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Columbus Didn’t Introduce Horses

Columbus Didn’t Introduce Horses

“We have calmly known we’ve always had the horse, way before the settlers came. The Spanish never came through our area, so there’s no way they could have introduced them to us,” reads one quote from a Blackfoot (Nitsitapi) study participant in Collin’s doctoral study.

Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came

Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation may have rewritten every natural history book on the shelf. A Lakota/Nakota/Cheyenne scholar, Collin worked

hemp-infused, non-alcohol wine

hemp-infused, non-alcohol wine

After losing a family member to alcohol and opioids, Jody Colbert knows all too well where addiction can take people.
As part of her effort to combat alcoholism she describes as “rampant” among Native communities, Colbert created a hemp-infused, non-alcohol wine under the brand War Chief Wine Collection LLC.

War Chief Wines focuses on ‘healthier choices’ with hemp-infused, non-alcoholic beverage

After losing a family member to alcohol and opioids, Jody Colbert knows all too well where addiction can take people. As part of her effort to combat alcoholism she describes as “rampant” among Native communities, Colbert created a hemp-infused, non-alcohol wine under the brand War Chief Wine Collection LLC.

Indigenous Canada Course

Indigenous Canada Course

Im doing this course, ‘Indigenous Canada’  that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada
Its fascinating and really really good. The more I see the more I know I’m gonna enjoy the challenge and will learn a lot
available at https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada and its free

Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions.