3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (424+ words) There continues to be misinterpretation and many questions are asked. Who are the Wampanoag? What does federal recognition mean? The Native American Rights Fund (Justice Newsletter, Fall 2000) points out that the new 1978 regulations took a socio-anthropological approach that today requires…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (187+ words) The Institut Métapsychique International (IMI), founded in 1919 and recognized as being of public utility, is one of the oldest centers devoted to the scientific study of so-called paranormal phenomena. For more than a century, it has safeguarded a substantial documentary,…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (518+ words) Are all of these Indigenous Canadians also “deniers”? And what might happen to those of them who are still alive if a measure such as Bill C-254 ever became law? I was born on March 8, 1945 in the Indian Hospital on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1580+ words) A recent stay at Nant Gwrtheyrn on the northern, and I may say spectacular, coastline of the Llŷn Peninsula filled my eyes and my thoughts with so much that was new to me and wonderful on so many levels. What’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (617+ words) Coltrain shared a list of several Avery County residents interviewed in the 1970s for the Appalachian Oral History Project. App State Oral Historian Mark Coltrain presents during a Community History Listening Night at Avery Morrison Library in Newland on July 23. Mayland…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (341+ words) Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. The idea that the soul…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (760+ words) Between the walls of the Draganac monastery, the only living common monastery in the eastern part of Kosovo, nothing but children's laughter rang out for seven days. Acting classes, icon painting, religious studies, NTC workshops, discussions about faith and heritage,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (652+ words) For decades, one of the most persistent stereotypes about the Tiv people of central Nigeria has been the claim that a Tiv man would “offer his wife as kolanut” to entertain a visitor. It is a narrative repeated in beer…...