate their heritage, cultures, and identities.

BACKGROUND: Led by Councilmember O’Farrell, members of the Los Angeles City Council established Indigenous Peoples Day in August of 2017 and celebrated the first event on Oct. 8, 2018.

Nationwide, there has been a movement to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.

The long list of cities that have adopted resolutions to declare the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day include San Francisco, Berkeley, Denver, Seattle, Anchorage, Portland (Oregon), Albuquerque, Minneapolis, and Santa Cruz.

Since Los Angeles replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day, other large cities such as Detroit, Tulsa, and Long Beach followed. New Mexico, South Dakota, and New Hampshire are just a few states that also celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day.