CRADLEBOARDS
American Indian Cradles and Cradleboards The vast majority of American Indian baby carriers were made of hide and cloth, or woven from woody stems and shoots. These are referred to […]
Elouise Pepion Cobell, WARRIOR
Elouise Pepion Cobell: Banker-Warrior September 23, 20141946-2014, Activism, Biography, Discrimination, Native American, Politics, TrailblazersBlackfeet, Elouise Cobell, Montana, WomenWHM In 1996, banker Elouise Cobell became the lead plaintiff in a class action suit, demanding back payment and better accounting […]
RAISING DIGNITY
Aug 2, 2018 | Native Hope Article The rise of the statue of dignity Dignity of Earth and Sky, a 50-foot stainless steel statue, is a testament to this changing […]
SWEETGRASS FOR HEALING
Uses for SweetgrassSweetgrass is the hair of our Mother;separately, each strand is not as strongas the strands are when braided together.~ quote by Mary Ritchie About Sweetgrass Sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata) […]
NO MORE STOLEN SISTERS! MMIW/MMIP
Silent Epidemic: The Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIW/MMIP) “We are not just statistics. We are daughters, sons, mothers, brothers, aunties. We are sacred.” A National […]
Beyond Beauty: Native Spring Wildflowers, Plants and Anishinaabe Tradition
ByHolly Wright, National Park Enthusiaston May. 26, 2019 Through the lens of Anishinaabe belief and practice, the beauty of native spring wildflower and plant species goes far beyond their blossoms. “Our […]
Indigenous Stewardship and the Legacy of National Parks on Tribal Lands (www.aicago.org for full article)
National parks are often celebrated as “America’s best idea,” but for Indigenous peoples, they represent a complex history of displacement, cultural erasure, and, more recently, a movement toward restoring Native […]
SPRING EQUINOX
( View the article at https://www.aicago.org/?p=788) Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM. E.S.T. marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and fall in the South. Even though […]
RECOGONIZING NOTABLE WOMEN FOR WOMENS MONTH (View whole article at WWW.AICAGO.ORG)
https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2020/0925/Native-American-women-shape-how-museums-frame-Indigenous-culture Lily Gladstone (Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce) Lily Gladstone is an actor who rose to fame for her performance in Scorsese’s crime drama Killers of the Flower […]
Chief Joseph, an Extraordinary Indian Chief
Born: March 3, 1840 in the Wallowa Valley, Oregon Died: September 21, 1904 at the Colville Indian Reservation, Washington Chief Joseph himself is represented in Joseph Oregon with a larger-than-life […]
