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Standing Rock Land and Water Protectors Defend Burial Grounds From Desecration by Big Oil
Native American graves excavated for pipeline construction
The standoff on and near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation between indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline project and security and police forces is currently making global headlines. At issue are the land rights of indigenous people, the human … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged American Indian Burial Rituals, ancestors, Ancient burial, Barack Obama, beloved ancestors, Burial Conservation, Burial ground, Dakota Access Pipeline, DAPL, Energy Transfer Partners, land protector, Missouri River, Native Americans in the United States, North Dakota, Pipeline transport, Protest, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, United States, United States Army Corps of Engineers, water protector
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Tolkotin Native Americans: Rituals for the End of Life and Burial
Why Native American traditions for death and dying captivated early explorers.
North America, circa 1831: Irishman Ross Cox had long braved his emigration to America and finally published Adventures on the Columbia River. The early explorer’s book is integral to our understanding of the era, and not just because it informs … Continue reading
Wampanoag Burial Traditions
We revisit the end-of-life practices of one of the most famous Native American tribes
With Thanksgiving underway, we look to the funeral traditions of perhaps the most famous of the Native American peoples: the Wampanoag. It is estimated that these Native Americans lived in the New England region for over 10,000 years, with over … Continue reading
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Tagged burial traditions, Cole's Hill, Death, end-of-life, Native American, Native American Burial Rituals, Native Americans in the United States, New England, Plymouth, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving history, Thanksgiving tradition, Wampanoag, Wampanoag people
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