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Medicine Pipes
Used to invoke healing elements during special ceremonies, the medicine pipe is a highly important symbol of the duality of indigenous science and spirituality.
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The Buffalo Stone
One time long, long ago, before we had horses, the buffalo suddenly disappeared. And then, an old woman, a second wife, found a way to bring the buffalo back to the Blackfoot.
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The Otoe--Plains Indians
How the Otoe lived on the Plains
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Bison: Yesterday and Today
How could 60 or 70 million of the largest native land animals in North America disappear from the continent? And what did the U.S. Army have to do with it?
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Custer's Wild Ride, part 2
General Custer shoots and kills the horse he is riding at top speed while chasing a buffalo.
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GHOST ON THE PLAINS
When winter comes on the Great American Plains the Indians gather around the fires in their lodges and tell stories. Here is a ghost story told by the Cheyenne about the Double-Faced Ghost.
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Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump
Bringing down a buffalo was no small feat for the Plains Indians. It required planning, organization and team work. Here's how they did it.
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Shaman and the Medicine Men
Native Americans use a variety of terms to describe their healers. This complex and ever-evolving art is an integral part of native society.
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Sun Dance Ritual
The Sun Dance ritual of the northern plains is a four day event in which the participants fast and dance in order to gain spiritual enlightenment.
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Cool Stuff About Canada’s Native Peoples
Would you like to learn some cool stuff about Canada's Native Peoples? This article will give you some fast facts about inventions, medicines and culture. It will also tell you something very interesting about the history of chewing gum.
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Custer's Wild Ride, part 1
General George Custer meets with various Sioux and Cheyenne leaders in an attempt to bring peace to the plains.
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Mandan
This is a history of the Mandan Indians, dating back some eight hundred years ago as they migrated westward, following the Missouri River. In time, they met white men. Then, in 1838, the deadly small pox nearly destroyed them.
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Medicine Wheels
High in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming lies a pattern constructed entirely of stones. It, and others like it, are known as Medicine Wheels. It is believed that they were constructed by the ancient ancestors of the Plains Indian Tribes.
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Natives of Sea and Cedar
Canadian Natives did more than sit on ponies and chase buffalo across the plains. This only represents the Plain Indians. Join me for a glimpse into the lives of Canada's natives of sea and cedar.
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Natives of Sea and Cedar: Part Two
In part one of the natives of the northwest coast, we covered canoes. In this article find out where the natives of the northwest coast lived, how they built their houses and what they ate.
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The Railroad, part 12
In 1844 Asa Whitney envisioned a railroad, stretching across the United States from ocean to ocean and began seeking possible routes that would reach from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Coast. Before Congress he proposes such a railroad, asked for a vast land grant, and assures Congress that the Indians will be of no concern. In the next ten years many Indian tribes are forced to concede thousands of acres with some tribes being removed to Indian Territory. The Union Pacific is given until July 1, 1876, to reach the western boundary of Nevada Territory, and God help anyone, white or red, who stands in its way.
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They Headed West
America's Westward Expansion is triggered by Lewis and Clark and continued by mountain men, missionaries, and explorers. Gold is discovered in California.
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WE ARE THE GOD DOGS
Before Hernando Cortes' arrival in Mexico the Spaniard's progression northward towards the Great American Plains the Indians had no knowledge of horses. After the Indian's possession of horses their lives were changes, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.
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BUFFALO JUMP NATIONAL PARK
For years the people of Huxley, Alberta fought to preserve a canyon 20 kilometers east of their small village. In 1981, it was declared a World Heritage Site
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