pickVery interesting. The author discusses several features of Pre-Columbian societies, such as cultural practices, government structures, monumental architecture, writing, and agricultural practices. He also discusses theories behind when and how indigenous people arrived in America, potential population size before European arrival, and ideas as to why diseases brought by European explorers were so devastating to indigenous people. Worth reading.
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pickPretty good book but I would have liked to see even more detail and any more conflicts they had with others in the military. Also wanted some more about the Navajo culture. Otherwise I'd recommend it if you are into WW2 history.
Starting a book about the Navajos who kept radio messages from the Japanese in WW2. They spoke in a version of Navajo which the enemy could not figure out. There were about 500 in the war.
ARE YOU DISTRACTED ENOUGH YET?
Today‘s #ranttime is about how this man has to have his fingers in every. Single. Pie. Just because he thinks he can. And to distract us.
I don‘t care what the Washington football team is called. If he wants to change the name again, how about the Epsteins? Or the Orangeskins?
This regime doesn‘t exactly have a great record when it comes to Native Americans or respecting the city of Washington either. News links⬇️
pickThis is Everett‘s collection of short stories about the West. I didn‘t particularly love the book, and none of to the stories are a must read, but I was entertained throughout. My faves included The Day Comes, which had a suspenseful ending, and Wrong Lead about a horse trainer and riding instructor who mistakenly becomes enmeshed with one of his student‘s romantic lives. I think Everett‘s novels seem more impactful than his shorts.
One of my favorite photography collections... Edward S. Curtis.
#Camera. #JuneSpecials
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pickI read James last year and am reading more of Everett‘s books this month for #authoramonth. If this book of stories doesn‘t prove the versatility of Everett than nothing will. The stories are set in cold cowboy country. A man tries to save a girl surrounded by rattlers, an old woman rides off to what seems like heaven, and a father and daughter go on a quarrelsome hike but they bond over an unfortunate event. A mystery box is, well, mysterious. ⬇️
Been meaning to read this for years...I'm just terrible.
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The one thing I usually frown about, is when a history suggests that the original people of the Americas came from somewhere.
I know science suggests otherwise. But I always believed that there were tribes, clans, etc. of people all over the world, and with time, these groups of people merged.
My people hold a firm belief that we came from no where. That we've here since time immemorial. 2w
“one of which is considered the oldest solar observatory in the world.“
https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/anna-curtenius-roosevelt-the-rainforest-arc... 2w
America denied indigenous Americans the right to claim this ancestor for years, until Danish Scientists stepped helped in to help.
Stanford Uni.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/06/kennewick-man-closely-related-to-...
Indian Country Today
https://ictnews.org/archive/army-corps-finally-agrees-the-ancient-one-is-native-...
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https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/erasure-of-existence-is-just-incidental (edited) 2w
I'm still learning about my own ancestry World. My mom raised me to know my roots. And so much more information is now, more easily, available...coming directly from our Native Country.
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I was absolutely fascinated by the debate this received. I truly believe scientists could “discover“ the proof needed to show that Indigenous have been upon the lands of the Americas since the beginning of time, and some would still state “Native Indigenous ARRIVED in the Americas before previously believed.“ Seriously crazy 🤗😂😉📚💫. (edited) 2w