Native American Nations - Introduction
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Thank You: Niawen, from over 1000 nations.
Thank you, niawen (in Mohawk), for asking this question,jimmythejock.
The answer will comprise more than one Hub and I hope that you find the short series informative and enjoyable. It will be a large underating that today's anthropologists, historians, the related Smithsonian Insitution project, and our innumerable tribal leaders have not yet completed, but I will attempt to summarize what is known so far.
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Other Pages in the Series:
Native Americans Part I
Native Americans Part II
Native Americans Part III
Native Americans Part IV
Native Americans Part V
National Pow Wow of the United States
Native Americans in Western Novels
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Traditional Prayer
(...Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio and other groups)
" Oh Great Spirit, Whose Voice I Hear in the wind, Whose breath gives life to the world, hear me. I come to you as one of your many children, I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom. May I walk in beauty, make my eyes behold the red and purple sunset, make my hands respect the things that you have made, and my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may know the things that you have taught your children, the lessons that you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Make me strong...not to be superior to my brothers but to be able to fight my greatest enemy.. myself. Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes so that when life fades as the faded sunset, my spirit will come to you without shame. "
How Many Nations?
How many blades of grass?
There are 1,000 Native American Nations within the United States alone.
Native Americans in North America are members of at least
- 579 federally recognized Native American nations,
- 17 nations that are recognized only in several US States, and
- several nations (or tribes) not yet recognized by any American government other than their own community' for example,
- 228 separate Native American entities in Alaska alone that are recognized by the US federal government.
Considering all of this, we have at least 807 Native American Nations that are known in the 50 United States, with many more in Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
It has been popular to consider North American Indians a group of 500 NATIONS. However, the nearly 1,000 separate tribes and communities consider themselves separate entities.
Many of these groups have applied for US federal recognition successfully and many more may be accepted. Some researchers, even of Native American blood, group some nations together, but these nations do not group themselves together. They define their own being.
Complicating the documentation process is the fact that approximately 50% of Native Americans do not live on reservations. There are many other people that do not know that they have Native American heritage! Add to this a sizeable group of people that believe that they are Native American, but are actually not, and we have a large documentation and tracking task.
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Recent publications have not addressed all of these 1,000 Native American nations yet. These particular, recent books include:
1) 200 tribes discussed:
- Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
- Carl Waldman. New Your: Fact on File [2006]
3) 500 tribes discussed:
- 500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians
- Alvin M. Jr Josephy. New York: Gramercy [2002]
2) 400 tribes discussed
- The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
- Sahron Malinowski. Detroit; Gale [1998]
Meanwhile, The Smithsonian Insitution Museum fo the American Indian and large DNA/RNA tracking projects are discovering other tribes or nations and introducing them to the world.
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US State-Recognized Nations
Native American Entities in Alaska Alone
Methods for Documenting Native American Nations
How can we know about the locations of Native Americans? There are at least four ways:
- Information from the oral traditions of the Native Peoples..
- Information from archaeological finds.
- Evidence from molecular genetics.
- Evidence in linguistics.
An early example from the tracing of linguistics among Sioux-related tribes follows below. The map following that, though first shown in 1999, is outdated.
Location of just Sioux-related Languages/Tribes on First Contact
Outdated Maps
Native American Culture and Religion
There is a lot to be learned about Native Americans from archaeological finds and anthropoligical research and one segment of this is the religious element of life among indigenous peoples. The following is a controversial book that has provided much discussion about tribes and religions.
God Is Red: A Native View of Religion, 30th Anniversary Edition
Vine Deloria, Jr. Fulcrum Publishing [2003]
Native American Religion & Culture: Past and Present
- Entering the Circle
Entering the Circle: Ancient Secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist by Olga Kharitidi. A tale of the peoples in the isolated Altai Mountains, related to the Koreans and today's Native Americans. - Circle of Tengerism - Siberian and Mongolian Shaman Traditions
Material related to religions of peoples of the northern Asian continent who are actually related to Native Americans. - Lynn V. Andrews - Native American women and others
This author, a former journalist, studied with shaman women among the indigenous cultures all over the world for 35 years. Hee books abour her education have been critcized as fiction and the material is shared for your own critical judgment. It is o
My next Hubs on this topic will explore the major nations of
Canada
The United States
Mexico
Central America
The Carribbean and West Indies
South America
You may also enjoy reading my other Hubs about Native Americans:
The Smithsonian Institution and Related Native American Sites
- National Museum of the American Indian
The Smithsonian Institution. - Indigenous Geography
In English and Spanish. Interactive map and articles discuss the whole Western Hemisphere and its indigenous peoples. - The Human Genome Project - Native Americans
Declaration of Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere Regarding the Human Genome Diversity Project, in part: "We are the original peoples of the Western hemisphere of the continents of North, Central and South America. Our principles are base - Gathering of Nations
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Comments
I am SO glad you are liking this information, jimmy. When I began college, I took a series of anthropology classes concerning native peoples in the Western Hemisphere and it was overwhelming. Now there is even more information, I'll continue to find out all I can for many years. :) Thanks very much for the comment.
Patty! You don't do things in part, the whole "shabang" or nothing. Looking forward to the next segment.
Awesome Hub
regards Zsuzsy
GREAT Hub Patty!! I couldn't take my eyes off of all the wonderful information!! Although I am blonde-blue-eyed I have native blood from my great grandmother!! I think many of us do!! I look forward to reading more!! You are a jewel for dispensing sooooooooooo much really GREAT information to us all!! Blessings on your day!! Earth Angel!!
