Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
As the effects of the federal government's Indian termination policy reached the Navajo Nation in the 1950s, [8] the paper's funding was withdrawn by the BIA. Ádahooníłígíí ceased publication in 1957. Shortly thereafter, the Navajo Times – written in English – began publication. It continues as the Navajo Nation's main print-medium to ...
Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".
Hasbidito Creek – from a Navajo phrase meaning "dove spring". [9] Kinnikinick Lake; Lake Bekihatso – from the Navajo phrase be'e k'id hatsoh, meaning "big pond". [10] Segetoa Spring – from the Navajo phrase tsiyi't ohi, meaning "spring in the forest". [11] Setsiltso Spring – from the Navajo phrase chech'il tsoh, meaning "big oak". [11]
Native American Rights Fund [1] National Indian Law Library [2] Indian Law Resource Center [3] Indian Law Research Guides [4] National Tribal Justice Resource Center [5] Native American Law Research Guide (Georgetown Law Library) [6] Tribal Law Gateway ; Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project; American Indian Law Center, Inc.
General Douglas MacArthur meeting Navajo, Pima, Pawnee and other Native American troops Many Navajo young people moved to cities to work in urban factories during World War II. Many Navajo men volunteered for military service in keeping with their warrior culture, and they served in integrated units.
Map of all four congressional districts represented by Native Americans at the beginning of the 118th Congress. One of Oklahoma's two senators is also a Native American. This is a list of Native Americans with documented tribal ancestry or affiliation who are in the U.S. Congress.
Navajo cultural advisor George R. Joe explains the painful history, and present-day controversies, that shaped his work on AMC crime drama 'Dark Winds.' Stereotypes. Taboos.
Manuelito is the diminutive form of the name Manuel, the Iberian variant of the name Immanuel; Manuelito translates to Little Immanuel. He was born to the Bit'ahnii or ″Folded Arms People Clan″, [1] near the Bears Ears in southeastern Utah about 1818. As many Navajo, he was known by different names depending upon context.