Wednesday, November 16, 2011

More About the Walam Olum

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I n my last post I conceded that the Walam Olum (also known by other spellings) is not regarded as an authentic Delaware or Lenape document...
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

The Walum Olum: Authentic or Fake?

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The image you see below is an artist's interpretation that borrows heavily from the Walum Olum. This particular pictograph and the word...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

ACH Book Recommendation: Chief Bender's Burden by Tom Swift

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E ven if you are a baseball fan, you might not have heard of Charles Albert "Chief" Bender. In fact, I doubt that many of today...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Name of the Stockbridge Mohicans

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The photo below was taken at The Great Mohican Pow-Wow in Ohio . I include it here once again to underscore that many of the "original...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Mohicans and the Mahicans

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The beautiful scene below was "borrowed" from the official website of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community (they are usually referred...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Headline: United States Fails in Honest Attempt to Help New York Indians

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N ative American activists have made the claim that the United States intentionally pitted the Menominee Indians against the New York Indian...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Another Reason Why the Menominees had no Official Chief from 1818 to 1827

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I n my previous post I described a nine-year period in which the Menominees were without an official leader. The source I was using put an e...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Oshkosh The Brave: An Old Book About the Menominee Chief and his Family

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I came across a little book about the Menominees recently. The Foreward is by Roy Oshkosh, who claimed to be the "Nominal Chief" o...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Mohicans and the Stockbridge Mohicans

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The word "Mohican" in the names of this park and other places in Ohio, reflects the fact that Mohicans were leaving their homeland...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Menominee Memorial Erected

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The Menominees have erected a memorial for their veterans at a park in Keshena. Click on the photo for a better view: Let's not forget t...
Monday, May 16, 2011

The Brothertown Nation of Indians - A Highly Recommended Book

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B rad Jarvis' recent (2010, University of Nebraska Press) book The Brothertown Nation of Indians: Land Ownership and Nationalism in Earl...
Monday, April 18, 2011

The Unintended Consequences of Education at Wheelock's School

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T he University of North Carolina Press recently (2010) published a collection of scholarly writings by various authors under the title Nati...