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Thursday Evening Reznews May 12, 2011

Reservation & Community News

The Warrior’s Song: Community welcomes, remembers Native American Marine DVIDS A Native American veteran holds an eagle staff, the traditional “flag” of the Yakama Nation, during Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson’s funeral May 4 at Tahoma Cemetery. Jackson was killed April 24 by an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan…

Dakota will net Cedar Lake Minneapolis Star Tribune … Dakota tribe members will challenge state law by placing fish nets in Cedar Lake in Minneapolis on Friday — the eve of Minnesota’s walleye fishing opener. Organizers say that an 1805 treaty with the federal government gives them off-reservation…

Native American protest gets Jewish visitors Jweekly.com Plans call for building a parking lot and for other construction on top of a burial ground that has been used by several local tribes for 3500 years….

Winona LaDuke Explores The Militarization of Indian Country From Geronimo to … Huffington Post (blog) Winona LaDuke, a Native American activist and twice Ralph Nader’s Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate , has written a dramatic and prescient book, The Militarization of Indian Country (Honor the Earth). Completed in February 2011….

U.S. Government & Tribal Government News

Officials pushing bill to reimburse CNY counties for land put into trust for … Syracuse.com Bill Owens reintroduced legislation Friday that would require the federal government to pay local taxes on land placed into trust for Native American tribes. In Central New York, the Oneida and Cayuga Indians are seeking to have thousands of acres…

Conservation Easements Protect Lava Lake Lands GardenNews.biz (press release) “These lands are an important part of the forage base for our sheep operation and they support significant cultural and natural values, including Native American sites and sage grouse. We are honored to be able to protect these lands in perpetuity…

Wisconsin archival storage facility encounters resistance on Madison’s north side Isthmus No portion would be open to the general public, but the design includes an outdoor ceremonial circle for Native American items that must be periodically used. The building site is on state land adjacent to the Mendota Mental Health Center….

Maine gov releases letter that led to resignation News from Indian Country It had been reported that Congdon made comments critical of affirmative action and some that offended the Native American community. Congdon has denied making the comments. He has said he was forced from office. He resigned April 27…

Okla. Senate panel approves $40M state bond issue to pay for Native American … Greenfield Daily Reporter The bill provides that three separate series of bond issues will not be authorized until the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority has in place matching funds from private donors and other sources. Republican Sen…

Miscellaneous American Indian News

The Ubiquitous Mesquite Verde Independent Mesquite is the “thorny jewel of the American Southwest,” according to Wood Magazine. “In the eyes of Native Americans, the mesquite tree represented both shade and sustenance. The tree’s sugar-rich bean pods furnished food and drink….

A typical day on the ‘Rez’ for two senior missionaries from Rexburg Rexburg Standard Journal It is rather a new mission, formed in July 2010 from five existing missions to encompass the Native American reservations in the Four Corners area. It therefore includes parts of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. There are Navajo, Apache, Hopi…

Myth, Morality, and Osama bin Laden Lew Rockwell “Native Americans are savages,” “blacks are subhuman,” Manifest Destiny, Ersatz Israel, lebensraum are all myths without any basis in fact that have resulted in the self-righteous murdering and maiming of hundreds of millions of human beings….

History, Culture & Religious News

Olompali’s Heritage Day Sonoma Valley Sun Camilo had the distinction of being the only Native American in northern California to have such a land title confirmed by the US Land Commission. Sonoma residents are quite aware of the Bear Flag revolt in 1846 and the arrest of Marino Vallejo on June…

Nez Perce trail meetings slowly finding new stories Billings Gazette It’s a complicated process that involves nearly 25 American Indian tribes, nine national forest districts, four states, two national parks and countless landowners. But as Roger Peterson, a Missoula-based spokesman for the Forest Service and the Nez…

Educational & Archaeology News

St. Joseph’s School earns national recognition Daily Republic PIERRE – St. Joseph’s Indian School in Chamberlain was honored today by the South Dakota Department of Education for winning the US Department of Agriculture’s HealthierUS School Challenge Silver Award. PIERRE – St. Joseph’s Indian School in….

Totem pole expert teaches others to tell story through wood carving KTVB In the summer it becomes a native American cultural center. People from around the world come to meet Terry Crown — a master carver, member of the Chocktow Tribe, and totem pole expert. Terry has been carving totem poles at Arrowhead for the last 14…

Sweeping a People’s Past Under the Rug City on a Hill Press Keeping Native American remains is problematic for a number of reasons. It means that graves were disrupted to obtain these remains, which is disrespectful to any culture. And to make matters worse, many Native American tribes believe that disruption…

American Indian Law, Criminal & Legal News

Elderly Utah man charged with artifacts case cuts diversion deal with federal … Greenfield Daily Reporter AP SALT LAKE CITY – Federal prosecutors in Utah have agreed to delay prosecuting an 80-year-old Blanding man on charges of theft and trafficking of American Indian artifacts for one year. Harold Lyman was among two dozen people indicted in Utah….

American Indian Events & Activity Notices

Bill Self, Roy Williams to participate in Mayetta golf event on Sunday KUsports … head golf professional at Lawrence’s Alvamar Country Club. Firekeeper is Begay’s first signature course and sits on 240 acres owned by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. It is the first course designed by a Native American on Native American land….

Tribal members to discuss church The Valley Chronicle Tribal members Mike Madrigal, a lay minister, and Carrie Garcia, director of Soboba Indian Reservation’s cultural center, will discuss the history of the church and the reservation. The presentation is scheduled from 10 am to noon, and refreshments….

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Monday Evening Reznews May 9, 2011

Reservation & Community News

Native Americans vs. diabetes USA Today Of the 3.3 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives in the USA, about 16% have diabetes, most of them type 2, according to Indian Health Services, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. Rourke says her dream is to “have zero diabetes…

U.S. Government & Tribal Government News

Senate Committee Reviews “Geronimo” Codename in OBL Death The New American The same committee was responsible for the passage of the Native American Apology Resolution in 2009, which offered an apology from the United States government to American Indians. Co-sponsors of the resolution were Republican Senator Sam Brownback…

Operation Geronimo dishonors the Indian leader Los Angeles Times Native Americans have one of the highest per capita enlistment rates in the military of any ethnic group. Powwows often begin with the entering of an honor…

Valid bilateral distrust The News International More importantly, the United States’ job was made easier as the Pakistanis stood aside and let it accomplish the inappropriately named “Operation Geronimo” after a Native American chief who fought for the freedom of his people….

