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Offbeat News tagged with Native Americans

Ariz. Officials Seek Help in Identifying Man's Body
Offbeat  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Death, police, news, crime )

Kat
- 16 hours ago - azcentral.com
Yavapai County authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying a man whose remains were discovered by hunters near Camp Verde. Sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn says the man's decomposing body was found partially buried on land north of ...
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Ancient Miwok Harvested Salt
Offbeat  (tags: salt pits, Native Americans, trade, culture )

Lone
- 1 day ago - indiancountrytoday.com
One of the first Native American tribes to move from being hunter-gatherers to traders was the Miwok, and now the evidence of that transition has been found.
10 comments
Indian Tribes Buy Back Thousands of Acres of Land
Offbeat  (tags: Native Americans, buy own land, government, dishonesty )

Lone
- 2 days ago - nytimes.com
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust.
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JAY AMBROSE: Setting American Indians Free Best Way to Help Them
Offbeat  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, government, ethics, corruption, dishonesty, culture, society, politics, rights )

Kat
- 8 days ago - gosanangelo.com
American Indians have agreed to take $3.4 billion of some $200 billion that tribes have said the federal government owes them for mismanagement of trust lands, and let's see -- that's more than a cent and a half on the dollar. Not as bad as it could ...
28 comments
Shooting Troubles Attendees of Lakota Tournament
Offbeat  (tags: sport, event, shooting, violence, Native Americans )

Lone
- 9 days ago - rapidcityjournal.com
Students and families attending the Lakota Nation Invitational on Thursday worried about repercussions from what many suspect was a gang-related shooting outside Rushmore Plaza Civic Center the day before. "It's probably gang-related, and if it is, it
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Bear's Den: "Christmas Is Much About Being... An Indian Giver"
Offbeat  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Christmas, culture, interesting )

Kat
- 10 days ago - americanchronicle.com
Ah, Christmas. It´s a great time of year. It gets its name from the one who was born at this time - Christ, the boy child, Jesus. Christians know this, as do folks of all other faiths. As the Son of God, Jesus brought forgiveness and the feelings that ...
31 comments
Louisiana Indian Village Holds Out Against Plea to Move
Offbeat  (tags: island, Native Americans, won't leave, water )

Lone
- 10 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. - A day in the life of Edison Dardar starts with a caterwaul of a shout. A yawlp. His chest puffs up: "Yay-hoooo!" Morning cries down the road greet him.
10 comments
Cooking With Acorns Not Just for Squirrels (Mmmmm....Acorn Bread) :)
Offbeat  (tags: Native Americans, California, acorns, main food source, acorn bread, recipes, yum )

Little
- 10 days ago - siouxme.com
Natives did not have to be farmers, and...were hunters and gatherers. There was a ready supply of deer, fish, rabbits, fowl, native plants for vegetables, and native fruits. Even so, acorns were the main food source for 3/4 of California Native Americans.
10 comments
Tribal Nature and 'Palestine, New Mexico'
Offbeat  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Russell Means, Arts & Entertainment, Theatre, culture, society, interesting, interesting, performance )

Kat
- 10 days ago - latimes.com
Tribal thinking and tribal identity factor heavily in Richard Montoya's new play "Palestine, New Mexico," running through Jan. 24 at the Mark Taper Forum. There's the close-knit tribe otherwise known as the U.S. military. An American Indian tribe that...
22 comments
Their View: Assimilation: Identity Politics and Public Education
Offbeat  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Genocide, Assimilation, culture, society, rights, ethics, freedoms, government )

Kat
- 10 days ago - lcsun-news.com
In the early 70s, English professors at the University of Michigan wanted it to allow "black English" as an acceptable form of academic communication. Invited to help develop the proposal, I deplored the idea. I said that blacks allowed to use "black ...
14 comments
Southwest Museum of the American Indian Store Is Closed
Offbeat  (tags: museum, Native Americans, closed, historical )

Lone
- 12 days ago - latimes.com
The only part of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian regularly open to the public -- the museum store that had weekend hours only -- will close next month when its space is taken over by a conservation project.
12 comments
The United States Continues to Steal From Indians
Offbeat  (tags: settlement, rip-offs, Native Americans, government )

Lone
- 14 days ago - startribune.com
A settlement will pay back $3.4 billion of $137 billion owed. And that's just what was documented.
18 comments
Films Give Voice to Unsung Heroes
Offbeat  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Arts & Entertainment, government, ethics, culture, society, children, rights )

Kat
- 16 days ago - buffalonews.com
At the Thomas Indian School in Irving, 30 miles south of Buffalo, children from Native American families were systematically stripped of their native culture and heritage, and sometimes abused, for nearly a century. The school closed in 1957....
17 comments
Cherokees Purchase Blue Ribbon Downs
Offbeat  (tags: horses, race track, Native Americans, interesting )

Lone
- 17 days ago - tulsaworld.com
TAHLEQUAH -- The Cherokee Nation announced Thursday that it had purchased the Blue Ribbon Downs race track in Sallisaw
4 comments
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Tiger Woods' Mistress Jaimee Grubbs' Rant Against Native Americans | RadarOnline.Com
Offbeat  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Prejudice, Tiger Woods, culture, society, ethics, news )

Kat
- 18 days ago - radaronline.com
Tiger Woods' mistress Jaimee Grubbs was brought up on a Colville Native American Reservation in Washington state and her father is a Native American but that didn't stop the fame-seeker from ranting against her people in TV reality show audition tape ...
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