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#Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old #ArcheologicalSite to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

#DHS was in talks with the #WildlifeRefuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

Adam Federman
April 30 2026, 7:01 p.m.

"A rare archaeological site in the #SonoranDesert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s #BorderWall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.

"The area, in a remote corner of Arizona’s #CabezaPrieta #NationalWildlifeRefuge, is a nearly 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand known as an #intaglio.

"Last Friday, without any notice, a contractor working for DHS cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio, doing irreparable damage to the 1,000-year-old artifact.

"Cabeza Prieta, one of the largest wilderness areas outside of Alaska, also encompasses lands sacred to the #TohonoOodham Nation, which borders the refuge to the east. The O’odham have fought to prevent border wall construction across their reservation and during Trump’s first term largely prevailed; they also managed to protect the intaglio and a nearby burial site that they consider to be part of their ancestral lands.

" 'I liken it to destroying the Nazca lines — something that culturally we should have been relishing and promoting. Not destroying,' Rick Martynec, an archaeologist, said in a phone interview, referring to the hundreds of figures drawn into the deserts of southern Peru.

"The destruction was confirmed by a federal employee with direct knowledge of the incident, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal."

Source:
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

#USPol #TrumpSucks #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #TohonoOodhamNation #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanCulturalHeritage

#Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old #ArcheologicalSite to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

#DHS was in talks with the #WildlifeRefuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

Adam Federman
April 30 2026, 7:01 p.m.

"A rare archaeological site in the #SonoranDesert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s #BorderWall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.

"The area, in a remote corner of Arizona’s #CabezaPrieta #NationalWildlifeRefuge, is a nearly 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand known as an #intaglio.

"Last Friday, without any notice, a contractor working for DHS cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio, doing irreparable damage to the 1,000-year-old artifact.

"Cabeza Prieta, one of the largest wilderness areas outside of Alaska, also encompasses lands sacred to the #TohonoOodham Nation, which borders the refuge to the east. The O’odham have fought to prevent border wall construction across their reservation and during Trump’s first term largely prevailed; they also managed to protect the intaglio and a nearby burial site that they consider to be part of their ancestral lands.

" 'I liken it to destroying the Nazca lines — something that culturally we should have been relishing and promoting. Not destroying,' Rick Martynec, an archaeologist, said in a phone interview, referring to the hundreds of figures drawn into the deserts of southern Peru.

"The destruction was confirmed by a federal employee with direct knowledge of the incident, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal."

Source:
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

#USPol #TrumpSucks #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #TohonoOodhamNation #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanCulturalHeritage

#Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old #ArcheologicalSite to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

#DHS was in talks with the #WildlifeRefuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

Adam Federman
April 30 2026, 7:01 p.m.

"A rare archaeological site in the #SonoranDesert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s #BorderWall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.

"The area, in a remote corner of Arizona’s #CabezaPrieta #NationalWildlifeRefuge, is a nearly 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand known as an #intaglio.

"Last Friday, without any notice, a contractor working for DHS cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio, doing irreparable damage to the 1,000-year-old artifact.

"Cabeza Prieta, one of the largest wilderness areas outside of Alaska, also encompasses lands sacred to the #TohonoOodham Nation, which borders the refuge to the east. The O’odham have fought to prevent border wall construction across their reservation and during Trump’s first term largely prevailed; they also managed to protect the intaglio and a nearby burial site that they consider to be part of their ancestral lands.

" 'I liken it to destroying the Nazca lines — something that culturally we should have been relishing and promoting. Not destroying,' Rick Martynec, an archaeologist, said in a phone interview, referring to the hundreds of figures drawn into the deserts of southern Peru.

"The destruction was confirmed by a federal employee with direct knowledge of the incident, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal."

Source:
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

#USPol #TrumpSucks #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #TohonoOodhamNation #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanCulturalHeritage

#Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old #ArcheologicalSite to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

#DHS was in talks with the #WildlifeRefuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

Adam Federman
April 30 2026, 7:01 p.m.

