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09/08/2025

Archaeologists Dig Up An 800-Year-Old Native American Pot.What They Found Inside Is Changing History
In 2008, on a dig in the First Nation’s Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, archaeologists made a small but stunning discovery: a tiny clay pot.
Though it might not have seemed very impressive at first glimpse, this little piece of pottery was determined to be about 800 years old.
And inside that pot? Something that changes how we’re looking at extinction, preservation, and food storage, as well as how humans have influenced the planet in their time on it.
It’s amazing to think that a little clay pot buried in the ground 800 years ago would still be relevant today, but it’s true!
It’s actually brought an extinct species of squash that was presumed to be lost forever.
Thank our Indigenous Ancestors! Even they knew what preservation meant. They knew the importance of the future, Is it not amazing that they are affecting our walks of life even to this day?
Inside, archaeologists found a stash of seeds. The seeds were probably buried in the pot as a method of storing food supplies.
They were determined to be an old, now-extinct species of squash.
Now, seven years after making this stunning discovery, students in Winnipeg decided to plant the 800-year-old seeds… To everyone’s amazement, something grew!
The squash was named Gete-okosomin.
It means “Cool Old Squash”
in the Menominee language. (
Respect to the Science people for respecting the Indigenous people who’s land this was found on, We See Your Good Nature!)
It may be just a humble squash, but it’s also a symbol of First Nations’ community and history, as well as a fascinating look into how amazing plants can be.
Now, they’re working to cultivate the squash so that it doesn’t go extinct ..again.
It just goes to show you that plants can be pretty incredible.. and that sometimes, history has a funny way of coming back around.
The Wheel of Life really stands out in this instance of history. Our Indigenous roots are strong and very much tied to the land. I was taught once that the people of Turtle Island were keepers of the land, not owners. I feel like this Squash is proof of that teaching.
Check out the Original Story & the role of White Earth Land Recovery Project
(where seed keepers tend to these seeds) or Winona LaDuke (who named the squash)!

09/08/2025

Moses J. Brings Plenty (born 4 September 1969) is an Oglala Lakota television, film, and stage actor, as well as a traditional drummer and singer.He is best known for his portrayal as ""Mo"" in the Paramount Network series Yellowstone. Moses Brings Plenty was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation, in South Dakota. He is a direct descendant of Brings Plenty, an Oglala Lakota warrior who fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn. His wife is Sara Ann Haney-Brings Plenty. His nephew Cole Brings Plenty portrays Pete Plenty Clouds in two episodes of 1923.
As an actor, he has played bit parts in Hidalgo, Thunderheart, and Pirates of the Caribbean. He also played Quanah Parker in the History Channel documentary Comanche Warrior, which was filmed on the Wild Horse Sanctuary in the southern Black Hills, and Crazy Horse on The History Channel's Investigating History documentary ""Who Killed Crazy Horse"" and the BBC documentary series The Wild West. He acted in Rez Bomb, considered to be the first movie with a universal storyline set on a reservation. Rez Bomb has been part of the international film festival circuit instead of playing strictly to Native American film festivals, which is a major breakthrough for Native cinema.
In addition to doing theater work in Nebraska, he also portrayed an Apache warrior in the 2011 science fiction western film Cowboys & Aliens and a character named Shep Wauneka in Jurassic World Dominion in 2022.
Brings Plenty is concerned about providing accurate representations of Native peoples in mass media. He says, ""Young people told me they don’t see our people on TV. Then it hit me, they are right. Where are our indigenous people, people who are proud of who they are?"" Brings Plenty also works behind the scenes on Yellowstone and its spin-off prequels 1883 and 1923 as Taylor Sheridan's American Indian Affairs Coordinator to make sure that each show appropriately represents Native culture."