Zsuzsy and Earth Angel, thanks! I'd been trying to figure away to touch on all the infomration in a single Hub, and foudn it could not be done. But, I think this is a good start and I really like the first photo at the top.
I did not find out about my Native American heritage until after graduating from colelge and workign a few years. I've recently come across the physical characteristcs that are directly lated and I'll list them on one of the other Hubs. It's info about teeth and hair growth and such.
"...my spirit will come to you without shame." Powerful, moving prayer! A prayer that can be adopted by all. My spirit embraced my Native American brethren's by the power of those words!I loved that part of your informative hub best.
Thanks, Patty!
Yes Kenny, it can be adopted by all. Thanks for liking this; it is truly powerful.
Patty, I know I am reading all this back to front. I began with Part V and now I am reading this one. I am Australian, far away from this world, but the rich spirit of this world you have given me. And it feels just a breath away! Awesome!
Smiles and Light (Part 2 coming up! lol!)
I think you might be able to start on any page, whish is great at Hubpages.
Someday I'll visit Australia!
The Great Spirit gave you A Great Gift to write about Our Peoples,All Our Brothers and Sisters,Fathers and Mothers,Grandfathers and Grandmothers,and Ancestors of the Great Earth.I am so thankful for this.
Graceful Guardian, thank you for your support. I will add additional information to these Hubs as I find it and place a full index at the end of this Hub for easier access.
Blessings to you.
Wonderful, very educational hub!
Just what you would expect from an obviously talented, dedicated individual like Ms. Inglish!
So nice to see historical information about the Native American peoples being preserved online.
Thank you Patty!
I'll keep adding as I gather more infomration, historical records and personal interviews. Thanks for the visit!
Awsome job!!! I have been trying to research the Turtle Indians. My soon to be daughter-in-law is 1/2 turtle and her Grandparents are somewhere up in North Dakota. She does not know much about the people but she is starting to get very interested. If you have any ideas where I can find anything about them I would love it.
These are the Turtle Mountain Band (a division) of the Chippewa Nation and have their own Reservation in North Dakota at http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/govdocs/text/chippew
Official Web Site: http://www.tmbci.net/ Link with some pictures: http://chippewa.utma.com/index2.html. Call the officers listed on two these sites for more information, because they are all tribal members. They may keep their own geneaology logs - many nations and bands do!
The bands within the Chippewa Nation have split and rejoined in different configurations, especially over the past 300 years.
North Dakota is known, for 4 groups:
Devils Lake Sioux Tribe a.k.a. Mni Wakan Oyate Tribe
Standing Rock Sioux
The Three Affiliated Tribes - Fort Berthold Reservation
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Thre may have been some intermarriage. Also, migration back and forth to Canada.
Turtle Mountain Chippewa Renewal Community: http://www.turtlemountainrc.com/
MORE INFO:
http://www.hunterbear.org/turtle_mountain_chippewa
Chippewa Language is related to the Ojibwe group, thus other nations may be closely related as well. All fo the Indigenous People across Canada and the north of USA are closely related.
Tribal health center: http://www.health.state.nd.us/localhd/TMC/
License Plates: http://www.worldlicenceplates.com/usa/AI_NDTM.html
Sky Dancer Casino ( they own many bsinesses): http://www.skydancercasino.com/aboutus.htm
Their Constitution and Bylaws: http://www.tribalresourcecenter.org/ccfolder/turtl
Their Community College: http://www.turtlemountainrc.com/rcedge.html
and
http://www.turtle-mountain.cc.nd.us/
BLOGS about Turtle Mountain:
http://wordpress.com/tag/turtle-mountain-band-of-c
Statement from a one who knows the history:
"They have long ago, created their lies about the Pembina Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, who originally lived in western Wisconsin in the 17th century. The whites have infused the unfortunate history of the white French Canadians who lived on the plains of Canada before England conquered Quebec in 1763. For some reason the whites are claiming those white French Canadians were mix bloods which is a bunch of bull. By 1750, the Iron Confederation (in 1736 the Chippewa merged with the already existing alliance of the Assiniboine and Cree to form the Iron Confederation) had invaded the plains of North Dakota. By 1800, the Pembina Chippewa's had invaded the Rocky Mountains of Montana and were at war against the Arapaho (the Gros Ventre as well) and the Blackfoot Confederation. From there they would invade northern Idaho and Oregon and Washington. The evidence and signs are there for those who want to research this subject. The most important being the last battle of the 1877 Nez Perce War, which was fought at or near, the present day Rocky Boy Chippewa and Cree Reservation in Montana. Unfortunately, the whites are claiming that the present day Turtle Mountain Reservation is an mix blood Reservation, which is a bunch of crap. If its an mix blood Reservation than its an white French Canadian Reservation. Any present day Anishinabe Indians living on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota, who cling on to an Indian identity will be extremely wise to distance themselves from those whites who are claiming this and that, in order to create an white history for the Turtle Mountain Anishinabek. It is a no, no!"
Great hub! Looking forward to reading more along this line.
People are asking interesting questions, which adds to my organizing to write more about it. :)
This is a very interesting hub. I've been interested in Native American Culture and Religion for a while now, and it seems as if you're a real expert. I'm sure that I'll also enjoy reading your other hubs in this series. It sure is a very big subject!
It is very large and I'm adding to the Hubs all the time. There are always new communites being recongized.
This is so much
working
jimmythejock says:
14 months ago
Wow! Patty, when I posted the request, i didn't expect such a fantastic response, this page is filled with great information and i have enjoyed reading it, and I get a bonus too, this is only part one, I look forward to reading the remaining page(s) that you are yet to publish, Thankyou for a very comprehensive answer.....jimmy