Author Archives: Michael Wayne

San Jose Mercury News ■ Sunday, July 11, 1982 Indians Furious Over Planned Road into Forest “You can destroy a people just as effec­tively by mentally committing genocide as you can physically. If you destroy a people’s religious dignity, worth … Continue reading →

INDIAN CENTER INC. 3018 BEVERLY BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90057 YEAR NO. BOARD MEMBERS   TERM EXPIRED MONTH YEAR 1965 1 JOE VASQUEZ     JAN 1968 1965 2 FRED GABOUREE     JAN 1968 1965 3 JOE WHITE CLOUD … Continue reading →

American Indian Studies 101. American Indian History: Post 1871 (3) F, S Faculty A survey of the histories and cultures of American Indian people in North America from 1871 to the present. Not open to students with credit in American … Continue reading →

One of the projects I’m working on is finding choral music that teaches the lessons of the traditional religious leaders to use at Camps or Schools.  Hal Leonard Corporation. I find a song on every subject of learning.  To sing … Continue reading →

A French “missionary” stopping at an eastern Canadian Indian village was surprised to see a group of strangers approaching, the leader bearing a large beautiful pipe with a great stem decorated with duck heads and eagle feathers.  His Indian friends … Continue reading →

*No founder; tradition has evolved over centuries, passed down by storytelling ’More than 2 million people in 300-500 different American Indian tribal groups, each with its own culture and responses to specific situations. Beliefs •      Creator – some tribes use … Continue reading →

Preferred Term: Tribal Name Cultural and Family Structure Demographics • 1.37% of the total US population Symbols • Feathers, depicted in many, many ways, are symbols of prayers, marks of honor or sources of ideas Clothing or Amulets •      Do … Continue reading →