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Connection and Empowerment for Native People: The Teachings of the Bow and Arrow

Most Americans think of the bow and arrow as a tool for hunting or sports. But writer and craftsman Joseph Marshall III has always seen the bow and arrow as a source of spiritual guidance. In Lakota c...

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    An education journey and the need to go further

    Dennis Metcalf
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    Native American land and loss

    Native Hope with Trisha Burke
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    Chief Standing Bear's legacy, civil rights leader of his time - Part 3

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    “That hand is not the color of yours, but if I prick it, the blood will flow, and I shall feel pain. The blood is of the same color as yours. God made me, and I am a man." -Chief Standing Bear, Ponca ...

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    Chief Standing Bear's legacy, civil rights leader of his time - Part 2

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