Monthly Archives: July 2014

You name it, you own it

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

When a 9200-year-old skeleton was uncovered along the Columbia River in 1996 scientists and journalists dubbed the ancestor Kennewick Man. Local tribes bristled at the naming, preferring to call the skeleton The Ancient One, or Oyt.pa.ma.na.tit.tite, according to scholar David … Continue reading →

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About face on Kennewick Man

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Turns out American Indians were right all along. A bitter conflict of values, race, sovereignty and politics began two decades ago when a pair of Washington State college students unearthed a skeleton in the Columbia River. Local Indian tribes wanted … Continue reading →

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Sacred Masks

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Excellent insights into Native spirituality Desert Spirit Hopi Mask “The Sale of a sacred object cannot be dismissed with the wave of a hand as a mere commercial transaction” Philip J. Breeden, US Embassy, Paris; quoted in NY Times 6-30-2014. … Continue reading →

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Sacred Masks

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Sacred Masks.

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