#Tribes

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Tribal Names

I don’t think many people, even some native people, are aware that the legal names of many tribes are actually not from the tribe.

Often the names came about because colonizers would ask one tribe "hey, what do you call those people over there?". then they would assign the name given to that tribe. so often the names were descriptions from unrelated tribes, or in more extreme cases, insults.

The Muscogee tribe got pretty lucky since the legal name was "creek" and it came from a different tribe going "oh, those are the people near the creek". which, is accurate enough, most creek settlements were placed along creeks. a famous one that is related to the Muscogee is the name "Cherokee". "Cherokee" is a Muscogee word meaning something along the lines of "people who don’t speak our language". Even this is pretty light compared to some names. some official tribal names translate to phrases like "dog eaters" or "lazy people".

This is why it’s not uncommon for tribes to start using older names. Muscogee comes from the term for our people "Mvskoke", and the tribe has made efforts to distance itself from the name "Creek". Although it is likely still the name you’ll hear most often.

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Siberian tribes according to Russian tax records

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Woman from the Ouled Naïl tribes, northern Algeria

French vintage postcard

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" The un-people, the anti-tribe, humanity’s sack unpicked and sewn together again with the moon inside. "

Nightbreed - 1990, directed by Clive Barker, based on his novella Cabal.

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I wanna showcase my fan tribes

Anyway infodump time

• Scogando

— A demon tribe of the underworld, holding resentment for the humiliation that the rest of their fellow demons received from the patapons. Ruthless in battles with their war machines and weapons.

• Druidon

— Ancient beings of nature that fell into a deep slumber right after witnessing the Wakapon shatter the World Egg. They rose back up to punish the Patapons and the Scogandos with their weapons of earth and hardwood.

• Donakon

— A tribe that lives up to their reputation as "living shields" for their durability and resistance. Slow yet strong, they have no need for shields for they are one, though the cold constantly bothers them(they freeze up a lot)

• Lilamen

— An island hopping tribe with forces that only consist of Yarilamens, Yumilamens and Megalamens. Any battles with suitable wind conditions the Lilamen will always excel at, perhaps a Wind Juju will temporarily make them useless to the Scogandos.

• Hanolin

— Pear-shaped tribal beings with a knack for building mud outposts and castles, blunt force weapons are their main choice for war.

• Famaron

— Fire people that primarily live in regions rich in volcanic activity, everything they wield are all fire-enchanted weapons but due to their nature, they suffer from cold and rainy conditions.

• Tikanon

— Another masked tribe tricked by one of their possessed men to summon the Scogandos into the world. Regretful they help the Patapons and the Zigotons with the war effort against the Scogandos and the four tribes underneath their hand by bringing resources, goods, or weapons for need.

• Shibozen

— The Scogandos claim them to be envoys and servants of heaven to gaslight their allies, but are actually the souls of the recently fallen that were brought back to serve the Scogandos by necromancy. Weak but strong in numbers

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Picture of a woman from the Turkana Tribe.

The Turkana are a Nilotic people native to the Turkana County in northwest Kenya, they migrated from Southern Sudan and settled at Turkana river.

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Unconventional Wings of Fire adopts - designs by me, base by Biohazardia! All prices have been reduced - please check Ko-fi for their current listings! <3

These are all rather unconventional on-base designs found in my ko-fi shop, first come first served:

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10 Facts on "What's so special about The Haudenosuanee and Lacrosse?" (From a Native American perspective)

Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the world right now, but most people look at the sport as expensive, exclusive, and very white. Most people who play the game have no idea the origin that goes behind it or how it was originally played. Lacrosse is a spiritual game for many Native Americans and other indigenous people. Here are 10 essential facts on Lacrosse and the Haudenosuanee. Please leave feedback on your thoughts and opinions of the 10 facts listed below!

Lacrosse is the oldest team sport on our continent, originated by a North American tribe. Some people might say it started around the 1100’s A.D. The Native American tribe originators of this game are the Haudenosaunee.

The Huadenosuanee call lacrosse “Dehontsigwaehs" which means they bump hips.

In the 1630’s, French Jesuit missionaries who were working in the St. Lawrence Valley saw the Huron Indians playing the Medicine Game. The name of Lacrosse is just a reflection of this term, another way of how the French pronounced this game was “le jeu de la cross” (the game of the stick).

 Traditional lacrosse game sticks were made from hickory tree wood which represented all plant life. It was said the original game of lacrosse could last several days and have been played with 100 to 1,000 men in a 2 mile radius of land. This game is still played to this day amongst certain Native American tribes.

The cosmology of this game of lacrosse started out way before it was even put on earth for the people; it started out with the animals in the sky world. 

The game was given to them by the creator and is very sacred to the Huadenosaunee people, some say it even has healing powers. It's referred to as the medicine game amongst the Haudenosaunee.

This game was called to make peace amongst nations, heal the sick, an exchange to the creator if there was ever a drought, fight diseases, stop war, fix conflict, and to be played with a good mindset at all times, for the creator.

It was never about the outcome of the score but about harmony through the game.

A Haudenosaunee tradition that is still practiced today, is when a male baby is born they receive their first wooden stick and at the end of their journey here on earth, they are buried with the stick. So they can continue playing the game with their ancestors.

Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the world right now. Thanks to the Haudenosuanee for sharing it with the world!

Let's use this post to spread knowledge to others about the Creators game of Lacrosse. Giving true credit to the Haudenosuanee who gifted this beautiful game to the world. In the spirit of connective blogging, your experiences, insight, stories, and knowledge will help grow this community. Let's create a safe space where we can learn from each other and have allies supporting the Haudenosunee Lacrosse Team's journey as they embark in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Here is my question to get the blog started. Do you think after reading these facts, they should be allowed to compete as the first Native American tribe under their own flag? and as the founders of the game of Lacrosse? Yes or No? Have a great day! AHO!

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Iron Age Coinage, The Yorkshire Museum, York

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Women from the Ouled Naïl tribes, northern Algeria

French vintage postcard

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