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In the 20th century, Native Americans served in significant numbers during World War II, marking a turning point for Indigenous visibility and involvement in broader American society. Post-war, Native activism grew, with movements such as the American Indian Movement (AIM) drawing attention to Indigenous rights.
Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, spirituality, sociology and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, [1] or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas. [2]
Expansion of Indigenous educational systems and writing systems through focusing on belief systems, epics, and other mediums that exhibit good values of an egalitarian society [4] [5] Widespread literacy in the Indigenous writing systems, such as the Baybayin writing system, by both men and women. [6]
Some use the day to spotlight issues important to Indigenous communities. For all of its emphasis on commemorating Indigenous history and culture, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is also a time to move ...
“It's acknowledging the history of dispossession and violence against Indigenous people.” Here is a look at why it's called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.
Indigenous cultures in North America engage in storytelling about morality, origin, and education as a form of cultural maintenance, expression, and activism. [1] Falling under the banner of oral tradition, it can take many different forms that serve to teach, remember, and engage Indigenous history and culture. [1]
Society behaves as if Indigenous people no longer exist, or as if they couldn’t care less. Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a concept that should resonate with Black people.
All indigenous African societies use oral tradition to learn their origin and history, civic and religious duties, crafts and skills, as well as traditional myths and legends. [26] It is also a key socio-cultural component in the practice of their traditional spiritualities, as well as mainstream Abrahamic religions. [27]