Stories
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Native Americans and the dehumanising force of the photograph
In the second part of Native Americans through the 19th-century lens, we delve deeper into the ambivalent messages within the images.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
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Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader, describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; AN Account Of The Posts Situated ON The River Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To which is added, a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of Furs and Skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux tongues, And A Table, Shewing The Analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway Languages. By J. Long.
Long, J. (John), Indian trader.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- Books
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The history of the life and sufferings of Henry Grace, of Basingstoke in the county of Southampton. Being a narrative of the hardships he underwent during several years captivity among the savages in North America, and of the Cruelties they practise to their unhappy Prisoners. In which is introduced An Account of the several Customs and Manners of the different Nations of Indians; as well as a compendious Description of the Soil, Produce and various Animals of those Parts. Written by himself.
Grace, Henry, approximately 1730-Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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The history of North America. Containing, a review of the customs and manners of the original inhabitants; the first settlement of the British colonies, their rise and progress, from the earliest period to the time of their becoming united, free and independent states. B the Rev. Mr. Cooper. Embellished with copper-plate cuts.
Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793.Date: 1789- Books
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Some account of the North-America Indians; [sic]. Their Genius, Characters, Customs, and Dispositions, towards the French and English Nations. To which are added, Indian Miscellanies, viz. 1. The Speech of a Creek-Indian against the immoderate Use of Spirituous Liquors; delivered in a National Assembly of the Creeks, upon the breaking out of the late War. 2. A Letter from Yariza, an Indian Maid of the Royal Line of the Mohawks, to the principal Ladies of New-York. 3. Indian Songs of Peace. 4. An American Fable. Collected by a learned and ingenious Gentleman in the Province of Pensylvania. [sic].
Creek-Indian.Date: [1754]- Books
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Native American communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960 : a study of tradition and change / Robert E. Bieder.
Bieder, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1938-Date: [1995], ©1995