Native Americans dancing used to be so beautiful in full regalia. Now we party nearly naked:
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White Indigenous tribes of Scandinavia (Sami)
Tell us more about Native American Heritage Month. National Native American Heritage Month celebrates the culture, contributions, and heritage of Indigenous populations called Native Americans or American-Indians.
In 1990 Pres. George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.”
Decolonize Your Diet (vegan recipes)
Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including “Native American Heritage Month” and “National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month”) have been issued each year since 1994.
This month is a time to educate the public about Native American tribes, raise a general awareness about the unique challenges the Indigenous (First Nations) have faced, and to illuminate the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges.
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, join the Los Angeles County Public Library in highlighting how Native communities are taking control over their food sources and production by revitalizing traditional, healthy [predominantly vegan], and localized food sources.
In this hands-on workshop, learn how to start a Salvia columbariae plant and explore its cultural uses among various Native groups.
This event has multiple dates and locations throughout November. View events list below to find the program at the nearest location.
On Nov. 1st, 2025, we learned to make Cloth Medicine Bags with Councilwoman Neminski and Councilwoman Murillo of the Gabrielino/Tongva (Kizh) Nation, who taught the workshop for ages 10 and up.
Beaded Wire Wrap Bracelets Workshop
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2:00-4:00 pm: Councilwomen of the Gabrielino/Tongva (Kizh) Nation teach class for ages 8 and up.
Pine Needle Basket Medallion
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2:00-4:00 pm: Councilwomen teach class for ages 8 and up.
What do the Indigenous want the other Americans to know?
Who said, "We didn't kill enough Indians," beloved macho-woman and FOX (News) spirit Ann Coulter? Just when she had mellowed, turned on Trump and MAGA, she's back to offend. Just when the comedians had roasted her alive, she's back to spew more hate, racism, and right wing rhetoric? Maybe it was just said for shock value and out of massive patriotism, sleeping with the flag between her legs as she does, worshiping in the Christian Church of the Holy Genocide(s), saluting one or more German leaders of the past. Oh, c'mon, you know Ann. She's nothing if not brassy, sassy, and full of false bravado. Why would she say such a thing? She said it in response to Native American professor discussing decolonization. One presumes Coulter is pro-settler colonial projects like "Israel" in Palestine and the ongoing-slow-mass genocide our government is committing in the USA.
The Roast of Ann Coulter (and poor Rob Lowe)
What has Coulter done now?
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) emphatically condemns the hateful, genocidal statement of Ann Coulter on July 6, 2025, through a post on the social platform X, declaring: “We didn’t kill enough Indians.” There is no place in society for this direct incitement of hatred and violence toward American Indian and Alaska Native people.
“These words are not provocative social commentary; they are a violent attack on Native people and Tribal Nations
Celebrating genocide against Tribal Nations crosses every moral line,” said NCAI President Mark Macarro. “Careless comments like this glorify the darkest chapters of U.S. history and actively endanger Native peoples' lives today. We will not sit silently at attempts to normalize this abhorrent behavior. We demand an immediate retraction and public apology — and we expect leaders of every political persuasion to denounce this abomination without equivocation.”
“Free speech does not confer a license to advocate for or justify mass murder — past or present,” added NCAI Executive Director Larry Wright, Jr. “When a public figure with more than two million followers romanticizes extermination, it fuels harassment, hate crimes, and political violence. Silence from elected officials and media outlets will only normalize this genocidal history. We call on them to speak up now.”
NCAI further demands that X enforce against vitriol like this and send a message that such inciting hate speech will not be tolerated by banning this individual from their platform. Instead of amplifying divisive and inhuman perspectives, let us turn our attention to celebrating the powerful, nation-building contributions of Tribal Nations to the United States. More
10 Essential Tips for Immersing Yourself in Native American Culture
Pow wow ritual dancing
Exploring the rich history of Native American culture offers a profound understanding of the diverse traditions and philosophies of the Indigenous peoples of North America.
