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A Sioux girl. Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota. ca. 1895-1899. Photo by Jesse H. Bratley. Source - Denver Museum of Nat...
07/12/2025

A Sioux girl. Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota. ca. 1895-1899. Photo by Jesse H. Bratley. Source - Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

Jose Marabel. Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Early 1900s. Photo by Carl Moon. Source - Huntington Digital Library. .
07/11/2025

Jose Marabel. Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Early 1900s. Photo by Carl Moon. Source - Huntington Digital Library. .

The Apache are a culturally rich group of Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, including the Chiric...
07/11/2025

The Apache are a culturally rich group of Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, including the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, and Western Apache, among others. They are distant relatives of the Navajo, connected through the Southern Athabaskan languages. Apache communities today can be found in Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, while many have also moved to urban centers across the U.S.

Apache homelands, known as Apacheria, once spanned mountains, valleys, canyons, and deserts across Eastern Arizona, Northern Mexico, and parts of Texas, New Mexico, and Southern Colorado. Renowned for their strength and strategy, the Apache fiercely resisted Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. forces for centuries during the American-Indian wars. Their resilience and warrior spirit earned them a lasting place in history.

What fascinates you most about Apache history or culture? Share your thoughts! 🏹👇

Boy in the Water. Crow. 1883. Photo by Frank Jay Haynes. Source - Montana Historical Society.
07/11/2025

Boy in the Water. Crow. 1883. Photo by Frank Jay Haynes. Source - Montana Historical Society.

Indigenous Agent and Interpreter with Ponca leaders in Nebraska - circa 1872*Standing L-R: unidentified (Interpreter), B...
07/10/2025

Indigenous Agent and Interpreter with Ponca leaders in Nebraska - circa 1872
*Standing L-R: unidentified (Interpreter), Big Elk (Ponca), Lone Chief (Ponca/French Canadian), Smoke Maker II (Ponca), Standing Bear (Ponca)
*Sitting L-R: unidentified (Indian Agent), Big Snake (Ponca), Black Crow (Ponca), Hairy Grizzly Bear (Ponca), Big Chief (Ponca)

You don’t need a church to feel your soul.All you need is the ground beneath your feet, the wind on your skin, and a hea...
07/10/2025

You don’t need a church to feel your soul.
All you need is the ground beneath your feet, the wind on your skin, and a heart that listens.
This shirt is a promise:
"Nature is my religion. The Earth is my church."
A design for those who live slowly, live truthfully, and live connected.
Are you ready to wear your way of life?
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Ojibwe Winter Life: Wigwams and Traditions on the St. Croix (ca. 1885) ❄️🏕️During the winter months, Ojibwe families mov...
07/10/2025

Ojibwe Winter Life: Wigwams and Traditions on the St. Croix (ca. 1885) ❄️🏕️

During the winter months, Ojibwe families moved into smaller groups, setting up wigwams deep in the forest to ensure enough game for survival. Men hunted deer and other animals, while women preserved the meat, made clothing, and worked on intricate beadwork designs. Grandmothers played vital roles too, weaving fish nets, making cordage, and caring for young children.

Winter was not just a time of survival but also one for creativity and storytelling. Around the fire, elders shared traditional stories to entertain and teach the younger generations. Children enjoyed winter activities like tobogganing, snowshoe races, and the beloved game of snow snake, where players slid poles over snow to see whose traveled the farthest—a pastime enjoyed by adults, too!

This snapshot of Ojibwe life highlights a deep connection to community, creativity, and the natural world during the winter months.

🌟 What traditions or activities from your own family’s winter memories stand out to you? Share below!

Chief American Horse and Chief Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota, seated, and Frank North, military scout and participant in Buff...
07/09/2025

Chief American Horse and Chief Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota, seated, and Frank North, military scout and participant in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Early 1900s. Photo by D.F. Barry.

Seated left to right: Che-Va-Co (Comanche), Lena Fisher (Comanche), Amy Bear (Kiowa), Daisy Waterman (Kiowa) Carrie-Daug...
07/09/2025

Seated left to right: Che-Va-Co (Comanche), Lena Fisher (Comanche), Amy Bear (Kiowa), Daisy Waterman (Kiowa) Carrie-Daughter of I. See-O (Kiowa), standing in back is Millie Geiogamah, mother in law of Mark Keahbone.

About to embark on the road of captivity and exile, the Chiricahua Apache women at Fort Bowie were changing women. They ...
07/09/2025

About to embark on the road of captivity and exile, the Chiricahua Apache women at Fort Bowie were changing women. They were the brave mothers, wives, daughters, widows, warriors, lovers, and friends of the Chiricahua men with whom General Crook met at Canyon de los Embudos. Some faced exile together with their beloved men, while many had only each other and their children for comfort, yet others children were taken. Battling nearly overwhelming obstacles, the women managed to care for themselves and their children until felled by a relentless tide of deadly diseases. These were the very real women of legend and lore, the grandmothers and great-grandmothers of living Chiricahua Apaches for whom the Chiricahua men fought.

Gertrude Three finger, Cheyenne, by William E. Irwin.
07/08/2025

Gertrude Three finger, Cheyenne, by William E. Irwin.

A BLACK Cherokee woman in the 1860's..
07/08/2025

A BLACK Cherokee woman in the 1860's..

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