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Tribal Land Dispute Goes to High Court
Society & Culture  (tags: indians, Native Americans, americans, law, freedoms, government, interesting, news, rights, society, ethics )

Kat Mosi
- 18 days ago - reznetnews.org
Providence (AP) &151; A former U.S. solicitor general will represent Rhode Island before the U.S. Supreme Court next week in a case involving a parcel of American Indian tribal land
Preserving a Culture: Wyoming Arapaho Work to Keep Their Language Alive
Society & Culture  (tags: Arapaho, Wyoming, language, culture, Native Americans, teaching, preservation, history )

Ombretta
- 33 days ago - nytimes.com
The Algonkian language of the Arapaho is dying out. There are 2 dialects, one spoken by the Northern Arapaho in Wyoming, the other by the Southern Arapaho in Oklahoma. In Wyoming tribal elders want to ensure that their language lives on through the young.
Bipartisan Effort in Congress to Make 'Official Apology' to Blacks, Native Peoples
Society & Culture  (tags: native americans, blacks, abuse, government, freedoms, ethics, humans, rights, politics, society )

Kat Mosi
- 38 days ago - rawstory.com
A bipartisan effort is underway that could amount to "two of the most sweeping apologies in American history," website The Politico is reporting.
Wall Street Crisis Clouds Rez Road
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, financial, native americans, indians )

Kat Mosi
- 40 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
NEW YORK - With major bank closings and mergers taking Wall Street by storm, American Indian-focused investment programs and individual Indians who work in the finance sector have already ended up on the cutting block.
Bill Gates, Where Are You? The Navajo Nation Needs You Again!
Society & Culture  (tags: Navajo Nation, internet access, Bill Gates, Native Americans, funding, bureaucracy, safety and security, education )

Ombretta
- 111 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The Navajo Nation is expected to lose internet access today thanks to bureaucracy. Thousands of Native American security forces, students and libraries depend on this access as do those with no phones. Gates funded their original net access - do it again!
Vanished: A Pueblo Mystery
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, interesting, society, archaeology, ancient civilization, mystery, scientists )

Holly
- 225 days ago - nytimes.com
Why, in the late 13th century, did a people called the Anasazi abandon magnificent settlements of the Colorado Plateau and move south into Arizona and New Mexico?
Petition: Tell the Bureau of Land Management to Deny a Proposed Mine on Sacred Indian Lands in Nevada
Society & Culture  (tags: petitions, gold, gold mining, mining, Native Americans, American Indians, humans, culture, society )

Terrah
- 227 days ago - democracyinaction.org
Canadian-based Barrick Gold, the largest multinational gold mining company in the world, wants to build a gold mine on the slopes of Mt. Tenabo in Nevada. And the federal government is proposing to let them do it. Mt. Tenabo is sacred to the Western...
List of Petitions to Help Native Americans - Please Sign Them If You Have Time
Society & Culture  (tags: petitions, Native Americans, Native America, American Indians, United Native America, United, americans, activists, culture, society, humans )

Terrah
- 227 days ago - unitednativeamerica.com
Below are petitions that need our support! Support Groups On The Front Lines For All! With the information on this page you can be an Army of One! United WE Work For The America That Should Be!
Petition: Support the Rights of Native American Tribes to Access Foster Care Resources
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, Tribes, tribal government, adoption, foster care, child, children, humans, society, culture, usa, activists )

Terrah
- 238 days ago - secure2.convio.net
The Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act (S 1956/HR 4688) would provide Native American tribal governments the opportunity to access and administer resources from the Social Security Act's Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Act...
Geronimo's Rifle, Wyatt Earp's Shotgun Auctioned
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, Geronimo, rifle, fire arms, culture, wild west, humans )


- 361 days ago - news.yahoo.com
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Springfield rifle owned by the famed Apache warrior Geronimo fetched $100,000 during an auction of Wild West guns and weapons that brought in more than $1 million. Lawman Wyatt Earp's double-barreled shotgun garnered $65,500,
Kansas 'Tribe' Accused of Membership Scam
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, immigrants, BIA, Kaweah Indian Nation, Scams, humans, culture )


- 425 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WICHITA, Kan. - A group that claims to be an American Indian tribe has been indicted for selling memberships to immigrants who were told they would become U.S. citizens, federal prosecutors said Friday. Eleven employees of the Kaweah Indian Nation also
Lock of Sitting Bull's Hair Returned
Society & Culture  (tags: native americans, repatriation law, sitting bull )

Patricia
- 429 days ago - news.com.au
A US museum has decided to return a lock of hair and leggings worn by legendary American Indian chief Sitting Bull after learning that they were stolen by an army doctor at the time of his death more than 100 years ago.
Ishi Was Truely a Native Californian Who Loved His Land and Yahi Tribe
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, California, history, anthropology )

Larry
- 451 days ago - sfgate.com
Sadly, the Yahi who came to be known as Ishi went to Oroville to die. White men had killed all his relatives. He had no reason to expect a different fate. He was a deeply lonely man in mourning who knew there were no others like him anywhere.
Bill Would Create Holiday for Native Americans
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, culture, holiday, people, heritage, government )


- 455 days ago - azcentral.com
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when the Christmas shopping season starts, could soon become known as Native American Heritage Day. That's because lawmakers in Washington are discussing a bill that would create a special holiday honoring the
Thousands Gather in Washington for National Powwow
Society & Culture  (tags: arts, culture, education, religion, Native Americans )

Chakwaina
- 458 days ago - indiancountry.com
They were days to sit back and let the big drumbeats roll through the bloodstream, as they have for thousands of years in American Indian communities.
 

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