‘Geronimo’ use in bin Laden mission prompts group to offer counseling The Detroit News A local Native American organization is offering counseling to anyone who feels offended or hurt by the use of “Geronimo” as a code name for the recent US operation that killed Osama bin Laden. “Geronimo EKIA” (enemy killed in action) was the message…

Native Americans take offense to code name for bin Laden Plain Dealer (blog) The information distributed to multiple media sources across the nation, on the US government’s behalf, has proved that the American people in addition to the US government still don’t understand that we, the native people of this land…

Miscellaneous American Indian News

Johnny Depp Reveals Native American Heritage Contactmusic.com Johnny Depp’s Native American ancestry was a driving force behind his decision to play Tonto in an upcoming remake of The Lone Ranger. The Hollywood actor will play the famous cowboy’s sidekick in a new version of the cult adventure series…

Educational & Archaeology News

ND higher ed board might challenge on UND nickname Westport-News The NCAA considers UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname and the school’s American Indian head logo to be abusive to American Indians and has said the state law won’t shield the school from penalties for continuing to use the moniker…

Board member: NCAA shouldn’t profit from UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname The Republic The NCAA is likely to penalize UND if it keeps using the nickname and an American Indian head logo after Aug. 15. The Legislature has ordered UND to keep using the name and logo. On Monday the Board of Higher Education agreed to resume licensing the…

Anthropology student receives master’s, aims for PhD Arizona State University Native American heritage, a childhood on a Cochise County ranch and exposure to cultural traditions around the world merged to create Will Russell’s lifelong fascination with Southwestern and Native histories. “The Southwestern Native American…

American Indian Law, Criminal & Legal News

Federal appeals court rejects Indian tribes’ challenge to NY’s cigarette tax … Washington Post The state plans to tax Native American sales without going onto reservations by requiring cigarette wholesalers to prepay the sales taxes before supplying reservation stores. Wholesalers would pass along the levy to tribal retailers, who would have to….

Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Assault of a Tribal Member 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Hawkins, a non-Indian, admitted to assaulting a female enrolled tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). According to the prosecutor’s statements in court, in 2010 and 2011, Hawkins and the victim were dating…

ND lawmakers want AG opinion on bill to keep Fighting Sioux nickname The Republic AP BISMARCK, ND – A group of lawmakers want Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to decide whether it’s legal for the Legislature to order the University of North Dakota to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname and American Indian head logo…

American Indian Gambling & Business News

SIPCO, LLC Wins Major Markman Ruling PR Newswire (press release) The Native American Intellectual Property Enterprise Council works to provide patent, legal and business consulting support to inventors in the Native American community. Robbins Geller Rudman & Robbins, with offices in San Diego, San Francisco…

Top-10 observations from the iGaming North America Conference Casino City Times But some key Native American tribes are skeptics The only people who were not convinced that online gambling was good for land-based gambling were some representatives of the Native American gaming industry. Leslie Lhose, vice chairwoman of the…

Conn.’s Mohegan Sun downgraded on debt concerns Wall Street Journal Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the ratings of the Connecticut-based Mohegan tribal casino operator on debt concerns at a time of slumping consumer spending. The New York-based ratings agency said Monday the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has…

American Indian Events & Activity Notices

Annual Zuni Festival of Arts and Culture GatewayToSedona.com The Zuni Pueblo Band is one of the few remaining American Indian community bands in the US today. They proudly wear the traditional Pueblo style of dress, with a red woven sash belt around the waist, a handmade concho belt, exquisite Zuni jewelry…

American Indian Pow-wow News

Native Americans fight diabetes by walking SMC Collegian Diabetes runs rampant throughout Native American reservations. … the group will march on the National Mall and hold a diabetes benefit powwow…

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Friday Evening Reznews May 6, 2011

Reservation & Community News

Crazy Horse operations director dies at 55 Danbury News Times She also oversaw visitor education programs, arrangements for American Indian arts and crafts vendors exhibiting at the site and annual Native Americans’ Day activities. The memorial drew 1.2 million visitors to the southern Black Hills last year….

Poarch Band of Creek Indians Donate $500000 to Help With Relief Efforts in … PR Newswire (press release) POARCH CREEK INDIAN RESERVATION, Ala., May 6, 2011/PRNewswire/ — The Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tribe is joining in efforts to help tornado victims by donating a half million dollars to relief efforts. In announcing the donation, Tribal Chairman…

U.S. Government & Tribal Government News

What’s wrong in ‘Geronimo EKIA’ Express Buzz Geronimo, an outstanding Native American leader of a group of Apache Native Americans, fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades. Embittered by the death of his mother, wife…

Submit this story Huffington Post (blog) Most American Indian tribal names are not the real names of the Indian nations. They were names given to them by their enemies or more correctly, the Indians who worked with the United States Cavalry to fight the Indians who resisted the white ways…

Torres-Martinez tribe and Riverside County leaders to sign pact for joint land … The Desert Sun Riverside County officials and the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians tribal council on May 18 will sign a land-use agreement to take a cooperative approach to land-use planning on non-Indian owned land within the tribe’s reservation boundaries…

Wildfire threatens homes in eastern Arizona ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Bureau of Indian Affairs Fire Prevention Specialist Candy Lupe said the “Locust Fire” started in Whiteriver around 11:45 am Friday. Lupe said the fire has spread to about 30 acres with 60 homes in the Whiskey Flats community directly in the line of the…

American Indians say ‘Geronimo’ code name offensive The Durango Herald But for Native Americans, there’s a difference: Geronimo was a hero – not a terrorist. So to them, the US military’s use of the revered leader’s moniker as a code name for bin Laden was appalling – a slap in the face that prompted statements of….

