Original People (2024)

07/05/2023

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07/05/2023

𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐋𝐃 🔥🔥
Let them grow old with the same love that they let you grow ... let them speak and tell repeated stories with the same patience and interest that they heard yours as a child ... let them overcome, like so many times when they let you win ... let them enjoy their friends just as they let you … let them enjoy the talks with their grandchildren, because they see you in them ... let them enjoy living among the objects that have accompanied them for a long time, because they suffer when they feel that you tear pieces of this life away ... let them be wrong, like so many times you have been wrong and they didn’t embarrass you by correcting you ... LET THEM LIVE and try to make them happy the last stretch of the path they have left to go; give them your hand, just like they gave you their hand when you started your path!
“Honor your mother and father and your days shall be long upon the earth”.
courtesy : Melanie Melder Welch.
Smiling elder & grand babies, 1940.
Montana.

06/05/2023

LONG HAIR
Traditionally, long hair was always a symbol of masculinity. All of history's great warriors had long hair, from the Greeks (who wrote odes to their heroes' hair) to the Nordic, from the American Indians (famous for their long shiny hair) to the Japanese. And the longer and beautiful the hair was, the more manly the warrior was considered. Vikings flaunted their braids and samurai wore their long hair as a symbol of their honor (they cut their braid when they lose honor).
When a warrior was captured, his mane was cut to humiliate him, to take away his beauty. That custom resumed in what is today military service. There when new soldiers begin their training the first thing they do is cut their hair to undermine their self-esteem, make them submissive and make them see who's boss.
The Romans were the ones who "invented" short hair so to speak, between the 1st and 5th centuries AD.. In battles they believed this gave them defensive advantages, since their opponents couldn't grab them by the hair. This also helped them to recognize each other in the battlefield.
Short hair on men is a relatively new "invention" that has nothing to do with aesthetics.
But today we often see men being humiliated, sometimes called "gay" for wearing long hair, not knowing that short hair is actually the "anti-masculine" and is a repressive social imposition, while long hair symbolizes freedom.

06/05/2023

Lakota / Sioux lived a peaceful way before they were forced to live on Reservations 😔😟

06/05/2023

Strong. Resilient. Indigenous. 💙🪶

05/05/2023

Looks like bigfoot cool

05/05/2023

Today, May 5, is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. This day honors the lives of our sisters who have gone missing or have been murdered. Please recognize and honour them. Pray for them, as well as their loved ones.

Please join the Original People in solidarity for this National Day of Awareness for our Missing and Murdered Women, Girls and Two Spirited. Wear red or display a red dress outside your home, or place of work. Their stories matter. Their lives matter.

05/05/2023

Why don't Native Americans like April?

April Showers bring May flowers, and Mayflowers bring white people

05/05/2023

Moccasins - Northern Cree

04/05/2023

WE ARE NOT PRETTY BUT WE ARE ALWAYS SMILING 😊😊😊

04/05/2023

In Your hands, O Lord,
we humbly entrust all Native Sisters missing and murdered.
In this life You embraced them with Your tender love;
deliver them now from every evil
and bid them eternal rest.
The old order has passed away:
welcome them into paradise,
where there will be no sorrow, no weeping or pain,
but fullness of peace and joy
with Your Son and the Holy Spirit
forever and ever.
Creator wrap Your loving arms around all the relatives who are grieving the loss of their loved ones! We pray in Jesus' name! A'ho! AMEN!
THE 'RED HAND' REPRESENTS THE VOICES SILENCED OF THE NATIVE WOMEN MISSING AND MURDERED. LET'S PRAY FOR THEIR SPIRITS/SOULS TO REST IN PEACE >A'HO