09/07/2025

💜🪶🌟Why Isn’t This Map in the History Books?By the age of 10, most children in the United States have been taught all 50 states that make up the country. But centuries ago, the land that is now the United States was a very different place. Over 20 million Native Americans dispersed across over 1,000 distinct tribes, bands, and ethnic groups populated the territory.
The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in North America about 15 thousand years ago. As a result, a wide diversity of communities, societies, and cultures finally developed on the continent over the millennia.The population figure for Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus was 70 million or more.
About 562 tribes inhabited the contiguous U.S. territory. Ten largest North American Indian tribes: Arikara, Cherokee, Iroquois, Pawnee, Sioux, Apache, Eskimo, Comanche, Choctaw, Cree, Ojibwa, Mohawk, Cheyenne, Navajo, Seminole, Hope, Shoshone, Mohican, Shawnee, Mi’kmaq, Paiute, Wampanoag, Ho-Chunk, Chumash, Haida.
Below is the tribal map of Pre-European North America.
The old map below gives a Native American perspective by placing the tribes in full flower ~ the “Glory Days.” It is pre-contact from across the eastern sea or, at least, before that contact seriously affected change. Stretching over 400 years, the time of contact was quite different from tribe to tribe. For instance, the “Glory Days” of the Maya and Aztec came to an end very long before the interior tribes of other areas, with some still resisting almost until the 20th Century.
At one time, numbering in the millions, the native peoples spoke close to 4,000 languages.
The Americas’ European conquest, which began in 1492, ended in a sharp drop in the Native American population through epidemics, hostilities, ethnic cleansing, and slavery.
When the United States was founded, established Native American tribes were viewed as semi-independent nations, as they commonly lived in communities separate from white immigrants.

09/07/2025

In the depths of our souls lie the wounds we dare not speak of, the scars of battles fought in silence. We carry these burdens, heavy and unseen, as we navigate the complexities of our minds and hearts. The pain we keep hidden, the struggles we bury deep within, are the silent cries for healing that echo in the chambers of our souls.May you heal from the things you never speak about. Let this be a mantra of hope, a beacon of light in the darkness of your inner turmoil. Embrace the journey towards mental wellness, where the unspoken wounds find solace in the embrace of self-care and self-compassion.
Acknowledge the pain, the fear, the vulnerability that you guard so fiercely. Allow yourself the grace to unravel the layers of your hidden truths, to confront the shadows that linger in the corners of your mind. In the vulnerability of your silence, find the strength to voice your pain, to release the weight of unspoken words.
Healing begins with acceptance, with the willingness to face the demons that haunt your thoughts and emotions. Seek the support and guidance of those who understand the language of silent struggles, who offer empathy and understanding without judgment. Share your story, not for validation, but for liberation from the chains of secrecy and shame.
May you find peace in the process of healing, in the unraveling of the knots that bind your heart and mind. Let go of the stigma that silences your truth, and embrace the journey towards mental wellness with courage and resilience. You are not alone in your struggles, and you deserve to find healing and happiness beyond the shadows of the unspoken.
May you heal from the things you never speak about, and may your journey towards mental wellness be a testament to the strength and beauty that lie within you. Embrace the healing power of self-expression, self-love, and self-discovery, and may your unspoken wounds be transformed into sources of wisdom and resilience

09/06/2025

Lucy Nicolar was born June 22, 1882, on Indian Island, Maine, the daughter of Joseph Nicolar and Elizabeth Joseph. Every summer, her family traveled to the resort town of Kennebunkport to sell baskets. Lucy and her sister performed in Indian dress for the tourists. In her late teens she started performing at public events such as sportsman’s shows.During those performances, she came to the attention of a Harvard administrator who hired her as his assistant. He took her into his household and gave her musical and educational opportunities in Boston and New York. In 1905, she married a doctor and moved to Washington, D.C. Eight years later they divorced, and Lucy moved to Chicago to study music.
Lucy Nicolar also toured as part of the Redpath Chatauqua Bureau, then the Keith vaudeville circuit. She married a lawyer who became her manager. He took all her money and fled to Mexico after the stock market crashed in 1929.
When vaudeville died, she returned to the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation with her husband Bruce Poolaw, a Kiowa entertainer from Oklahoma. They opened a gift shop — a teepee 24 feet in diameter — called it Poolaw’s Indian TeePee and sold traditional Indian crafts. They also continued to entertain locally.
Lucy and her sister Florence campaigned to improve life for their people on the reservation,. Their land stretched along the Penobscot River from Indian Island near Old Town to East Millinocket.
The sisters raised the educational standards for Penobscot children by gaining access to the public schools. And they persuaded the state to build a bridge to the island.
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Postcard of Indian Island before the bridge
Lucy and Florence also demanded the right to vote for their people. When the state extended suffrage to the Penobscots in 1955, Lucy Nicolar cast the first ballot.
The Old Town Enterprise reported “The princess has done much for the uplift of her people during her public career, both locally and nationally.”
Lucy Nicolar died at Indian Island on March 27, 1969, at the age of 87.