"A rare archaeological site in the #SonoranDesert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s #BorderWall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.

"The area, in a remote corner of Arizona’s #CabezaPrieta #NationalWildlifeRefuge, is a nearly 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand known as an #intaglio.

"Last Friday, without any notice, a contractor working for DHS cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio, doing irreparable damage to the 1,000-year-old artifact.

"Cabeza Prieta, one of the largest wilderness areas outside of Alaska, also encompasses lands sacred to the #TohonoOodham Nation, which borders the refuge to the east. The O’odham have fought to prevent border wall construction across their reservation and during Trump’s first term largely prevailed; they also managed to protect the intaglio and a nearby burial site that they consider to be part of their ancestral lands.

" 'I liken it to destroying the Nazca lines — something that culturally we should have been relishing and promoting. Not destroying,' Rick Martynec, an archaeologist, said in a phone interview, referring to the hundreds of figures drawn into the deserts of southern Peru.

"The destruction was confirmed by a federal employee with direct knowledge of the incident, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal."

Source:
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

#USPol #TrumpSucks #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #TohonoOodhamNation #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanCulturalHeritage

#Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old #ArcheologicalSite to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

#DHS was in talks with the #WildlifeRefuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

Adam Federman
April 30 2026, 7:01 p.m.

"A rare archaeological site in the #SonoranDesert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s #BorderWall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.

"The area, in a remote corner of Arizona’s #CabezaPrieta #NationalWildlifeRefuge, is a nearly 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand known as an #intaglio.

"Last Friday, without any notice, a contractor working for DHS cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio, doing irreparable damage to the 1,000-year-old artifact.

"Cabeza Prieta, one of the largest wilderness areas outside of Alaska, also encompasses lands sacred to the #TohonoOodham Nation, which borders the refuge to the east. The O’odham have fought to prevent border wall construction across their reservation and during Trump’s first term largely prevailed; they also managed to protect the intaglio and a nearby burial site that they consider to be part of their ancestral lands.

" 'I liken it to destroying the Nazca lines — something that culturally we should have been relishing and promoting. Not destroying,' Rick Martynec, an archaeologist, said in a phone interview, referring to the hundreds of figures drawn into the deserts of southern Peru.

"The destruction was confirmed by a federal employee with direct knowledge of the incident, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal."

Source:
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/arizona-archeological-site-bulldozed-border-wall/

#USPol #TrumpSucks #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #TohonoOodhamNation #ArchaeologicalSite #DestroyingHistory #Fascism #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanCulturalHeritage

Cherokee legends describe mysterious “moon-eyed people” who lived in the Appalachians—pale, nocturnal, and blinded by sunlight. Were they myth… or evidence of a lost, forgotten civilization?
#AncientMysteries #HiddenHistory #NativeAmericanHistory #Archaeology #LostCivilizations
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/mysterious-moon-eyed-00102699

Hawk’s Cry by Luann Koester interweaves two time periods, two stories, and two protagonists, each sent on a perilous quest. "will pull readers in and not let go."
#middlegradebooks #historicalfiction #nativeamericanhistory #coloradohistory
https://www.amazon.com/Hawks-Cry-Story-Cheyenne-Hero/dp/B0BSJJPJYR/

🎲🧐 Wow, breaking news! Apparently, Native Americans were rolling dice before it was cool—12,000 years ago! Meanwhile, NBC News struggles to load on outdated browsers because, you know, the Stone Age and IE 11 are practically the same thing. 🤦‍♂️✨
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/native-americans-dice-games-probability-study-rcna266426 #NativeAmericanHistory #DiceGame #TechStruggles #NBCNews #IE11 #StoneAge #HackerNews #ngated

🎲🧐 Wow, breaking news! Apparently, Native Americans were rolling dice before it was cool—12,000 years ago! Meanwhile, NBC News struggles to load on outdated browsers because, you know, the Stone Age and IE 11 are practically the same thing. 🤦‍♂️✨
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/native-americans-dice-games-probability-study-rcna266426 #NativeAmericanHistory #DiceGame #TechStruggles #NBCNews #IE11 #StoneAge #HackerNews #ngated

