www.gallupindependent.com - 25.05.07
PINEHILL — The "Hogan Heroes" plan to help rural communities on the Navajo Nation escape from isolation.
Thanks to the "Internet to the Hogans" initiative, championed by Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie, the group known by some as "Hogan Heroes" is pursuing a big dream.
On May 18, Tsosie along with KNME-TV's Jim Gale and Bernie Bustos, the division director for Community Services for the Ramah Navajo School Board unveiled the digital television component of the initiative, the very first transmission of a digital television signal broadcast in the Navajo language.
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Freitag, 25. Mai 2007
Donnerstag, 24. Mai 2007
Ausstellung: Edward-Dean exhibit features creations by Native American women
www.newsmirror.net - 24.05.07
The Edward-Dean Museum and Gardens will present “Native American Women's Creations,” a traveling exhibition from the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, which provides a look into the artistic aspect of creating for the home, the tourist trade and daily life.
The exhibition highlights Navajo rugs and quilts, pottery, beadwork and basketry created by Native American women. The exhibition will be on display at the Edward-Dean Museum, 9401 Oak Glen Rd. in Cherry Valley, from June 3 to Aug. 25.
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The Edward-Dean Museum and Gardens will present “Native American Women's Creations,” a traveling exhibition from the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, which provides a look into the artistic aspect of creating for the home, the tourist trade and daily life.
The exhibition highlights Navajo rugs and quilts, pottery, beadwork and basketry created by Native American women. The exhibition will be on display at the Edward-Dean Museum, 9401 Oak Glen Rd. in Cherry Valley, from June 3 to Aug. 25.
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Kollision der Kulturen
www.damals.de - 24.05.07
Krieg und Gewalt im puritanischen Neuengland 1620-1676
Den Kolonisatoren Nordamerikas wird meist pauschal der Vorwurf gemacht, die Besiedlung sei außerordentlich gewalttätig und kriegerisch erfolgt. Ein genauerer Blick auf die ersten puritanischen Kolonien Neuenglands, Plymouth, Massachusetts oder Connecticut, relativiert dieses Urteil.
Ein Massaker folgte dem anderen; indianische Frauen und Kinder wurden ermordet oder mit ihren Männern lebendig in ihren Hütten verbrannt. Um 1680 lebten noch rund 15000 Indianer im zentralen und südlichen Teil der Neuenglandstaaten“, schrieb einst Wolfgang Lindig zum Verlauf des sogenannten King Philip’s War (der Kampf zwischen Siedlern und Ureinwohnern von 1675/76 ist benannt nach deren wichtigstem Anführer Metacom, den die Engländer King Philip nannten). Das Zitat vermittelt den Eindruck, die Kämpfe zwischen Einheimischen und Zuwanderern seien für den Bevölkerungsrückgang der Ureinwohner verantwortlich gewesen. Dies trifft nicht zu. Schon die eingeschleppten Krankheiten reduzierten die einheimische Bevölkerung um etwa 85 bis 90 Prozent. Viele Indianer starben, ohne je einen Europäer gesehen zu haben.
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Krieg und Gewalt im puritanischen Neuengland 1620-1676
Den Kolonisatoren Nordamerikas wird meist pauschal der Vorwurf gemacht, die Besiedlung sei außerordentlich gewalttätig und kriegerisch erfolgt. Ein genauerer Blick auf die ersten puritanischen Kolonien Neuenglands, Plymouth, Massachusetts oder Connecticut, relativiert dieses Urteil.
Ein Massaker folgte dem anderen; indianische Frauen und Kinder wurden ermordet oder mit ihren Männern lebendig in ihren Hütten verbrannt. Um 1680 lebten noch rund 15000 Indianer im zentralen und südlichen Teil der Neuenglandstaaten“, schrieb einst Wolfgang Lindig zum Verlauf des sogenannten King Philip’s War (der Kampf zwischen Siedlern und Ureinwohnern von 1675/76 ist benannt nach deren wichtigstem Anführer Metacom, den die Engländer King Philip nannten). Das Zitat vermittelt den Eindruck, die Kämpfe zwischen Einheimischen und Zuwanderern seien für den Bevölkerungsrückgang der Ureinwohner verantwortlich gewesen. Dies trifft nicht zu. Schon die eingeschleppten Krankheiten reduzierten die einheimische Bevölkerung um etwa 85 bis 90 Prozent. Viele Indianer starben, ohne je einen Europäer gesehen zu haben.
