"Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief was considered America’s first major prima ballerina, and was the first Native American to hold the rank."
I got dressed in my traditional Indian regalia, but there was a man, he was the producer of the whole show. He took that speech away from me and he warned me very sternly. “I’ll give you 60 seconds or less. And if you go over that 60 seconds, I’ll have you arrested. I’ll have you put in handcuffs.”
- Sacheen Littlefeather in Reel Injun (2009), dir. Neil Diamond.
Woodcarving Northwest Coast nativ Mask by David Franklin
Native North American couple, Situwuka and Katkwachsnea. 1912.
This is PJ. He was born with cerebral palsy. This weekend he got to dance with his fellow members of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe at their annual powwow in North Carolina.
Gathering At the Rapids Powwow 2013
I love all of these, but especially the multicolored rainbowey action on the last one (and I’m not usually a “rainbows” fan, fwiw)
A photo I took from the 17th Annual Chumash Intertribal Pow Wow. Check out more photos here on my blog
Today in LGBTQ and QPoC, the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians officially makes marriage equality law in the sovereign tribe of about 4000 members, as Chairman Dennis McNamara signed a new marriage equality measure passed by the tribal council on March 3rd and officiated the marriage of his friend and tribal member Tim LaCroix and his partner Gene Barfield. The tribal council cites the long history of Two-Spirit and Native LGBTQ culture as reasons for granting marriage equality. Increasingly, indigenous groups all over the United States are pushing back against heterosexism and becoming inclusive for their LGBTQ and Two-Spirit members.
A Sioux Indian by James Bama
This marks the third tribal nation to recognize marriage equality, following the Coquille tribe of southern Oregon and Suquamish tribe of Washington State.
A Proud Day for Tribal Advocates of the Violence Against Women Act
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization passed the U.S. House on February 28 by a vote of 286 to 138. In a major victory for Indian country, it mirrored the already passed U.S. Senate provisions that allow tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians who commit violence against women and families on Indian lands.
That shawl is LEGIT!
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‘Penacho’ by Jose Duque (jduquetr) on Flickr