During the early days of slavery in the American Southeast, native Seminole, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Creek Indians were known to raid plantations and free captive slaves. Despite their cultural differences, they recognized their common struggle against oppression at the hands of colonial rule. These original African and American people mixed their Read more…
Humans have always instinctively look to the stars, perhaps there are extra terrestrial beings looking back at us?
It is generally accepted and understood that humans are an integral part of nature. From this perspective we recognize that being disconnected or out of balance with nature indicates illness. Indigenous People have never forgotten this perennial wisdom though the modern world is just now emerging from a sort of Read more…
Politicians wave the flag and march soldiers to war without any true understanding or respect for the actual history and purpose of democracy. Humans have always had heated debates about how to address the challenges of the day and choose the best direction to guide society. Councils of Iroquois Natives Read more…
Honoring indigenous people and the wisdom they have kept for millennia needs to be a year-round practice. All humans have an indigenous ancestry and for some it is buried in a distant past. Those who practice and keep these traditions today maintain a connection to all of humanity’s roots, while Read more…
The psychological benefits of choosing love in the face of fear are profound. Especially so during times of darkness and division. This can be applied in our personal lives, but it can ripple outward and transform the community of people around us. Love is both vulnerability and the most powerful Read more…
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Native Americans yet the stories of displaced Syrian or African refugees in Europe, or Mexican immigrants at the US border are not too different. The cultural attitudes, the wounds, and opportunity to heal remain with us to this day. Native Americans have Read more…
It’s about science, religion, the state, indigenous wisdom, the law, colonialism, and our environment yet it is about so much more. The embattled Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on the Big Island of Hawaii has brought forth some very important questions that are now being discussed globally. In this article we Read more…
“It is easy to be grateful when things are going our way, but to be thankful in the hardest of times is a true sign of strength, nobility, and grace.” -Chief Phil Lane Background: Few recognize just how successful the youth-led indigenous movement to protect sacred water continues to be Read more…