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Mittwoch, 23. Mai 2007
Sherman Alexie on Watching the NBA Through a Racial Lens
myespn.go.com - 23.05.07
Author and poet Sherman Alexie is best known for his writing (in a whole bunch of books and movies) about the contemporary Native American experience. He's also a big basketball fan, and a TrueHoop reader. (More than a decade ago, he says Time magazine called him "septic with his own unappeasable anger." A guy with a great sense of humor, he had that phrase printed on a t-shirt and plays basketball in it.) He emailed some thoughts about all the anger out there towards the NBA:
I'm positive the anti-NBA reaction is racial AND racist.
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American Indians Could Influence 2008 Presidential Vote
www.newswise.com - 23.05.07
American Indian voters are poised to begin playing a much bigger role in election politics, if past trends are any indication. That’s just one of the conclusions in a new book titled “Native Vote,” co-authored by Daniel McCool, Susan Olson and Jennifer Robinson of the University of Utah.
American Indians were not even considered citizens until they were granted citizenship in 1924. The right to vote came later in most Western states, and as late as the 1950s the state of Utah was trying to prevent Indian people from voting. Today, the situation has changed dramatically. Beginning in the late 1970s, Indians began to take advantage of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and bring litigation to challenge voting discrimination in local and state elections. Many of these suits succeeded through either settlements or trials in reducing barriers to electoral participation. Then, in the 1990s, several Indian organizations made a systematic effort to register American Indians and get them to the polls in ever-increasing numbers.
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American Indian voters are poised to begin playing a much bigger role in election politics, if past trends are any indication. That’s just one of the conclusions in a new book titled “Native Vote,” co-authored by Daniel McCool, Susan Olson and Jennifer Robinson of the University of Utah.
American Indians were not even considered citizens until they were granted citizenship in 1924. The right to vote came later in most Western states, and as late as the 1950s the state of Utah was trying to prevent Indian people from voting. Today, the situation has changed dramatically. Beginning in the late 1970s, Indians began to take advantage of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and bring litigation to challenge voting discrimination in local and state elections. Many of these suits succeeded through either settlements or trials in reducing barriers to electoral participation. Then, in the 1990s, several Indian organizations made a systematic effort to register American Indians and get them to the polls in ever-increasing numbers.
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Schulen für die Sioux-Indianer
idw-online.de - 23.05.07
Während sich bei den meisten Menschen die Liebe zu Indianern und dem Wilden Westen mit dem Tod Winnetous erschöpft, hat sie bei Prof. Dr. Karl Markus Kreis von der Fachhochschule Dortmund ein Leben lang gehalten. Seit beinahe einem Jahrzehnt bestimmt das Leben der Ureinwohner Amerikas die Forschungsarbeit des Politikwissenschaftlers aus dem Fachbereich Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei jedoch nicht das idealisierte Bild der edlen "Rothäute", sondern der Einblick in die deutschamerikanische Geschichte.
Im Bochumer Projektverlag ist jetzt unter dem Titel "Schulen für die Sioux-Indianer. Deutsche Dokumente aus den katholischen Missionen in South Dakota 1884 - 1932"(ISBN 978-3-89733-163-1
) ein Buch erschienen, das die Forschungsergebnisse der Jahre 2003/04 zusammenfasst. Wie schon in seinem ersten Buch - "Rothäute, Schwarzröcke und heilige Frauen" - legt Karl Markus Kreis auch hier den Fokus auf die Missionierungs-Arbeit der Jesuiten und Franziskanerinnen, die im 19. Jahrhundert an den ersten Schulen in den Sioux-Reservaten beschäftigt waren.
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Während sich bei den meisten Menschen die Liebe zu Indianern und dem Wilden Westen mit dem Tod Winnetous erschöpft, hat sie bei Prof. Dr. Karl Markus Kreis von der Fachhochschule Dortmund ein Leben lang gehalten. Seit beinahe einem Jahrzehnt bestimmt das Leben der Ureinwohner Amerikas die Forschungsarbeit des Politikwissenschaftlers aus dem Fachbereich Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei jedoch nicht das idealisierte Bild der edlen "Rothäute", sondern der Einblick in die deutschamerikanische Geschichte.