From the ancient cliff dwellings of the Southwest to the vibrant pow-wows of the Great Plains, each destination provides a unique insight into the resilience and creativity of American-Indian communities.
Spanning parts of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, the Navajo Nation is the largest Native American territory in the United States, offering an insight into Navajo (Dine) culture, history, and landscape.
Visitors can explore Monument Valley’s iconic sandstone buttes, experience the spiritual beauty of Canyon de Chelly, and learn about traditional Navajo crafts, such as weaving and silverwork, at the Navajo Nation Museum.
The Navajo people’s deep connection to the land is evident in their art, ceremonies, and way of life, providing a profound experience for those who seek to understand their culture.
Part of the Smithsonian Institution [a collection of organizations that seem more interested in burying and hiding discoveries rather than featuring them], The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to preserving, studying, and exhibiting the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
What was Alta-California like before?
The museum’s extensive collection spans over 12,000 years of history across more than 1,200 Indigenous cultures. Exhibits range from ancient artifacts to contemporary art, providing a comprehensive overview of Native American heritage.
The museum’s architecture, inspired by natural rock formations, and its Indigenous landscaping further enhance the visitor experience. More
In our traditional Native (Indigenous, First Nations) ways the full solar eclipse is a very reverent time. It is a time for reflection, rebirth, new life, and new understanding.
An eclipse is called the Death of the Sun. During this time traditionally people sit indoors and refrain from eating and drinking [just as Hindus in India will do]. Some would pray or sing traditional songs.
Navajo "myths," who can believe superstitions?
Traditionally, Navajo (Diné) people would not look at the eclipse. They were told they could get sick or go blind.
Nowadays people look and celebrate.
While our Diné do not expect people to observe the same traditions it would still be a good time to be reverent and focus on a rebirth and new life.
The Siberian cousins of Native Americans: The Ket People
(imshawn getoffmylawn) Nov. 2, 2023: Navajo is an odd language, used by the US military for a unit of "Code Talkers" because it could not be cracked by opponents listening in on conversations. But it may not be the language-isolate it has always been thought to be. It seems to be related to Ket, a Native Siberian language.
0:00 - Introduction
01:12 - Where do the Kets live?
03:18 - Chums and shamans
05:44 - 1580s-1850s: A Swedish army captain, a German scientist, and a Finnish linguist
10:11 - 1920s-1940s: Collectivization and boarding schools
16:37 - 1980s-2000s: Mini-resurgence
17:59 - Statistics and status today + introduction to Ket language
22:53 - Ket number system
26:15 - Phonology
27:41 - Morphology: classes, cases and the Ket verb + examples
35:38 - Dené-Yeniseian [Navajo-Ket] Hypothesis: family and DNA
- YouTube channel archive of native speakers of Selkup, Ket, and Evenki: @siberian-lang
ACADEMIC SOURCES
- English: Ket Language (Alexandra A. Sitnikova, Journal of Siberian Federal University)
- The role of position class in Ket verb morphophonology (Edward J. Vajda, Tandfonline)
- The Ket language: from descriptive linguistics to interdisciplinary research (Elena A. Kryukova, Tomsk Journal LING & ANTROPO 2013)
- Typology of the Ket finite verb (Edward Vajda, Western Washington University)
- A descriptive grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) (STEFAN GEORG, University of Bonn)
- Historiography of Ket Language (Kistova & Pimenova, Siberian Federal University)
- Siberian Landscapes in Ket Traditional Culture (Edward J. Vajda, Western Washington & Leipzig)
Русский:
- Кетский Язык: современный социолингвистический статус и причины, приведшие к нему (на материале полевых исследований) (Юлия И. Козиорова, Институт языкознания РАН, 2013)
- Хакасско-Кетские Лексические параллели. (Aikakauskirja Journal de la societe Finno-Ougrienne, 1992)
- Этнореальность в Фотообъективе, Кеты Енисея (Окстябрьская, Шубская, Рудаков)
- Традиционная Культовая Культура Кетов (Викторовна, МКУ ДО Аист)
VIDEOS
English:
- Ket Language Structure (Edward Vajda)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFZs...
