Well, I guess that's okay.
Well, I guess that's okay.
You never see sweatlodges in the backyards of suburbia.
Well, until now. An Ojibwe sets up in her backyard.
I hate to say it, but I'm interested.
Because that only took four million years.
The Fighting Sioux mascot is going to be dropped soon. The North Dakota Board of Higher Education saw best to decomission the racist logo. This decision was most likely impacted by the low chances of getting approval from both the Spirit Lake and Standing Rock tribes by November 2010.
Red Round-up 3-31-2009
Navajo water rights settlement signed into law
from Indianz.com :
The
Navajo Nation celebrated on Monday as President Barack Obama signed the
tribe's water rights settlement into law as part of a public lands
bill.
Indian reporters say they have to work harder for same journalistic rights
Navajo water rights settlement signed into law
from Indianz.com :
The Navajo Nation celebrated on Monday as President Barack Obama signed
the tribe's water rights settlement into law as part of a public lands
bill.
How about this for news from an alternate, mirror reality?
An arena with a Native American name is drawing criticism. The twist: Natives are the ones who named it.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories. Often, the simplest explanation is the right one. How is it that stories of Bigfoot have persisted my entire life but nobody has ever caught one, dead or alive? Simple. He doesn't exist. Same applies for just about any kind of conspiracy theory that pops up.
I'm continually amazed at the kinds of legal defenses used against Natives over the years. So you can imagine how jaw dropped I was when I read about the technique used in Native grave sites lititgation. Kara Briggs writes about a potential loophole in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: Questioning Cultural Affiliation.
I should mentiont for every red round-up, I'm trying to avoid using the major native news outlets. This isn't an act of spite or anything, but an attempt to show how Natives appear through non-Native media outlets. It's an interesting comparison that I should probably read up on more sometime. Anyway! News!
South Dakota Native American business owners part of White House meeting
In our Red Round-Up today, we have a pro-Fighting Sioux group that's actually from a Rez, a preliminary green light for a Crow coal plant, Homeland Security getting all Lone Ranger to Tribes' Tonto, Navajo youngsters getting a nice little nest egg from the bailout, Okie tribes setting their sights on similar bailout stuff and more.
Sioux nickname group says it has enough signatures for public vote
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Tell us what you think about the 'Navajobama' T-shirt, and we'll send your comments to the manufacturer—and to the Obama for President campaign. (No profanities, please.)
Omission disappoints Native Americans attending the presidential candidate's speech in Wisconsin. Others express concern over Obama's stance on Indian gaming.
The Native actor’s role on 'Law and Order: SVU' is coming to an end, but he plans to stay busy with an Internet TV show, a book and a new baby.
A Tennessee high school, whose mascot is the Indians, takes the Native American motif one step further: It calls school grounds "The Reservation."
Native reaction to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain's vice presidential choice, is 'pretty mixed,' says one critic. A supporter says Palin 'has been open to and concerned about Alaska Native issues.'
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