Trail of Tears Today

Today, the Trail of Tears is a National Historic Trail that is still being researched. Tourists may visit pieces of the Trail of Tears in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

My aunt is part Cherokee

Louise Erdrich

Picture of Louise 

chpt 1.

What happens to andy at the end of chapter 1? Does he pass out, fall asleep, or die?

Indian Comic

Indian Comic Charlie Hill on the Richard Pryor show in 1977:
he made fun of the Indian history and stereotypes, and was probably one of the first Indian comics

This is a Merliton

It's weird to think this is from the Native Americans, My family makes these all the time and it's cool to know where they come from.  

Chinook Wind

This term is used in Chapter 1 of Love Medicine. Wikipedia says, "Chinook is a Pacific Northwest Indian word meaning 'snow-eater.'" It is also a special meterological term for a kind of wind that blows cold and hits the mountains in a certain way. Check it out further at wikipedia.

Navajo Woman and Children

if you cant read the caption under it, it says...
"By the late 1880's, when this photo of Cree drummers and dancers was taken near Moosomin,the Cree had been devastated by smallpox, the eradication of the buffalo and the northward shift of the fur trade"

Ghost Dance pt. 2

I made a post last week with pictures of what a ghost dance would look like. Well i fund something even better. This is a video of an actual ghost dance being preformed by a group of Sioux Indians in 1894.