Culture and Identity

What Does Thanksgiving Mean to Native Americans?

Native Hope

There are always two sides to a story. Unfortunately, when it comes to the history of Thanksgiving, generations of Americans have been taught a one-sided history in homes and schools. The dominant cul...

November 24, 2021

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Culture and Identity

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

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Every November since 1990, the United States celebrates Native American Heritage Month. The commemoration of the month provides a platform for Native Americans to share traditions, music, crafts, and ...

November 1, 2021

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Culture and Identity

My relationship with Native American Boarding Schools

Hope McCloskey

Nine children started their final journey home on Wednesday, July 14, from Carlisle, Pa. They made several stops along the way for prayer services. On the evening of July 16, they reached their destin...

October 3, 2021

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Culture

Sioux Native Americans: Their History, Culture, and Traditions

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The Sioux are one of the largest and oldest Native American tribes in North America, dating back three thousand years. With a territory that spanned thousands of square miles at the peak of their stre...

August 1, 2021

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Cultural Awareness and Revitalization

Chief Crazy Horse: The Red Man has Great Heroes Also

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Resting high above the treetops of the Black Hills (Paha Sapa), sacred lands of his people, a monument of Crazy Horse (Tȟašúŋke Witkó), legendary Oglala Lakota warrior, acts as a sentinel and symbol o...

July 18, 2021

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Cultural Awareness and Revitalization

The Six Grandfathers Before It Was Known as Mount Rushmore

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Part II in a series of articles that attempt to give more perspective into the truths our history books are avoiding.

June 29, 2021

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Cultural Awareness and Revitalization

What really happened at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Native Hope

Sharing the Untold Story of Native America is one of the most important things we do at Native Hope, and if Indian Country is to heal, there must be an acknowledgment of the past. This acknowledgmen...

June 22, 2021

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Cultural Awareness and Revitalization

Reclaiming Sacred Places: No Longer Harney Peak

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Andrew Jackson, James Monroe, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Johnson, Jefferson Davis, Franklin Pierce, Phillip Sheridan, Abraham Lincoln, and James Polk were among the contemporaries of William S. Harney, ...

June 13, 2021

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Culture

Pueblo Native Americans: Their History, Culture, and Traditions

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There are currently 6.7 million Native Americans living in the United States. However... Living descendants of the Pueblo Native American tribe only make up 1.2 percent of that number. While Pueblo N...

April 19, 2021

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Voices of Indian Country

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Celebrating the Power of Native Women and Native Mothers

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What Does Thanksgiving Mean to Native Americans?

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

My relationship with Native American Boarding Schools

Sioux Native Americans: Their History, Culture, and Traditions

Chief Crazy Horse: The Red Man has Great Heroes Also

The Six Grandfathers Before It Was Known as Mount Rushmore

What really happened at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Reclaiming Sacred Places: No Longer Harney Peak

Pueblo Native Americans: Their History, Culture, and Traditions

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Celebrating the Power of Native Women and Native Mothers

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Topic: History

Our healing begins with storytelling.

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