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The first Native American women's theater troupe known as Spiderwoman Theater traveled to Germany and Europe in order to perform a satire of the European and particularly German fascination with Native Americans. According to Spiderwoman Theater, it was an act of resistance meant to reclaim their identity as real Native Americans.
New World Scene was made by German artist Johann Froschauer as a reaction to the descriptions of Native Americans made by Amerigo Vespucci in his book Mundus Novum. [1] Vespucci was an explorer and navigator who made multiple trips to the Americas in the early 16th century, detailing his findings and interactions with the Native people he met.
"The most successful author in the German language, Karl May (1842–1912)" - not in NYT article (could instead use "German author" for neutrality). Poor writing can lead to sources being taken out of context. "The German image of Indians did not care much about actual Native Americans and their current situation."
The aviator Matilde Moisant wearing a swastika square medallion in 1912. The symbol was popular as a good luck charm with early aviators. The discovery of the Indo-European language group in the 1790s led to a great effort by European archaeologists to link the pre-history of European people to the hypothesised ancient "Aryans" (variously referring to the Indo-Iranians or the Proto-Indo ...
A 2008 article in the Athens Banner-Herald, "Mystery surrounds North Georgia ruins" by Walter Putnam, describes the ruins at Fort Mountain. Putnam writes that "Cherokee legend attributes the wall to a mysterious band of 'moon-eyed people' led by a Welsh prince named Madoc who appeared in the area more than 300 years before Columbus sailed to ...
The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit root swasti, which is composed of su 'good, well' and asti 'is; it is; there is'. [31] The word swasti occurs frequently in the Vedas as well as in classical literature, meaning 'health, luck, success, prosperity', and it was commonly used as a greeting.
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The consonant cluster nw represents syllable onset [n] followed by a syllable medial [w], while the rare consonant cluster n'w represents a nasaled vowel followed by w ; in some varieties of Southwestern Ojibwe, the rare nasaled vowel followed by a glottal stop is represented with n' , in words such as niiyawen'enh "my namesake" and aan'aan'we ...