Tag: american indians
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At a Navajo Ranch
Laura is a young Navajo Indian who lives on a reservation with her boyfriend and young daughter, close to Window Rock in Arizona. She invited us to her ranch to show us how they live there. Did you know many Indians still say prayers for the animals they hunt thanking them for feeding them? In…
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Lakota Culture: Part 1
Sequoia is half Lakota Indian and half German. We met him on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He explains what a reservation is, the importance of the buffalo in Lakota culture, and he talks about how boarding schools can be the cause of social dysfunctions among Lakotas. You will also learn about the good things…
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Lakota Culture: Part 2 – Wounded Knee
In December 1890, soldiers massacred more than 150 and possibly up to 300 Indians, most of them women, children and elderly men, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at a place called Wounded Knee. The soldiers were trigger-happy because the Indians had defeated the 7th Cavalry at Little Bighorn a few years earlier (in 1876). Moreover, the soldiers…
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We Don´t Live in Teepees: Part 1
Danica and Joyce are two young girls who live in Québec, the French-speaking part of Canada. They are both First Nation, and in Part 1, they talk about their background and why they want to learn their native language and more about their own culture. Length: 10:28.
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A Navajo Spiritual Leader: Part 2
We often learn that tobacco is something we should avoid at all costs. For the Navajos tobacco is an important part of their culture. They use it in their prayers. How? Watch and learn. Length: 06:12.
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A Navajo Spiritual Leader: Part 1
American Indians have many challenges. One of them is losing touch with their culture. Lenny Foster works with American Indian inmates. His job is to give them spiritual counselling using sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies and talking circles. He has been doing this for 34 years. Watch this film and get better acquainted with American…