danniepolley

Canon EOS M50, EF-M11-22mm

Allies in War, Partners in Peace

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Day of the Dead

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American Progress, 1872, John Gast

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Creation Story, 2000, Harry Fonseca, 1946-2006

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New Yorker magazine cover, 2004, Robert Crumb's New Yorker cover is a study in dispossession.

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"Eagle and the Young Chief", David Boxley (b. 1952) assisted by son David Robert Boxley (b. 1981)

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Nice collection.

After 66 years, our school district dropped the American Indian as their logo/mascot because some people found it offensive. No Indians complained, though. I always thought it was more of a tribute. It cost the taxpayers thousands to make all the changes to go from "Indians" to "Eagles."

mleuck

We are far too PC!

danniepolley

Thanks, still an issue with many sports teams, most notably the Washington Redskins.

bedouin Loc: Big Bend area, Texas

The vast majority of Indians in my area of the Southwest do not refer to themselves as"Native Americans" but as Indians.That is because, unlike those who continually drink the Kool Aid of PC, they understand that anyone born in America is a native american.

Stephan G

Thank you for sharing.

"How can anyone own land when it belongs to all?" One of the many questions still asked.

danniepolley

Thanks for your comment

davefales Loc: Virginia

I like the Canadian approach: First Nations...but I'm sure it's too late.

Best I can tell the overwhelming majority Native Americans do not have a problem with the Washington Redskins. (Let's see if that statement will make this thread sizzle.)

BTW: fine photography. Thanks for sharing.

danniepolley

Thanks for the comment on the photos. I did not think the thread would be political, oh well, almost everything today is.

Stephan G

Just about everybody knows that Washington Redskins is a particular kind of New Potato.

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robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

One of the LA Metro Area school districts out to the NE next to a reservation was naming a new school with an American Indian themed name and mascot. Protesters showed up at board meetings etc.
On the day of the dedication they showed up again, then the delegation from the nearby reservation walked right through the middle of the group. Tribal Council, elected tribal chief, tribal police chief a couple of Shaman and the priest from a Catholic Church on the reservation plus a bunch of parents and children from the tribe. They took part in the dedication, offered prayers, did dances etc to dedicate and adopt the school which was named after their tribe and had about 20-25% tribal children in the new student body. The protesters sort of faded away and avoided the news people who tried to interview them.

Interesting series of images.

My home county in Western Kentucky has about 25% of the families with at least some American Indian ancestry - including mine. The last full bloods in the family were in the 1830s or so but they were there. My Great Grandfather (born 1865) used to tell me that both his Grandmothers were 1/2 blood and two of his Great Grandmothers were full blood, one Chickasaw and one Cherokee. Back in the 1950s when the word spread of a welcome and good treatment at my Great Uncle's small restaurant on US 60 in the middle of town it became a regular stopping place for Cherokee driving back and forth between the Oklahoma and North Carolina reservations.

danniepolley

Thanks[quote=robertjerl]

Interesting series of images.