Author Topic: Navajo Scouts in Little Big Horn (Read 572 times)

megadud · « **Reply #15 on:** November 03, 2005, 01:15:16 PM »

ohio state dood! duh! who doesn't love THE Ohio state University? only for football though, then it is UK basketball!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #16 on:** November 03, 2005, 01:52:33 PM »

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oh and just a little more infomation. I found this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Knife

very interesting discussion we got going here.

Thanks for the link, I didn't know anything about bloody knife until I read that tidbit.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 03, 2005, 03:37:43 PM »

One of the most comprehensive books I read on them was "THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN" by ES Curtis (volume 5 I think?). Of course there are several glaring errors that have been recognized over the years, but I believe the book is still used in cultural anthropology classes because of the sheer amount of information in the volumes he wrote.

navajoboy · « **Reply #18 on:** November 04, 2005, 11:55:42 AM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
One of the most comprehensive books I read on them was "THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN" by ES Curtis (volume 5 I think?). Of course there are several glaring errors that have been recognized over the years, but I believe the book is still used in cultural anthropology classes because of the sheer amount of information in the volumes he wrote.

Nice! do they have any information about Navajos or Choctaw (BBQBOB)?

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 04, 2005, 01:17:06 PM »

Navajo certainly, I think they were in the first volume. First one I read anyway. And he covered the Zuni and Hopi and Cheyenne and Apache and Yuma..............

Its been a long time since I read most of them, but there were somewhere near a hundred tribes represented I think. It was Ed Curtis' life work to collect the stories he did, and despite his errors its very comprehensive.

I dont remember Choctaw offhand. Or Seminoles for that matter, or even the Cherokee. What I knew about "Indians" back then I got off Lone Ranger reruns watching Tonto. Errors were not so apparent. Come to think of it, alot of the eastern tribes are not there (that I remember). Could be because most of them had either died out already or were "settled" and an accurate accounting couldnt be made. Not sure.

BBQ_Bob · « **Reply #20 on:** November 04, 2005, 02:06:25 PM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Navajo certainly, I think they were in the first volume. First one I read anyway. And he covered the Zuni and Hopi and Cheyenne and Apache and Yuma..............

Its been a long time since I read most of them, but there were somewhere near a hundred tribes represented I think. It was Ed Curtis' life work to collect the stories he did, and despite his errors its very comprehensive.

I dont remember Choctaw offhand. Or Seminoles for that matter, or even the Cherokee. What I knew about "Indians" back then I got off Lone Ranger reruns watching Tonto. Errors were not so apparent. Come to think of it, alot of the eastern tribes are not there (that I remember). Could be because most of them had either died out already or were "settled" and an accurate accounting couldnt be made. Not sure.

Here is a link to some info about the Choctaw and what took place in 1830, BTW I think you need to join our squad.

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StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 04, 2005, 05:27:11 PM »

Thanks for the link. I vaguely knew some stories about the Choctaw but never really read much about them. One of my ex's was part Cherokee and part Navajo, and had relatives on the reservation in Carolina. Thats where I used to spend my vacations. I cant belive how many people stop in Gatlinburg and never even know there's a reservation on the other side of the mountain.

-tronski- · « **Reply #22 on:** November 05, 2005, 08:08:18 AM »

I've always enjoyed Stephen E Ambrose's book Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors, and Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West for a broader history...

Tronsky

navajoboy · « **Reply #23 on:** November 09, 2005, 07:53:47 AM »

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Thanks for the link. I vaguely knew some stories about the Choctaw but never really read much about them. One of my ex's was part Cherokee and part Navajo, and had relatives on the reservation in Carolina. Thats where I used to spend my vacations. I cant belive how many people stop in Gatlinburg and never even know there's a reservation on the other side of the mountain.

Hmm is that federally recogonized or state? i didnt know there were reservations out that far. Part Choctaw/Navajo huh? Scary how you run into something like that.

Navajo

boxboy28 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 09, 2005, 12:08:24 PM »

the Cherokee res. here in NC is natoinal recognized i believe. If you look up "cherokee North carolina" theres several site (even there own) with lots of info.! They got a pretty good size res over there too.

I live in south western NC basically between Asheville NC and Spartenburg/Greenville SC , im on Lake Adger south of Lake Lure Chimney rock. A good friend i have met down here has 100's of arrow heads he finds just out walking thru the woods.............i been looking but i havent found any yet! Being this was/is and for ever shall be Cherokee Land (in my mind it is) they gotta be Cheorkee arrow heads!

just my half cent

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 09, 2005, 02:17:04 PM »

AFAIK, the Cherokee in Carolina have always been there. Some were relocated to Oklahoma, on the Trail of Tears, but some (like the Navajo that resisted relocation) remained behind, hiding in the hills and holding on to their land any way they could. Today they are known as the Eastern Band of Cherokee. As for someone having both Cherokee and Navajo relatives, you'd be surprised, if you havent studied them, how similar they really are. Family structure, clan structure, religion ............ they have alot in common.