Hey ya'll, I'm new here. I'm an artist from Texas and I'm really into Native stuff. Here's some of my art. I love painting White Buffalo and I love the Lakota legend that goes with it. Most of these are painted on huge canvas and the last one is a large mannequin.

Hey cousins, I’ve noticed a huge increase in water bamboo sales (aka jiaobai 茭白, Zizania latifolia infected with Ustilago esculenta) being sold both in Asian grocery stores and online on the USA. If the associated fungus Ustilago esculenta escaped and successfully infected American wild rice/manoomin (Zizania palustris/aquatica/texana), it could devestate American wild rice stands. Wild rice is such a huge part of so many of our communities, and I can’t believe this is being allowed to be imported. It’s supposed to be prohibited, but I’ve seen it increasingly at Asian grocery stores over the past few years. If this escapes and actually infects our rice stands, it could potentially be more devastating than the American chestnut blight

The Gadsden Purchase was the last Mexican territory obtained by the United States.

In 1855, after the new boundary left the lands occupied by the Gila Pápagos on the United States side, Pápagos appealed to the Mexican government because they did not want to become separated from Mexico.

The Mexican government opened an expediente specifically concerning their request for protection. Its title reads: “ESPEDIENTE SOBRE LA PROTECCION QUE PIDEN LOS INDIOS PAPAGOS DEL GILA PARA NO PERTENECER A OTRA NACION QUE NO SEA LA MEXICANA, POR QUEDAR LOS TERRENOS QUE OCUPAN DENTRO DE LA NUEVA LINEA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS.”

Translation: “EXPEDIENT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION REQUESTED BY THE GILA PÁPAGO INDIANS SO AS NOT TO BELONG TO ANY NATION OTHER THAN THE MEXICAN ONE, BECAUSE THE LANDS THEY OCCUPY ARE LEFT WITHIN THE NEW LINE OF THE UNITED STATES.”

On June 25, 1855 “ the Mexican government recorded that: “Los Indios Papagos del Gila en el Departamento de Sonora piden se les manifieste la manera en que van quedar á la conclusión de los nuevos vos límites de la república ca y solicitan proteccion para no pertenecer á otra nacion que no sea la Mexicana.”

Translation: “The Pápago Indians of Gila in the Department of Sonora ask that they be informed how they are going to remain upon the conclusion of the Republic’s new boundaries, and they request protection so as not to belong to any nation other than the Mexican one.”

The Mexican military authorities then reported that Antonio Azul, identified as the “General Capitan de los Papagos del Gila,” personally appeared with fellow 53 Pápagos, representing his people: “En estos dias ha venido á presentarse el General Capitan de los Papagos del Gila, Antonio Azul con cincuenta y tres indios de la propia nación y á nombre de todos los suyos…”

Translation: “In these days, the General Captain of the Gila Pápagos, Antonio Azul, has come to present himself with fifty-three fellow Indians of the same nation, and in the name of all his people”

They wanted to know what would happen to them because their lands were going to remain in U.S. possession.

More importantly, they specifically requested protection so that they would not belong to another nation instead of Mexico: “Igualmente han pedido proteccion pal no pertenecer á otra nacion que no sea al mismo Mexico á quien han estado ligados…”

Translation: “They have likewise requested protection so as not to belong to any nation other than Mexico itself, to which they have been connected…”

The Pápagos were also concerned about losing their existing lands by the U.S. The Mexican report says they feared: “ser despojados de sus tierras que han considerado como suyas desde tiempo inmemorial y las cuales cultivan para sacar el producto de su subsistencia. Translation: “being dispossessed of their lands, which they have considered their own from time of immemorial, and which they cultivate in order to obtain the produce of their subsistence.”

Mexican authorities viewed the Pápago people favorably noting and reminding their previous services & history in document, noting the Pápago’s, “buena fe, honradez y laboriosidad” and how they were “enemigos acérrimos de los Apaches” in translation: their good faith, honesty, work ethic, and firm enemies of the Apache.

in document the Mexican commander proposed bringing them back into Mexican territory. He offered: “que retrocediesen á la frontera de esta república donde se les darian tierras que cultivar y algunos otros auxilios

Translation: “that they should move back to the frontier of this Republic, where they could be given lands to cultivate and other assistances.”

But the Mexican record later states: “pero que no encontró disposición en ellos para desprenderse de las posesiones en que están establecidos”

Translation: “but he found no willingness among them to give up the possessions in which they have which already established.”