Im Bochumer Projektverlag ist jetzt unter dem Titel "Schulen für die Sioux-Indianer. Deutsche Dokumente aus den katholischen Missionen in South Dakota 1884 - 1932"(ISBN 978-3-89733-163-1
) ein Buch erschienen, das die Forschungsergebnisse der Jahre 2003/04 zusammenfasst. Wie schon in seinem ersten Buch - "Rothäute, Schwarzröcke und heilige Frauen" - legt Karl Markus Kreis auch hier den Fokus auf die Missionierungs-Arbeit der Jesuiten und Franziskanerinnen, die im 19. Jahrhundert an den ersten Schulen in den Sioux-Reservaten beschäftigt waren.Artikel lesen
Montag, 21. Mai 2007
(Buchbesprechung): Flight by Sherman Alexie
www.boston.com - 21.05.07
The teenage American Indian protagonist of "Flight," known as "Zits" for obvious adolescent reasons, has spent his young life shuttling between foster care and juvenile detention, though we can see he has a sense of humor about it. During a brief run-in with the cops, he tells us, he is put in a holding cell "with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United Nations of juvenile delinquents."
Out on the streets again, lonely, rebellious Zits is befriended by one of his former cellmates, a charismatic sociopath with a hoard of weapons, looking for a disciple to help use them. Without any adult to guide him, Zits needs to find an identity and ethical grounding of his own -- immediately if not sooner. On cue the novel jumps into a shape-shifting, time-traveling fourth dimension, sweeping Zits along on a character-forming roller-coaster ride through the bad-trip theme park of American history.
Sherman Alexie, who has been called the Native American James Baldwin, writes with anger, humor, raw inventiveness, and defiant pride. We're pretty sure that Zits is too cool a kid to be headed for a tragic ending, no matter how postmodern, but it's touch and go for a while.
For Native Americans, a place to call home is cause to rejoice
www.boston.com - 21.05.07
The formal wear, parquet dance floor, and DJ implied a gala, but the drum circle of four men clad in colorful Native American dress was one of many signs that this event was traditional in a different way.
More than 150 people from native tribes across the nation came together last weekend at the Seaport World Trade Center for a $100-a-plate gala for the North American Indian Center of Boston. The organization provides after-school programs, cultural events, and other services to as many as 6,000 Native Americans in the city.
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The formal wear, parquet dance floor, and DJ implied a gala, but the drum circle of four men clad in colorful Native American dress was one of many signs that this event was traditional in a different way.
More than 150 people from native tribes across the nation came together last weekend at the Seaport World Trade Center for a $100-a-plate gala for the North American Indian Center of Boston. The organization provides after-school programs, cultural events, and other services to as many as 6,000 Native Americans in the city.
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First American Indian principal picked for Rapid City Central
www.in-forum.com - 21.05.07
South Dakota's largest high school will be led by its first American Indian principal if the school board approves the district's pick.
Mike Talley, 34, of Bismarck, N.D., was offered the position at Rapid City Central High School.
"I'm very honored and very proud that I was selected for the job," he said.
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denver.yourhub.com - 21.05.07
The rhythmic sound of chanting mingles with the sharp beat of drums as the Native American dancers file into the powwow arena. Clad in traditional dress, dancers of all ages move together in celebration. Feathers bob and shawls twirl as they showcase their heritage.
This was the scene that filled the valley below The Fort restaurant in Morrison on May 20 at the seventh annual Indian Market and Powwow. Dancers from tribes all over the southwest region dressed in traditional regalia for the powwow. Competition was held in categories such as Traditional, Shawl, Fancy, Grass and Jingle dancing.
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The rhythmic sound of chanting mingles with the sharp beat of drums as the Native American dancers file into the powwow arena. Clad in traditional dress, dancers of all ages move together in celebration. Feathers bob and shawls twirl as they showcase their heritage.
This was the scene that filled the valley below The Fort restaurant in Morrison on May 20 at the seventh annual Indian Market and Powwow. Dancers from tribes all over the southwest region dressed in traditional regalia for the powwow. Competition was held in categories such as Traditional, Shawl, Fancy, Grass and Jingle dancing.
