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Fort Kent powwow hails spirituality, culture
Bangor Daily News, ME - 8 hours ago
Representatives from American Indian tribes from Maine, New England and elsewhere in the United States, along with tribes from Canada, are gathering in Fort ...

Obama's plans for change would improve quality of life for Americans
The Tennessean, TN - 10 hours ago
On May 19, Obama spoke at the Crow Reservation before several thousand American Indian supporters. He pledged a new era for Native Americans when he is ...

'Candide' at the London Coliseum
Jewish Comment, UK - 17 hours ago
The second act is peppered with more swipes at West Failure/the USA including a line from the Native American Cacambo, played with style by Ferlyn Brass: ...

Human Documentation of Hatred
indiainteracts.com, India - 22 hours ago
Capitalism begins with Language and culture. mind , you Buddha himself a Poet and the nephew of legendary revolutionary Indian poet Sukanto Bhattachary had ...

7 run for Oneida tribal chairman
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - 4 Jul 2008
Linda S. Dallas, interim director of America's Dream Inc. and of the Native American Service Center in Green Bay, is the only woman running and wants to see ...

Tribal elder, WWII veteran dies at age 83
Bangor Daily News, ME - 4 Jul 2008
The Passamaquoddys, both at Pleasant Point and Indian Township in Washington County, are among four local Algonquin Nation tribes along with the Houlton ...

Plainly wrong
Indian Country Today, NY - 3 Jul 2008
'The Bill of Rights does not apply to Indian tribes.' ... Indian courts 'differ from traditional American courts in a number of significant respects.' . ...

Wabanaki Confederacy
Indian Country Today, NY - 3 Jul 2008
ICT: I wonder how they would respond if a tribal nation wanted to keep their ancestors; but that's the core of the problem, isn't it? ...

A Native American Take on Independence
Weekend America, MN - 3 Jul 2008
This weekend we celebrate our nation's 232nd birthday. But it's not a celebration for everybody, especially for many of the Indian tribes who lived on this ...

The failed and forgotten dreams of the Crips and Bloods
The Lakota Country Times, SD - 3 Jul 2008
(The Black Panther Party was primarily this voice at this time and the American Indian Movement was also started during this period in Minnesota, ...

Tribe plans resort on shore of Lake Oahe
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - 3 Jul 2008
Global Gaming's expertise in casino management is why the tribe sought it out as a partner, Hunt said. Also, Global Gaming shares Native American culture ...

Appleton workshop opens doors for Native Americans
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - 3 Jul 2008
The program, which is hosted annually at two sponsor colleges, pushes Native American students to find the confidence and training to attend postsecondary ...

Get Out, Stay Out
San Diego Reader, CA - 2 Jul 2008
Once they were disenrolled, the payments stopped and the money went to remaining tribe members.” Subsequently, Gomez and others started the American Indian ...

South Carolina chiefs can now legally marry couples
Indian Country Today, NY - 1 Jul 2008
As amended, Section 20-1-20 now reads: ''Only ministers of the Gospel, Jewish rabbis ... and the chief or spiritual leader of a Native American Indian ...

Shinnecocks are pushing to protect sacred sites
Southampton Press, NY - 1 Jul 2008
On June 10, the Shinnecock Indian Nation hosted “Honoring Sacred Places,” an Inter-Tribal Historic Preservation Task Force symposium at Southampton High ...

UA Working to Boost American Indian Graduate Enrollments
University of Arizona News (press release), AZ - 1 Jul 2008
The UA’s Native American Student Affairs office works to improve the retention of American Indian students once they arrive at the UA. ...

The Dutch Settle Manhattan
EAST-VILLAGE.com, NY - 1 Jul 2008
Moreover, there the Dutch could cultivate the Indian tribes having access to the widest territory and the best pelts. A network of rivers extended north and ...

ILI earns Honoring Nations 2008 grant award from Harvard
Lakeland Times, WI - 1 Jul 2008
Against the backdrop of heightened racial tensions between American Indian and non-tribal populations around various treaty rights issues in the 1980s and ...

Gangs in Indian country
Indian Country Today, NY - 30 Jun 2008
A Portland resident for 15 years, the 49-year-old Caywood is a nine-year trainer/consultant for Native American Homeland Security and the federal Community ...

Appeals court affirms Quinault jurisdiction in Public Law 280 case
Indian Country Today, NY - 30 Jun 2008
QUINAULT INDIAN NATION, Wash. - In a case illustrating the complexities of competing jurisdictional claims under Public Law 280, a Washington state appeals ...

Washington voter advocacy group ramps up
Indian Country Today, NY - 30 Jun 2008
The organization plans to sponsor a ''train the trainer'' workshop July 10 at the Tulalip Tribes, which will be free to all tribal Native vote coordinators ...

Native American Judge Finds It Difficult to Curb Domestic Violence
New America Media, CA - 30 Jun 2008
Long, challenging the rule that a non-Indian who enters into a relationship with an Indian can be sued in tribal court in a case arising out of the ...

Job Classifieds for the week of July 4th
Tulsa Native American Times, OK - 30 Jun 2008
We are looking for applicants with extensive experience working with Native American populations. The successful applicant will be self-motivated, ...

Top of the Agenda: Africa Mulls Mugabe
Council on Foreign Relations, NY - 30 Jun 2008
The paper reports that nearly 90 percent of those arrested were native Saudis. The United Nations' World Food Program cut a deal (BBC) with North Korea that ...

Choctaw tribal member runs for office in north Tulsa district
Indian Country Today, NY - 29 Jun 2008
A Choctaw Nation tribal member, Scott's interest in community service began while majoring in history and Native American studies at the University of ...

Gearing up for Denver
Indian Country Today, NY - 29 Jun 2008
Hundreds of Native attendees are expected from across the country, including those from state and tribal delegations and Indian organizations. ...

Traditional celebration marks end of inter-tribal meetings on ...
Bangor Daily News, ME - 28 Jun 2008
By Meg Haskell INDIAN ISLAND, Maine - Wrapping up a week of inter-tribal meetings on Indian Island, the Penobscot Nation hosted a spirited weekend powwow, ...

The Road Begins at the Bottom of Your Feet
The Dominion, Canada - 28 Jun 2008
Decades after leaving the armed forces and becoming one the leaders of the American Indian Movement, Banks spoke from the other side of the fence, ...

District looks for more involvement by Native Americans
Wisconsin Dells Events, WI - 27 Jun 2008
It is an "open council" meaning members can include: parents/guardians of Native American children in the district; extended family members; Ho-Chunk Nation ...

Baker brothers work to foster understanding
Chadron Record, NE - 27 Jun 2008
The Badlands National Park has several programs to further education about Native American culture and aid tribes. This summer, four astronomers will start ...
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