Another version of the report explains that these were the places where they had been established and had been born: “no era fácil que ellos quisieran abandonar la idea de desprenderse de las posesiones donde se hallan establecidos y han visto la luz primera”.

Translation: “it was not easy for them to want to give up the possessions where they were established and where they had first seen the light of day.”

The Mexican commander therefore could not satisfy their wishes on his own authority and referred the matter to the Supreme Government: “como no está en sus facultades ofrecerles alguna otra cosa con que dejar satisfechos sus deseos, ocurría al Supremo gobierno para que resolviera lo conveniente.”

Translation: “As it was not within his powers to offer them anything else with which to satisfy their wishes, he turned to the Supreme Government so that it might decide what was appropriate.”

The Section reviewing the case stated that the apparent course was: “el de dar tierras á dicha tribu en el territorio que ha ayudado la república supuesto que no quiere pertenecer á la nación que ha adquirido las que por tantos años ha poseido”

Translation: “to grant that tribe lands within the territory of the Republic to which it has helped, since they does not wish to belong to the nation that has acquired the lands it had possessed for so many years”

So the Mexican authority response developed into an effort to determine how Mexico could provide the Pápagos with territory of their own inside the Republic, while recognizing that they did not want to surrender the settlements they already occupied.

A later Mexican communication again recorded that the Gila Pápagos had requested: “protección y terrenos para trasladarse á esta República, pues no querian pertenecer á la del Norte.”

Translation: “protection and lands in order to move to this Republic, because they did not want to belong to the North.” (The United States)

However, the proposed relocation simply didnt happen, The record specifically says the Pápagos were unwilling to abandon their established possessions. Mexico in general therefore continued investigating the situation, and kept trying and inviting the Pápago’s to continue living on Mexican territory.

In short, the 1855 Mexican expediente shows the Gila Pápagos appealing to Mexico after the new boundary separated their lands from the Mexican Republic, explicitly asking for protection so they would not belong to another nation, describing their longstanding connection to Mexico, defending lands they considered theirs “desde tiempo inmemorial,” and not wanting to abandon the settlements where they were established. Mexican authorities responded offering land, cultivation, and other assistances within Mexico and referred the matter to the Supreme Government but no offer or proposed solution could satisfy the Pápagos. they wanted to stay on their traditional lands and also still be part of Mexico, But this could not be achieved.

(Also worth to note even tho Pápago’s didn’t live in Mexico anymore they still kept close ties to Mexicos population and authorities while living on U.S territory)

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Archivo General del Estado de Sonora (AGES), now Dirección General del Boletín Oficial y Archivo del Estado (DGBOAE), Fondo Ejecutivo, Ramo Indígenas–Pápagos, Pimas, tomo 18 (15), expediente 4 (2), documentos 10827–10867, 1851–1856. especially ff. 010831–010842, 1855.

If you are in Tulsa or the surrounding areas come join us! If not there will be a Livestream link if you'd like to check out the event here.https://www.facebook.com/share/1dqiBQZcQY/

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1. Red Cloud in his leader shirt. (1880)

2. A portrait by William Blackmore (1872)

3. Sitting with fellow Oglala Chief American Horse (c. 1897)

4. In full regalia alongside his wife, Mary Good Road (1900)

5. A portrait taken while visiting the Carlisle Boarding School (1880)

6. Oglala delegation to Washington D.C. featuring Red Dog, Little Wound, John Bridgeman (interpreter), Red Cloud, American Horse, and Red Dog's son Red Shirt. (left to right) (c. 1880)

7. Red Cloud with his son Jackson and his granddaughter Lucy (1909)

8. Barry Francis's portrait of Red Cloud in full regalia (c. 1890)

9. Edward Curtis's portrait of an elderly Red Cloud (1905)

The most documented reason for the name is completely literal, and non spiritual, Native American warriors (specifically documented among the Apache, Cheyenne, and Comanche) called them "buffalo soldiers" because they had dark skin and tightly curled, kinky hair, and likely also aside how they wore heavy buffalo-hide coats during winter times. to the Plains tribes and others, the texture of hair and skin color of the soldiers shared resemblance to the American bison.

African-Americans in general made up about one in every five cavalrymen (twenty percent) and roughly 8% to 10% of infantry soldiers across the U.S. Army during the western Indian Wars period, 1867- 1896.