- Language Connection Between Asia and the Americas?
– The Dené-Yeniseian Language Family Explained (Agma Schwa)
• Language Connection Between Asia and ...
- Ket Shamanism (The Brofessor)
• Ket Shamanism
- Edward Vajda - Tlingit and Dené-Yeniseian Hypothesis (Sealaska Heritage Institute)
• Edward Vajda
- Tlingit and the Dene-Y...
Русский:
- Юлия Галямина
- Кеты и кетский язык (MAFUN Academy)
• Юлия Галямина
- Кеты и кетский язык
- Кеты. Фильм Дениса Жемчугова
• Кеты. Фильм Дениса Жемчугова
- Счастливые Люди (Happy People documentary)
• Счастливые люди | Енисей | Весна (сер...
Ket:
- Kotusov singing
• Алла Пугачева
- Lady talking about her grandparents, used in video
• В Бахте
- Ket Language example with subtitles and translation (ILoveLanguages)
• Ket language, people, and culture
WEBSITES/OTHER
English:
- “A Bit Lost” in the Siberian Ket Language (Chris Haughton) https://blog.chrishaughton.com/a-bit-...
- The Ket and Other Yeniseian Peoples (Edward Vajda) https://web.archive.org/web/201904062...
Русский (worth checking out even if one does not speak Russian):
- Вернер Г.К., Николаева Г.X. Букварь для 1 класса кетских школ https://www.twirpx.com/file/2375471/
American explorer and researcher Julie Ryder (montanamegaliths.com) lives in the state of Montana, USA, and has been documenting the many megaliths there. Others never noticed them but do when Ryder points them out.
This is a dolmen, a big rock or megalith
Beyond dolmens (megaliths, "portal tombs," massive unexplained rock tables that look like Stonehenge artifacts built by giants, which were common in ancient Ireland) and megalithic structures, Ryder claims to have found two Buddha statues, Egyptian artifacts, and evidence of ET visitations.
Nothing to see here. Move it along. This is not a wall. - Then what is it? It's just, uh, um, it's just a coincidence of stones, an imaginary megalith.
That interpretation comes from local Native Americans, such as the Blackfeet tribe, wisdom keepers, and Tibetan Buddhist elders with whom she is affiliated.
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Natural or manmade? Impossible ancient ruins uncovered in North America? Sage Wall, Montana
(Bright Insight) June 4, 2023: Look and think about it. Could this bizarre "wall," which stands in the middle of nowhere in Montana, be natural?
Or is it a large ancient ruin (that is not supposed to exist)? The Sage Wall (one of the "Montana Megaliths") is raising serious questions about what may have been that is now lost in terms of one or more ancient civilizations in North America.
[The Native Americans know about them. The "Little People" were here and at least one mummified body has been found, according to one caller who claimed to be a Montana resident. They would have come over with the Irish who came to the new world and blended with the Natives, bringing a form of governing and place names, some claim.]
Dolmens like this are prevalent in Ireland and around the world, as if built by giants.
This massive, super-ancient eagle amphitheater is unnaturally symmetrical
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31 Planes of Existence
Buddhism is famous for stupas or burial mound reliquaries that contain the cremation remains of enlightened beings and world monarchs, like the eight ancient ones to which the historical Buddha's remains were distributed to honor him (one off-planet, as built by celestial devas). But the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (or Shakyamuni the "Sage of the Scythians") did not invent these barrows or tumuli.