🎲🧐 Wow, breaking news! Apparently, Native Americans were rolling dice before it was cool—12,000 years ago! Meanwhile, NBC News struggles to load on outdated browsers because, you know, the Stone Age and IE 11 are practically the same thing. 🤦‍♂️✨
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/native-americans-dice-games-probability-study-rcna266426 #NativeAmericanHistory #DiceGame #TechStruggles #NBCNews #IE11 #StoneAge #HackerNews #ngated

🎲🧐 Wow, breaking news! Apparently, Native Americans were rolling dice before it was cool—12,000 years ago! Meanwhile, NBC News struggles to load on outdated browsers because, you know, the Stone Age and IE 11 are practically the same thing. 🤦‍♂️✨
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/native-americans-dice-games-probability-study-rcna266426 #NativeAmericanHistory #DiceGame #TechStruggles #NBCNews #IE11 #StoneAge #HackerNews #ngated

#WomensHistoryMonth Day 15 - Shoshone woman Sacagawea traveled thousands of miles helping guide the Lewis and Clark expedition to the west coast.

Where in the World...was she born?

Click to find out: https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=215&type=q

#History #Herstory #Geography #NativeAmericanHistory #maps

New-to-me, from Library of Congress: Preserving U.S. Indigenous Government Websites: From Directory to Digital Archive. “As a 2025 Junior Fellow, Maggie Jones helped build the United States Indigenous Government Websites Web Archive with the guidance of her mentor, Giselle Aviles. In this interview, they describe how the collection developed from a list of over 500 tribes and what that process […]

"#IndigenousSlavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was."

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-hidden-history-of-native-american-enslavement
https://archive.ph/3x1Hf
#NativeBoundUnbound #Indigenous #enslavedIndigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #colonialViolence #slavery #historyOfTheAmericas

@asoulliberated_, Black Royalty, wrote:

They love talking about how [Native Americans] owned slaves. Let’s talk about how slave catchers captured [Native Americans] from their tribes and sold them into slavery as well. This was in a former slave interview that I read. Now I want to go back and find it because I love receipts 😩

#indigenous #blackpeople #nativeamericanhistory #blackwomen #92percent #blackmastodon

KIMA: New website shares data about the Yakama Reservation. “A new website has hit the internet, which shares data about the Yakama Nation…. This new resource has information about people, economic vitality, education, health, housing and more in the borders of the Yakama Reservation.”

The Real Life Tragedy Of Pocahontas

Beyond the legend. We separate myth from reality to tell the true, poignant story of Pocahontas, a woman caught between two cultures during the early, turbulent years of English colonization in America.

#History #AmericanHistory #Pocahontas #NativeAmericanHistory #TrueStory #Biographies #ushistory #usa #america

https://www.history-channel.org/the-real-life-tragedy-of-pocahontas/

Majority Report welcomes #JamieHolmes, author of the #TheFreeAndTheDead, which tells the story of how a free Black American and an #Indigenous warrior resisted the US attack on the #Seminole nation in pre-statehood #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8

#SouanaffeTustenukke #Osceola #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericans #Seminoles #BlackSeminoles #SeminoleWars #SecondSeminoleWar #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #AmericanHistory #forcedRemovals #colonialViolence #books @bookstodon

Majority Report welcomes #JamieHolmes, author of the #TheFreeAndTheDead, which tells the story of how a free Black American and an #Indigenous warrior resisted the US attack on the #Seminole nation in pre-statehood #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8

#SouanaffeTustenukke #Osceola #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericans #Seminoles #BlackSeminoles #SeminoleWars #SecondSeminoleWar #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #AmericanHistory #forcedRemovals #colonialViolence #books @bookstodon

Majority Report welcomes #JamieHolmes, author of the #TheFreeAndTheDead, which tells the story of how a free Black American and an #Indigenous warrior resisted the US attack on the #Seminole nation in pre-statehood #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8