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Freitag, 18. Mai 2007
Audio: In Virginia, Six Indian Tribes Still Wait for Federal Recognition
www.voanews.com - 18.05.07
HOST:
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English.
(MUSIC)
I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week:
We answer a question about global warming …
Play music from Paul Simon …
And tell about American Indian tribes in the state of Virginia as the United States remembers the first European settlement at Jamestown.
Tribes discuss role of Long Island in King's Port on the Holston
www.timesnews.net - 18.05.07
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KINGSPORT - Representatives from three Native American tribes - the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and the United Keetoowah Band - were in the Model City this week, meeting with city officials about how to incorporate parts of Long Island into the King's Port on the Holston project.
The King's Port on the Holston project calls for the creation of an arts, entertainment and heritage district along the riverfront area of Kingsport. City leaders envision the district including new restaurants and condos, a riverboat, the restoration of the old hospital, and the creation of an amphitheater on Long Island.
Kingsport has employed Kennedy, Coulter, Rushing and Watson (KCRW) to create a 20-year phased master plan for the project by June. The plan will include land use and zoning recommendations, vehicular and pedestrian infrastructure improvements, and other ideas such as public art and the incorporation of a civic magnet project.
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Ausstellung: Cornell displays ‘Discovering American Indian Art'
www.theithacajournal.com - 18.05.07
ITHACA — Imaginary works by Pop Chalee, including wide-eyed deer that were the inspiration for Walt Disney's Bambi, are featured in a collection entitled “Walk in Beauty: Discovering American Indian Art” on display at Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
A 1983 Chalee work, “Enchanted Forest,” a casein image with colorful trees and running deer suspended in space, is also among the 40-plus works in the exhibit, which runs through July 8.
Donnerstag, 17. Mai 2007
Nordamerikanische Indianer auf Spurensuche in der Lausitz - Gäste bei den Karl-May-Festtagen
www.freiepresse.de - 17.05.07
Radebeul (ddp-lsc). Moses Little Bear geht zum Rhythmus der Trommeln in die Knie. Auf seinem Kopf thront der Schädel eines großen amerikanischen Timberwolfes. Suchend schaut Moses umher. Die Glocken an seiner farbenträchtigen Kleidung rasseln, Lederfransen und bunte Bänder umflattern seinen tanzenden Körper. Die Mokassins sacken mit jedem Schritt etwas tiefer in den hellen Sand der sächsischen Neustädter Heide. Der 36-jährige Indianer vom Stamm der Cherokee führt zusammen mit Jeremy Red Deer und Jim Standing Bear einen spirituellen Wolfstanz auf. Die Männer aus Oklahoma sind Gäste der am Freitag beginnenden Karl-May-Festtage in Radebeul, wo sie noch einmal vor Publikum ihre Tänze vorstellen werden.
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Radebeul (ddp-lsc). Moses Little Bear geht zum Rhythmus der Trommeln in die Knie. Auf seinem Kopf thront der Schädel eines großen amerikanischen Timberwolfes. Suchend schaut Moses umher. Die Glocken an seiner farbenträchtigen Kleidung rasseln, Lederfransen und bunte Bänder umflattern seinen tanzenden Körper. Die Mokassins sacken mit jedem Schritt etwas tiefer in den hellen Sand der sächsischen Neustädter Heide. Der 36-jährige Indianer vom Stamm der Cherokee führt zusammen mit Jeremy Red Deer und Jim Standing Bear einen spirituellen Wolfstanz auf. Die Männer aus Oklahoma sind Gäste der am Freitag beginnenden Karl-May-Festtage in Radebeul, wo sie noch einmal vor Publikum ihre Tänze vorstellen werden.
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Finding Justice for Native Women
www.utne.com - 17.05.07
Native American women face pervasive sexual violence and little help from the laws meant to protect them
An Amnesty International report released late last month revealed a stockpile of shocking statistics about the pervasive sexual violence confronting Native American women. According to the report, "Maze of Injustice," more than one in three Native American women will be raped at some point in their lives. What's more, Native American women are nearly three times more likely to be victims of rape and sexual assault than white women in the United States.