04/05/2023

A LAUGH FOR TODAY❤
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo moon landings of the late 60s and early 70s, they did some astronaut training along a Navajo Indian reservation in the SW. One day, a Navajo elder and his grandson were herding animals and came across the space crew. The old man, who only spoke Navajo, asked a question, which the grandson translated: "What are the guys in the big suits doing?" A member of the crew said they were practicing for their trip to the moon." Then, recognizing a promotional opportunity for the spin-doctors, added, "We will be leaving behind a special record with greetings in many languages and such. Would the old man be interested in giving us a greeting to include?"
Upon translation, the old man got really excited and was thrilled at the idea of sending a message to the moon with the astronauts. The NASA folks produced a tape recorder and the old man recorded his message at which the grandson fought back the urge to laugh... but he refused to translate.
After Apollo 11 had successfully landed on the moon and brought its astronauts homes, a new group were training in the desert when one of the NASA officials recognized the Navajo elder and his grandson and went to tell them that the old man's message was indeed on the moon which was met with laughter.
Finally, the NASA rep caught on that not everything was as simple as he had originally thought and asked for a translation. With a chuckle the youngster replied: "Beware of white man; they come to steal your land!"☺️

03/05/2023

☀️☀️𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
The Jingle Dress Dance began with the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe Tribe in the early 1900s and became prevalent in the 1920s in Wisconsin and Minnesota (Great Lakes region) in the US and in Ontario, Canada.
The story is that the dress was first seen in a dream. A medicine man’s granddaughter grew sick, and as the man slept his Indian spirit guides came to him and told him to make a Jingle Dress for the little girl. They said if the child danced in it, the dress would heal her. The Jingle Dress was made, and the tribe came together to watch the child dance. At first, the child was too sick to dance alone so her tribe carried her, but after some time, the little girl was able to dance alone, cured of her sickness.
The dance has since been not only a ritual of healing but also one of pride.
🌸𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞?
Jingle Dresses, also known as Prayer Dresses, are believed to bring healing to those who are sick. As mentioned above, the dance gets its name from the rows of ziibaaska’iganan (metal cones) sewed to the dress. These cones are traditionally made from rolled s***f can lids and hung from the dress with ribbon close to one another, so they make a melodic sound as the girls and women dance. Traditionally, the dress is adorned with 365 visible jingles, or cones. Nowadays, these cones are often machine-made.
The dresses come in every color imaginable, from yellow to bright blue, to deep red, and accented with sparkles and even neon-colored fabrics. They are often made with shiny and sparkly materials and decorated with fringes, embroidery, beading, and more.
They usually have three-quarter length to full-length sleeves and come down to mid-calf or the ankle. They are secured at the waist with a thick belt, often made of brown leather. On their feet, the dancer wears decorative moccasins embellished with the same kind of detail found on their dresses.
🌸𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞?
As the ziibaaska’iganan hit one another it sounds like rain falling, so it’s important for the dancer to be light on their feet, to move in time with the drum and stop when the beat stops. They keep their foot movements low to the ground while dancing, kicking their heels and bouncing on their toes to the music. Typically, this dance is done in a zigzag pattern, said to represent one’s journey through life—or so the story goes. Often, they keep their hands on their hips, and if they are dancing with a feathered fan (full of neutral colors, like eagle feathers) as the more modern Jingle Dress Dancers do, they will raise it into the air as they dance to receive healing.
The traditional Indian dance involves low, soft-footed steps, as could be performed by those who were sick, while the modern competitive dancers push the boundaries some as they try to out-dance their competitors. The manner in which the dance has evolved has built firmly on its origin story.
🌸𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞?
The music for this style of dancing has a foundation of a solid drumbeat, and of course, the metal cones make a loud jingling (hence the name) as the women move, which contributes to the music you’ll hear at a Jingle Dress Dance. Jingle Dancers will usually dance to Northern drum groups. Special songs for Jingle Dance include a Side Step or Crow Hop.

03/05/2023

"Weak leaders measure success by money, position and power.
Strong leaders measure success by the difference they made in other people's lives."
The true founding fathers and four of the greatest Native Chiefs! L-R: Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, and Red Cloud

02/05/2023

Skirts I did for a friend made it to CNN style. Pictured here is her mom and daughter ♥️
Photo by her- Matika Wilbur

02/05/2023

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01/05/2023

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation are the federally recognized confederations of three Sahaptin-speaking Indigenous tribes who traditionally inhabited the Columbia River Plateau region: the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla.

