Glass cases but dont mistake them for relics of the past. These are living, breathing documents that inform our policies to this very day. History shows that the newly formed government of this country learned a lot from its relationship with Indian Country. The early leaders of this nation base many of the Guiding Principles that we cherish today on the enlightened democratic tenants of these tribal governments. One of the very first treaties entered into by the United States government and a tribal nation was the treaty of kanadagwa. That document is on display here and i encourage my nasenate colleagues to take a look. Its a reminder of long Lasting Bonds between United States and Indian Country. Lets be clear, there is no time limit to the legitimacy and impact of these documents. They dont have an Expiration Date and they do not become less relevant over time. Just as a constitution and the bill of rights, they are living, guiding documents. Many of the treaties signed by the trib
Cspan. Org. Each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and Historic Places to learn what artifacts reveal about history. It opened in 2004 on the National Mall in washington, d. C. We visit the nationtonation exhibit focusing on treaties between the United States and native americans. She explains that in the late 1900s the government made treaties with the six nations of the iroquois. Im Suzan Shown Harjo and im cheyenne and muskogee and founder of the American Museum of the american indian. And guest curator, proudly so of the nationtonation exhibit and general editor for the book of the same title. I first proposed the nationtonation exhibit in 2003, and i was thinking just a few months ago, that we would just never get to the end of it. And today, im thinking its only been 11 years. Amazing. Nationtonation exhibit and book is really a gift that were returning to the United States. Through knowledge of its citizenry about its own history. Because thats what this tells. This
Functioning yet, its probably as well as its going to function right now, because it hasnt really completely been unrolled. But to help them understand a just basicabout economics and why, if you just a Grocery Store without any prices on anything, all the first,at would be taken and there would be nothing left. In other words, there would be no way to coordinate the thing. Problem with not only obamacare but with the Health Care System in this country as a whole. Are other people who are present here, who know much more about that. Question of a differentis question than the question of argumentation. The facts are, the facts and we need to present those reasonably. Winsomeness is saying it in a gentle way that bespeaks respect for the other person. And that can be very disarming. Then it really gets to kind of core values where you can have, i think, a more fruitful conversation and maybe even a more profound disagreement that need not be disagreeable, but sometimes they become disag
One of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe, racked up a number of achievements over the course of his career. Now, posthumously, the Sac and Fox Nation and Potawatomi citizen is being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom; the nation’s highest civilian honor. Recipients of the medal are “individuals who have made exemplary […] The post Jim Thorpe honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom appeared first on Source New Mexico.
Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame recently announced its 54th anniversary class and the ten-person class included award-winning editor and Cherokee Nation citizen John Perry.