09/06/2025

The root systems of prairie grass and agricultural crops differ significantly, and this contrast played a major role in the Dust Bowl when drought struck.
Prairie grasses have deep, extensive root systems that anchor the soil, preventing erosion and retaining moisture. These roots can reach several feet underground, creating a dense network that stabilizes the land and helps the ecosystem withstand harsh conditions, including drought. Because prairie grasses are perennial, their roots remain year-round, continuously supporting soil structure and fertility.

In contrast, most agricultural crops have much shallower root systems. These plants, often annuals like wheat and corn, focus their energy on rapid growth and high yields rather than deep root development. Since they do not provide the same level of soil stability as prairie grasses, the land becomes more vulnerable to erosion, especially when crops are harvested, and the fields are left bare.

When vast areas of native prairie grass were plowed under for large-scale farming, the deep-rooted vegetation was removed, exposing the soil to wind and water erosion. When drought arrived in the 1930s, the already weakened soil had little to hold it in place, leading to massive dust storms that devastated farms and displaced thousands of people. The loss of the prairie’s natural root system was a key factor in the environmental disaster known as the Dust Bowl.

Image courtesy of Lu Hersey

09/05/2025

WE ARE STILL HERE.Q'orianka Kilcher with Tantoo Cardinal, Graham Greene, Dallas Goldtooth, Mo Brings Plenty, Wes Studi, Rodney Grant, Adam Beach, Zahn McClarnon, Michael Greyeyes, and the late Floyd Red Crow Westerman

09/05/2025

After more than 120 years, California's Yurok Tribe has successfully regained control of their ancestral lands .The tribe has secured nearly 47,000 acres along the Klamath River, a monumental victory in the fight for land restoration.
This reclaimed land, once devastated by industrial logging, holds deep cultural and environmental value for the tribe.
The tribe plans to restore the land through traditional practices, aiming to protect and revive vital salmon habitats .
With a $56 million investment backing the effort, this return of land is not only a victory for the Yurok people but also for environmental sustainability.
The tribe’s efforts stand as a powerful example of the resilience of Indigenous communities and the importance of land stewardship for future generations.

09/04/2025

On July 21st, 1979 Jay Silverheels, became the first Indigenous Native to have a star commemorated on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Harold Jay Smith, was a full-blooded Mohawk, born May 26th,1912 on the Six Nations Indian Reservation in Ontario, Canada. He excelled in athletics, most notably in lacrosse. In 1931 he was among the first players chosen to play for the Toronto Tecumsehs, where he earned the nickname "Silverheels". And in 1997 he was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a veteran player. In 1938, he placed second in the middleweight class of the Golden Gloves tournament. This led to his working in motion pictures as an extra and stuntman in 1937. Billed variously as Harold Smith and Harry Smith, before taking the name Jay Silverheels. He appeared in low-budget features, mostly Westerns, and serials before landing his much loved and iconic role as Tonto on national tv from 1949 until 1957 along with two movies. In the early 1960s, he was a founding member of the Indian Actors Workshop, in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Where Native actors refine their skills. Today the workshop is still a well established institution. Silverheels died on March 5, 1980, from stroke, at age 67, in Calabasas, California. He was cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, and his ashes were returned to the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario

09/04/2025

Turquoise and it's meaning to Native Americans-Legend has it that the Native American Indians danced and rejoiced when the rains came. Their tears of joy mixed with the rain and seeped into Mother Earth to become SkyStone Turquoise.Turquoise, the "fallen sky stone" hidden in Mother Earth, has been valued by cultures for its beauty and reputed spiritual and life-giving qualities for over 7000 years. It is a true gem of the centuries. A long time ago someone noticed a clear blue line running through gray rock, and saw the imagery of sky and water in stone, and from that time on, turquoise has been cherished above all else in creation - turquoise, stone of sky, stone of water, stone of blessings, good fortune, protection, good health and long life.
Elsewhere, turquoise may come and go with fashion. Here turquoise is more precious than gold, an enduring expression of Native American Indian culture. It is the birthstone of December and signifies success.
There is a wonderful fascination to turquoise, a feeling that takes hold of a person who comes in contact with it for a while. The fascination has been the same down through the centuries and it has been prized for thousands of years through many countries of the world.
Native American Indians had as many different words for turquoise as there were languages spoken. Many of the words translated into English as the sky stone evoking the sky-blue shade of the stone most commonly found. Native Americans had been working turquoise mines with stone mauls and antler picks for centuries before the arrival of the Europeans.
Native Americans believe that the earth is alive and that all things, no matter how small or apparently inanimate, are precious. To the Native Americans, turquoise is life. There are stones medicine men keep in their sacred bundles because they possess powers of healing. Stones and crystals have unique attributed that support and heal us.
Turquoise, especially, is known for its positive healing energy, an aid in mental functions, communications and expression and as a protector. If you’re wearing a turquoise ring and you look down and see a crack in your stone, the Native Americans would say “the stone took it”, meaning the stone took the blow that you would have received.
Turquoise over diamonds any day.
Photo by: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