Jain conception of universe
They are also called kurgans in Central Asia. The tradition of their use is ancient, going back at least 20,000 years and to the time of previous samma-sam-buddhas or "Supreme Teaching Buddhas" throughout Central and North Asia, even in Ukraine. But they are widespread and evident in the allegedly Druid site of Stonehenge in England. At the top of Buddhist stupas there are umbrella type decorations that are said to represent the 31 Planes of Existence in Buddhist cosmology and cosmography. Pagodas (called dagabas in Sinhalese/Sinhala in Theravada Buddhist Sri Lanka).
These dolmens (along with pagodas, mandalas, and yantras) are important in Buddhism because they symbolize the shape of the cosmos or universe. Jainism has a "square hourglass" shape, somewhat like the black object on the cover of the Led Zeppelin album Presence, but the depiction of the 31 Planes of Existence
One etymology of pagoda is from the Sinhalese word dāgaba, derived from Sanskrit dhātugarbha ("element-womb"like a Jain or Hindugarbha-griha or"inner sanctum") and Pali dhātugabbha "relic womb/chamber" or "reliquary shrine," that is, a stupa, by way of Portuguese [5].
Dhatu ("element") is a Theravada Buddhist term for a stupa, a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics and a term for the mahabhutas or "Four Great Elements" (characteristics or qualities of matter).
Ryder shares the strange events that led to the discovery and documentation of the Montana Megaliths, which include super-ancient dolmens, towers, walls, art sculptures, temples, and pyramids above and below the surface of the ground, which have been verified by satellite geoscans. More + AUDIO
At one time we were all about protecting the water. We were water protectors at Standing Rock. Now we're called on to protect sacred land -- public lands in a National Forest being sold off for copper extraction -- Native American spirituality, and the holy water at Oak Flat. Protect it from who? There's a corporation (RSC) lined up and lobbying to destroy it all for profit. Either we show up for the land and Apache Stronghold, or we turn over the ground and our ways to anyone who files in court and pays off the politicians to grease the wheels of American-style capitalism. - Wisdom Quarterly
The Apache tribe of San Carlos, Arizona, is calling on all people [in Los Angeles] to take action and join in prayer to support the Apache
Stronghold in the struggle to protect the sacred land of Oak Flat, Arizona.
In June the U.S. 9th Circuit
Court of Appeals in Pasadena ruled 2-1 in support of the U.S. against the Apache Stronghold’s
request for a preliminary injunction to halt the transfer of sacred lands to a
foreign mining corporation called Resolution Copper.
Its mine proposes to swallow the sacred site in
a 2-mile-wide and 1,100-foot-deep crater — rendering longstanding spiritual practices
impossible, devastating the Apache way of life.
The court’s ruling concluded that
the U.S. has no “substantial burden” to protect Apache religion, spirituality, or their sacred lands
held in trust when there is copper to be mined for corporate profit and national
interests.
One dissenting judge, Marsha Berson, called the decision “absurd,”
“illogical,” and “disingenuous.”
“Oak Flat is like Mount Sinai to us — our most sacred site where we connect with our Creator,
our faith, our families, and our land. It is a place of healing that has been sacred to us since
long before Europeans arrived on this continent. My children, grandchildren, and the
generations after them deserve to practice our traditions at Oak Flat.”
- Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr. of Apache Stronghold
The Apache Stronghold plans to appeal this decision with the Supreme Court in
September. But just last week a remarkable and unusual opportunity arose when
the Ninth Circuit announced that it will hold a vote on whether to reconsider Apache
Stronghold’s appeal to save Oak Flat.
This means the Apache Stronghold may get a
second chance to win protection for Oak Flat in the Ninth Circuit before the case goes
to the Supreme Court. More
Hahamongna Watershed Park, spiritual ceremony and gathering with totem pole in U.S. convoy journey, Sunday, March 19, 9:00 am
Art Build and Sweat Lodge, Monday, March 20th (Spring Equinox 2023), about 9:00 am-3:00 pm, gather at Self-Help Graphics (selfhelpgraphics.com), 1300 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90033. Call: (323) 881-6444.
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