#SouanaffeTustenukke #Osceola #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericans #Seminoles #BlackSeminoles #SeminoleWars #SecondSeminoleWar #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #AmericanHistory #forcedRemovals #colonialViolence #books @bookstodon

Majority Report welcomes #JamieHolmes, author of the #TheFreeAndTheDead, which tells the story of how a free Black American and an #Indigenous warrior resisted the US attack on the #Seminole nation in pre-statehood #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8

#SouanaffeTustenukke #Osceola #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericans #Seminoles #BlackSeminoles #SeminoleWars #SecondSeminoleWar #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #AmericanHistory #forcedRemovals #colonialViolence #books @bookstodon

Majority Report welcomes #JamieHolmes, author of the #TheFreeAndTheDead, which tells the story of how a free Black American and an #Indigenous warrior resisted the US attack on the #Seminole nation in pre-statehood #Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8

#SouanaffeTustenukke #Osceola #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericans #Seminoles #BlackSeminoles #SeminoleWars #SecondSeminoleWar #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #AmericanHistory #forcedRemovals #colonialViolence #books @bookstodon

Upcoming #WabanakiStudies Webinars for 2026

"The #Wabanaki Studies Webinars are back for the spring and we're excited to see and learn from Wabanaki citizens doing such meaningful work. This is a great opportunity to learn more about our cultures, histories, and sovereignty from experts across our homelands.

The webinars are free and open to the public.

- Jan 21- #BrianneLolar - Wabanaki Studies in 2026 [already passed]
- January 28- #KayaLolar & #SagePhillips - Wabanaki Youth & Policy
- Feb 4 - #RogerPaul
- February 11 - #SuzanneGreenlaw
- Feb 25 - #DamonGalipeau
- March 4 - #JohnNeptune
- March 11 - #ChrisNewell - If You Lived During the American Revolution
- April 1 - #BonnieNewsom - Swordfish in Past Wabanaki Lifeways
- April 8 - #MaulianBryant - #WabanakiAlliance
- April 2 9- Kaya Lolar, Sage Phillips, and Youth
- May 6 - #DwayneTomah - #WabanakiLanguages
May 13 - #ApemesimGalipeau

FMI and to register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdI7VEREUSAy_PYfEHCt0wfsNp_nQjZ5U7b9PNRXdqWWHYkgw/viewform?pli=1

Source:
https://mailchi.mp/wabanakialliance/wabanaki-alliance-newsletter-11039681?e=7e7095a76c

#WabanakiAlliance #MaineTribes #MaineFirstNations #Dawnland #NativeAmericanCulture #NativeAmericanLanguage #TraditionalWays #NativeAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #NativeAmericanCulturalPreservation

Aacimotaatiiyankwi: Introducing the Myaamia Heritage Foundation. “The Myaamia Heritage Foundation (MHF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. The MHF furthers the Tribe’s cultural mission by promoting and funding research that advances Myaamia cultural knowledge, supporting Myaamia artists and scholars, and providing educational opportunities for […]

Explore the rich history of the Seminole Tribe — their origins, cultural traditions, resistance in the Seminole Wars, and how Seminole communities live and thrive today. Learn about resilience, identity, and ongoing cultural revival. #SeminoleHistory #SeminoleTribe #nativeamericanhistory #indigenousculture #FloridaHistory #indigenouslivesmatter #learnnativehistory #Oklahoma https://www.gsnsp.com/seminole-tribe-history/

Native News Online: NABS Documents 134 More Survivor Stories, Expands Digital Archive in 2025. “This past year, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS)interviewed more than 130 Indian boarding school survivors, expanded its digital archive, and released the second volume of a curriculum about the boarding school era. That’s according to the organization’s […]

The Zinn Ed Project welcomes historian #NedBlackhawk to discuss his book #TheRediscoveryOfAmerica: #NativePeoples and the Unmaking of #USHistory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdWVO4vwDjM

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #AmericanRevolution #SevenYearsWar #colonialism #colonialViolence #decolonialStudies #books @bookstodon

