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Christopher Columbus Was A Murderous Moron (video)
Turns out Christopher Columbus wasn’t brave, he was just really bad at math. Adam Ruins Everything explains.
Burning Spear: ‘Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar’ (video)
I and I all I know
I and I all I say
I and I reconsider
I and I see upfully that
Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar
Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar
Yes Jah
Mas…Burning Spear: ‘Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar’ (video)
Amazing Space-Age Trailer: Close Encounters of the Latino Kind (video)
A mountain of mashed potatoes, strange lights in the sky, and a mysterious five-note musical phrase mean life on Earth will never be the same after Close Encounters of the Latino Kind. [Video by Marlon Klug.]
Chocolatl’s history is not so sweet (TedEd animated video)
Before the 16th Century, chocolatl only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. How did we get from there to today’s chocolate candy bars? Deanna Pucciarelli traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate.
Lay’s Potato Chips: Now with more racism! (1966 video)
Actor Bert Lahr — the Cowardly Lion in Wizard of Oz — plays both Christopher Columbus and a stereotyped Native American in this 1966 commercial for Lay’s Potato Chips. At least the Frito-Lay company recognized that taters are “local vegetation” before calling their hosts “Indian Givers.”
Tonia Jo Hall shout out to Natives: ‘She’s that kind of woman’ (video)
Tonia Jo Hall has some words of encouragement in She’s that kind of woman. “Shout out to all the beautiful strong native women,” she writes:
Mas…Tonia Jo Hall shout out to Natives: ‘She’s that kind of woman’ (video)
Witchi Tai To: Water spirit feeling springing round my head (video)
Hypnotic. Uplifting. Native American jazz saxophonist and songwriter Jim Pepper’s 1969 version of traditional peyote song Witchi Tai To got a slight remix and a Native dancer in this mesmerizing YouTube fan video. #NoDAPL!
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Witchi Tai To: Water spirit feeling springing round my head (video)
Casting Call: Do it again, but this time act ‘Mor Mexican!’ (video)
In Mor Mexican! Mexico City-born actor Ricardo “Pekas” Aranda eats a McXican Burger for the casting director. But is he acting Hispanic enough? Maybe makeup and wardrobe can help.
Neil Young vs the Dakota Access Pipeline: ‘Indian Givers’ (video,lyrics)
OG activist Neil Young stands up for the Standing Rock Sioux and against the Dakota Access Pipeline in this new song and video — Indian Givers.
The lyrics include the story of Dale “Happy” American Horse Jr., a Native activist who was busted after chaining himself to a digger machine at the site.
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Neil Young vs the Dakota Access Pipeline: ‘Indian Givers’ (video,lyrics)
What’s that smell? Is somebody roasting Hatch Chiles? (video)
It’s that time of the year — Hatch Chile Season.
Thank you, eHeritage! Now I can trace my bloodline way back! (video)
A DNA blood test from eHeritage.com can help you unlock your past and trace your roots. Native American blood? Related to European royalty? Puro Caucasian like from the Caucusus region? You’ll never know what you’ll find until you try!
Ask your doctor if Slapping NDN Medicine Man is right for you (video)
When the White Man’s medicine isn’t working,it’s time to see the Slapping Medicine Man. Video by The 1491s.
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Mas…Ask your doctor if Slapping NDN Medicine Man is right for you (video)
A Tribe Called Red: Stadium Anti-Racist Pow Wow Chant (audio)
Canadian First Nations DJ Crew A Tribe Called Red mixes up traditional sounds with future sonics and they want you to use this song instead of racist mascot chants in sports arenas.
Mas…A Tribe Called Red: Stadium Anti-Racist Pow Wow Chant (audio)
Native American population almost back to pre-Columbian levels
Samuel W. Bennett’s GET DATA website features charts/graphs and infographics about current events, sports, news, culture, and history. We thought this log-scale graph of the native (in red, of course) and white population in the U.S. was fascinating, sad, and maybe, just maybe, encouraging.
His description:
After disease and war decimated the Native American population from an estimated pre-Columbian 5 million to a low of a few hundred thousand in the late 1800s, the American Native American population has recently approached the pre-Columbian population. The…figure shows that the population of American Native Americans from 1492 to present.
His chart that ranks Tolerance, Racism and Xenophobia in the United States shows we’re lots more tolerant than some other countries, but still have big-ass problems with gays, immigrants and “foreign languages,” not that this is news to us.
Mas…Native American population almost back to pre-Columbian levels
Lewis Black explains why ‘Redskins’ is offensive (NSFW video)
Washington, D.C. native and football fan Lewis Black explains to fans why the name “Washington Redskins” for the hometown football team is offensive to Native Americans. [NSFW F-bombs.]
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