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Emphasis on Indigenous language and culture is a vital component of Native American epistemology, with language seen as essential to understanding psychology and different states of consciousness. [4] Hester and Cheney have written about the strong link between nature and the interpretation of knowledge within Native American cultures.
The red road is a modern English-language concept of the right path of life, as inspired by some of the beliefs found in a variety of Native American spiritual teachings. The term is used primarily in the Pan-Indian and New Age communities, [1] [2] [3] and rarely among traditional Indigenous people, [2] [3] who have terms in their own languages for their spiritual ways. [4]
Real Indians: Identity and the Survival of Native America is a 2003 book by Cherokee sociologist Eva Marie Garroutte. [1] It was published in University of California Press . [ 1 ] It explores the complexities of Native American identity through legal, biological, and cultural lenses, revealing the challenges Indigenous people face in proving ...
At that time, the government did not have a separate census designation for Native Americans. Those who remained among the European-American communities were frequently listed as mulatto, a term applied to Native American-white, Native American-African, and African-white mixed-race people, as well as tri-racial people. [43]
Who We Are: An Exploration of Identity by V. F. Cordova (Center for Applied Studies in American Ethnicity, Colorado State University, 1994) Hearing Other Voices: A Series of Talks and Lectures by Viola Cordova, PhD (Colorado State University, 1995) Cordova, V. F. (2007). How It Is: The Native American Philosophy of V. F. Cordova. Edited by ...
John Two Guns White Calf (also known as John Two Guns and John Whitecalf Two Guns [1]) (1872–1934 [2] [3]) was a chief of the Piegan Blackfeet in Montana. He was born near Fort Benton, Montana , and was the adopted son of Chief White Calf. [ 1 ]
Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact is a book by Native American author Vine Deloria, originally published in 1995.The book's central theme is to criticize the scientific consensus which has, in his words, created "a largely fictional scenario describing prehistoric North America".
Nepantla is a concept used in Chicano and Latino anthropology, social commentary, criticism, literature and art. It represents a concept of "in-between-ness." [1] Nepantla is a Nahuatl word which means "in the middle of it" or "middle."