This is just a question that popped in my head today (65 year old white woman) that I’ve never heard addressed, in my education. I think it takes a fair amount of time to tan hides and assemble garments. And, from what I’ve read, Native Americans tended to have fewer children than the white people who came to the West. So my question is, did Native American moms trade articles of clothing with each other, as their kids out grew a size? And for adults, did one set of clothes last for many years, (I’m thinking leather) or did people expect to make a new outfit every couple of years? Thank you!

Okay so I did one half of a drum making workshop. Here are the factors involved:

• The teacher is Native, but unable to get her papers since her family either lost them or never got them

• She was taught by Native people to teach others to make drums

• However, she also kept bringing up her part travels as a missionary, kind of as if she thought it was cool?

• She kinda did the "The Great Spirit, or God, or the energy, or however you want to call it" thing, which vibed with me wrong

Are these issues? If so, any suggestions on courses of action for the birthing ceremony? The drum so far is beautiful; any suggestions on what to do with it?

Any questions I'm happy to answer, if it's relevant I didn't seek this out myself, my dad wanted me to do it with him. I tried my best to be respectful and fully engaged with the spiritual aspects, and I have Native family but they're married in and never taught me much (I've felt awkward about asking).

Thank you for your time, I hope I'm not intruding.

Can anyone help me? I’m trying to identify the the names of the two people standing next to Giuliani to help improve the description of this photograph. The caption is as follows: Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and guests at the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian, U.S. Customs House, October 27, 1994. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani photograph collection. NYC Municipal Archives. Thank you!

Found “Muskogee Words and Ways” book that teaches Creek - Would Love to Get this in the Right Hands!

Also entitled “Este Hvmke, Feke Hvmke, Nene Mvskoke”

• Found in Tallahassee, Florida thrift store (which was given for free after I explained its importance).

• Printed by The Muskogee Press in 1982 but it was put on tape in ‘83 and a second book was published also.

• Published jointly by “Pine Arbor Tribal Town” and ‘“The Museum”’

• Includes: stories, folklore, exercises, visual vocabulary, worksheets, glossary of words/pronunciations.

This is the most detailed and well preserved book of the Creek language I’ve seen and I did archive work prior. I want this book to teach generations whose usage of the language has slipped away due to loss of culture.

I am very happy to cover shipping—I just know I won’t use this book as intended and I d on’t want it collecting dust on a museum shelf.

Naw (hello in my language),

I just created a subreddit for Coastal Salish people and for anyone who wants to learn about our beautiful culture and community. Remember that the Coastal Salish is a large linguistic/cultural group of tribes and First Nations from the PNW: WA, OR, and BC. Feel free to post art, stories, knowledge, and anything you feel is appropriate to share. Make sure your posts are appropriate and inclusive (this is a learning environment).

r/CoastalSalishPeople

Hóymalh (Goodbye)

If you want to know my tribal affiliations, feel free to PM me.

How long did the marriage last?

Hey all! I'm a 30M Australian and I've been watching some tv shows and whatnot and coincidentally there's been Native Americans in these shows. In them they tend to mention being or doing things "on the reservation." I've never heard of it before so I googled and I wanna make sure my understanding is right.

As far as I understand, a reservation is land granted to US federal govt approved Native American tribal communities, which functions under some form of semi-sovreignty, which in and of itself is approved by the larger US govt.

Is this correct? Also if it is, how does this relationship work? As I understand it the semi-sovreignty of the reservation allows inhabitants to pass their own laws, but these laws have to be approved by the US fed govt. Is this right? Can laws you want to pass be revoked or blocked by the government? What are relations typically like between reservation inhabitants and non-reservation inhabitants? Are these reservations given because of the atrocities committed against Native American people? Are resevations only for people of one specific tribe or can/do tribes share reservations? Are reservations generally well received or does it feel like too little too late? Or is opinion divided?

Anything y'all could tell me would be awesome. I love learning about this stuff and although I have done some googling I do really like to hear from people living it. Please forgive me if any of my questions are inappropriate or insensitive. If I cause any offense I am truly sorry.

I feel they have a story, I hope they do! Does anyone know anything about these paintings or what they represent? Is the tack or clothing specific to a certain area or anything? As a horse person, I believe the horses are POA ( pony of the americas )

I’m a Florida resident, and I’m a Native American from 2 tribes on my grandmothers side, Navajo and Cherokee. I want to learn Cherokee but it seems to be a very endangered language and I really want to learn it to become more in touch with that culture. It’s not available on any apps and the ones that have it only have basics like hello, hi, good morning. Any recommendations? I’m a 15F so travel is out of the option for me and my grandmother doesn’t know Cherokee. My great grandmother did but she passed before I was born unfortunately

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