Space Grant hosts annual First Nations Launch UWGB (blog) Teams competing in the American Indian Science and Engineering Society division are student chapters including the “White Rabbit” team from Azuza Pacific University, suburban Los Angeles; “Northstar,” University of Minnesota, Twin Cities…

Miscellaneous American Indian News

Native American Activist, Author Winona LaDuke on “The … Democracy Now Native American activist and writer Winona LaDuke joins us to discuss her new book, The Militarization of Indian Country. LaDuke covers the legacy of the…

The Week That Was New York Times (blog) As a sort of honorary American Indian (adopted in both Sioux and Crow ceremonies), I’m surprised I wasn’t offended. But it never occurred to naive me that giving Bin Laden the code name “Geronimo” in this cleanly executed raid wasn’t in fact homage to…

Educational & Archaeology News

Students Raise Money to Clean Red Rock Graffiti KLAS-TV By Tedd Florendo, Weather Anchor – email LAS VEGAS — In November of 2010, teenagers vandalized a 10000-year-old Native American site at Red Rock Canyon. A group of middle schoolers were shocked at the damage and wanted to do something to help…

48th UMM Commencement set for May 14 on campus Mall Morris Sun Tribune Faculty Marshal is Judy Kuechle, associate professor of education. In recognition of the campus’s origins as an American Indian boarding school, an American Indian Honor Song will be performed by the Northern Wind Singers to recognize and pay tribute…

Bay City Indian Education Program hosting Spring Gathering MLive.com Registration for the 2011-2012 Indian Education Program will be available during the event. Students with Native American heritage who are enrolled in Bay City Public Schools may register for the Indian Education Program…

Archaeology workshop to be held May 28 Moberly Monitor Index By Anonymous On Saturday, May 28, a workshop on Archaeology Without A Shovel … the workshop techniques can also be used with Native American Indian sites…

American Indian Law, Criminal & Legal News

Jury deliberating branding case [1:55 pm] Farmington Daily Times AZTEC – The fate of an American Indian man, accused of participating in branding a swastika on the arm of another American Indian man with mental disabilities, is in the hands of 12 people. Jury deliberations in the case against William Hatch began….

Three people nabbed after high-speed car chase The Durango Herald An officer with the Southern Ute Police Department was also injured in the melee. Because all three are Native American and the incident took place on reservation lands, the case was turned over to the Southern Ute Indian Police Department…

One child killed, a second seriously injured by alleged drunk driver White Mountain Independent The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is handling the criminal investigation. Police say at about 2:23 PM, for an unknown reason, the driver of a ’95 Dodge Dakota pickup truck, Adrienne L. Shipp, 19, of Whiteriver, was traveling west on Sumac road and…

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Tuesday Evening Reznews May 3, 2011

Reservation & Community News

Housing grants given to Utah Native Americans News from Indian Country HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan says the money helps Native American leaders improve the living and economic conditions for people on their lands. Grant money can be used to build or restore housing, develop commercial centers or expand medical facilities….

Chickasaw Nation opens firehouse in southern Okla. News from Indian Country Tribal Gov. Bill Anoatubby and East Central University President John Hargrave joined other officials at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 6000-square-foot facility. The new building houses training and equipment space for the American Indian tribe’s….

U.S. Government & Tribal Government News

Onondaga Nation leaders blast ‘Geronimo’ codename for Bin Laden Syracuse.com In the release, the chiefs pointed out that more Native Americans serve in the armed forces, per capita, than any other ethnic group and that American Indian code talkers helped save the lives of their fellow service members during World War II…

Bin Laden’s Geronimo Code Name Causing Backlash; Why? Gather.com Since the Apache and other Native American tribes were here first, you could make a very strong argument that the white settlers who came later were the terrorists. Custer would certainly fit their definition of a mass murderer….

Osama bin Laden was unarmed during assault: White House Economic Times Geronimo was a famously elusive Native American chief. Once bin Laden had been shot, the raiders doubled back to move the prisoners away from the compound before blowing up the downed helicopter. The fuller picture of the high-stakes assault emerged as…

Senate official: Wrong to link bin Laden, Geronimo The Associated Press … says it is inappropriate to link whom she calls “one of the greatest Native American heroes” with one of the most hated enemies of the United States. Tuell is a member of the Nez Perce tribe and grew on the tribe’s reservation in Idaho…

Codename: ‘Geronimo’ Angers Some ABC News (blog) On Facebook, on Twitter, on Native American websites, in local newspapers, and in what appear to be countless conservations on reservations and in schools across the country, Native Americans are genuinely hurt and puzzled by the choice of “Geronimo”….

Codename: ‘Geornimo’ for Osama Bin Laden Mission Angers Some Native Americans ABC News (blog) On Facebook, on Twitter, on Native American websites, in local newspapers, and in what appear to be countless conservations on reservations and in schools across the country, Native Americans are genuinely hurt and puzzled by the choice of “Geronimo”….

Geronimo: A century after his death, mysteriously tied to Bin Laden, the CIA … Los Angeles Times Roberts also dismissed the lawsuit against Skull and Bones and Yale, saying the plaintiffs cited a law that applies only to Native American cultural items excavated or discovered after 1990. Though Skull and Bones is often known as a Yale organization….

Short take: Geronimo nothing like bin Laden Minneapolis Star Tribune Some historians say Geronimo was a nickname first given by Mexico soldiers to Goyahkla, a 19th century Native American who fought to prevent the US and Mexico from overtaking tribal lands. The military saw him as a murderous thug, but some historians…

Petition-President Obama misuse of Geronimo name associated with killing Osama … WEBCommentary The American Indian community demands an apology from President Obama to include US Senate and House Of Representatives for allowing the code name “Geronimo” represent international terrorist Osama bin Laden. The association of Geronimo’s name to Osama…

US Bin Laden Code, “Geronimo,” Insults Native American New America Media It is being interpreted as a slap in the face of Native people, a disturbing message that equates an iconic symbol of Native American pride with the most hated evildoer since Adolf Hitler. The death of bin Laden is arguably the most important news…

Senate wants to strengthen communication with Native Americans Politics on the Hudson (blog) More than 100000 New Yorkers have American-Indian ancestry, according to the 2010 census. The state is ninth in the nation for the size of its Native-American population. “The Seneca Nation’s leaders, and its people, are pleased with this demonstration…

New York State Senate to vote on forming Native American relations committee Oneida Dispatch ” Revisions to the Indian Law, education on reservations, preservation of Native American culture, economic development and taxation, social services and self-governance are issues expected to be addressed by the committee….

