There are very old stories about a migration to the East predating the Anasazi era that may tie into the Mississippians – stories that involve mounds.
When you look at some of the beliefs and cultural practices of the Mississippians there seems to be Mesoamerican influences to be found there.
A part of the Beringa migration theory is that it occurred in three waves, some traveled by sea to what has become Mexico, Central, and South American, and then some migrated overland back up into what would be the U.S.
Of interest to me is the time correlation between the decline of the the Aztec and other Mesoamerican cultures and the appearance of a different influence in the Chaco Canyon and other Southwestern sites during that era.
Cannibalism is a very touchy subject – I’m not one to believe all things “scientific” but the criteria for determining cannibalism is a rigorous one and difficult to deny.
A tremendous amount of historical revision has taken place over the centuries, but also one during the last few decades.
The “media” and historians of both former and current times aiding and abetting such revision along with an assortment of “liberators” and “warriors”.
But it doesn’t end there – revisions are an ongoing reality within our communities as well fueled by the likes of the AIM leadership, and a growing number of internet “chiefs”, “medicine men/women”, and “prophets”.
The late Russell Means would drone on about there wasn’t a shred of evidence that existed demonstrating either conflict or ritualistic sacrifice in Mesoamerica prior to the Spanish without a leg to stand on – evidence to the contrary is indisputable.
He would also say conflict didn’t exist between our various nations – again the evidence and oral history is indisputable.
Such was the degree of animosity and conflict that nations actually aligned with the military against a traditional enemy of theirs.
After having seen the movie 300 Means announced there were likewise only 300 warriors at the Big Horn, when the reality is the minimum could not have been less than 1500 considering the size of the encampment and a maximum that may have ran as high 2500 – but such was the fantasy world Means resided in.
As ridiculous as such statements by Means were there undoubtedly are those who bought into them ignoring the obvious – an obvious that included Means being a pompous, ego ladened con artist whose personal track record qualified him as not only being delusional but an habitual liar in the process.
In the span of a few short decades visible evidence exists how cultures can be corrupted, more specifically in the manner in which the AIM leadership set about usurping traditional elders and leaders.
The way in which they have sanctioned and introduced foreign “religious” beliefs into our traditional ones.
In a very real sense they have cannibalized not only the beliefs of the nations but culture itself in a ritual of blood sacrifice the graves of their victims attest to.
This corruption has taken place during a span of four and half decades, since the formation of AIM, approximately the same amount of time from the construction of to the abandonment of defensive sites like cliff dwellings in the four corners area.
The amount of difficulty and effort required to build sites like them in a few short decades is also notable and raises questions that should be addressed.
In a manner of speaking this particular blog post is a prelude to another that has captured my attention for some time – a subject I have devoted more than a few hours researching, struggled with, and having done so arrived a conclusion that seems inescapable to me.
Personally the origins of the nations are of a secondary consideration, what is important to me is that we occupied this land, this hemisphere, long before others even knew it existed.
As a people we inhabited all of it, grew in numbers, what resulted was a great diversity of language and culture.
For indigenous people few things are more important than knowing and understanding our history, either collectively or on a tribal level.
In that understanding the importance of language and culture are amplified.
No nation or culture that has ever existed has been without events some would sooner forget than recall – in today’s world that has become the venue of politicians, spin doctors, the mainstream media which is little more than an appendage of corporate owned political affiliation,and revisionists large and small.
As I stated, this post is a prelude, the one to follow will go into greater detail.
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the book by David Humphreys Miller called “Custer’s Fall” is well worth reading… the truth
about the ‘battle’ of the Little Big Horn as told by survivors to Miller, and he painted them, and the
old ones trusted him, gifted him, he wrote 2 books, this one, and another about the Ghost Dance
and Wovoka, as told to him again by survivors… he was a good painter and writer… he died in ’72
I believe, and he left his entire collection to a woman, Sandy Solomon, who appears to be a responsible kind person.