@unapologetically_jackie, Black Royalty, wrote:

You wouldn’t tell a Jewish person to “get over”

(1/8)

#nativeamerican #indigenous #blacklivesstillmatter #blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #whitepeople #nativeamericanhistory #blackhistory #blackmastodon

As U.S. Thanksgiving begins to wind down, here's a reminder from @TheConversationUS that communal celebrations of gratitude didn't begin with the Plymouth Pilgrims. "The emphasis on the Pilgrims’ 1620 landing and 1621 feast erased a great deal of religious history and narrowed conceptions of who belongs in America," writes Thomas Tweed, a professor emeritus of American Studies and History at the University of Notre Dame.

https://flip.it/nrWWIt

#History #USHistory #Thanksgiving #NativeAmericanHistory #Indigenous

This was well done:

Cultural Appropriation in Pop Culture: Ep 23 of Crash Course Native American History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tg2mCKP6tY

#CrashCourse #NorthAmericanIndian #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #CulturalAppropriation
#IndigenousVoices #NativeRepresentation #HollywoodStereotypes #IndigenousCulture #DecolonizeHollywood #NativeAmericanArt #FilmHistory #MediaRepresentation

North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: State Archives to Host Virtual Program on the American Indian Heritage Commission Oral History Project. “Celebrate American Indian Heritage Month by listening to some of North Carolina’s American Indians discuss their history in their own voices during an upcoming virtual Lunch and Learn program ‘Listening to our Elders: the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/25/north-carolina-department-of-natural-and-cultural-resources-state-archives-to-host-virtual-program-on-the-american-indian-heritage-commission-oral-history-project/

"Oral, archaeological, and written evidence all show that large populations survived in all of these places by adjusting how they lived, by creating smaller scale societies that in many ways worked better for people and their environments."

#KathleenDuVal discusses her book #NativeNationsAMillenniumInNorthAmerica

https://www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj70s?t=1101s

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AncientCities #AncientAmericas #Cahokia #Hohokam #MedievalWarmPeriod #LittleIceAge #books @bookstodon

"Oral, archaeological, and written evidence all show that large populations survived in all of these places by adjusting how they lived, by creating smaller scale societies that in many ways worked better for people and their environments."

#KathleenDuVal discusses her book #NativeNationsAMillenniumInNorthAmerica

https://www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj70s?t=1101s

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AncientCities #AncientAmericas #Cahokia #Hohokam #MedievalWarmPeriod #LittleIceAge #books @bookstodon

"Oral, archaeological, and written evidence all show that large populations survived in all of these places by adjusting how they lived, by creating smaller scale societies that in many ways worked better for people and their environments."

#KathleenDuVal discusses her book #NativeNationsAMillenniumInNorthAmerica

https://www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj70s?t=1101s

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AncientCities #AncientAmericas #Cahokia #Hohokam #MedievalWarmPeriod #LittleIceAge #books @bookstodon

"Oral, archaeological, and written evidence all show that large populations survived in all of these places by adjusting how they lived, by creating smaller scale societies that in many ways worked better for people and their environments."

#KathleenDuVal discusses her book #NativeNationsAMillenniumInNorthAmerica

https://www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj70s?t=1101s

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AncientCities #AncientAmericas #Cahokia #Hohokam #MedievalWarmPeriod #LittleIceAge #books @bookstodon

"Oral, archaeological, and written evidence all show that large populations survived in all of these places by adjusting how they lived, by creating smaller scale societies that in many ways worked better for people and their environments."

#KathleenDuVal discusses her book #NativeNationsAMillenniumInNorthAmerica

https://www.youtube.com/live/GIL2bpOj70s?t=1101s

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanHistory #AncientCities #AncientAmericas #Cahokia #Hohokam #MedievalWarmPeriod #LittleIceAge #books @bookstodon

I'm listening to a very interesting broadcast with anthropologist Dr. #DavidShaneLowry (#Lumbee) where he talks about the origins of "#FryBread". Not traditional food (which I suspected), but based on rations given to Native Americans after displacement!