Testimony Before House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Reiterates … PR Newswire (press release) Dr. Neary told lawmakers that the Indian Health Service’s Early Childhood Caries Initiative, a program designed to determine the level of disease as well as the best prevention methods, must receive adequate funding if it is to continue its valuable…..

Miscellaneous American Indian News

Youths from Berwyn, Cicero take service trip to reservation Chicago Tribune The Main Youth Center opened in 1988 in a house that once was a bar on the town’s main street. In 1997, the organization partnered with the national nonprofit organization Running Strong for American Indian Youth and built a new Main Youth Center just….

History, Culture & Religious News

Crowdstory’s Geography of Audio Fast Company Uses abound, from the frivolous to the serious: the team has been talking to Native American tribes around Oklahoma, discussing the possibility of recording miniature oral histories with them. You might record fond moments in your current apartment and…

Oral History Project Emphasizes Tribal Libraries UA News (press release) Littletree, also vice president of the American Indian Library Association, and Lee plan to engage about four other nations in Arizona and others in Colorado. Tribal libraries were initially launched by the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, or BIA…

Educational & Archaeology News

Yakutat student wins Gates Millenium Scholarship KFSK It all started in 1999 when Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, decided to set aside $1-billion to support the education of promising students of diverse ethnic backgrounds: African American, American Indian and Alaska Natives…

The American West as Classroom, Art and Metaphor New York Times Students have spent time near one of the world’s largest open-pit uranium mines, now inactive, on the Laguna Pueblo reservation west of Albuquerque. They have camped on a desolate patch of New Mexico desert land called Cabinetlandia, owned by the art…

Flood fight never ends for Fargo engineer April Walker Bismarck Tribune Howe said Walker regularly speaks to American Indian students about reaching their potential. For now, Walker doesn’t see herself doing anything else. As exhausting as flood season can be, she said she still loves the job. “I would like to see there be…

North Dakota tribal college library gets money for upgrades News from Indian Country The tribal college on the Spirit Lake Reservation is getting money for library upgrades. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is providing a $300000 grant for the project at Cankdeska Cikana Community College in Fort Totten….

Pennsylvania Veterinary Foundation to Host Charity Golf Outing PR Newswire (press release) Monies raised through the golf outing will benefit PVF’s annual student scholarship program, Native American Veterinary Services (NAVS)-a volunteer organization which provides veterinary care to animals living on Native American reservations in the…

Cherokee Nation To Endow Scholarship at OSU News On 6 STILLWATER, Oklahoma — The Cherokee Nation Foundation has become the first Native American Nation to endow a scholarship at Oklahoma State University. The foundation and OSU announced Tuesday, a gift of $333334 to Oklahoma State University to endow..

Art, Museum & Exhibit News

‘Launching a Dream: Reviving Tongva Maritime Traditions’ opens … UC Los Angeles They are frequent contributors to News from Native California magazine, … publications and are on display at the Southwest Museum of the American Indian…..

Museum of Anthropology presents alternative view of Native Americans Arizona State University Meders credits society’s failure to recognize this injustice with prolonging the negative effects created for Native Americans. This is Meders’ master of fine arts thesis exhibition for the School of Art; its socio-cultural context lends itself well to….

American Indian Law, Criminal & Legal News

Georgia man ordered to stay off Rosebud Indian Reservation Rapid City Journal A 21-year-old Georgia man was ordered to stay away from the Rosebud Indian Reservation for three years after he admitted hitting a 17-year-old Native American male at a home in the South Antelope community. Elijah Demarcus Leavell of Decatur, Ga….

Federal judge bars tribe from annexing land near Glendale for casino East Valley Tribune That issue is crucial because the 1986 law that permitted the Tohono to purchase the property says reservation status is possible only if the land is in an incorporated area. Campbell said his order keeps everything as is while the 9th US Circuit Court…

ND woman sentenced for selling meth on American Indian reservation Daily Journal AP FARGO, ND – Authorities say a Fort Totten woman has been sentenced to time served and six months at halfway house for selling methamphetamine on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation. US Attorney Timothy Purdon says 21-year-old Maranda Fassett was….

American Indian Gambling & Business News

Ruling: Glendale has no claim to land at proposed casino site AZ Central.com The US Department of Interior granted the tribe’s request and could officially make the 54 acres a reservation in the coming weeks. Tribal officials did not immediately respond to questions about whether they would now seek to include the remaining…

Brownfields program could help tribe redevelop | Noo Kayet | May PNW Local News In 2009, our Natural Resources Department was awarded a grant through the Environmental Protection Agency to assess potential Brownfields sites on and surrounding the reservation. This project is being led by Jessica Coyle, our EPA Response Program…

American Indian Pow-wow News

Penticton Indian Band celebrates completion of cultural school BCLocalNews By Steve Kidd – Penticton Western News Last weekend, the halls of the new … the band decided it was time to hold a powwow, celebrating their culture and…

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Monday Evening Reznews May 2, 2011