Writing for the Progressive, Rita Pyrillis, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe, notes that, sadly, these statistics aren't even a full accounting of the number of victims. Confronted with a "chronically understaffed and underfunded justice and law enforcement system and its confusing jurisdictional lines," victims of sexual violence lack for both protection and advocacy. "Not surprisingly, most Indian women never report sexual assaults," Pyrillis writes. "When they do, they risk further pain and humiliation only to watch the perpetrator usually go free."
Native American remains reburied in Black Hills
www.siouxcityjournal.com - 17.05.07
CUSTER, S.D. (AP) -- The bones of at least four Native Americans that have been in the hands of museums and collectors for decades were buried Monday in the Black Hills National Forest.
The remains were re-interred under provisions of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act at a spot chosen years ago by Lakota holy man Frank Fools Crow.
"We think they should no longer be moved around the country and exploited," said Donovin Sprague, of First Nations Heritage Association.
The mission of First Nations Heritage is to promote educational and cultural events that promote American Indian interests. This is the first repatriation of Indian remains to the sacred Black Hills that his nonprofit organization has handled, but Sprague said there are grave sites throughout the area.
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CUSTER, S.D. (AP) -- The bones of at least four Native Americans that have been in the hands of museums and collectors for decades were buried Monday in the Black Hills National Forest.
The remains were re-interred under provisions of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act at a spot chosen years ago by Lakota holy man Frank Fools Crow.
"We think they should no longer be moved around the country and exploited," said Donovin Sprague, of First Nations Heritage Association.
The mission of First Nations Heritage is to promote educational and cultural events that promote American Indian interests. This is the first repatriation of Indian remains to the sacred Black Hills that his nonprofit organization has handled, but Sprague said there are grave sites throughout the area.
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Indian farmers say they faced discrimination
www.greatfallstribune.com - 17.05.07
FORT BELKNAP — More than a dozen Native American farmers and ranchers testified Wednesday at a Fort Belknap tribal council hearing that they have faced discrimination from government loan and farm programs.
"It's been a long, hard road," said Ken "Gus" Helgeson.
Mittwoch, 16. Mai 2007
Sherman Alexie visits campus, wows crowd with his satire
Oregon Daily Emerald - 16.05.07
Award-winning poet, novelist and essayist Sherman Alexie came to campus Monday night as part of a tour promoting his latest novel, 'Flight.' Before a packed crowd in Columbia 150, Alexie spoke to University students and fans in the community about everything from his fear of flying on airplanes to the secret to a good marriage.
"I am terrified of flying," Alexie admitted. "I can see the headline now: 'Native American writer dies promoting 'Flight.' With a big picture of a plane on fire. The only thing I can think is it'd really help book sales." This was only the beginning of the audience's constant laughter, which lasted for the entire hour-and-45-minute lecture.
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Award-winning poet, novelist and essayist Sherman Alexie came to campus Monday night as part of a tour promoting his latest novel, 'Flight.' Before a packed crowd in Columbia 150, Alexie spoke to University students and fans in the community about everything from his fear of flying on airplanes to the secret to a good marriage.
"I am terrified of flying," Alexie admitted. "I can see the headline now: 'Native American writer dies promoting 'Flight.' With a big picture of a plane on fire. The only thing I can think is it'd really help book sales." This was only the beginning of the audience's constant laughter, which lasted for the entire hour-and-45-minute lecture.
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Ausstellung: The myths behind the masks
Sandusky Register - 16.05.07
The Sandusky Cultural Center's latest exhibit allows visitors to experience Native American culture.
The exhibit, Sharing Myths: Contemporary Art from the First Peoples of the Northwest Coast, features a variety of Native American art, including a totem poll-style carved talking stick, more than 40 masks and intricately-carved boxes.
Artikel lesenNational Native American Economic Policy Summit Convenes in Phoenix
all american patriots - 16.05.07
May 15, 2007 -- PHOENIX - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne opened the first-ever National Native American Economic Policy Summit with a video-taped message to over 500 tribal leaders, federal officials and leaders of Native organizations encouraging Summit participants to “work together collaboratively to formulate policy recommendations that will improve the quality of life in America’s diverse and growing indigenous communities.”
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May 15, 2007 -- PHOENIX - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne opened the first-ever National Native American Economic Policy Summit with a video-taped message to over 500 tribal leaders, federal officials and leaders of Native organizations encouraging Summit participants to “work together collaboratively to formulate policy recommendations that will improve the quality of life in America’s diverse and growing indigenous communities.”