09/03/2025

Taika Waititi Makes History As First Indigenous Director To Win An Oscar"Thank you, kia ora," the "Jojo Rabbit" director said, dedicating his award to Indigenous children around the world.

09/03/2025

This South Dakota native is Woodrow W. Keeble aka "Woody". Born on May 16, 1917, Woody was a full blooded Native American of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe and at a very young age, his performance in sports, especially baseball, made him stand out above the rest of his school peers. Keeble was actually in the process of being recruited by the Chicago White Sox until his Army National Guard unit (164th Infantry) was called up to fight in WW2.
After training in Louisiana, Keeble and his men landed on the island of Guadalcanal on Oct. 13, 1942 to help relieve the Marines of 1st Div. Keeble's regiment of Dakotans was the first US Army unit to conduct offensive operations against the enemy in any theater. With no time to spare, the men were fed into combat alongside the battle-hardened Marines, learning all the needed skills of jungle warfare. During these battles, Keeble's reputation for bravery and skill grew. Nearly a head taller than most of his fellow soldiers, he was an expert with the BAR. His other great weapon was his pitching arm, which he used to hurl hand grenades with deadly accuracy In a span of roughly 3 years, Keeble and his men fought and survived countless banzai charges, firefights, and ambushes until Japan surrendered in 1945.

Keeble returned home in 1947 and tried to live the quite life until his unit was called up again in 1951 to fight in Korea. Woody, being the hardcharger that he was, immediately volunteered to go to the front lines saying "Somebody has to teach these kids how to fight".

This time, he was assigned to George Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. His combat experience and a genuine gift of leadership brought him a quick series of promotions to the level of Master Sergeant.

On October 15-20 1951, during vicious round-the-clock battles to take Hill 675-770 from the Chinese, Keeble was wounded four separate times (Oct. 15, 17,18, 20), awarded the Silver Star (Oct. 18) and the Distinguished Service Cross (Oct. 20) after he singlehandedly took out 3 enemy bunkers despite suffering from two gun shot wounds sustained two days before, a twisted knee, and 83 pieces of shrapnel lodge in his body and face. His bravery in the face of enemy fire was so remarkable that a recommendation that he receive the Medal of Honor was twice submitted. In both cases, the recommendation was lost. When Keeble's men endeavored to submit the recommendation a third time, officials informed them they were too late; they were told regulations prevented them from submitting another recommendation.

Woody survived his wounds, and returned home and began to work in his local school. Soon after, he was afflicted with tuberculosis, which required that he undergo long-term treatment in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Surgeons ultimately removed one of his lungs, which triggered a series of strokes that rendered him speechless, partially paralyzed and unable to work for the remainder of his life. Nettie, his wife of 14 years, died the following year, leaving Keeble to raise their young son, Earl, alone.

Keeble fell on hard times and is said to have pawned his service medals. Nevertheless, and despite his disabilities, Keeble persevered and moved on with his life until passing away in 1982.

Only in 2008, his military records were finally rectified (records only showed him receiving 1 Purple Heart despite being wounded in WW2 and Korea multiple times) and his DSC was upgraded to the Medal of Honor after his family fought tooth and nail to make it happen.

During the Medal of Honor presentation, Kebble's step son Russel Hawkins said: "If he was alive today, I would tell him there's no one I respect more, and how he is everything a man should be: brave, kind and generous. I would tell him how proud I am of him, and how I never realized that all this time, I was living with such greatness

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