Canku Ota - September 2020 - What's New

	Canku Ota (Many Paths) An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
	September 2020 - Volume 18 Number 9


	"Osiyo aquatsely yvwi" The Cherokee Greeting (Hello My People.)
	Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

	"Tahch’aruwina Tehekuma" Little Sister of the Hot Moon Tunica, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana

"“I made up a new proverb: "Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar." We are lousy raw material from which to form a capitalist. We could do it easily, but then we would stop being Indians. We would just be ordinary citizens with a slightly darker skin. That's a high price to pay, my friend, too high. ” ~Lame Deer Seeker of Visions~

We Salute
Laurel Emanuel

How I Found My Voice As The Only Native Student In My Class

Our Featured Artist:		Honoring Students
The Artistic World Of The Taíno People The Taino civilization was decimated by Christopher Columbus and other European explorers during first contact, but the legacy of these people, who inhabited what is today called the Caribbean, continues to this day.		Osage Named In Sixth Class Of Billy Mills' 'Dreamstarter Teachers' Dance Maker Academy founder and choreographer, Jenna LaViolette, has been selected to be part of the sixth class of Deamstarter Teachers, an initiative of the Running Strong for American Youth organization.

Our Featured Story:		Living History:
Cherokee Nation Announces 2020 Cherokee National Treasures		How Alaskan Yup'ik People Are Reviving The Culture Lost To The 1919 Flu

Honoring Native America		Honoring Native America
Pushing To End Myth Of Columbus, Honor History Of Indigenous Peoples This year, amid a national reckoning on racial injustice, protesters have toppled and beheaded statues of Columbus in various cities, while pressure grows to abolish the national holiday and replace it with one that celebrates the people who populated the Americas long before the explorer "sailed the ocean blue."		Indigenous Peoples Day Comes Amid A Reckoning Over Colonialism And Calls For Return Of Native Land Celebrating Indigenous cultures every Oct. 12 is important. But in this moment when the U.S. is reckoning with legacies of racism and colonialism, many Indigenous nations call for something more – the return of ancestral lands.

Recognition		Recognition
Oklahoma Is – And Always Has Been – Native Land Some Oklahomans are expressing trepidation about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that much of the eastern part of the state belongs to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. They wonder whether they must now pay taxes to or be governed by the Muscogee.		Supreme Court Ruling Could Rewrite History Textbooks In its ruling in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma July 9, the Supreme Court affirmed the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's sovereignty by confirming it still occupies a distinct reservation.

Living Tradition		Living Tradition
To Work Out Like An Aztec, Play Hard Ball Or Invest In Sneakers Long Before Sports Leagues Around the world were abruptly put on hold, and centuries before they were founded, Mesoamerican cultures were having a ball on courts of their own.		Oneida Cyclist Is First Native In Tour de France The first Native American to compete in the Tour de France celebrated his 24th birthday in style. Neilson Powless, Oneida, marked the occasion last week by placing fourth in stage 4 of the grueling race. The Roseville, California, cyclist is riding with the American professional team Education First Pro Cycling.

Living Tradition		Living Tradition
Native Americans Have Always Answered the Call To Serve: National VFW Day 2020 National Veterans of Foreign Wars Day, September 29, recognizes men and women who have served honorably in a foreign war or overseas operation recognized by a campaign medal, received hostile fire, or qualified for imminent danger pay. Active-duty servicemembers who meet the criteria are also welcome.		Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes The Squash had traveled a thousand miles to rest quietly on Henrietta Gomez's arms. The elder farmer from Taos Pueblo, a 1,000-year-old Indigenous town in northern New Mexico, held the light-green vegetable like a baby.

Recovering Our Heritage		Recovering Our Heritage
Drone Imaging Reveals Pre-Hispanic 'Great Settlement' Beneath Kansas Ranch Archaeologists using new drone-sensing technology have found evidence of an enormous, horseshoe-shaped trench hidden beneath a Kansas ranch, reports Kiona N. Smith for Ars Technica.		Repatriating The Archives: Lumbee Scholars Find Their People And Bring Them Home Following World War II, thousands of Lumbee Indians migrated from their tribal homeland in rural North Carolina to industrialized cities, including Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Recovering Our Heritage		Recovering Our Heritage
A People's Orientation To A Regenerative Economy: Protect, Repair, Invest, And Transform We invite you to bring this orientation into your work and your lives. This tool is for anyone who wants to create life-affirming and transformative policy changes.		Tribes Celebrate Mesa Verde Repatriation On Sunday, a coalition of tribes including the Hopi Tribe, the Pueblo of Acoma, the Pueblo of Zia, and the Pueblo of Zuni repatriated and reinterred ancestors and associated funerary items at Mesa Verde National Park. The National Museum of Finland repatriated the human remains of 20 ancestors.

Education News		New Leadership
KSUT And Rocky Mountain PBS Launch Native Lens KSUT Tribal Radio, in collaboration with Rocky Mountain PBS are excited to present the launch of Native Lens, featuring submissions from three Native Storytellers, with many more to come.		Diné Woman Will Be Kansas' Youngest Sitting Legislator All four Native candidates running for office in Kansas won their primary elections Tuesday, including one who is the presumptive winner of a state House seat, and will become Kansas' youngest sitting legislator, after no one filed to run against her in November.

About This Issue's Greeting

"Hello My People" is "Osiyo aquatsely yvwi" in Cherokee

Nature's Beauty: Turkey Vultures Have A Keen Sense Of Smell And Now We Know Why		This Issue's Favorite Web sites		A Story To Share: How The Turkey Buzzard Became As He Is







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