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Veranstaltung: Indianische Kräuterkunde
Landkreis Darmstdt - 16.05.07
Darmstadt-Dieburg - In einem Gespräch mit John H. Summers, einem Cree-Indianer aus Kanada, und anhand eines Films haben die Teilnehmer des Seminars die Gelegenheit, die Lebensphilosophie und das überlieferte Gesundheitswissen der Indianer kennenzulernen. Im Anschluss können Fragen und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten auch mit der Heilpraktikerin Karin Becker diskutiert werden.
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Darmstadt-Dieburg - In einem Gespräch mit John H. Summers, einem Cree-Indianer aus Kanada, und anhand eines Films haben die Teilnehmer des Seminars die Gelegenheit, die Lebensphilosophie und das überlieferte Gesundheitswissen der Indianer kennenzulernen. Im Anschluss können Fragen und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten auch mit der Heilpraktikerin Karin Becker diskutiert werden.
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Dienstag, 15. Mai 2007
Centuries later, Hehakawin moves to final resting grounds
Rapid City Journal - 15.05.07
Ceremony held as American Indian bones are buried west of Custer.
By Mary Garrigan, Journal staff
CUSTER -- More than 70 years after her bones were unearthed in a cave near Argyle in the southern Black Hills, a funeral procession of sorts for a young American Indian girl named Hehakawin wound its way from the Forest Supervisor's office in Custer to her final resting place 15 miles west of town on Monday.
Another winning historical performance by Adam Beach in HBO’s Wounded Knee
capebretonpost.com - 15.05.07
LOS ANGELES (AP) — He wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for his role as a Native American Marine in “Flags of Our Fathers,” but Adam Beach still feels like a winner.
“Just to hear that people were upset that I didn’t get nominated really means a lot,” he says of critics enthralled by his haunting portrayal of Ira Hayes, one of the Marines seen raising the flag on Iwo Jima in the prize-winning Associated Press photo snapped during the Second World War battle.
“I’ve never had to wait for an award to look at my accomplishments,” he says. “I’ve always had the hearts and smiles of Native American people to tell me, ‘You’ve won us.’ That’s my award.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — He wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for his role as a Native American Marine in “Flags of Our Fathers,” but Adam Beach still feels like a winner.
“Just to hear that people were upset that I didn’t get nominated really means a lot,” he says of critics enthralled by his haunting portrayal of Ira Hayes, one of the Marines seen raising the flag on Iwo Jima in the prize-winning Associated Press photo snapped during the Second World War battle.
“I’ve never had to wait for an award to look at my accomplishments,” he says. “I’ve always had the hearts and smiles of Native American people to tell me, ‘You’ve won us.’ That’s my award.”
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One in three Native American women suffers sexual assault
FinalCall.com - 15.05.07
WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Native American women are at least 2.5 times more likely to be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes as other women in the United States, according to a report released Apr. 25 by Amnesty International.
At least one in three Indigenous women is raped or otherwise subjected to sexual violence during her lifetime, according to the 113-page report, the latest in a series produced by the London-based group’s Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women.
At least 86 percent of reported rapes or other sexual assaults against Indigenous women are committed by non-Indian men who are rarely prosecuted or punished, according to the report, “Maze of Injustice: The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA.”
The failure to pursue justice in such cases is due to a number of factors, the report noted, including chronic under-funding of police and health services, and a “complex maze of tribal, state and federal jurisdictions that is so confusing that it often allows perpetrators to evade justice entirely.”
Montag, 14. Mai 2007
New women and children's shelter opens on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Rapid City Journal - 14.05.07
A new shelter has opened on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to help victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse, replacing one that opened 10 years ago.
The 7,800-square-foot building cost $1.25 million and can house up to 36 women and children. It also has offices for administration and counseling services.
Notes from Indian Country: My Message to Lakota Graduates of 2007
The Huffington Post - 14.05.07
"Reading, riting and rithmatic, taught to the tune of a hickory stick," probably says more about early America than most of us dare to remember.
It was not uncommon for teachers to have a hickory stick or a ping-pong paddle within easy reach and to use these tools to punish unruly children.