Reservation & Community News

Iconic Aboriginal Woman to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Canada First Perspective Instead, they were both entertained and educated with their initial dose of Native American reality in the first person. By age 24, Buffy Sainte-Marie had appeared all over Europe, Canada, Australia and Asia, receiving honours, medals and awards…. Greater Vallejo Recreation District Website and Facebook Page … EON: Enhanced Online News In addition, claims that the Native American community was not involved … the Vallejo Intertribal Council (VIC) and the related Sacred Site Protection and… Aaron Huey: Life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Popular Photography Magazine In April 2005, Aaron Huey drove into Manderson, South Dakota, the roughest town on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and started knocking on doors. “Hey wasichu (white boy), what are you doing with that camera?” yelled a young Lakota man covered in….. Tribe to take ownership of former boarding school, cemetery The Morning Sun The federal government established the Indian school in 1893 and operated it until 1933. When the school closed, the state took the land and established a state hospital. That evolved into the Mt. Pleasant Center, which closed in 2009 after serving as…

U.S. Government & Tribal Government News

Council takes action to protect big horn sheep Polson Lake County Leader FLATHEAD RESERVATION – The Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes took official action last week prohibiting tribal members from possessing any bighorn sheep heads or parts if there is evidence of an illegal harvest… OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Dems push for oil subsidy votes as drilling bills move forward The Hill (blog) Along the way, stakeholders raised concerns about the project’s impact on Native American rituals, fishing and tourism, among other things. Cape Wind has recently secured its final approvals. If the project is completed on time, Cape Wind would be the… Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment… KXNet.com Jeffrey Taliaferro (TAH’-lih-vehr) says expanding the airspace is a complex process that involves working with the FAA, the region’s Native American tribes and the public through a detailed environmental review. The expansion would put the training… As Housing Shortage Worsens, Tribes Forced to Use FEMA Trailers New America Media Between 2007 and 2009, 1300 of the mobile homes were transferred to Native American tribes, which paid several thousand dollars to transport each unit, hook it to utilities and prepare a home site. Tribal governments were allowed to use HUD block…

Miscellaneous American Indian News

The War on Foreign Oil Doesn’t End With Osama bin Laden TIME (blog) On the other hand, certain Native American tribes would not eat the flesh of an animal who died in fear, because they did not want to take into themselves the terror of such an animal. When we eat animals who have died violent deaths we literally eat…. Sibley Park, at 1900 40th St. E., was always a field of dreams for our Southside Pride Sibley made his money the old-fashioned way-he stole it from the Native Americans. He was born in Detroit, and in 1829 he started work with American Fur Company buying pelts from Native Americans in Michigan. John Jacob Astor owned the company,… ‘Ohiyesa’ Redwood Falls Gazette Charles Eastman became the first American Indian to be officially certified as a physician in the US Soon after graduation, he went to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota where he saw firsthand the poor life his fellow Dakota were living… Indian Tribe Enlists Twilight Fans’ Aid in Move to Higher Ground Voice of America And so are the tribal senior center, several churches and tribal headquarters. But there’s a big problem. Cleveland points out the tribal village is already built out right up to the edge of the tiny reservation. On the other side of the line is…

Educational & Archaeology News

Barresi wants Indian culture taught in classrooms Alva Review-Courier “We want to work with councils, with each of you, to look at ways that we can infuse the rich culture of our Native American heritage within curriculum, across curricula, and ways we can infuse that within what is taught within our classrooms…

Art, Museum & Exhibit News

State Indian Museum Celebrates Native California Heritage With Free Community Day! The Sacramento Press The Gathering of Honored Elders event is co-sponsored by California State Parks, the California Indian Heritage Center Foundation, the Sacramento Native American Health Center, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Barona Band of Mission Indians, Tuolumne Band of…

American Indian Gambling & Business News

Arizona tribal gaming revenue up 6% Bizjournals.com … Arizona Department of Gaming operating costs, the Arizona Wildlife Conservation Fund, the State Tourism Fund and Problem Gambling Education, Treatment and Prevention. The Gaming Department acts as the regulatory board for American Indian gaming…

American Indian Events & Activity Notices

Children Mental Health Awareness Day – Free Family Event dBusinessNews Detroit American Indian Health and Family Services (AIHFS) is promoting positive youth development, resilience, recovery, and the transformation of mental health… Tribe’s child mental health day geared toward Indians/Native Americans Norwich Bulletin By JAMES MOSHER The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s third annual celebration of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness is geared toward Indian/Native American children, a tribal spokeswoman said Monday. The event, announced last week…. More than a thousand people for American Indian Month parade in Minneapolis Twin Cities Planet By Sharon Rolenc, TC Daily Planet On one of the few sunny days in recent memory, more than a thousand people turned out for the parade and celebration to kick off American Indian Month on April 29. People traveled from across the region to meet in….

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Saturday Evening Reznews April 30, 2011 Posted by: l.kibby@frontier.com

Tribal & U.S. Political Related News

ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SECRETARY TOM … The Cypress Times WASHINGTON -Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the approval by the US District Court of the settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against USDA by Native American farmers alleging….

Casino & Business Related News

First coastal casino opens near Point Arena Santa Rosa Press Democrat It has 200 slot machines in its 4800-square-foot gaming area, said Pinola, who, like most of the tribe’s members, lives in Sonoma County. About 350 tribal members live on or near the reservation, which is located north of Point Arena, about a 90-mile…..

Educational & History Related News

Helping American Indians on path to success Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jacqueline Schram has bucked the trend of American Indian students as they progress through traditional public schools. Schram is working toward her doctoral degree from Marquette University, focusing on what holds back American Indian students from…

Boulder Prep creates American Indian focus program Daily Camera Cameron said there are few American Indian cultural events in Boulder, with students instead traveling to Denver. But, she said, there is an annual leadership conference for all Boulder Valley American Indian high school students, along with a tutoring…

US human rights policy is self-serving and duplicitous: George Katsiaficas Tehran Times In the name of democracy and enlightenment, the US exterminated millions of Native Americans. The US government broke nearly every treaty it ever signed with native peoples, a sad history known as the “Trail of Broken Treaties…

Plano-area education notes Dallas Morning News The Udall Foundation, named for former Congressmen Morris K. and Stuart L. Udall, seeks sophomores and juniors committed to careers in the environment, tribal public policy or Native American or Native Alaskan healthcare. The award contains a $5000…

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Farmer, anthropologist expert, dead at 95 Whittier Daily News From 1950-1952, Farmer worked for the Navajo Tribal Council processing land claims. This job allowed him to help the Navajos attempt to establish what lands were rightfully theirs. and then director of the San Diego Museum of Man. In the mid-50s…

Whitewater hopes to restore historical effigy mounds Janesville Gazette Effigy mounds created by Native American tribes more than a thousand years ago … Most effigy mounds are burial sites, but Birmingham said it hasn’t been….

