We celebrated Taino CANEY CIRCLE Winter Solstice Ceremony at Women's Park in Miami Florida on Sunday Dec 18 2022.

We were joined by a wonderful group of Tainos and non-Taino allies who enthusiastically participated in the celebration of the return of the spirit of the dormant YokaHu back to the womb of his mother Atabey after his death at…

On Friday December 16 2022 we…

Here in Pittsburgh we gathered on Sunday December 11 to celebrate the Taino Winter Solstice Ceremony at the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center. …

The behikes of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania celebrated the November Full Moon Ceremony, and then afterwards, the annual Day Of The Ancestors Ceremony, dedicated to the departed friends and relatives.…

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A cross-country effort to bring attention to the injustice that has been imposed on a Native American leader since the 1970's was brought to Pittsburgh this past Friday.

  On October 10 Stephanie Hedgecoke …

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to access a pdf file on the research at los Buchillones Taino archaeological site in Cuba by Dr Pendergast and Dr…

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The issue has been raised to us in the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE that why do we honor turkeys as sacred beings in our spiritual tradition, even considering this bird as the totem animal of one of the four directions, since turkeys are not native to the Caribbean islands. It is a valid question because we…

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On Monday, October 10, 2022 I had the honor of participating as an invited guest speaker at the sixth annual celebration of INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY on the grounds of PennTreaty Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.…

This weekend September 24 and 25 2022, we here at the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center are celebrating our 43rd annual pow wow at our Singing Winds site in the Dorseyville community north of Pittsburgh…

On September 22 2022 Pittsburgh's BREATHE PROJECT hosted two events of the week-long CLEAN ENERGY JUSTICE CONVERGENCE. The events on that Thursday featured two important encounters with efforts by a Washington…

Today Wednesday, September 21, 2022, I attended a mini pow wow celebrated at Schenley Plaza in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. The event was sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with our own COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER.…

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In the decade of the 1970's when Native American activism was reaching its high point in the United States two…

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In 1998 The CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania opened a new section of its public exhibit dedicated exclusively to the Indigenous people of the United States. This new exhibit is called the…

The amazingly talented and socially conscious U.S. alternative rock band PORTUGAL. THE MAN performed at the Petersen Events Center here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last evening. I was honored to present the Indigenous land acknowledgement…

We met on November 21 2021 at the main site of the COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER. Our…

On Saturday November 6 we celebrated the second Day of the Ancestors ceremony in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The ceremony was officiated by Pittsburgh Behike Dayvanna Caraballo Mitchell-Schreiner. She was assisted by Behike Miguel Sague Jr.

Members of the local community participated.…