Downstrike/native americans

From the page: 'British explorer Bartholomew Gosnold established a short-lived colony in 1602...

'On first making landfall in southern Maine, Gosnold's ship, the Concord, was greeted by a canoe rigged with a mast and sails, so that it was at first mistaken for a European fishing vessel. The Indians onboard "spake diverse Christian words," one of the Englishmen wrote, "and seemed to understand much more than we." It turned out they had been trading for years with Basque fishermen.'

From the page: '"Renewing America's Food Traditions"� by Gary Paul Nabhan, profiles 93 foods once common in American kitchens but now in danger of disappearing. Some are livestock breeds or varieties of crop plants; others are wild species such as the Carolina flying squirrel. The book organizes the foods by gastronomic regions, which are shown on the map below.'

Buying shoes has always been difficult for me, because of the height and width of my feet, but I never realized this was a racial characteristic. Of all the goofy stereotypes with which others have labeled us, I've never heard of this.  From the page:

"Nike designers and researchers looked at the feet of more than 200 people from more than 70 tribes nationwide and found that in general, American Indians have a much wider and taller foot than the average shoe accommodates. The average shoe width of men and women measured was three width sizes larger than the standard Nike shoe.

As a result, the Air Native is wider with a larger toe box. The shoe has fewer seams for irritation and a thicker sock liner for comfort.

Jerry Bread, outreach coordinator for the Native American Studies program at University of Oklahoma, said the idea was "fantastic" and addressed a core issue for tribes, though he was skeptical that the feet of people from so many tribes could be so similar."

From the page:
"American Indians : First People of America and Canada"

From the page:

"In fact, looking through the black-and-white photographs of these children, I get the same feeling I've had looking at certain long-ago photographs of Native Americans, portraits that managed to preserve that fleeting moment when a conquered people still rest so deeply in their own dignity that they can stare back into the eye of the conquering people with a look that says, There is something about me that will never be yours."

From the page: '"Pocahontas was a strong woman..."--(PG: Especially for an 11-year-old)'

One people's hero is another people's traitor. Numerous landmarks and locations in southern Oregon and northern California are named after Winema, Wi-ne-ma, or Wi'ne'ma'. Presumably, they were not named after her by Native Americans.

From the page: "It is a theater named after a young Modoc Indian woman who purportedly saved white military men from massacre at the hands of her people."