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Day 16 update – Glen Cove spiritual encampment holding strong Bay Area Indymedia A group of young women from the Oakland-based American Indian Child … were arrested for blocking the destruction of a sacred burial site in Kaua’i….

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Viewfinder: 16th Annual Enumclaw School District Pow Wow Patch.com The pow wow had plenty of dancing as well a raffle, American Indian arts and craft vendors and crowning of the new 2011-12 pow wow royalty. The pow wow is funded through charity grant monies from the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, said Cathy Calvert….

Northeast Kansas happenings Topeka Capital Journal Graduation powwow – The Haskell Indian Nations Commencement and Native American Pow-Wow will be Friday through May 8 at Haskell Indian Nations University, 23rd and Barker streets in Lawrence. Gourd dancing begins at 4 pm Friday; commencement is at 10…

27th Annual California Indian Market & Peace Powwow Good Times The past several years have been full of bad budget news for UC Santa Cruz. Thanks to a Golden State that isn’t so golden these days, the school has had to….

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Ojibwa heritage: Local author taps into her roots with latest book Freeport Journal-Standard Sigafus will be holding a Native American program at 6 pm April 27 at the Stockton Library in Stockton. Copies of the book will be for sale. She will be gifting her readers with a handmade Talking Feather with each book sold. Talking Feathers were used…

Windows into their world Arizona Daily Sun Betsey Bruner/Arizona Daily Sun The Zuni, an ancient Native American people, straddle the modern world, while embracing their core beliefs, which continue to be very precious to them. Their pueblo is nestled in a wide, green valley within the…

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Federal Mediator Stepping Into Burial Site Dispute KTVU San Francisco For the past nine days a Native American group has been protesting Construction on the 15-acre … but activists said the land is a sacred burial ground…

Baby on board; dreams on hold Rapid City Journal Several of the teen mothers in Rapid City are Native American, but teen pregnancy is not an issue exclusive to any race. In Rapid City, as well as throughout the United States, it cuts across racial and socio- According to the Centers for Disease…..

Voices From the Gulf Oil Disaster OpEdNews Jamie Billiot’s worry, as that of her entire United Houma Nation Native American tribe, is if the next storm will wash up oil and dispersant and make the land they have called home for over 100 years uninhabitable. Kindra Arnesen, living on the…

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Cansa’yapi Oyate Redwood Falls Gazette By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer Long before any European set foot in this area, the American Indian knew this was a special place, especially the area known today as Alexander Ramsey Park. The park, known as Cansa’yapi….

Easter 2011: Happy hypocrisy-for-haters day! Tucson Citizen Whether it be Africans, or Native Americans, or Mexican-Americans, even Asian-Americans who were also exploited to build the infrastructure of this nation, there is much more to American history than is being taught in schools. The founding fathers saw….

Cancer Cure Found in Secret Native American Herbal Formulation (Part Three) The Epoch Times By John Christopher Fine Created: Apr 24, 2011 Last Updated: Apr 24, 2011 RESEARCH: A technician participates in the manufacturing of “radioelements” during the unveiling of the cyclotron, a unit for producing isotopes used in medical diagnosis…

LeRoy statue ode to Native American spirit Bloomington Pantagraph Simeon H. West’s Native American statue “Wausaneta” has greeted visitors to LeRoy’s Kiwanis Park for nearly a century. (Courtesy of the McLean County Museum of History) In the center of LeRoy’s Kiwanis Park stands a nearly 100-year-old statue honoring….

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Online poker sites shut down by FBI The Guardian Las Vegas began its rise in the 1930s, New Jersey’s Atlantic City legalised casino gambling in 1978, and some native Americans were allowed to open casinos on their land in the 1980s. The new battleground is online gambling – a “scourge on our society…

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Desecration at Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island – disrespecting the OHLONE. Bay Area Indymedia Desecration – must NOT be taken lightly – but all over California – Rogue Developers do not give a hoot to develop land; that the First People; the Native American Tribes hold Sacred to there Heart. There has been no talk of the thousands of Sacred…

Seek compromise on oil drilling Rapid City Journal The fact that Bear Butte is a historic site that is sacred to Native Americans has added poignancy to the debate about whether to allow oil drilling nearby. But the underlying arguments are relevant wherever oil drilling occurs, and should be issues of…

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AT&T hires lobbyists, files with FCC Washington Post When Scanlon was sentenced in February to 20 months in prison for his role in a joint scheme that defrauded five Native American tribes of more than $20 million, his legal team argued it was an “open question” whether he must reimburse a “potentially…

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Hudson museum climate change lecture Tuesday Bangor Daily News ORONO – Four well-known Native American writers will visit the University of … April 30, in a workshop for emerging writers at the Indian Island School…

Castillo Theatre Presents LICENSE TO DREAM, Opens 4/29 Broadway World He performed primarily with the Martha Graham Dance Company, Pearl Lang Dance Theater, Battery Dance Company, Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble and American Indian Dance Theater. In 1995 Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) of Mexico awarded….

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Great news for “green” teens Haldimand Review They’ll also be helping out at the Pow wow” in Six Nations, she said. “They help set up and clean up after and they’re usually invited to stay and see what…

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Kan. tribe disappointed at loss of reservoir deal Alva Review-Courier The northeast Kansas reservation has had ongoing problems with water quality and quantity. The tribe wants to dam Plum Creek, which flows southeast into the Delaware River, which in turn empties into Perry Lake. Linda Lierz said about 160 acres of her…

Leaders of Kickapoo tribe in northeast Kansas complain about stalled water project The Republic Russell Bradley says the board continues to “refuse to work cooperatively, and in good faith, with the tribe” to develop water resources. The northeast Kansas reservation has experienced steady problems with water quality and quantity…..

