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06/27/2025

Congratulations - Lily Gladstone for being the first Native Indigenous Blackfeet/Nimíipuu Female in its eighty one year history, to win the Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards for her role in "Killers of the Flower Moon!"
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"The villains are fairly obvious in “Flower Moon,” but Scorsese asks audiences to take a wider look at systemic racism, historical injustice and the corruptive influence of power and money, intriguingly tying together our past and present." ~ Brian Truitt,
"Gladstone, in the rare Scorsese film that gives center stage to a female character, is the emotional core here, and it's her face that stays etched in our memory."
~ Jocelyn Noveck
“This is for every little Rez kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream and is seeing themselves represented in our stories told by ourselves, in our own words..." ~ Lily Gladstone
"We Are Still Here!" 🪶
Top 📸: Mollie Kyle (Burkhart, Cobb) Osage, (1886-1937)
Bottom: Lily Gladstone, (Blackfeet-Nez Perce

06/25/2025

Chief Max Big Man, "Ihah-toh-heh-ed-dehsh" which means "Grabs the Enemy's Gun" | Crow Indian Artist | postcard, date unknown.

06/25/2025

"Half of all U.S. states, 25 to be exact, carry Native American names. Today we will be taking a look at the 25 states and the meanings of their names. They will be listed in alphabetical order.1. Alabama: Named after the Alabama, or Alibamu tribe, a Muskogean-speaking tribe. Sources are split between the meanings 'clearers of the thicket' or 'herb gatherers'.2. Alaska: Named after the Aleut word ""alaxsxaq"", which means ""the mainland""3. Arizona: Named after the O'odham word ""alĭ ṣonak"", meaning ""small spring""4. Connecticut: Named after the Mohican word ""quonehtacut"", meaning ""place of long tidal river""
5. Hawaii: Is an original word in the Hawaiian language meaning ""homeland""
6. Illinois: Named after the Illinois word ""illiniwek"", meaning ""men""
7. Iowa: Named after the Ioway tribe, whose name means ""gray snow""
8. Kansas: Named after the Kansa tribe, whose name means ""south wind people""
9. Kentucky: Origins are unclear, it may have been named after the Iroquoian word ""Kentake"", meaning ""on the meadow""
10. Massachusetts: Named after the Algonquin word ""Massadchu-es-et,"" meaning ""great-hill-small-place,”
11. Michigan: From the Chippewa word ""Michigama"", meaning ""large lake""
12. Minnesota: Named after the Dakota Indian word “Minisota” meaning “white water.”
13. Mississippi: Named after the river which was named by the Choctaw, meaning “Great water” or “Father of Waters.”
14. Missouri: Named after the Missouri tribe whose name means ""those who have dugout canoes""
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06/24/2025

"Rodney Arnold Grant, born on March 9, 1959, is a Native American actor best known for his role as ""Wind In His Hair"" in Dances with Wolves (1990). Raised on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska, Grant has portrayed Native American characters in several films, including Geronimo: An American Legend, Son of the Morning Star, and Wild Wild West. He also appeared in TV series like Hawkeye and Stargate SG-1.

In addition to his acting, Grant is an advocate for Native American youth, having served on the Native American Advisory Board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. His work both on-screen and in the community continues to inspire and raise awareness about Indigenous cultures.

How do you think Native American actors like Rodney Grant impact representation in Hollywood? Let us know your thoughts".

06/24/2025

"We were told we would see America come and go. In a sense, America dies from the inside out, because they have forgotten the instructions to live on Mother Earth. This is the Hopi creed, it is our creed, that if you are not spiritually connected to the Earth, and you don't understand the spiritual reality of life on Earth, chances are you are not going to make it.
Everything is spiritual, everything has one
Spirit.
We are here on Earth only a few winters, then we go to the spirit world. The spirit world is more real than most of us realize.
The spirit world is everything. Most of our body is water. To stay healthy you need to drink pure water. Water is sacred, air is sacred. Our DNA is made from the same DNA as the tree, the tree breathes what we breathe out, we need what the tree expires. So we have a common fate with the tree. We are all of the Earth, and when the Earth and its water and atmosphere are corrupted, then the Earth will create her reaction. The Mother reacts.
In the Hopi prophecy it says that storms and floods will get bigger.
For me it is not negative to know that there will be big changes. It's not negative, it's evolution. When you look at it as an Evolution, you know it's time, nothing stays the same. You should learn to plant something. This is the first connection. You should look at all things as Spirit, realize that we are family. It never ends. Everything is life and there is no end to life.
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- Floyd "" Red Crow "" Westerman, musician, actor and activist native of South Dakota".