Umatilla girl, 1910
Photo by Edward Curtis

01/05/2023

HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY >WILLIE NELSON< HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FRIEND OF NATIVE AMERICANS 🥰

30/04/2023

They lied to us and then in the days of our ancestors when the white man first came here and now today they still want us them to trust our you can't trust them treaties mean nothing to them
And with our ancestors when we made treaties with are other tribes they were never broken.

30/04/2023

Saginaw Grant with Rick Mora

30/04/2023

"When a white army fights the Indians and wins, it is called a great victory, but if they lose it is called a massacre."

Chiksika, Brother of Tecumseh- Shawano \ Shawnee

29/04/2023

Native American group, native to the semi-deserts and dry forests from California to Mexico. Relatively ancient. Arrived with one of the first migrations to America during the Paleolithic. Margid skulls are often long and small, supraorbital arches significant, low and broad-faced, eye folds rare, relatively wide, low-rooted nose, chin weak, hair straight, skin reddish medium to dark brown. The most populous and typical Margids are the short and stocky Mexicids. The Sonorids are taller and more elongated, often even darker, they show a strong adaption to arid climate. In contrast to those two high-skulled varieties, the almost-extinct Californid is low-skulled, even shorter, and very robust. Silvid, Centralid, and later European colonisations dramatically reduced Margid numbers, but as an admixed element Mexicids play an important role in the modern Mexican population.

29/04/2023

FREE SPIRIT

Just because you take away my eyes
does it mean that I can't see?
Just because you lock me in a cage
doesn't mean my mind's not free

My heart is kind and loving
and it's right where it belongs
I refuse to be less of man
because of those so wrong

I look for answers to guide me
along the path of life
I humbly ask for God's good grace
to free my world from strife

May the heavens open up to shine on me
and show me the right way
May I find the strength to win the fight
when evil comes my way

The spirits of our fathers
passes through my very soul
I build fires just to warm my bones
and keep me from the cold

When the air is taken from my lungs
and it's time for me to die
Please don't mourn o'er my body
for I was never one to cry

Just raise your hands onto the air
offering me to the soft winds
Then think of me as the great oak
where much of life begins

Original poem by Tim Stultz
Cambridge Maryland poems and short stories

29/04/2023

Geronimo 1993
Wes Studi
Rino Thunder
Rodney A. Grant

28/04/2023

Love you mom .❤️❤️

28/04/2023

Russell Means. He is a man of all trades. He is a actor and author and activist. Grew up watching him on the news in the 70s. With the siege at Wounded knee.
As a child I didn't understand because schools don't teach anything about real American Indian history. I took it upon myself to read and learn and ask questions.
Because of Russell Means is why I learned what was happening to American Indians.

28/04/2023

Jojo Kylie made this charming doll cake!

