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Planning A Native American Gathering © 2011 & 2023 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Native American Speaker Director,Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation Prelude and Disclaimer Powwows.com has received many requests from committees and individuals about the planning of a Native American Powwow. This article is for informational purposes on the […]
WHAT IS NATIVE AMERICAN? © 2012, 2022 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Editor, PowWows.com Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE What is Native American? What an encumbered question. One might as well ask “Why is the sky blue?” Obviously a rhetorical question to be profound as one does not […]
© 1999, 2011, 2021 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Native American Speaker Director,Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE AND DISCLAIMER This is an information only paper of historical research on the creation of the 2nd Amendment and its relation to Native America. It is not a work of argument or […]
Do you live in a Native American state? State Name Origins © 2012 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Native American Speaker Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE Most Americans have no concept of the origin history of their state or the state they live in and this includes the […]
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“INDIAN SUMMER” © 2005, 2010 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Native American Speaker Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation WHAT INDIAN SUMMER IS For most people including meteorologists and other weather people, “Indian Summer” is a warm spell after a cold snap usually during Autumn. But for a more […]
The Real Thanksgiving Foods © 2011, 2018 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Native American Speaker Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE Turkey, Mashed Potatoes with gravy, Bread Stuffing/Dressing, Cranberry Sauce, Three Bean Casserole, Macaroni & Cheese, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkin Pie … traditional Thanksgiving foods right? Well they are traditional […]
Native American Medicine Wheel: Comparison In Life © 2012, 2015 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Editor, PowWows.com Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE This paper is about the Native American Medicine Wheel symbol and color and design as opposed to the physical structure known as the Medicine Wheel that […]
Researching Native American Heritage: A Native American Genealogical Journey © 2011, 2016 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Editor, Powwows.com Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation Prelude and Disclaimer Powwows.com has received many a request from groups and individuals for help in investigating ones Native American Heritage. This article is for […]
If They Have Had It They Would Have Used It – Maybe?: Native American Use of Trade Materials © 2012, 2015 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Editor, PowWows.com Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE How often has one gotten this question: “They had that back then?” Or how about […]
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Native American Home Etiquette © 2012, 2014 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Editor, PowWows.com Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE Native Americans from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Arctic to the Tropics were quite cordial and rather kind to guests in the home. Europeans and later Americans […]
The Native American Harvest Gathering © 2004, 2013 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Native American Speaker Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation Long before White Contact to the “New World” the Native Americans had many kinds of celebrations for the four seasons. One of the most celebrated for the Eastern Woodland […]
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A More Accurate Historical Thanksgiving: “What Are You Celebrating?” © 1998, 2000, 2010 Native American Composition & Performance, Limited By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Native American Speaker Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE Thanksgiving…oh that wonderful holiday in which we should give thanks. Something we should do every day. Where did this national holiday […]
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