06/23/2025

"𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.Jay Silverheels was born on Canada's Six Nation's Reserve and was one of 10 children. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films through the 1940s before gaining notice as the Osceola brother in a Humphrey Bogart film Key Largo (1948). Most of Silverheels' roles consisted of bit parts as an Indian character. In 1949, he worked in the movie The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) with another ""B movie"" actor Clayton Moore. Later that year, Silverheels was hired to play the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the TV series The Lone Ranger (1949) series, which brought him the fame that his motion picture career never did.Silverheels recreated the role of Tonto in two big-screen color movies with Moore,The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). After the TV series ended in 1957, Silverheels could not escape the typecasting of Tonto. He would continue to appear in an occasional film and television show but became a spokesperson to improve the portrayal of Indians in the media.Familiar Canadian Indian actor who shot to fame as Tonto, the faithful Indian companion of the masked man on the US television series The Lone Ranger (1949). A member of the Mohawk tribe of Canada's Six Nations Reserve, Silverheels excelled at wrestling, horse racing, football, boxing, and hockey, and became a renowned lacrosse player.With the help of actor Joe E. Brown,Silverheels obtained work as a stuntman and extra in Hollywood films. Following military service in World War II, Silverheels returned to film and landed small, often stereotypical roles as Indian warriors in Westerns. John Huston cast him as one of the fugitive Osceola brothers in Key Largo (1948), and Silverheels followed with the two roles that would define his career, Tonto and the Apache leader Geronimo, whom he would play several times beginning with the Western classic Broken Arrow (1950). Silverheels' enormous fame as Tonto overshadowed everything else, although it did not prevent him from playing other prominent roles. Even after completing The Lone Ranger (1949)series, Silverheels continued to reprise Tonto for commercials, comic guest spots, and spoofs.
Silverheels became an outspoken activist for Indian rights and a respected teacher within the Indian acting community. He appeared on talk and variety shows performing his own poetry. In later years, he began a second career as a harness racer. His health failed in the 1970s, and he died of a stroke in 1980, a beloved f".

06/23/2025

"Welcome to Our Page Native Americans❤️🪶Migwetch (thank you)A-da-do-li-gi (Blessing in CherokeeWelcome to our learning group in a friendly sacred place for all people to learn together.Our group is open to all Natives (full/mixed) and non Natives who respect the Native culture.
Mitakuye Oyasin ""The Lakota phrase in English as ""all my relatives,"" ""we are all related,"" or ""all my relations.""
It is a prayer of oneness and harmony with all forms of life: other people, animals, birds, insects, trees and plants, and even rocks, rivers, mountains and valleys.""
We may have be different in our colors, where we were born, ages, religions and many other ways but one in having in our heart and soul the Native ways and learning together about them.
There may be others that do believe differently for we come from so many places.
Let us respect all in their beliefs.
In our group here is to honor and teach the Native ways.
If there is any subject of Native, tribe or ways you would like to know please ask and we will research and learn together.
We the Admins. do take note of what you may want to know.
If you ever disagree with anything please feel free to contact us through messages NOT comments.
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06/22/2025

Wes Studi won the Chief Standing Bear Award for Courage. ✊🪶🧡….

06/22/2025

"Huge Congratulations to "" Sugarcane"" team on their Oscar nomination for best documentary .Huge Congratulations to "" Sugarcane"" team on their Oscar nomination for best documentary .
""In the darkness of a boarding school night, my mother said she could hear the other kids weeping for their parents. The children were forbidden to speak their native language Lakota by the missionaries. So they spoke the language in their prayers. A thousand prayers from a thousand lonely hearts.""".

06/21/2025

"""Amber Midthunder (born April 26, 1997) is an American actress. She is known for her regular roles in the FX series Legion and The CW series Roswell, New Mexico, as well as appearances on Longmire, Banshee, and Reservation Dogs. She starred as Naru in Prey, the fifth installment and first prequel of the Predator franchise.Midthunder's mother Angelique, who is originally from Thailand and of Thai-Chinese ancestry, is a casting director and stunt performer, and her father David is an actor of Native American Assiniboine descent; Angelique and David met while working on the 1995 Japanese film East Meets West.
Midthunder is a citizen of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe. She was born on the Navajo Nation in Shiprock, New Mexico, and eventually returned there after spending much of her childhood in Santa Fe where she attended the Academy for Technology and the Classics and where her mother worked in a casting firm.
Midthunder developed an interest in acting as a child, where she would memorize and recite lines from her favorite shows, but disliked her first experience in the job, leading her to take some time before another performance, even considering a career in make-up, where she worked as an intern, or mixed martial arts, having trained and taught Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Her first credit was in 2008's Sunshine Cleaning. Midthunder proceeded to work in various productions filmed in New Mexico, before moving to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue more acting opportunities. She starred as Naru in Prey, the fifth installment of the Predator franchise. She was widely praised for her performance.
In 2022, Midthunder received the Breakthrough Performance Award as part of the Saturn Awards and a Critics' Choice Awards nomination for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television.""".

06/21/2025

That is the first history of Americans before it was America.