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Victory! Native American Tribe Gets Georgia Legislature to Drop Discriminatory … Change.org (blog) by Benjamin Joffe-Walt · April 15, 2011 With only 150 signatures sent to Georgia legislatures, a local Native American tribe has successfully used Change.org to get a discriminatory bill dropped! One of the Creek Tribes, the Kialegee Tribal Town…

Schaghticoke evict excavator Waterbury Republican American Divided over control of their ancestral Indian reservation lands in Kent, the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation and Schaghticoke Indian Tribe united last summer in their efforts to forcibly remove Rost. The two factions of the tribe, acknowledged by Klatt…

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Fairbanks is a far healthier place because of Dr. J. Michael Carroll Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Joining the Indian Health Service in 1970, he was called upon at Tanana to pull teeth, fit eyeglasses, deliver babies, set broken bones and deal with the occasional ruptured appendix. There also were times when villagers asked him to look at ailing…

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Retail developer Vestar hopes to repeat feat of 1990s, acquire distressed … AZ Central.com Scottsdale Pavilions was one of the first major commercial developments to be built on land owned by a Native American tribe, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Tempe Marketplace was developed on land so polluted it was designated a….

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Fighting Sioux nickname: Deep divisions over validity of 1969 ceremony Grand Forks Herald The story, by Herald reporter Art Raymond – A Sioux Indian who went on to serve three terms in the Legislature and as first director of American Indian Studies at UND – explained that a visiting group of Standing Rock elders bestowed an Indian name…

How the nickname came to be Grand Forks Herald UND officials responded to a few incidents, including a parade float depicting an American Indian inappropriately, and in the 1960s the university began building American Indian student enrollment and programs designed to increase educational…

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Yankee trader influenced Alaska art, science, business Anchorage Daily News Donald Ellis, a Canadian gallery owner who specializes in Native American work, described the “Donati Studio Mask,” originally acquired by Twitchell, as “an artistic masterpiece of monumental importance.” The buyers agreed. It sold for $2.5 million…

NH arts funding would be lost in House budget Boston Globe “Without program grant support from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum will not be able to program the Native American arts demonstrations and performances and classes that we currently offer,” said Shawn Olson…

SoCal nature, science and history museums reap $30 million in state bond money Los Angeles Times The City of San Juan Capistrano will get $498000 to restore the Blas Aguilar Adobe historic site and add interpretive information on Native American culture; the City of Whittier gets $500000 for a garden and exhibits on the Greenway Trail…..

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Native American Art Spring Break Class@ Annmarie! Southern Maryland Online Join us for a day of indigenous discoveries and we explore the world of Native American art and craft. Learn about different tribes, regions and leaders of these cultures, and experiment with beads, fibers, clay and more to make unique Native American…

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Native American activists occupy burial grounds KGO-TV Native Americans have been fighting the plan for more than a decade, ever since the Vallejo Recreation District proposed the park on top of the burial site. “We are asking the city of Vallejo to keep their hands off the last sacred 15 acres of a sacred…

Swastikas deface church sign Wisconsin Dells Events A member of the Native American Church at N881 Highway 12/16 arrived at the church at about 8 am Wednesday to find swastikas painted on both sides of a church sign. “If it was just kids messing around we probably would have had damage across the street…

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Film review: Meek’s Cutoff Scotsman Instead, as the group encounters and captures a Cayuse Native American (Rod Rondeaux), who may be their only hope of finding water, she transforms the film into a meditation on survival, the need for trust and the dangers of believing in destiny and…

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Akaka chairs hearing on the role of the SBA 8(a) program in enhancing economic … Canada Views The hearing examined the connection between the federal policy on self-determination and trust responsibility to American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, and the role of the Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) program in enhancing…

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UND resuming Fighting Sioux merchandise licensing Grand Forks Herald North Dakota University System Chancellor Bill Goetz says UND will also be using its Fighting Sioux nickname and American Indian head logo during the 2011-12 school year. UND had been planning to discontinue the nickname and logo in August…

Fighting Sioux meeting with NCAA cancelled Stamford Advocate … said Grant Shaft, the vice president of the state Board of Higher Education. The NCAA considers the Fighting Sioux nickname and UND’s logo, which features the profile of an American Indian warrior, to be hostile and abusive to American Indians…

BLOG: UNPROVOKED WAR! Sandusky Register It wasn’t a state then, it was Indian Territory, but it nonetheless was a Civil War battleground, too. The biggest battle in Oklahoma, Honey Springs, featured white soldiers, American Indian warriors and black soldiers. The battle was an interesting…

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Tribe objects to placement of toilets on burial ground StandardNet … Ohlone Indians are begging state authorities to halt the plan by the city of Vallejo, Calif., to build bathrooms atop an American Indian burial ground…

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$498000 grant will fund repair of historic San Juan adobe OCRegister State money will aid a San Juan Capistrano project to do seismic stabilization of the south wall and repairs to the roof of the Blas Aguilar Adobe museum, plus re-creation of historic features, enhanced American Indian exhibits and native landscaping…

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Red Lake man sentenced for assault Bemidji Pioneer Because the Red Lake Indian Reservation is a federal-jurisdiction reservation, some of the crimes that occur there are investigated by the FBI in conjunction with the Red Lake Tribal Police Department. Those cases are prosecuted by the US Attorney’s…

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The drums say it’s the Native American Festival WALB-TV It’s the sounds of the Native American Festival. Friday was school day and children from as far as Grady and Ben Hill Counties got a chance to make music and dance with the Aztec Dancers. Students were taught about the different musical instruments and…

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Tribal report causes flare up on council Bismarck Tribune It report said tribal segments – the reservation is divided into six areas for representation – and the chairman’s office spent $1.4 million on travel between 2006 and 2010. Levings said the team failed to note that the travel costs for his office…

Minneapolis Indians, Somalis, try to bridge differences News from Indian Country Longtime American Indian residents in a poor Minneapolis neighborhood and some of their new neighbors from Somalia are struggling to get along. A handful of alleged attacks against women and elders by young people from both communities haven’t helped….

