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A Day in History powerful vote !

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

On this day in 1948, a federal court ruled Indians in New Mexico could vote. More than a month earlier, Miguel Trujillo Sr. from Isleta Pueblo attempted to register to vote in a near by town. He was refused and sued the state. He's credited for making it possible for New Mexico tribes to vote in state and national elections

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Humming birds interesting to wach here are sone facks about them enjoy

hummingbirds Pictures, Images and Photos







hummingbirds Pictures, Images and Photos





















Interesting facts about hummingbirds:

the hummingbird is the smallest bird and also the smallest of all animals that have a backbone.

a hummingbird has no sense of smell…



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Inviting the Bears

big bear Pictures, Images and Photos





An old man living in Alaska had lost all of his friends and family, and he felt sad to think that he was left alone. He began to wonder whether he should leave and start a new life in another village. But he worried, "If I paddle away to another village and the people there see that I am alone, they may think that I've run away from my own village because I was accused of some disgraceful thing."… Continue

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Lost Identities - A Journey of Rediscovery





Indian flag









It was first a traveling exhibit of archival photographs. It premiered at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, June 2 to October 31, 1999.

Photographs can speak. They can whisper or shout. They can lie. Many photographs, though, are silent. When individuals, events or other… Continue

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The Drum

Thunder Cloud stood outside his father’s tipi and watched as the village came alive around him. It was a cold crisp morning and the snow that covered the land like a blanket lay deep underfoot. Many of the women of the Hunkpapa village were reluctant to leave the warmth and comfort of their lodges to go and collect firewood from the stockpile at the edge of their winter camp.

Wrapped in his buffalo robe young Thunder Cloud waited outside in the cold for he knew she would appear soon. He… Continue

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Buffalo Woman, A Story of Magic

When the boy was old enough to be given a man's name, Snow Bird called him Braveness because of his courage as a hunter. Many of the girls in the Caddo village wanted to win Braveness as a husband, but he paid little attention to any of them.

One morning he started out for a day of hunting, and while he was walking along looking for wild game, he saw someone ahead of him sitting under a small elm tree. As he approached, he was surprised to find that the person was a young woman, and he… Continue

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The Sine’s we should look for in the new changing in Mother earth's world and it effect's on us !







An Antarctic octopus that spews cold-resistant venom! A giant jellyfish that might have stung up to 100 people! A 40-ton whale that crushes yachts (well, at least one yacht, anyway)! The Web loves weird sea creatures. This past week, there was a lot to love.

Octopus fears no cold

They almost sound like some kind of a cartoon super villain. But not only are they real, they might have something to offer medicine. This past week, researchers discovered four new species… Continue

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The totem and some meanings.

A totem can be the symbol of a tribe, clan, family or individual. Native American tradition provides that each individual is connected with nine different animals that will accompany each person through life, acting as guides. Different animal guides come in and out of our lives depending on the direction that we are headed and the tasks that need to be completed along our journey.



Native beliefs further explain that a totem animal is one that is with you for life, both in the… Continue

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Our land

“Where is the rain?” Asked the parched and barren land.

“Where is the rain?” Asked the dried and dusty river bed.

“Where is the rain?” Asked the dead brush, the browning leaves of the trees, the once bright wild prairie flowers that now lay withered and dying, and the dried hard baked grassland. For they were all now hungering for the source of life.

“Where is the rain?” Asked the rotten carcasses and the bleached white bones of the dead animals that now littered the plains in… Continue

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