Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
IMHO Native American culture in the USA is very closely associated with rural settings , oftentimes overshadowing its urban/suburban variants , which is why I thought it would be interesting to start up a thread about this topic .
A rather interesting and quaint town by Tempe , known for being a center of Yaqui culture , a people who actually founded the town around 1900 after moving there from Sonora .
It's been a really long time since I've personally visited the town so I'm really not sure what it's like these day , but it certainly was an interesting/vibrant place when I last set foot there ( circa the year 2000 IIRC ) .
Anyways that's my contribution for now and sharing examples of Native American culture in urban/suburban areas without a significant amount of Native American residents definitely fits the purpose of this thread as well , since such examples would be very informative as well .
Syracuse has urban/city Native American residents with usually Akwesasne aka Mohawk living on the city’s West Side and some others(mainly Onondaga) living in the Valley section in the far southern end of the city. Onondaga Nation land is south of the city, with some in the working/middle class suburb of Nedrow in between the Valley and Nation. About 12% of that community’s residents are Native American(alone/in combo). Lafayette, the school district kids from the Onondaga Nation attend is 38% Native American and is known for its Lacrosse program, as it is a sport that the Onondagas created and is the fastest growing sport in the country. Here is a documentary about these brothers currently playing pro lacrosse that are from the Onondaga Nation and attended that school: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hjQGcDTcF2g&feature=share
Buffalo/the Western NY region is another part of the state with a pretty strong presence, mainly Seneca and some Tuscarora. Some live in the city’s West Side, in/around Niagara Falls and some other places in that area(school districts such as Niagara-Wheatfield, Silver Creek, Gowanda, Salamanca and Akron).
Albany Park Chicago! The [URL="https://aicchicago.org/68th-annual-powwow/"]https://aicchicago.org/68th-annual-powwow/[/URL] has been helping the Native Chicago Council of Three Fires for 70 years. Chicago means Big Onion in Shikaakwa
IMHO Native American culture in the USA is very closely associated with rural settings , oftentimes overshadowing its urban/suburban variants , which is why I thought it would be interesting to start up a thread about this topic .
A rather interesting and quaint town by Tempe , known for being a center of Yaqui culture , a people who actually founded the town around 1900 after moving there from Sonora .
It's been a really long time since I've personally visited the town so I'm really not sure what it's like these day , but it certainly was an interesting/vibrant place when I last set foot there ( circa the year 2000 IIRC ) .
Anyways that's my contribution for now and sharing examples of Native American culture in urban/suburban areas without a significant amount of Native American residents definitely fits the purpose of this thread as well , since such examples would be very informative as well .
Puyallup, Washington is in the Seattle metro area and is part of a reservation. I haven't spent enough time there to know what the culture is like though.
Puyallup, Washington is in the Seattle metro area and is part of a reservation. I haven't spent enough time there to know what the culture is like though.
It appears to be the home base of the Puyallup people of the same name who speak the Lushootseed language : Puyallup Tribe - Home
It appears to be an interesting place to visit since one doesn't hear/read of too many bona fide Native American reservations which exist in urban/suburban areas .
It appears to be the home base of the Puyallup people of the same name who speak the Lushootseed language : Puyallup Tribe - Home
It appears to be an interesting place to visit since one doesn't hear/read of too many bona fide Native American reservations which exist in urban/suburban areas .
There are a few reservations that are in urban areas in Western Washington particularly in the Tacoma area.
I believe part of Minneapolis (or maybe St Paul?) proper is actually a Native American reservation as well.
17% of the residents of the Tulsa metro area, with just over one million people, are Native American. Over 170,000 Natives in one city.
Nearly all of the area of the metro is divided among the reservations of Cherokee Nation (largest native Tribe), Creek Nation (fifth largest tribe) and the Osage Nation.
The series Reservation Dogs is set in Okmulgee, an exurb of Tulsa 25 miles south of the city, and the capitol of the Creek Nation.
Tulsa in many ways is the real center of Indian Country but the Native residents don't care to be a tourist attraction like you see in Santa Fe or other places.
But for some reason I think there is also an actual reservation somewhere in the city limits.
Yup you beat me to the punch with mentioning Little Earth .
It's interesting to note that some sources ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips,_Minneapolis ) claim the American Indian movement itself was founded in the larger Phillips neighborhood , in which Little Earth is located , though the primary source ( https://libguides.mnhs.org/aim ) supporting this claim doesn't seem to make any sort of reference to Phillips at all .
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