Tribal Board of Directors to hold April 12 meeting Sault Ste. Marie Evening News The meeting will be preceded by Matters from the Membership at 5 pm Resolutions under consideration are: NRCS Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program Windbreak Tree Planting at Odenaang; 2011-2012 Native American Library Enhancement Grant; 2011 Head Start …

Tribes face struggles with federal shutdown San Francisco Chronicle By FELICIA FONSECA, AP Rachel D’Oro / AP In this Thursday, April 7, 2011 photo, Crystal Leonetti, the Alaska Native liaison for the US Fish and Wildlife Service is shown in her office in Anchorage, Alaska. Leonetti is a government worker facing…

Navajo Nation Moves Green Jobs Plan Forward EarthTechling … Navajo Green Economy Plan, the first green jobs legislation for a Native American tribe. Now the Navajo Green Jobs Coalition has released a Green Jobs Toolkit designed to help members of the Navajo Nation set up green businesses on the reservation…

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Government Shutdown FAQs FedSmith.com 31) How would a potential shutdown affect Indian Affairs? How would affect services on Reservations? According to staff at the House Committee on Natural Resources, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) manages or supervises many of the day-to-day affairs…

Pentagon lawyer apologizes for Seminole-al Qaeda analogy MiamiHerald.com By CAROL ROSENBERG WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top lawyer has sent the Seminole Tribe of Florida what amounts to an apology for Guantánamo war court lawyers likening al Qaeda to the Native American tribe in 1818. But Defense Department general counsel …

FAQ: How Government Shutdown Affects Your Health WebMD Indian Health Service: The IHS will continue to provide direct clinical services and referrals for contracted services. Health Resources and Services Administration: Health Centers will continue to pay grantees for services. HRSA grants provide health…

Presidential Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate, 4/8/2011 FavStocks (Reappointment) Barbara Jeanne Ells, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring October 18, 2016, vice Lisa Genevieve Nason, term expired…

Federal shutdown would slow but not stop disease-control efforts CIDRAP At grant-making and “employee-intensive” agencies, including the FDA, the vast majority of staff will be furloughed, the plan says. On the other hand, agencies with a “substantial direct service component,” such as the Indian Health Service….

BIA offers government-shutdown contingency plan The Seattle Times The US Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday allayed some fears of American Indian leaders worried a government shutdown would devastate their reservations, saying police forces and schools it operates would not be affected. By FELICIA FONSECA Associated…

Spokeswoman: Government shutdown wouldn’t affect Bureau of Indian Affairs … Washington Post The US Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday allayed some fears of American Indian leaders worried a government shutdown would devastate their reservations, saying police forces and schools it operates would not be affected. However, the agency said it…

Ten Ways the Government Shutdown Will Mess Up Your Life WNYC What’s more, there are only two federally funded museums in New York City: The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian. Countless others that don’t rely on DC dollars will…

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Washington People: Molly Tovar Washington University Record “So from the time I was in high school, I was focused on pursing a higher education degree,” Tovar says. Tovar knew she would get a degree to go back and work with the American Indian community. “You don’t need to have a degree to help Native….

Slave-Like Labor Persists in the Coachella Valley truthout They rent houses that compare with slums in Latin America. Their “trailer park” is on the land of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Reservation. An American Indian, Harvey Duro, is the owner of the trailer park also known as Duroville…

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Glendale ‘tea party’ backing Tohono O’odham casino plan AZ Central.com The federal government has indicated it plans to formally designate the 54 acres a reservation on May 16. Tribal Chairman Ned Norris Jr. was invited to Wednesday’s tea party meeting in Glendale but could not attend. Elizabeth “Libby” Francisco, chief …

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Indian Educators Meet in Great Falls for Annual Conference KFBB NewsChannel 5 By Charlie Keegan Native American educators are in Great Falls this weekend for the 30th Annual Montana Indian Education Association Conference. One main issue the educators are tackling at this year’s conference is closing the academic achievement gap…

Patterson Elementary School Students Fire Up Native American Pottery WJHG-TV The students are completing a study unit on Florida’s Native Americans . The pottery project culminated the lesson. The school bought all of the clay and tools with grant money from the Bay Education Foundation Literacy in the Arts grant..

Richfield Educators Report Readiness for State Curriculum Changes Patch.com State law has already decreed that a greater emphasis will be placed on the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities in the revised academic standards, and West said that he hopes state requirements for social studies will…

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Govt. Shutdown Would Affect NWS, National Parks NBC4i.com Hopewell Culture houses a museum holding beautiful American Indian artifacts made of exotic materials and regularly hosts activities for students, which is why a Michigan couple moved up their travel plans this weekend. “There is a potential shutdown…

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More Spirit Lake Tribe Officials and Employees Face Embezzlement Charges WDAY Black is also being charged with giving false information to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program on the Spirit Lake Reservation in order to receive fuel assistance. Also arrested this week were Carl Walking Eagle, an officer for the Spirit…

Hearing set for Utah wife accused of lying to feds Daily Herald A federal judge on Friday said the wife of a Utah man who pleaded guilty to illegally selling American Indian artifacts can return to her Moab home but can’t have contact with her spouse. Cari Laws is charged in Salt Lake City’s US District Court with…

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Events in Connecticut New York Times “Three Sisters and Corn Maidens: Native American Maize Cultivation and Customs.” Through July 3. $7; seniors and students, $6; members and children under 5, free. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 am to 5 pm; Sundays, 1 to 5 pm The Bruce Museum….

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Wacipi powwow starts today UND The Dakota Student The Wacipi is sure to be an incredible and moving event for both newcomers and veterans to the powwows. Now is the time to learn more about the unique cultures of those who proudly call themselves Native Americans….

Guest information for Friday’s Live at Five at Four on Market Square WBIR-TV The University of Tennessee chapter of the Native American Student Association presents a traditional powwow featurning Native American performers from across the country. The weekend event begins at 6:45 pm Friday in the Humanities Amphitheatre on the…

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