Tag: Indians

Thanksgiving is over, but I thought about the Native American Indians more than the Pilgrims this year. National Native American Heritage Month is celebrated each November. I started reading a new book titled “Continental Reckoning, The American West in the Age of Expansion.” ...

I went up to Wisconsin for a job in a town near the Menominee reservation. My Supervisor, who was white, told me I may have problems because I looked like an Indian. I did have problems but I didn’t realize it until years later. The Crew We were a crew of about ten people. Most were whit...

Tribal sovereignty allows Tribes to govern themselves within their lands. Tribes maintain services like water, law enforcement, emergency assistance, education, housing, roads, and protecting and developing an economic base. Every Tribe typically would hold an election within their Nation to help ap...

Julieta Barrionuevo, an Argentine tango instructor living in Mexico City, found out the hard way the limits of behaving poorly. After her public tirade against city workers that were cutting down a tree on the street where she lived went viral, it was clear that she grossly misunderstood Mexican ...