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When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492 he was welcomed by a brown-skinned people whose physical appearance confirmed him in his opinion that he had at last reached India, and whom, therefore, he called Indios, Indians, a name which, however mistaken in its first application continued to hold its own, and has long since won general acceptance, except in strictly scientific writing, where the more exact term Native American is commonly used. As exploration was extended north and south it was found that the same race was spread over the whole continent, from the Arctic shores to Cape Horn, everywhere alike in the main physical characteristics, with the exception of the Eskimo in the extreme North, whose features suggest the Mongolian.
The most marked physical characteristics of the Indian race type are brown skin, dark brown eyes, prominent cheek bones, straight black hair, and scantiness of beard. The color is not red, as is popularly supposed, but varies from very light in some tribes, as the Cheyenne, to almost black in others, as the Caddo and Tarimari. In a few tribes, as the Flatheads, the skin has a distinct yellowish cast. The hair is brown in childhood, but always black in the adult until it turns grey with age. Baldness is almost unknown. The eye is not held so open as in the Caucasian and seems better adapted to distance than to close work. The nose is usually straight and well shaped, and in some tribes strongly aquiline. Their hands and feet are comparatively small. Height and weight vary as among Europeans, the Pueblos averaging but little more than five feet, while the Cheyenne and Arapaho are exceptionally tall, and the Tehuelche of Patagonia almost massive in build. As a rule, the desert Indians, as the Apache, are spare and muscular in build, while those of the timbered regions are heavier, although not proportionately stronger.
The beard is always scanty, but increases with the admixture of white blood. The mistaken idea that the Indian has naturally no beard is due to the fact that in most tribes it is plucked out as fast as it grows, the eyebrows being treated in the same way. There is no tribe of "white Indians", but albinos with blond skin, weak pink eyes and almost white hair are occasionally found, especially among the Pueblos.
Various origins have been assigned to the Indian racefrom Europe and the East, by way of Greenland or the mythic land of Atlantis; from Asia, by way of the Bering Straits and the Polynesian Islands, has more advocates, and also more reasons in its favour. The fact that Japanese and other Asiatic adventurers have frequently landed upon the North Pacific coast of America is a matter of history, and tribal tradition and other evidence indicate that such contact was as frequent in prehistoric times, but whether all this has been sufficient to make permanent impression upon the physique and culture, let alone to account for a race, is an open question. For some years this problem has been under systematic investigation by the American Museum of New York City, with promise of important results. Presently, the only known permanent migration has been in the opposite direction, an Eskimo tribe in Alaska having taken up permanent residence in Siberia within the historic period.
Trouble no one about their religion;
respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
-Chief Tecumseh-
Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission.
This is the Indian theory of existence.
-Mourning Dove-

My Interests

Animals:
Animals are so much a part of Native American spirituality. They're a reminder that all living creatures are woven together in the fabric of life. And an inspiration to walk more reverently and to live in closer harmony with the web of life.

