they now are finding that they had a regular ivory trade going on with the locals at Baffin Island. Of course, it was a bit warmer back then.
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from AtlasObscura:
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Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600. Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time.
Trekkies break world record of the largest number of people dressed in Startrek costumes.
and yes, all the Captains were there.
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Big weekend for Cebu: 80 thousand expected there to celebrate out latest saint.
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she's not the only saint being canonized this weekend: Kateri is now a saint, and some from her father's tribe are going there to celebrate.
“The Vatican is topping off what we feel by making her a saint,” Alma Ransom told Indian Country Today Media Network. She has played a critical role in the canonization effort over the years.
“In Indian words she’s been a saint all along to us. When we refer to Kateri [pronounced Ga-da-li in the Mohawk language] we call her a holy person, and I think saints are holy people. We’re very proud and happy,” Ransom said, then added with a laugh, “We’re proud for her because she was so humble and timid—and we’re not!”
and my patients back in the US are celebrating:. Photo is from my old parish in Oklahoma.
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As LostWorlds blog notes sarcastically, the Native Americans are not a zoo specimen, but still live and work in the US. He provides data on the largest tribes:
According to the 2010 census, the ten largest Native American tribes today are:
- Navajo……..308,013
- Cherokee…..285,476
- Sioux……….131,048
- Chippewa….115,859
- Choctaw……88,913
- Apache……..64,869
- Pueblo………59,337
- Iroquois…….48,365
- Creek………..44,085
- Blackfeet……23,583
The two largest tribes are completely different: Many Navajos still follow their traditions and speak the language at home, while the Cherokee have long been "assimilated" and intermarried with others: their heritage is more similar to those of the Ethnic immigrants: more mixed, with memories of the past.
The Sioux and Chippewa are somewhat in between: somewhat traditional but not as many native speakers.
I sometimes joke I had been through two wars in Africa but the only place where I was shot at was working with the Sioux. (My window was shot out with a high powered rifle). Of course, the hospital was a mess at the time, and the tribe was in an uproar. I made waves saying we needed more help, so I was hounded out of the place.
The Apache? About the same. They were even "meaner" than the Sioux, but at least I didn't get shot at.
When I worked with them, they hated the IHS personnel for good reasons; we were grossly understaffed and lacking decent facilities, but the IHS wouldn't upgrade because the wanted to close the in patient hospital and make it to a mere clinic (never mind that the next hospital was 30 miles over a 7000 foot mountain pass). So they kept the place inadequate to punish the tribe, saying if the tribe really wanted to improve things, they should spend money to take over the hospital instead of investing in enterprises that provided jobs for their people, never mind that treaty rights gave them free medical care.
The next time you read why the US needs single party federal health insurance, tell them to talk to their nearest Native American and see what kind of care they'd be given.
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