Intercultural Insights
October 14, 2025
On Tue from 11:30 am EST to 12:00 pm EST

Listen / download:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/greasy-frybread--64844925?utm_medium=app&utm_source=widget&utm_campaign=episode-title&deep_link_value=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spreaker.com%2Fepisode%2Fgreasy-frybread--64844925%3Futm_medium%3Dapp%26utm_source%3Dwidget%26utm_campaign%3Depisode-title&af_channel=widget

Wikipedia entry on frybread:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frybread

Show info:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-podcasts/returning-the-land/

https://www.wmpg.org/show/tue1130/#

#colonization #Colonialism #CulturalErasure #Starvation #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericans #TraditionalFoods #BoardingSchools #CommodityBoxes #Commods #Rations #Frybread #FoodInsecurity #WMPGFM #CommunityRadio #IndigenousVoices #IndigenousFoodSovereignty

#WildRice and the #Ojibwe

by Jessica Milgroom

"Wild rice is a food of great historical, spiritual, and cultural importance for Ojibwe people. After #colonization disrupted their #TraditionalFoodSystem, however, they could no longer depend on stores of wild rice for food all year round. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, this traditional staple was appropriated by white entrepreneurs and marketed as a gourmet commodity. Native and non-Native people alike began to harvest rice to sell it for cash, threatening the health of the natural stands of the crop. This lucrative market paved the way for domestication of the plant, and farmers began cultivating it in paddies in the late 1960s. In the twenty-first century, many Ojibwe and other Native people are fighting to sustain the hand-harvested wild rice tradition and to protect wild rice beds.

"Ojibwe people arrived in present-day Minnesota in the 1600s after a long migration from the east coast of the United States that lasted many centuries. Together with their #Anishinaabe kin, the #Potawatomi and #Odawa, they followed a vision that told them to search for their homeland in a place 'where the food floats on water.' The Ojibwe recognized this as the wild rice they found growing around Lake Superior (#Gichigami), and they settled on the sacred site of what is known today as #MadelineIsland (#Mooningwaanekaaning).

"In the Ojibwe language, wild rice (Zizania palustris) is called #manoomin, which is related by analogy to a word (minomin) meaning 'good berry.' It is a highly nutritious wild grain that is gathered from lakes and waterways by canoe in late August and early September, during the wild rice moon (manoominike giizis).

"Before contact with Europeans and as late as the early twentieth century, Ojibwe people depended on wild rice as a crucial part of their diet, together with berries, fish, meat, vegetables, and maple sugar. They moved their camps throughout the year, depending on the activities of seasonal food gathering. In autumn, families moved to a location close to a lake with a promising stand of wild rice and stayed there for the duration of the season. Men hunted and fished while women harvested rice, preparing food for their families to eat throughout the following winter, spring, and summer."

Read more:
https://www3.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/thing/wild-rice-and-ojibwe

#TraditionalFoods #WildRiceHistory #NativeAmericanHistory #FoodHistory #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoplesDay #FoodSovereignty #SolarPunkSunday

#WildRice and the #Ojibwe

by Jessica Milgroom

"Wild rice is a food of great historical, spiritual, and cultural importance for Ojibwe people. After #colonization disrupted their #TraditionalFoodSystem, however, they could no longer depend on stores of wild rice for food all year round. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, this traditional staple was appropriated by white entrepreneurs and marketed as a gourmet commodity. Native and non-Native people alike began to harvest rice to sell it for cash, threatening the health of the natural stands of the crop. This lucrative market paved the way for domestication of the plant, and farmers began cultivating it in paddies in the late 1960s. In the twenty-first century, many Ojibwe and other Native people are fighting to sustain the hand-harvested wild rice tradition and to protect wild rice beds.

