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Critical Commentary
“The Legend of the Tacquish” depicts the story, origin, and cultural value of the “Tacquish”, an evil spirit in the Arrowhead Springs in San Bernardino, California. The legend starts buy describing to detail the exact location of the legend. The … Continue reading
Posted in Agnes V. Waite, Tribal Educators
Tagged Arrowhead Springs, Beliefs, California, Legend, Religion, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, Tacquish, The Evil Spirit
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Historical and Cultural Context
Agnes V. Waite was part of the Serrano tribe. This tribe traditionally lived in the Mojave Desert and the San Bernardino Mountains in California (San Diego State University). The tribe encountered the Spanish colonizers in the late 1770s in San … Continue reading
Posted in Agnes V. Waite, Tribal Educators
Tagged Hunter-gathers, Mountains, San Bernardino, Spiritual, Supernatural
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Biography
Agnes V. Waite was born on July 27, 1891 in Banning, California as part of the Serrano tribe. Her parents were Joseph Waite and Louisa Maria Antonio Desbelladoes. Mr Waite was a white American born in Taos, New Mexico, while … Continue reading
Agnes V. Waite
Biography | Historical and Cultural Context | Critical Commentary | Further Readings The Legend of the Tacquish Arrowhead Springs is the name given to a resort in the mountains just north of San Bernardino, in Southern California. It is named … Continue reading
Posted in Agnes V. Waite, Serrano, Tribal Educators
Tagged Bogeyman Story, Inner Life, Legend, The Red Man, Traditions
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Sadie M. Ingalls (Po-Naw-Po-Qua) Sac and Fox
Biography|Historical and Cultural Context|Critical Commentary|Further Reading Why Crows Are Black Once upon a time there lived a crow with some of his friends. Since their provisions were nearly all gone, his friends decided to go out hunting and the crow was obliged … Continue reading
Posted in Sac and Fox, Sadie M. Ingalls, The Conflicted
Tagged animals, crows, Origin Story, The Red Man
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Biography
Sadie M. Ingalls, or Po-Naw-po-qua, was born October 12, 1890 in Oklahoma to two members of the Sac and Fox Tribe, Horace, or Pe-shaw-kaw Ingalls and Maddie, or Ash-kaw-soque Seals. Her father died of tuberculosis before Sadie enrolled in Carlisle. … Continue reading
Historical and Cultural Context
The Oneida Nation is part of the Iroquoian (or Haudenosaunee) tribes, which are originally known as the “Five Nations” (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca). Their homelands are primarily located in New York State (Central New York). According to William A. Ritchie, … Continue reading
Posted in Cora Elm, Tribal Educators
Tagged clan, Creation Myth, earth, Five Nations, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, matrilineal, Mother Earth, Oneida, Sky Woman, turtle, turtle clan
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Critical Commentary
What one needs to know about the content of the periodicals which the Carlisle Indian Industrial School has published, is that every publication of these magazines was edited by the so-called “Man-on-the-Bandstand” to insure that those publications were suitable for … Continue reading
Biography
According to the application form in her student file, Cora Elm, an Oneida Indian of “full” degree Indian blood, was born on February 18, 1891 to her mother Jane Elm and her father Nicholas Elm. Her Oneida tribe was located … Continue reading
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Tagged Episcopal Hospital, nurse, nursing school, Oneida, Student Files, suffrage, Wisconsin
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Emma Newashe (Sac and Fox)
Biography / Cultural and Historical Context / Close Reading / Further Reading “The Merman’s Prophecy” By Emma Newashe The spring had not arrived in all its splendor, but it’s coming was clearly seen, for the buds on the trees were beginning … Continue reading