Millenia on the Continent

Four Centuries of Resistance

"Upon suffering beyond suffering: the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness, and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the Sacred Tree of Life and the whole Earth will become one circle again. In that day, there will be those among the Lakota who will carry knowledge and understanding of unity among all living things and the young white ones will come to those of my people and ask for this wisdom. I salute the light within your eyes where the whole Universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am that place within me, we shall be one.”

Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux Chief (This statement was taken from Crazy Horse as he sat smoking the Sacred Pipe with Sitting Bull for the last time, four days before he was assassinated.)

About A Non-Indigenous Soul

Navajo 1905

Wisdom, Honor, Integrity

The late 19th Century brought an end to two centuries of the "Indian Wars" and genocide of the Indigenous population, but it did not bring an end to four centuries of Indigenous cultural oppression. That continues to this day. Don't be fooled.

The good news is that we are currently witnessing and experiencing a sea change in how we (the settlers and colonialists) understand not only our nation's history with Indigenous peoples, but in fact the millenia of Indigenous existence on the continent. This is due in no small part to the resiliance of North America's founders and caretakers.

This website is a testament to the wisdom, honor, and integrity of Native Americans, then and now. Our attention to and support of the renaissance of Indigenous history and culture is making us all better human beings. These truths must be shared by non-indigenous people. That is the purpose and goal of this website, developed by "A Non-Indigenous Soul."

Buffalo return

Buffalo Return to Indian Country

Nothing tells the story of the First Nations like the story of the Buffalo (American Bison). Learn what happened to the Buffalo, and you will learn what happened to our Indigenous peoples. In recent years, buffalo have been "repatriated" to Indian Country, to reservations all over the plains and southwest.

The story of the Buffalo is ubiquitous in Indigenous life.

The Return of Banned Cultures

The U.S. government tried to eliminate Native American culture - and eliminate Native Americans themselves - from the moment the Declaration of Independence was signed. By forcing English, many languages were lost. Native American children were yanked out of their families on the reservation and taken to American Indian boarding schools to "assimilate" them into wasichu (white) culture. Not until Congress passed laws in 1972, 1978, and 1990 were Indigenous languages and spiritual practices actually made legal! Think about that.

Native American children
Trail of Tears map

Treaties and Indian Removal

368 treaties (some historical studies show more than that), all broken by the U.S. Gov't. In 1871, the House of Representatives ceased recognition of individual nations within the U.S. as independent nations with whom the United States could contract by treaty, ending the nearly 100 year old practice of treaty-making between the U.S. and American Indian nations. After 1871, only Executive Orders from the White House handled relationships with the First Nations. To make life even more miserable and humiliating for our Indigenous peoples, the government passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

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