"Ojibwe people arrived in present-day Minnesota in the 1600s after a long migration from the east coast of the United States that lasted many centuries. Together with their #Anishinaabe kin, the #Potawatomi and #Odawa, they followed a vision that told them to search for their homeland in a place 'where the food floats on water.' The Ojibwe recognized this as the wild rice they found growing around Lake Superior (#Gichigami), and they settled on the sacred site of what is known today as #MadelineIsland (#Mooningwaanekaaning).

"In the Ojibwe language, wild rice (Zizania palustris) is called #manoomin, which is related by analogy to a word (minomin) meaning 'good berry.' It is a highly nutritious wild grain that is gathered from lakes and waterways by canoe in late August and early September, during the wild rice moon (manoominike giizis).

"Before contact with Europeans and as late as the early twentieth century, Ojibwe people depended on wild rice as a crucial part of their diet, together with berries, fish, meat, vegetables, and maple sugar. They moved their camps throughout the year, depending on the activities of seasonal food gathering. In autumn, families moved to a location close to a lake with a promising stand of wild rice and stayed there for the duration of the season. Men hunted and fished while women harvested rice, preparing food for their families to eat throughout the following winter, spring, and summer."

Read more:
https://www3.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/thing/wild-rice-and-ojibwe

#TraditionalFoods #WildRiceHistory #NativeAmericanHistory #FoodHistory #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoplesDay #FoodSovereignty #SolarPunkSunday

#IndigenousPeoplesDay - Monday, October 13

This Indigenous Peoples' Day take some time to learn about the history of the #WabanakiNations.

Event: Inter-Tribal drum group #RezDogs drums for Indigenous Peoples' Day

#AbbeMuseum - October 13, 10:30 - Noon.

Abbe Museum
26 Mount Desert Street
Bar Harbor, ME, 04609

"About the Photo: John Neptune, Lieutenant Governor (1767-1865). John Neptune was a Penobscot Representative to the Legislature in 1823, 1824, 1831, 1835, 1837, 1844, and 1861, and he was the Lieutenant Governor/Sub-Chief in 1847. Source: Maine State Archives and Maine State Museum."
- Jocelyn Hubbell, Interpretive Specialist, BPL

FMI - https://www.abbemuseum.org/events/2025/10/13/inter-tribal-drum-group-rez-dogs-drums-for-indigenous-peoples-day

Select Resources:

#WabanakiReach page about Indigenous Peoples' Day
https://www.wabanakireach.org/indigenous_peoples_day

Wabanaki Reach educational resources
https://www.wabanakireach.org/educational_resources

Online Resource Library by First Light
https://dawnlandreturn.org/first-light/resources

#NativeAmericanHistory #MaineFirstNations #WabankiHistory #CulturalPreservation #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousNews #MaineEvents #Maine #Dawnland #PeopleOfTheDawn

#CastineME - Mači-pikʷátohsək: A Wayfinding Walk

Featuring the voices of #JenniferNeptune and #FloEdwards

Sunday, October 5, 2025
1–6 p.m.

*Related programming Saturday, October 4*

"Mači-pikʷátohsək (Majabigwaduce), or #Castine, is known for its unique historical signs first installed by the Village Improvement Society in 1908. While these panels are considered by many to be a distinctive part of the town's character, they reflect outdated historical interpretations and contain problematic content, often focusing on European #colonization while invisibilizing #Wabanaki history and sense of place and erasing the traces of Castine’s #Black residents.

"Mači-pikʷátohsək : A Wayfinding Walk will use signage as a central theme, examining both the stories these signs tell and the histories they leave out, encouraging participants to critically reflect on visible elements of the commemorative landscape while learning about Penobscot worldview, wayfinding techniques, and relationship to place.

"Join us as we walk together to reflect and reimagine the many layers of stories that unfold in this landscape.

"In addition to the Wayfinding Walk on Sunday, all are invited to join WHERE and the Castine Historical Society on Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm for a lecture and performance that will provide critical insight into the suppressed history of this region’s role in the slave trade while illuminating some of the ways that people of African heritage have made their own freedom."

Events are free, but pre-registration is required (and a liability waiver for the walk on Sunday).