28/04/2023

Mary Louise Defender-Wilson was born near the rural town of Shields, North Dakota, where she now lives on the Standing Rock (Sioux) Indian Reservation. She is primarily Dakotah Sioux, though a grandmother was Hidatsa. Her tribal name is Wagmuhawin -- Gourd Woman.
Defender-Wilson was born into a family of storytellers. The first story she remembers hearing was the tale of how the Dakotah culture hero Stone Boy was tricked out of his fancy clothes by Unktomi (Spider Man), a trickster figure. By the time she was in fifth grade, she was telling stories to her classmates. "Sometimes I got off the beaten path, but everyone laughed, especially at the Spider Man stories," she recalled.
The stories taught that people came to Earth in animal form and had a lot to learn in order to live in harmony with others. Many stories also related to the land. "We lived by gardening and as sheep herders," she said. "We would follow along with the Old Ones and the dogs who tended the sheep. We could walk all over the land. There were no fences, and Grandfather would tell us about the rock formations, hills, streams and buttes we came across." Double Woman Hill west of Shields, for instance, takes its name from a mythical being who appears in dreams and is linked to artistry, design, and industriousness.
Defender-Wilson's personal story is as compelling as the traditional tales she tells. A tall, physically attractive woman, she was once named Miss Indian America. She held administrative jobs with Indian-related government agencies and struggled with the issue of her identity. In 1976, she returned to the reservation, having realized that forcing herself to assimilate into white culture would be a form of su***de. For several years in the 1980s, she taught tribal culture and language at Fort Yates Community College.
She has taught Dakotah storytelling through the North Dakota Council on the Arts Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, given lecture demonstrations throughout the region and educated teachers in Dakotah-Hidatsa storytelling and culture. She has produced a radio program to teach the Siouan language and to promote the intellectual value of traditional knowledge.
Defender-Wilson has been widely recognized for her accomplishments, serving as a board member for Arts Midwest, the North Dakota Council on the Arts, and the North Dakota Centennial Commission. For her, though, the reward is not the public recognition but knowing the value of her stories and teaching them to others. "The entire life I've come through so far with our stories has helped me relate to, communicate with, and respect other people because I relate to, communicate with, and respect my own culture." The power of stories, she said, illustrates that "history is always there- - you're standing there dragging all these things behind you

27/04/2023

The reflection looks like an Eagle flying. 🦅

27/04/2023

𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧, 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐱 (𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟔)
"I was six years and fourteen days old at the time of the Custer fight. As it was told to me by my father Chief Black Eagle and my mother White Swan, the sister of Chief Crazy Horse….We left Pine Ridge [Reservation] the eight day of May 1876. Arrived in Montana about June the fifth. My people expected truble they divided up into three different villages. In case of attact they would not be caught in a trap. They knew Custer had left fort Lincolm for the Little Big Horn. Chief Gall and Chief Two-Moons sent word to my uncle Chief Crazy Horse that they were on their way to join him in case of truble with Custer they hatted him for the killing of the fifty three old women men and children and for burning their village several years before [This is a reference to the battle of Wash*ta River, Nov. 27, 1868] and he R***d Black Kettle fourteen year old daughter she gave berth to a boy who is known as Yellow Hawk that they claim is his son from that attact….

On Sunday morning June 25th 1876 Custer…divided his forces into four grupes send Reno to attack my people from the southwest of the Big Horn River. Benteen from the northeast. Godfry and McDugal with the supply train….He told them he would…make the attact at four oclock….About 2 PM…we heard shots fired later we were told that my father and Chief Standing Bear had blocked Captain Benteen from crossing the river. Ghost Dogs, and Crow King had blocked Reno and his men Stinking Bear had Blocked Godfre and McDougal.

About 3 oclock Custer appeared and my uncle Crazy Horse rode out and then retreated like they were afraid. Custer came riding on then. Chief Gall came out to the left side of Custer and Two Moons and his Cheyenns came to the right of Custer. When Custer seen this he started his charge then he dismounted, placed his men on high grounds his horses placed under senteries the Indians made a curcle around him then rode their horses accross the circle kicking up durt [to] stampead his horses. Then the Indians made their attact. Custer bugle sounded for the sentries to bring the horses but they had been killed his bugle sounded for retreat but…most of his men and horses were killed. some said he was the last one to die but that not true. Captain Kegho was the last man to be killed and his horse Comanche was the only horse alive….my people said no one knows who killed [Custer] or when he fell. they say the battle lasted forty minutes….the Indians had better guns than the soldiers good horsemen and knew the country and planed how to fight the battle…."

