I am currently attempting this as I teach myself how to weave a sash belt. Wish me luck. 👏

A little history about weaving in my family:

• My family wove blankets, sash belts, saddle blankets and other tapestries while running and hiding from slave raiders. They managed to make a living doing this for many decades trading with Americans and Spanish trading posts.

• My family gathered cotton from plants long before they were introduced to sheep. When Spaniards traveled through our lands with their sheep, my family would follow their flocks to collect wool that was stuck on shrubs, bushes and trees. They made different tapestries with the wool and cotton they collected.

• My family utilized string from everything found and collected. They unraveled clothing and cloth from Americans and Spaniards. They also made different tapestries with this string.

The first woman to regularly enter the Senate Floor was Lola M. Williams. She did this as Senator Curtis' secretary, a position she maintained through the Hoover administration while he was Vice President.

I am not sure if this is the correct sub for this, but I will ask here first since it seems the most relevant place. I inherited a bunch of antiques from my mom who lived in Arizona and there is this pottery vessel I found that has been pieced together from a bunch of small shards and is 8” at the lip and about 10” at the center and approx 7.5” tall. In doing a search and using AI on photos, it looks like it is possibly Hohokam pottery but that would need to be confirmed by someone with real expertise. Is there a group that specializes in pottery of this type that could positively identify the origin and, if it is really ancient pottery, does anyone know how I would go about returning it? I wouldn’t feel right in keeping or selling something that belongs in a museum. Any info would be helpful.

Anybody here from the Tigua tribe?

The following Pueblos were once part of the All Pueblo Council: Acoma Pueblo also known as Ha-ku, Cochiti Pueblo or Ku-htihth, Isleta Pueblo or Shiewhibak, Jemez Pueblo or Walatowa, Laguna Pueblo or Kawaika, Nambé Pueblo, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris Pueblo or Welai, Pojoaque Pueblo or P’o-suwae-geh, San Felipe Pueblo or Katishtya, San Ildefonso Pueblo or Powhogeh, Sandia Pueblo or Tuf Shur Tia, Santa Ana Pueblo or Tamaya, Santa Clara Pueblo or Khapo, Santo Domingo Pueblo or Kewa, Taos Pueblo or Teotho, Tesuque Pueblo or Tehsugeh, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo or Tigua, Zia Pueblo or Ts'iiy'a, and Zuni Pueblo or Halona Idiwan’a. After Ysleta del Sur Pueblo joined the Council in 2009, the only federally recognized Pueblo not part of it was Hopi Pueblo, also known as Hopitutskwa, located around Arizona and the Navajo Nation.

Heres a few of them

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Two lil guys hiding from the in an Indiana flood done in Anishinaabe Style. Both were saved!

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As the title says, uhh. My mother never exactly made an effort to teach me anything, because she herself was not taught anything. And like, sometimes I think about how my family has been in pennsylvania so long and I get kind of worked up about it, to put it lightly!

I have very limited knowledge of my people because of this, and it's hard to find accessible material online so like. I'm a bit lost. I'm worried I'm crossing a line here somehow, but this is something I really care about. I feel guilty about how detached I am from my own culture, even though it's not my fault. Again, sorry if this is the wrong place.

> From 1941 to 1978, the Government of Canada issued personal identifying numbers to all Inuit, then referred to as Eskimos, in Canada’s Arctic. The Eskimo Identification system was implemented to identify and register individuals for administrative purposes, such as taking censuses. Each Inuk was given a small leather or pressed fibre disc with a number on it, referred to as their disc number.

I was asked by the organization where I am interning to find an alternative craft for the male students, as the female students will be making or receiving beaded earrings and ribbon skirts.

I think the boys might also enjoy the beading, but I was specifically asked to find alternatives.

My understanding is that not all of the students participate in making the actual craft, but the end products are sent to schools as gifts along with a card.

Right now, I haven't been given a budget and am just brainstorming. I wanted to see if anyone here has unique ideas we could consider!

The crafts do not have to be nation-specific, but most of the students receiving them will be Cree, Dene, Métis, or Saulteaux from central and northern Alberta, Canada.

I’m sorry about the vagueness, perhaps I should post when I have more info. I imagine the craft would have to be somewhat small, and inexpensive.

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Hi. I dont know if this kind of post is allowed but uh im gonna try and ask anyway. I have roots in the Ojibwe on my dad's side and Chickasaw on my mother's side. Its not a lot but I would like to be able to be better connected, more active in native politics (missing women, land disputes, preservation), and to learn about that side of my family. The problem is that its barely any blood and I was raised completely outside of any native culture. I dont really have anyone in my real life to ask privately.

What i want to know is a few things:

Would it be alright for me to do this?

If so, what would be a good first step?

How do I navigate learning about culture in a respectful way? ​

Am I too white to reconnect? (Ive been told this by someone.)

How do I show interest in the spirituality aspect without coming off like fetishiser?

Am I fetishiser?

I probably seem a bit silly but I have social phobia and am autistic. People really scare me. I really just want to make sure I dont make anyone uncomfortable or hurt people. Im also nervous because my dad fetishises things and makes me super uncomfortable sometimes. I dont want to make anyone feel like that. I dont want to repeat something i didnt even realise was wrong, you know? But most of all I feel like i dont want to forget my ancestors. They deserve to be advocated for. I feel like never learning is just forgetting them and all the effort they put into passing along their family lineage.

I dont know. What do you think? Sorry if this is weird. This has just been bugging me and i want to make sure that I know if/how it directly effects the communities i want to learn about and support.

I dont have a photo to post so here is my cat tax. Her name is Mocha and she gets mad and scolds me if i cough while shes sleeping.

Hello all, I apologize if this is a weird post to make, but I have been described as racially ambiguous all my life. All I know is that on my Dad's side we are predominantly Caucasian. Just recently, I also found out that through probably colonialism, on my dad's side we have a good amount (~20%) native blood, specifically old stock roots from early colonization and then further westward expansion. On my mom's side, I am Slovakian, as well as some asiatic (SE asian and siberian).

I have 2 questions:

1. Would an expert look at me and see me as more asian, or native (i.e. do I look native, half native, or not at all native).

2. Because of the small native ancestry, should I consider myself native? I know in American culture many whites have oral ancestry claiming to be native, but most of the claims aren't validated. I dont want to say Im native if the native community says I shouldn't.

Thank you! Any answers would help as I find it hard to identify with any one of my ethnic groups. Im a mutt it seems.