FMI and to register:
https://www.walkwhere.org/castine

#MaineEvents #NativeAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #MaineHistory #CastineMaine

App State team uncovers ancient #NativeAmerican campsite in #AsheCounty

Ciara Lankford
Fri, August 8, 2025

BOONE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — "Appalachian State University archaeologists have discovered an early Native American campsite right under a vegetable garden at the university’s Blackburn Vannoy Estate and Farm in Ashe County.

"According to App State, the site was uncovered during a summer dig led by Dr. Alice Wright, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology.

"Among the finds were stone tools, pottery pieces, a fire hearth, and a storage pit…all pointing to a place where people once gathered, cooked, and lived.

"Wright said one of the most exciting artifacts was a sharpened quartz point, likely broken during a hunt and later reused as a tool for scraping animal hides.

"The items reportedly date back as far as 8,000 years, covering the late Archaic to Woodland periods. Wright believes people kept returning to this spot because of its rich soil, nearby stream, and close access to the New River."

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/app-state-team-uncovers-ancient-154447490.html

FMI about the dig:
https://today.appstate.edu/2025/07/25/blackburn-vannoy

#NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericanHistory #NorthCarolina #Archaeology

Truthout: Facing Defunding, Indigenous Cultural Workers Say They Cannot Be Suppressed. “Institutions offering Indigenous arts and culture programming, as well as those centering the histories and culture of other communities of color, are at disproportionate risk of being defunded and further marginalized under the administration’s policies. Faced with sweeping cuts to federal agencies that […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/08/truthout-facing-defunding-indigenous-cultural-workers-say-they-cannot-be-suppressed/

DigitalNC: Newest Partner Kiln It with Batch of NC Pottery and Cherokee Related Materials. “Thanks to our newest partner, the North Carolina Pottery Center, a batch containing photographs, slides, postcards, scrapbooks, and more that highlight the beauty of the Cherokee Indian Reservation and surrounding area along with North Carolina’s rich pottery tradition is now available online.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/28/digitalnc-newest-partner-kiln-it-with-batch-of-nc-pottery-and-cherokee-related-materials/

University of Iowa Libraries: Big Ten Open Books launches second collection. “In partnership with eight Big Ten-affiliated university presses, the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs has expanded the Big Ten Open Books project with the publication of the second 100-book collection. The second collection is centered on Indigenous North Americans. The works included in the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/12/university-of-iowa-libraries-big-ten-open-books-launches-second-collection/

1k year old 3 sisters crop farm found in Northern Michigan

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-field-where-native-american-farmers-grew-corn-beans-and-squash-1000-years-ago-discovered-in-michigan-180986758/

#HackerNews #1kYearOldFarm #NorthernMichigan #NativeAmericanHistory #AgricultureHistory #CropFarming #ArchaeologicalDiscovery

Rice University: Rice students launch oral history archive to preserve Indigenous Texas stories. “Generations of silence are giving way to spoken truth through a new project at Rice University. In collaboration with the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project (TTBP), a nonprofit founded by Lipan Apache leader Lucille Contreras to restore Indigenous foodways and culture, Rice’s Weston Twardowski and a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/07/rice-university-rice-students-launch-oral-history-archive-to-preserve-indigenous-texas-stories/

#LettersAndPolitics welcomes #MaryAnnettePember, national correspondent for ICT News, and author of #MedicineRiver: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of #IndianBoardingSchools

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-june-3-2025/

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeBoardingSchools #NativeAmericanBoardingSchools #NativeAmericanHistory #UShistory #AmericanHistory #colonialViolence #memoirs #books @histodons @bookstodon

#LettersAndPolitics welcomes #MaryAnnettePember, national correspondent for ICT News, and author of #MedicineRiver: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of #IndianBoardingSchools

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-june-3-2025/

#Indigenous #NativeAmericans #NativeBoardingSchools #NativeAmericanBoardingSchools #NativeAmericanHistory #UShistory #AmericanHistory #colonialViolence #memoirs #books @histodons @bookstodon