http://countryroadchronicles.com Native american history Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:31:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There was little emphasis on material objects. In fact, it was considered more appropriate to purge yourself of all of your material items then it was to collect them. When a person died, the less they left behind,the better they were remembered. All their belongings, everything, was burned with them. ... http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/10/values/ The native American population constitutes about 1% of the total American population. There were thousands of Native American tribes before invasion by the Europeans . Now there are about 600. They are nearly extinct today. Mexico and Canada natives would not have to jump any borders to visit ... http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/10/native-indian-population/ All native americans in usa are citizens since 1924. 80% live of the native americans do not live in reservations but in mostly urban areas like Chicago and New York City etc. As sovereign nations, state laws do not apply on the reservations and they fall under federal jurisdiction. http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/10/citizenship/ Dibaajimowinan (Stories) http://www.umich.edu/~ojibwe/stories/ The site has stories in Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa/Ojibwa Language) All stories can be downloaded as MP3 files. This download is not in MP3 Narratives http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~jrvalent/ais301/Stories/Stories.html This is in Oji-Cree. A download is available at the Legends Site http://legends.knet.on.ca/ http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/10/native-american-stories/ If you wish to verify Native Indian status, you find have to find out which nation, you belong to. You can then contact the enrollment office of that nation. They have a family tree of all members and can check eligibility. If you are eligible they can give you the ... http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/09/verify-native-indian-status/ Red Cloud's War is considered the biggest war won by the Native American and was an armed conflict between the Lakota tribe and the United States Government in Wyoming and Montana between 1866 and 1868 . Access to the Montana gold fields was through the Bozeman trail and this encroached ... http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/09/red-clouds-war/ Red Cloud ( Makhpiya-Luta) was one of the most successful native American leaders in the confrontation with the United States Governments consisting of WASPs. He was born near the Platte River near the city of North Platter near Nebraska in 1822. His mother was from the Oglala tribe and he ... http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/08/red-cloud/ Like any ancient civilization,  the native Indians  traditions include many techniques which are a secret and have never been explained by modern scientific techniques.  Some are similar to the secret building  techniques which have been used in the construction of  Coral castle in Florida in the last century. http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/06/secret-ancient-techniques/ Native American culture has many customs which have been been handed down over the years.  The basic rules are that you should be  respectful of everything and everyone around you have and share whatever resources that you have. http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/05/native-american-culture/ by Elaine Raper The world we live in is rapidly changing with the dawning of each new day. It is time for us to stop and look around us -- to become aware of all that is. And we need to live each day of good mind and good spirit. It's ... http://countryroadchronicles.com/2009/02/living-legend/