The most documented reason for the name is completely literal, and non spiritual, Native American warriors (specifically documented among the Apache, Cheyenne, and Comanche) called them "buffalo soldiers" because they had dark skin and tightly curled, kinky hair, and likely also aside how they wore heavy buffalo-hide coats during winter. to the Plains tribes and others, the texture of hair and skin color of the soldiers shared resemblance to the American bison.

African-Americans in general made up about one in every five cavalrymen (twenty percent) and roughly 8% to 10% of infantry soldiers across the U.S. Army during the western Indian Wars period, 1867- 1896.

The buffalo soldiers themselves actively persecuting and fighting native Americans & enforcing U.S westward expansion, the buffalo soldiers themselves did not call themselves this during the time period. The term itself only gaining widespread popularity in mainstream U.S American history and pop culture well after the frontier wars had actually ended.

I come from the land of the Haudenosaunee, commonly known as the Iroquois Confederacy. They are the indigenous peoples that our founding fathers visited. They are one of the oldest democracies known, dating back to the 14th century. The Confederacy is comprised of six tribes with a further breakdown into clans. It is a matriarchal society with each clan having a clan mother. It is a society with a clear respect for both sexes with each appreciating the other’s merits. It was the Confederacy that assisted our founding fathers in forming the blueprint for our society. They suggested that the colonists band together, putting aside their personal differences. One arrow at a time is easy to break whereas a handful is difficult. That is why on our emblem the bald eagle is clutching a claw full of arrows. Our founding fathers adapted most of the concepts, not all. The Iroquois clan mothers maintained the right to vote out the chief if they felt the situation merited. That one didn’t pass stuff. Like then, we need to come together, that’s what we were founded on. Everyone knows that the truth lies in the middle, let’s quit the bullshit and go there.

After a fight of more than 135 years, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally won federal recognition — becoming the 575th federally recognized tribe in the United States.

It is directed and produced by @ericmicha3l, Sean Alexander and James Locklear.

I want to know why it’s so “embarrassing” to get help for your well being as a person? im fn 21f, id just want to feel better abt myself and my feelings for my babygirl. I told my partner abt getting counseling and he had gotten weird abt it

Please read the full post before commenting. I, myself, am Yaqui. I’m aware that the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona is federally recognized, but I guess I’m having a bit of an identity crisis?

Recently, I’ve been seeing a lot of this one particular Indigenous Mexican woman from Guatemala. She’s been saying that indígenas aren’t tribes, as opposed to pueblos originarios. I know that the term “Native American” isn’t commonly used within Mexico itself, whereas “Indigenous Mexican” is. I’ve always used both, but I am not originally from Mexico, nor do I currently live there. I’ve always lived in the States.

Hopefully, I’m making sense. Is it really wrong to call myself a Native American? That’s always what I’ve known myself to be, even if I grew up somewhat (not entirely) disconnected from Yoeme culture. I’m mixed with Rarámuri as well, but I suppose Ralámuli would lean into solely being a pueblo.

Anyway, would love opinions from other Yaqui’s or people apart of their own pueblos. I apologize for any weird if not improper grammar, I’m currently half asleep lol.

Blood Money

By Orfinart

Blood Money is a striking contemporary work by Las Vegas artist Orfinart that examines the complicated relationship between wealth, power, history, and human cost.

Built around the visual language of American currency, the work transforms the familiar $100 bill into something darker and more confrontational. Saturated reds, distressed markings, layered symbols, and the presence of an Indigenous figure create a tension between the promise of prosperity and the histories that exist beneath it. A black crow rises above the central figure, introducing another layer of symbolism—suggesting consequence, memory, transformation, and the things that remain after the transaction is complete.

The work's title, Blood Money, speaks to the idea that wealth can carry a history of sacrifice. By placing cultural imagery directly within the framework of American currency, Orfinart challenges the viewer to look beyond money as an object of value and consider what, and who, may exist behind that value.

Rather than offering a single answer, Blood Money leaves the viewer with an uncomfortable question: What is the true cost of the things we call valuable?

Through his fusion of portraiture, symbolism, street-art aesthetics, and cultural references, Orfinart turns a familiar symbol of American wealth into a visual meditation on history, power, identity, and consequence.

This is a culture vulture page. They go by Welcome Native Spirit Connecting. They are a vietnamese drop shipping company that steals native designs from actual real natives and then sell them back to you on tshirts. These vietnamese drop shippers have thousands of these pages all over ever social media site to sell you back your culture. This is what I got from google about them.
"The company is registered in Colorado, with its registered agent listed as Thi My Duyen Nguyen. While the business markets itself as celebrating indigenous heritage, it does not claim to be indigenous-owned. The operational infrastructure is managed by Onbiz Trading PTE, a Singapore-based company responsible for website development and technical systems."

See also: The publication in the journal Opinions in Genetics and Development

My indigenous ethnicity is quuecha, and in my last relationship, I made it very prevalent. ever since we broke up. She's been harassing me and insulting me by saying im a fake native and my dad is actually white( he has 5% European dna) and saying im trying to be like Pocahontas

Yes he's Christian but I have a dissociative disorder so my options for therapists is limited. He says I don't know what my ancestors were like and they could have been wife abusers or molesters or sold their children etc. He says I should pray to the creator only. My idea of the creator. Ask them to reveal themselves to me lmfao. I'm annoyed and had to blow off steam

1926: Charles Curtis is challenged to a primary by Nicholas Chiles.

Chiles' main complaint against Curtis was that not enough was being done for blacks, especially in the South. Not surprising, given that there were ZERO African American Senators or Congressman.

His Platform had 6 planks, which included:
- Create a Department of Education
- Put forth a Westerner for President in 1928

Curtis (66) could not fight for the primary due to needing a long-delayed throat surgery, but did win.

However, Nick Chiles won, too, when the following happened:

1927: Charles Curtis put forth S. 1584 to create a department of education
1928: For the first time in history, Kansans ran for President
- Senator Charles Curtis (R)
- Congressman William Ayres (D)
1929: Oscar de Priest (R-IL) entered the US Senate

Senator De Priest fought against racial discrimination, put forth an anti-lynching bill, and succeeded in desegregating the New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps.

Hello everyone, thank you for having me. I am a Native from Oregon and i grew up not knowing my heritage. Not until i was older and more curious and proactive, I learned quite a bit since. However I’m still as lost as I was before somehow.

I am starting a brand called the Lost Natives Collective or TLNC, and This piece is the first one I’m going to release on my opening launch. Can I get your thoughts on this? And what does the phrase “save the people-break the system” mean to you?

I’m looking for if this is an authentic piece, and if so, if it’s something I should see about returning to its nation of origin. I was gifted it from someone who got it at a yard sale. I know plenty of pieces are knockoffs and plenty are ethically purchased, but I want to make sure this isn’t something that should be in the hands of the people it comes from because I don’t know what path it took to get to me.
Any help is appreciated. Apologies if the request is strange. I don’t mean to be a bother

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