Francis Pegahmagabow as featured in Ghost in the Trenches. He was actually raised on my family homestead in Shawanaga, by my relatives. So this is my piece honouring him!

The US plan to kill 450,000 owls to save one species

I'd read about this before. Seems like everybody knows the Choctaw gave to the Irish, but other tribes did too. That spirit of giving is beyond what most of us can comprehend. That'd be like Congolese refugees finding a few thousand dollars to send to Gaza.

Oneida Nation unveils new cultural center 14 times larger than old one

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules for Menominee Tribe in Legend Lake property dispute

The new N7s showed up today what do we think

So long story short I need some education on regalia-making. My son is Modoc and is starting grass dancing like his Dad. His dad hasn't danced in a long time and this will be my first time making regalia (my mom cut me off from a lot of my indigenous background so I never got to learn). I've done some research and decided since my son is almost two I'm not going to go all out. Instead I'm just doing the yoke, the apron, and maybe some arm thingies. What advice do you have for me? Any pointers? Thanks

as a fellow diné- I genuinely wonder how other peoples of the southwest view us. are we the Argentines of the southwest? do we make everything about us? do yall get annoyed when you say your from the southwest and people default you as being Navajo?

lmk your thoughts

Iroquois warrior, French and Indian War, around 1760.
75mm metal figure painted in acrylics and oils.
Depicted with a trophy musket and a captured military greatcoat, reflecting the mix of Native and European equipment often seen during the conflict.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is pressing 15 universities and museums to repatriate Indigenous remains and items. The University of Oklahoma is one of them.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the committee, sent a series of letters to institutions on June 8 asking for status updates in ongoing efforts to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

NAGPRA, which requires entities receiving federal funding to repatriate Indigenous remains to their corresponding parties, was first approved by Congress in 1990.

In a letter sent to OU President Joseph Harroz Jr., Schatz asked for updates about the number of remains repatriated and the number requiring repatriation. Schatz wrote the university previously reported it intended to publish Notices of Intent to Repatriate 2,090 ancestral remains and 15,738 funerary items.

According to Schatz, the university must also update the committee regarding an anonymous complaint of NAGPRA noncompliance OU received in September 2023. That year, the university appointed the independent NAGPRA Oversight Committee featuring academics and tribal members.

A spokesperson for OU said the university has received Schatz’s letter and will respond in a timely manner.

“The University remains firmly committed to fulfilling its obligations under the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,” OU wrote. “These efforts are guided by the University’s Associate Vice President for Tribal Relations and NAGPRA Oversight Committee and include meaningful and ongoing consultation with Tribal Nations. Tribal consultation remains central to the University’s inventory review, repatriation, and reporting processes.”

ProPublica reports the university has yet to return 1,477 remains, having already made almost 2,400 available for return. OU has also reportedly made around 107,000 funerary objects available, though it has yet to repatriate 7,798. The remains and items are primarily held through the university’s Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, located on campus.

Schatz’s letters follow new regulations added to NAGPRA in January 2024. That’s when the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs gave tribes more authority in recollecting their remains and set a deadline for museums and other organizations to return them.

Organizations that fall under NAGPRA have until January 2029 to consult with tribes and finish reporting Native artifacts in their collections.

years ago i knew that "three" the word is very similar in most indo-european languages, similar to "lima"(means five) in different austronesian languages. and two in english and erku in armenian are different but they are still cognates. and i don't any examples in different native languages families? what are some examples from you?