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This blog was created to make information regarding Native Americans more accessible. Here you will find photos, stories, facts, etc. relating to American Indians. I believe it is incredibly important for the American population to know, respect and care about the histories and cultures of this country's native peoples.

Pine Ridge Reservation. Photo by Aaron Huey.

My first encounter with AIM was at a pow-wow held in 1971 … One man, a Chippewa, stood up and made a speech. I had never heard anybody talk like that. He spoke about genocide and sovereignty, about tribal leaders selling out … He had himself wrapped up in an upside-down American flag, telling us that every star in this flag represented a state stolen from the Indians … Some people wept. An old man turned to me and said, “These are the words I always wanted to speak, but had kept shut up within me.”

Mary Crow Dog, Lakota Women

(Source: nativeamericanconnection)

The aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre, December 29, 1890. It is estimated that anywhere from 153-350 Lakota/ Sioux lost their lives that day.