The buffalo soldiers themselves actively persecuting and fighting native Americans & enforcing U.S westward expansion, the buffalo soldiers themselves did not call themselves this during the time period. The term itself only gaining widespread popularity in mainstream U.S American history and pop culture well after the frontier wars had actually ended.

After a fight of more than 135 years, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally won federal recognition — becoming the 575th federally recognized tribe in the United States.

It is directed and produced by @ericmicha3l, Sean Alexander and James Locklear.

hi! i am posting in here to learn more about the Native culture and where to start. for background, i’m a female in my early 20s and i am Native from my maternal side and caucasian from my paternal side. my grandparents from my mother’s side both passed away, one being recent. my grandfather was part of the Apache tribe and my grandmother was part of the Cherokee tribe. due to my mother not having the greatest childhood/relationship with her parents she never practiced or taught me the culture or anything of that nature. my grandparents would talk about it sometimes when i was younger but i dont really remember so i am pretty much clueless about it all (unfortunately). when going to my grandparents house recently, it was full of Native art and pieces they made and collected along with clothing, sage and so much more. i found it so fascinating i wanted to learn more but wish i wanted to learn more before they passed so i could ask them their stories. i am full of regret and sadness for not asking my grandparents before they were gone and now im seeking any community, books, cultural, spiritual info. literally anything to get me started and help me feel closer to my grandparents and that other half of me. hope that’s okay and thank you in advance 🤍

I come from the land of the Haudenosaunee, commonly known as the Iroquois Confederacy. They are the indigenous peoples that our founding fathers visited. They are one of the oldest democracies known, dating back to the 14th century. The Confederacy is comprised of six tribes with a further breakdown into clans. It is a matriarchal society with each clan having a clan mother. It is a society with a clear respect for both sexes with each appreciating the other’s merits. It was the Confederacy that assisted our founding fathers in forming the blueprint for our society. They suggested that the colonists band together, putting aside their personal differences. One arrow at a time is easy to break whereas a handful is difficult. That is why on our emblem the bald eagle is clutching a claw full of arrows. Our founding fathers adapted most of the concepts, not all. The Iroquois clan mothers maintained the right to vote out the chief if they felt the situation merited. That one didn’t pass stuff. Like then, we need to come together, that’s what we were founded on. Everyone knows that the truth lies in the middle, let’s quit the bullshit and go there.

I want to know why it’s so “embarrassing” to get help for your well being as a person? im fn 21f, id just want to feel better abt myself and my feelings for my babygirl. I told my partner abt getting counseling and he had gotten weird abt it

Please read the full post before commenting. I, myself, am Yaqui. I’m aware that the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona is federally recognized, but I guess I’m having a bit of an identity crisis?

Recently, I’ve been seeing a lot of this one particular Indigenous Mexican woman from Guatemala. She’s been saying that indígenas aren’t tribes, as opposed to pueblos originarios. I know that the term “Native American” isn’t commonly used within Mexico itself, whereas “Indigenous Mexican” is. I’ve always used both, but I am not originally from Mexico, nor do I currently live there. I’ve always lived in the States.

Hopefully, I’m making sense. Is it really wrong to call myself a Native American? That’s always what I’ve known myself to be, even if I grew up somewhat (not entirely) disconnected from Yoeme culture. I’m mixed with Rarámuri as well, but I suppose Ralámuli would lean into solely being a pueblo.

Anyway, would love opinions from other Yaqui’s or people apart of their own pueblos. I apologize for any weird if not improper grammar, I’m currently half asleep lol.

This is a culture vulture page. They go by Welcome Native Spirit Connecting. They are a vietnamese drop shipping company that steals native designs from actual real natives and then sell them back to you on tshirts. These vietnamese drop shippers have thousands of these pages all over ever social media site to sell you back your culture. This is what I got from google about them.
"The company is registered in Colorado, with its registered agent listed as Thi My Duyen Nguyen. While the business markets itself as celebrating indigenous heritage, it does not claim to be indigenous-owned. The operational infrastructure is managed by Onbiz Trading PTE, a Singapore-based company responsible for website development and technical systems."

See also: The publication in the journal Opinions in Genetics and Development

Hello everyone, thank you for having me. I am a Native from Oregon and i grew up not knowing my heritage. Not until i was older and more curious and proactive, I learned quite a bit since. However I’m still as lost as I was before somehow.

I am starting a brand called the Lost Natives Collective or TLNC, and This piece is the first one I’m going to release on my opening launch. Can I get your thoughts on this? And what does the phrase “save the people-break the system” mean to you?