Hello, I am posting this article sent to me by my neice.
Article against teaching native languages to children.

The Critical Importance of Learning a Useless LanguageI guess whomever wrote the article does not think that Native children cannot learn more than one language. He states he doesn't speak his ancestral tongue. I don't expect him to ( Read more... )

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Hi everyone! My name is Lisa Jeffries, and I am from the Cohaire tribe, in Sampson COunty North Carolina. I actually live in Fayetteville, NC, wher I am President of the NASA. I don't look like to "typical" Indian, and often find myself abused by other wary Indians. I understand their views, and would like to know and share the views of other ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm new. My name is Lissa and I am from Texas. I am a Moonie, so I hope I am as welcome in your world as you are welcome in mine. It is often that Moonies have no voice in NA society because we are not "pure blood". This is very sad for those of us who are proud of our NA heritage. My exhusband is NA and my son and daughter are both ( Read more... )

yahoo am new to this community! thought you guys would like to see what i posted on my blog earlier ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm a college senior majoring in American Studies with an interest in Native American culture. I attended a high school exclusively for people of indigenous heritage and would like to live and work on a Native American reservation somewhere upon graduation. If anyone has suggestions, please let me know! Thanks in advance! :)

Cameron Diaz is going to wear a leather Native American wedding dress to honour her mother's heritage complete with beaded white moccasins. She's even hired a designer to work on it.

Uhm. Alright. *facepalm* I mean, good for her! :D

STORY HERE

Crossposted to lostvoices, nativeamerica, nativeamerican and nativeindians

I just joined the list and I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Shannon O'Brien and I am currently living in Dublin, Ireland (originally from Colorado). I do have some Cherokee blood (although not a lot) and I recently started a journey to get in touch with my Native American ancestry. I am currently taking Cherokee language classes online ( Read more... )

I'm glad I found a forum dedicated to Native Americans. Unfortunately, I don't know much about my Native American ancestry ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, my name is T.S., I'm a 23 year old graduate student living in NYC, originally from CT, and I just joined this community. I joined because I have a bit of a strange dilemma and I was hoping to find some advice ( Read more... )