The Way to Rainy Mountain
The Way to Rainy Mountain Resources
The Way to Rainy Mountain Resources
- Names - N. Scott Momaday quote & story of his name, Zui Tali
- Rainy Mountain image & information
- Tai-me: Kiowa religion site & medicine more generally explained
- Kiowa history
- Map by Aaron Carapella showing most accurate names and locations
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz excerpt "Follow the Corn," from An Indigenous People's History of the United States
- North America before Columbus - presentation on our perceptions of the population
- The Battle at Standing Rock video
- Standing Rock Update (Oct 2017)
- Healing at Standing Rock photo essay
- Portrait of Kotsatoah by George Catlin from Smithsonian
- 2009 official US apology to Native Americans & a response from Layli Long Soldier to that apology
- Haudenosaunee Peacemaker story and many impacts on US government and culture, plus Haudenosaunee women's influence on early US feminists
Treaties & Land - Johnson v. M'Intosh Supreme Court Case (1823) & a reference on the Doctrine of Discovery, and "Treaties Between the United States and Indigenous Nations, Explained" (Teen Vogue)
War/Conflict: "The Great Sioux War" (from Bill of Rights In Action) and the 1862 Dakota War, Executions, Forced March & Imprisonment
Chicago Area & Lake County Connections:
- "Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?" interactive from WBEZ's Curious City
- 1833 Treaty of Chicago (Lake County actually)
- "Chicago's Trail of Tears" (or on Chicago Tribune site)
- looking back at 1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn
- Evanston & Northwestern's John Evans
- Lake County Trail Trees (one in Deerfield - see photo)
- origin of Half Day Road name is actually ...
Buffalo interactive exploration of the animal & a buffalo hide
- Other Stories presentation - follow the links to see videos and sources
Poetry & History - Layli Long Soldier's "38" (relating the 1862 execution) & Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's "America, I Sing You Back"
Environment & Climate
- NYTimes Timeline 70 Years of Environmental Change
Other Native Resources
Other Native Resources
Indigenous People's Day
- Columbus Day by Jimmie Durham
- Indian Holocaust: A Poem for Columbus Day by Brian Vallie
- Harjo References
- Why We Should Celebrate Columbus Day
- 2017 List of Who Celebrates Indigenous People Day
- More Cities Celebrating Indigenous People Day
- History.com Overview
- Why is Columbus Day Still a Federal Holiday?
- Democracy Now video
Native People As Mascots
- Proud to Be
- Studies about impact of mascots on native children
- Redesigned Blackhawks
- Chief Illiniwek: Chicago Tribune
- NFL Washington Team - Change the Mascot
Thanksgiving
- Young Native American Women Share The Truth (Black Youth Project 2017)
- Young Native American Activist on Thanksgiving (Bustle 2017)
- Thanksgiving Game With Washington Team (Guardian 2017)
- Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger
- Native American or American Indian
- Two Spirit Director
- Children's Remains at Carlisle School
- Early Indigenous Written Language
- "You are on Indian Land"
- Native Student Disagrees with Professor Gets Expelled
- The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen
The Supreme Court & Native Americans
- 2019 decisions:
- forthcoming decision in Carpenter v. Murphy which is basically asking whether the eastern half of Oklahoma is, in fact, still an Indian reservation (hear report)
- May 5-4 decision in favor of Native American rights in Herrera v. Wyoming dates back to an 1868 treaty (hear or read a report about the decision)