Peace Pipes:
Peace pipes are among the most sacred Native American objects being used in ceremonies. It is believed, the more decorated the pipe, the stronger its power.
To make peace with other tribes, Sioux Chieftans brought out their peace pipe. The pipe was usually handed to the Chief of the enemy tribe first and then it was smoked by all the leaders of both tribes.TRIBES: Abenaki
Accohannock
Achomawi
Acoma
Adenas
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
Alleghans
Aleut
Algonkin
Amonsoquath
Apache
Arikara
Anishinabe
Anasazi
Apalachee
Aquidneck
Arapaho
Arawak
Arikara
Aroostook Assateague
Assiniboine
Athabaskan
Atsina
Aztecs
Bella Coola
Beothuk
Blackfeet
Blackfoot
Bodega Miwok
Brothertown
Caddo
Cahuilla
Calusa
Carrier Sekani
Catawba
Cayuga
Cayuse
Chehalis
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Chickaloon
Chickasaw
Chicora
Chicorra Waccamaw
Chinook
Chilcotin
Chippewa
Choctaw
Chitimacha
Chucalissa
Chumash
Ciboney
Clatsop
Cocopah
Coeur d'Lane
Coharie
Comanche
Costanoan
Coushatta
Cowichan
Cowlitz
Creek
Crees
Crow
Dakota
Deh Cho
Delaware
Dene
Diegueno
Dineh
Edisto
Eeyou
Erie
Esketmc
Eskimo
Esselen
Flathead
Fond du lac
Gabrielino
Goshute
Gros Ventre
Gwichin
Haida
Haliwa-Siponi
Havasupai
Hawaii
Hidatsa
Ho-Chunk
Hohokam
Hopi
Hodenosaunee
Hualapai
Hupa
Huron
Illinois
Incas
Innu
Innupiac
Innupiat
Inuit
Iowa
Iroquois
Kalispel
Karankawan
Karuk/Karok
Kashaya Pomo
Kaw
Keetoowah
Kickapoo
Kiowa
Kiowah
Keres
Klallam
Koasati
Koshare
Ktunaxa
Kuiu
Kumeyaay
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Lenni-Lenape
Listuguj
Luisenos
Lumbee
Lummi
Mahican
Maidu Mechoopda
Makah
Mandans
Mascoutan
Mattabetic
Mattaponi
Maya
Meherrin
Menominee
Metoac
Miami
Miami Chippewa
Miccosoukee
MicMac
Middle Woodland
Mingo Iroquois
Minnesota
Mississippi Bands
Missouri Tribes
Miwok
Modoc
Mohawk
Mohegan
Mohican
Mojave
Monacan
Mono
Montauk
Montaukett
Mounds and Mound Builders
Mowachaht
Muckleshoot
Munsee
Muscogee
Muwekma
Nanticoke
Narragansett
Natchez
Navajo
Nez Perce
Nipissing
Nipmuc
Nisga'a
Nisqually
Nomlaki
Nooksack
Nootka
Occaneechi
Oglala
Ohlone
Ojibwe
Okanogan
Omaha
Oneida
Onondaga
Osage
Ottawa
Otoe & Missouria
Pai Yuman
Paiute
Pala
Papago
Passamaquoddy
Patuxet
Patwin
Pawnee
Pee Dee
Pembina Band
Pennicook
Penobscot
Peoria
Pequot
Pima-Maricopa
Piman
Pitt River
Plateau
Pocomoke
Pomo
Ponca
Portage Band
Potawatomi
Powhatan
Pueblo
Puyallup
Quapaw
Quechua
Quinault
Ramapough
Rankokus
Raramuri
River Yuman
Sac Fox
Sahnish
Salish
Samish
Santo Domingo
Saponi
Saskatchewan
Sauk/Fox
Secwepemc
Seminole
Seneca
Serrano
Shasta
Shawnee
Shinnecock
Shoalwater
Shoshone
Shuswap
Siksika
Siletz
Sioux
Sisseton Wahpeton
Six Nations
S'Klallam
Snohomish
Skokomish
Snoqualmie
Spokane
Stillaguamish
Suquamish
Susquehannah
Swinomish
Taino
Taos Pueblo
Tekesta/Taino
Tillamook
Tlingit
Tohono O'odham (Papago)
Tolowa
Tonkawa
Tonto Apache
Tongva
Tuchone
Tulalip
Tumucuan
Tunica-Biloxi
Umatilla
Unami
Ute
Waccamaw
Wailiki
Wakash
Walla Walla
Walpi Pueblo
Walpole
Wampanoag
Warm Springs
Wasco
Washoe
Wea
Wichita
Willams
Winnebago
Wiinnemucca
Wintu
Woodland
Wyandot
Yagua
Yakama
Yakwal
Yana
Yaqui
Yavapai
Yokuts
Yosemite
Yuki
Yuma
Yunsai
Yurok
Zuni

I'd like to meet:



Heroes:

Sitting Bull
Spotted Tail
Roman Nose
Red Cloud
Little Wolf
Geronimo
Little Crow
Dull Knife
Crazy Horse
Cheif Joseph
Squanto

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