#American indians

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Toquerville, Utah, 1953. Dorothea Lange. Gelatin silver print. Toquerville, Utah, is named after Chief Toquer, an early Paiute chief who welcomed the first settlers, Latter-day Saints, to the area. The town was established in 1858.

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Indigenous Americans, one carrying a placard reading '"We are opposed to assimilation! Help us to remain as North American Indians!," held a demonstration near Central Park, September 22, 1952.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/seeoldnny.com

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A Handbook of Native American Herbs

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[progressivemillennial]

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! May this be a time of gratitude, joy, and love for you and yours.

I would also suggest making this a time to acknowledge the National Day of Mourning by honoring, remembering, and learning about the death and suffering of indigenous Americans due to settler colonialism and its present-day effects.

Again, I hope everyone has much to be thankful for in these holiday times. I also hope these times can serve as an opportunity to take a clear-eyed look at American history and challenge the myths that serve as the foundation for many Amercians' understanding of our past and present.

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Independence Day Poems, Indigenously

This 4th of July we bring you some poems on the American nation from an indigenous point of view in Diane Glancy's (Cherokee, b. 1941) The Relief of America published in Chicago by Tia Chucha Press in 2000. A little bit of celebration, a little bit of snark . . . well, mostly snark. Published 24 years ago, many of the poems seem even more relevant today.

Diane Glancy is a poet, playwright, and educator of Cherokee, German, and English descent. This book is one of 40 by Glancy that form part of our Native American Literature Collection.

We wish you a safe and happy 4th of July . . . Indigenously.

View posts from Independence Days past.

View other posts from our Native American Literature Collection.

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“Dead Western” art by Olly Jeavons

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Half Indian/Half Mexican, James Luna, 1991

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President Andrew Jackson supervised his men mutilating around 800 corpses of Creek Indian men, women and children. To keep a record of how many they had killed, he ordered that their noses be cut off, creating a pile of hundreds of severed noses. Strips of skin were also sliced from their bodies to tan and be used as bridle reins.

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A group of Indians came to New York from all over the country to celebrate the formation of an aboriginal council, May 19, 1926. They held a pow-wow at the Hotel McAlpin and listened to a speech by Chief Sakokentata of the Mohawk tribe of Caughnawaga, Canada.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

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Princess Camelita Archilta, Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, 1976-1977