27/04/2023

Our gracious Heavenly Father, Our Creator, Our Great Spirit I come humbly before you praising, you father for another day of life. So often taken for granted. I wanted you to know how much I love you , and trying my best to be a good student.
All my brothers and sisters I send you love from my family. We send blessings that all is well on your journey. As I always say happiness, blessings, kindness, and forgiveness. Each of us express ourselves in this manner.
I’m one that believes everyone in this day and time deserves their basic essentials. If you find it in your heart and can help someone please do. I ask for forgiveness from anyone out there I may of hurt.
My goal was always to share love to all peoples , knowing from the beginning that people are people. Everyone of us have a reason, to exist according to Our Creator. So. We should know we’re not going to agree with everyone and respect that.
The time is closer than it’s ever been.
Be blessed and in this time that is left find yourself with a good personal relationship with our I savior. Blessings of love for you and yours 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
LOVE LOVE LOVE 🙏❤️

26/04/2023

Cherokee Spirituality
Among the Cherokee, spirituality was embedded into everyday life and was not seen as something apart.
In This World, human beings do not have dominion over plants, animals, and the rest of creation. Instead, they live with creation, attempting to maintain balance within This World. Spiritual power can be found throughout creation. Thus plants and animals have spiritual power, as do rivers, caves, mountains, and other land forms.
Among the Cherokees, the fire and the sun were viewed as Grandmothers. Out of respect, the fire was fed a portion of each meal, for if she were neglected she might take vengeance on them.
While the sacred fire represents the sun and the Upper World, water (especially water in springs and rivers) represents the Under World. Among the Cherokee, it is important to keep these two elements apart and therefore water is never poured on the sacred fire.
The sacred fires are fed with the wood from the seven sacred trees: beech, birch, hickory, locust, maple, oak, and sourwood.
An important concept in Cherokee spirituality is that of purity. Maintaining purity involves the avoidance of pollution. Pollution occurs when things from two different categories – such as fire and water – are allowed to physically mix. Thus the maintenance of purity involves the separation of opposing forces or items.
One of the ways of overcoming pollution is to bathe early in the morning before eating any food. Among the Cherokee, everyone went to the river in the morning to bathe. This ceremonial bathing was done year-round, even when the bathers had to break the ice on the river

26/04/2023

Fathers are caretakers in whose care for his Family and also Protect his Family

They encourage dialogues with the kids

Father’s Care ❤️

26/04/2023

"Grandma how do you deal with pain?"
"With your hands, dear. When you do it with your mind, the pain hardens even more."
“With your hands, grandma?"
"Yes, yes. Our hands are the antennas of our Soul. When you move them by sewing, cooking, painting, touching the earth or sinking them into the earth, they send signals of caring to the deepest part of you and your Soul calms down. This way she doesn't have to send pain anymore to show it.
"Are hands really that important?"
"Yes my girl. Think of babies: they get to know the world thanks to their touch.
When you look at the hands of older people, they tell more about their lives than any other part of the body.
Everything that is made by hand, so it is said, is made with the heart because it really is like this: hands and heart are connected.
Think of lovers: When their hands touch, they love each other in the most sublime way."
"My hands grandma... how long since I used them like that!"
"Move them my love, start creating with them and everything in you will move.
The pain will not pass away. But it will be the best masterpiece. And it won't hurt as much anymore, because you managed to embroider your Essence.”

25/04/2023

Corporal Ira Hamilton Hayes (Pima, 1923–1955) remains one of the best-known American Indians to serve in World War II. In 1945, Hayes was one of six servicemen who raised the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the South Pacific—a moment captured in a celebrated photograph.
Here he is at age nineteen, at the United States Marine Corps Parachute Training School, where he was dubbed Chief Falling Cloud. San Diego, California, 1943.

25/04/2023

A tribute to the Greatest Warrior that ever lived🪶

25/04/2023

Geronimo carving buffalo meat in Oklahoma. 1909.

24/04/2023

"Nothing in Nature lives for itself.
Rivers don't drink their own water.
Trees don't eat their own fruit.
The Sun doesn't shine for itself.
Flowers don't spread fragrance for themselves.
Living for others is the rule of Nature."

24/04/2023

“Before I was six years old, my grandparents and my mother had taught me that if all the green things that grow were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all the four-legged creatures were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all the winged creatures were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all our relatives who crawl and swim and live within the earth were taken away, there could be no life. But if all the human beings were taken away, life on earth would flourish. That is how insignificant we are.”Russell Means, Oglala Lakota Nation (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012).

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