Kira Buckland is the English dub voice of Zushi in Hunter x Hunter (2011), and Yuka Terasaki is the Japanese voice. Why do wings yell Zushi? Wing replies that due to its power, care must be exercised in choosing who can learn it, so he turned them away because they […]
Tacoma. From the Salish Indian word for the mountain that provided water to their tribe (later changed to Mount Rainier). The name suggests images of strength and power. Tundra. Term that conveys strength and ruggedness. How did Tacoma get its name? The bay was the starting point (1841) of a […]
Originally located in the southeastern United States in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, the Cherokee Nation was forced to relocate to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1838 after gold was discovered in our homelands. Where did the Cherokee first come from? About 200 years ago the Cherokee […]
For decades archaeologists thought the first Americans were the Clovis people, who were said to have reached the New World some 13,000 years ago from northern Asia. But fresh archaeological finds have established that humans reached the Americas thousands of years before that. What is the oldest Native American tribe? […]
Scientists have found that Native American populations – from Canada to the southern tip of Chile – arose from at least three migrations, with the majority descended entirely from a single group of First American migrants that crossed over through Beringia, a land bridge between Asia and America that existed […]
The Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek share similar stories as the Cherokee. Their ancestral territory stretched from the Texas-Louisiana border to the east coast. Among the Creek notable people, Alexander McGillivray (1750-1793), stands as a gifted spokesman who tried to assuage the ceding of Creek land. Are the Choctaw related to […]
Wearing boots to bed isn’t just tacky—it’s against the law in Oklahoma. Even if you’re just coming off of a 16-hour day of wrestling hogs, shucking corn, and bucking hay, you need to take your boots off before collapsing into bed. Is it illegal to sleep with boots on? 1. […]
Volkswagen. Volkswagen, or VW for short, is a car company from Germany. The word volkswagen means “People’s car” in German. Its headquarters are in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It was started in the 1930s, at the request of the country’s leader, Adolf Hitler, to produce a car designed by Ferdinand Porsche. […]
Were there Black Vikings? Although Vikings hailed from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark – and these were essentially White areas – it has been noted that there were, indeed, a very small number of Black Vikings. Has there ever been a black Vikings? A small number of Vikings had black—or brown—skin, […]
A final federal census called the Dawes Rolls was taken of tribal citizens living here from 1898-1906. To be eligible for Cherokee Nation citizenship, a person must have one or more direct ancestors listed on Dawes. How do I find out if I am native Indian? www.bia.gov/bia/ois/tgs/genealogy Publishes a downloadable […]
Qualifying individuals can receive more than $2,000 in assistance, elders are eligible for around $2,700 and families with children can get more than $2,800 and additional funds for education and child assistance. How much blood do you need to be Choctaw? To be an enrolled member of the Mississippi Band […]
There are only three federally recognized Cherokee tribes in the U.S. – the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, both in Tahlequah, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. What three tribes make up the Cherokee Nation? Today, three Cherokee tribes are federally […]
Their relationship began in 1847, when the Choctaws, who had only recently arrived over the ruinous “trail of tears and death” to what is now Oklahoma, took up a donation and collected over $5,000 (in today’s money) to support the Irish during the Potato Famine. The famine ravaged Ireland during […]
According to tribal traditions the Chickasaw and Choctaw were once one tribe; and the close similarity of their Muskogean languages seems to bear this out. The Chickasaw language was still spoken in the 1970’s. Are Choctaw and Chickasaw the same? Before the tribes of Chickasaw and Choctaw were two different […]
NATIVE HISTORY ASSOCIATION – Cherokee Lesson 10: Family. Study the words and phrases below. ENGLISH TSALAGI (CHEROKEE) Phonetic Pronunciation Father Agidoda Ah-gey-doh-dah Sister Agilvgi Ah-gey-lv-gey Sibling Agidoi Ah-gey-doh-ee How do you say father in Native American? (We extend warm thanks to everyone who helped contribute to this and all our […]