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Fla. Baby Missing for 5 Days Found Alive Under Bed
Society & Culture  (tags: missing baby, found, interesting, GoodNews )

Lone
- 2 days ago - abcnews.go.com
A baby missing for five days was found alive in a box under her baby sitter's bed, and authorities said Thursday they plan to charge the sitter, her husband and the child's mother.
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Native Americans Teach Heritage to Break Stereotypes
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, Native American, teach, different, GoodNews )

Lone
- 2 days ago - siude.com
Wade Kingfisher wants students to know American Indian tribes are not all the same. Kingfisher, who is a Minnicoujou Lakota, said people tend to think all American Indians are the same. "We're not just brown," Kingfisher said. "We have seven
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Toys for Tots Gets Big Donation From Dunkin' Donuts
Society & Culture  (tags: society, Toys for Tots, charity, children, Caring, GoodNews )

Dee
- 4 days ago - capitalnews9.com
GLENVILLE, N.Y. -- The annual Toys for Tots Holiday Train is getting a jump-start this year with a hefty donation from a Secret Santa.
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Obamas Updating First Family's Image
Society & Culture  (tags: obama, usa, news, society, politics, family, culture, GoodNews, celebrity, government, interesting, news )

Cal
- 4 days ago - usatoday.com
President Obama may not have delivered on all the policy changes he promised since his election a year ago, but he and his family have brought dramatic social change to the nation's capital and to the country's collective image of its first family -- and n
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ERNIE SALGADO SR, Soboba Tribal Elder
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, Elder, honored, birthday, pictures, GoodNews )

Lone
- 6 days ago - californiaindianeducation.org
APPEARING GENUINELY TOUCHED WITH THE MEMORIES OF A LONG, BEAUTIFUL LIFE flashing before him on a giant 10-foot TV screen -- Ernie Salgado Sr. is pictured above watching the multimedia DVD his granddaughter produced on her computer
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Values and Family Create Leaders
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Woman, culture, interesting, GoodNews )

Lone
- 8 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
Norma-Chaé Isaac is a woman on her way. Just 18, and with her senior year of high school still to go, Isaac was halfway through a five-week college-prep stint at Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts when she talked to
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Obama Signs Hate-Crimes Law Rooted in Crimes of 1998
Society & Culture  (tags: freedoms, rights, gayrights, politics, society, violence, safety, goodnews, GoodNews, usa, culture )

Cal
- 9 days ago - content.usatoday.com
Today, Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. "After more than a decade of opposition and delay, we've passed inclusive hate crimes legislation to help protect our citizens from violence based on what they look li
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American Indian Grant to Build UWM Institute
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, university, education, GoodNews )

Lone
- 10 days ago - badgerherald.com
Planning and development are underway for an American Indian education institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Buffy Ste. Marie: Musician and Native American Activist
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, GoodNews, Great Woman, Native Americans )

Lone
- 10 days ago - motherearthnews.com
Buffy Ste. Marie lives on a farm in Hawaii, has a house in Maine, and is the wife of a former surfer--now farmer--named Dwayne Kamaikalani Bugbee. Periodically she leaves these havens, visits various reservations around the United States, and gives concert
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FBI Rescues 52 Kids From Prostitution
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, children, law, police, GoodNews, culture, safety, violence, society, rights, news, humans )

Cal
- 11 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
US authorities rescued 52 children, including one as young as 10, from prostitution rings and arrested nearly 700 people during a nationwide sting operation over the weekend, the FBI said
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Native - Citi Announces Funding Grants From Citi and the Citi Foundation to Support Native American Education and Entrepreneursh
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, school grants, education, GoodNews )

Lone
- 11 days ago - ad-hoc-news.de
Citi today unveiled a package of grants from Citi and the Citi Foundation to support small business growth and education for Native Americans in South Dakota The grants are valued at $280,000 and will be distributed to nonprofits that provide support
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Chickasaw Lt. Gov. First Oklahoma Tribal Leader Elected as President of National Congress of American Indians
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, lieutenant Governor, interesting, GoodNews, culture )

Lone
- 15 days ago - adaeveningnews.com
WASHINGTON -- Jefferson Keel, lieutenant governor of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, has been elected president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), becoming the first tribal leader from Oklahoma elected
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First Lady Selects Caddo Pottery for Collection
Society & Culture  (tags: First Lady Michelle Obama, Native American, poetry, GoodNews, culture )

Lone
- 16 days ago - nativetimes.com
Well known Caddo traditional potter Jeri Redcorn's "Intertwining Scrolls" was one of 45 pieces of art chosen to display at the White House. Her pottery was one of five Native Americans' artwork that was selected
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Teacher Martha Spriggs, Winner of a $25,000 Milken Educator Award, Said She's Still "Reeling" From the Honor
Society & Culture  (tags: teacher, wins, milken Educator award, education, GoodNews )

Lone
- 17 days ago - startribune.com
In a scenario common in the corporate world but almost unheard of in teaching, a Minneapolis middle school teacher's dedication got her a nice, fat bonus Tuesday -- $25,000 with no strings attached.
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Edmond Couple Brent and Kennetha Greenwood Honored as Parents of the Year
Society & Culture  (tags: Great Parents, family, culture, education, children, GoodNews, americans )

Lone
- 17 days ago - newsok.com
Brent and Kennetha Greenwood also were the Oklahoma Indian Education Association Parents of the Year in 2008. Brent said he and his wife hope their children get every educational opportunity available while being trained in American Indian heritage.
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