when Reno was attacked (he was attacked first, and the Indian camp was set up for the Sundance and Seven Council Fires circles of camps, most prominent the Hunkpapa and Minneconjou, they were never meeting for war against the cavalry… but they were some of the fiercest and bravest men of their day, and you must understand… unlike today, although protocols were fierce and strict in all aspects of life, complete freedom and individuality existed unknown to today’s modern mind…
the braves rallied with the help of a few brave men who saw the troops ahead of time, and risked their lives to run and tell the main camps… Sitting Bull was always deferred to, and he had known in a vision during an earlier Sundance that many soldiers in blue would fall into camp (die)
both Reno and Custer believed there were only a few Indians, and that they would have a quick victory… they split up and Reno was swarmed at one end of the camp although he never made it in, by as clear as the survivors remember, warriers outnumbering the soldiers 10 to 1, maybe more
Custer was supposed to come to the aid of Reno, if he called for back-up, but Custer was already dreaming of victory and a quick attack miles away on the main body of the camp… he ignored Reno, and he ignored what his Indian scouts (Crow and Arikara were telling him… that there were as many braves as there were bullets in all the soldiers’ guns)
I will leave the rest of the story for you to find out about… the book is a compelling read, and mind blowing, and shocking… it also verifies who Mary Good Elk Woman was, the sister of Sitting Bull, and mother of One Bull, and White Bull. Mary Good Elk Woman, after her second husband’s passing, married Frederick Dupree… and the rest, as they say, comes full circle
Thanks for the info and comment Joan, I haven’t read Miller’s book
but it’s on the list.
There is a story that Custer fathered a child with a Cheyenne woman by
the name of Monahtseta’e, a survivor among the women and children Custer
took captive at the Washita, and a story that has been adopted by a couple
of other tribes.
It is a story open to question as Custer contracted VD during his
West Point years as a cadet and became sterile as a result. He and
his wife Libby remained childless during their marriage – one possible
explanation for this Custer child is that his brother who was also
part of the 7th cav was the father.
A child who became known as Yellowtail/Yellowbird and was said to
have lighter hair and even streaks of blonde.
Now that you mention historical truth and lies coming out of AIM individuals such as Russell Means, I would like to point to one big one noticeable in the prologue of his book “Where White Men…”. I quote him: page 8 second paragraph: “Feather Necklace was among the hundreds who died in the smallpox epidemic – the white man’s plague – that decimated the Yankton Reservation in 1901….”
I researched small pox epidemics in that area. There was a small pox epidemic in 1781-1782 which decimated the Assiniboine people, and another in 1837. In 1765, a smallpox epidemic may have decimated the Yankton population. As for the date of 1901 cited by Russell Means, and advanced by him as the date Feather Necklace and hundreds perished of smallpox, here is the factual report of the US Indian Agent, John W. Harding, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, from Greenwood, south Dakota, on September 1, 1901: “Health. While the Indians of this agency have undergone the same smallpox scare this year as last, there has not been any alarming results from this disease, only one mixed blood Indian woman dying from same, and only a few other cases reported. There has been no serious epidemic or disease among the Indians at either the school or the agency. Most of the 95 deaths during this year resulted from consumption and old age.”
Feather Necklace was born in 1884. He would have been 17 years old in 1901. Chief Feather in the Ear, born in 1818, died in 1901, and is buried at the Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery. He was 83 when he passed away that year, 1901, but not due to smallpox. There were not “hundreds” of Yankton Indians who died of the smallpox in 1901.
I think Russell was a man who “cannibalized” the ideas, thoughts, and words
of others, a personality vampire as another said – tweaking them as he went
along while claiming to be the fruit of his own “intellect”, familiarity with
indigenous history, and personal insight.
Means is routinely exposed for the liar and fraud he was, it is nothing short
of amazing any would assign credibility to a single word he uttered.
Ward Churchill undoubtedly had an influence on Means in being an “educated”
person and wannabe activist that evolved into the Mutt and Jeff act they
were known for, and the “honor” Means bestowed on him in saying he was a
reverse apple.
In the midst of Churchill being outed about his ancestry Russell in one of
his usual bluster performances went on to say he was proclaiming his bud to
be a “full blood”.
Whether intentionally or not people in this hemisphere were ill equipped to
deal with the diseases they were introduced to with the coming of the Euro
boat people – ultimately such diseases amounted to a bio weapon, and even to
this day present a major threat to uncontacted tribes in the Amazon.
Means relied heavily on the knowledge that a number of people wouldn’t
investigate his claims, and if they did then all that was required was the
negative proof of calling them haters.
Russell wasn’t “controversial” as apologists are prone to say as they follow
along behind him with a broom and bucket – to the contrary he was excruciatingly
transparent, a liar and fraud of epic proportions whose priority was the acquisition
of money and media attention.
Thanks for the info and comment.
some times rez when I read your blog Im thinking wait a minute then I do as
you always say and do the math looking in other places.
touchy is right and not easy to say it isn’t true, respecting you bro for saying
what you think and backing it up.
Considering the nature of the internet and all things
people should always do at least some measure of the math
themselves – I respect those who do as I’ve never thought
of blind acceptance or allegiance as blissful or a good
place to be.
It can’t always be how we would like things to be, sometimes
it can only be how they are.