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The sacred circle
nwi.com - 13.05.07
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | Dressed in native attire decorated with feathers, beads and bells, dancers entered the circle and traveled east in the direction of the sun.
Dozens of dancers formally opened the two-day Continuing Tradition for Our Children Native American Powwow as a few hundred watched in silence.
It is the first American Indian powwow to be held in Northwest Indiana and acts as "a big family reunion," said Christa Coppes, of Indianapolis.
"My daughter and Jennifer King's daughter wanted to host a powwow to bring awareness of their culture," Coppes said.
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | Dressed in native attire decorated with feathers, beads and bells, dancers entered the circle and traveled east in the direction of the sun.
Dozens of dancers formally opened the two-day Continuing Tradition for Our Children Native American Powwow as a few hundred watched in silence.
It is the first American Indian powwow to be held in Northwest Indiana and acts as "a big family reunion," said Christa Coppes, of Indianapolis.
"My daughter and Jennifer King's daughter wanted to host a powwow to bring awareness of their culture," Coppes said.
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Superior lessons
The Mining Journal - 13.05.07
MUNISING — From day hikes to pond life studies and waterfall tours, about 140 students from around Lake Superior visited Munising Saturday as part of the Seventh Biennial Lake Superior Youth Symposium.
The symposium began Thursday, with educators and students from grades seven through 12 coming to the local area from Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario.
Mike Teeple, 15, is a student from the Ojibwa Charter School in Bay Mills. He was attending the event for the first time.
“It’s alright,” he said. “It’s pretty fun.”
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MUNISING — From day hikes to pond life studies and waterfall tours, about 140 students from around Lake Superior visited Munising Saturday as part of the Seventh Biennial Lake Superior Youth Symposium.
The symposium began Thursday, with educators and students from grades seven through 12 coming to the local area from Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario.
Mike Teeple, 15, is a student from the Ojibwa Charter School in Bay Mills. He was attending the event for the first time.
“It’s alright,” he said. “It’s pretty fun.”
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US-Abgeordneter Frank kündigt Gesetzentwurf zur Außerkraftsetzung der UIGEA an
Poker News - 13.05.07
Barney Frank, der US-Abgeordnete (D-CT) welcher Ende April offen Kritik an dem Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act [UIEGA] geübt hatte, hat der Öffentlichkeit am 26. April einen Gesetzesentwurf präsentiert, durch welchen die UIGEA außer Kraft gesetzt werden soll. Barney bezeichnete die UIGEA als eins der dümmsten Dinge, welche er jemals gesehen hat.
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Barney Frank, der US-Abgeordnete (D-CT) welcher Ende April offen Kritik an dem Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act [UIEGA] geübt hatte, hat der Öffentlichkeit am 26. April einen Gesetzesentwurf präsentiert, durch welchen die UIGEA außer Kraft gesetzt werden soll. Barney bezeichnete die UIGEA als eins der dümmsten Dinge, welche er jemals gesehen hat.
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Samstag, 12. Mai 2007
(Audio) 400 Jahre Jamestown - Inszenierte Geschichte im Colonial National Historical Park
rbb - 12.05.07
400 Jahre Jamestown - Inszenierte Geschichte im Colonial National Historical Park
Es waren 104 Männer, die mit den drei Schiffen Susan Constant, Godspeed und Discovery der London Virginia Company im Frühjahr 1607 in die Chesapeake Bay einfuhren und am James River die erste dauerhaft besiedelte englische Kolonie in Nordamerika gründeten. Das war am 14. Mai, also Montag vor 400 Jahren. Ein Grund für den Besuch der Queen in ihrer früheren Kolonie. Der Ort war gewählt worden, weil er weit genug von der altlantischen Küste entfernt war, um Kontakte und Konflikte mit der Flotte der Hauptkonkurrenten, den Spaniern zu vermeiden. Dafür kam es zu kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen mit den Indianern.
Jens Borchers hat die inzenierte Geschichte im Colonial National Historical Park besucht:
Zunächst aber stand die Erfolgsgeschichte von Jamestown und dem Umgebung nicht fest. Die Kolonisten wurden durch Hunger dezimiert. Erst als John Rolfe eingetroffen war, der wildwachsenden Tabak entdeckte ( zu Hause in England ein Luxus), und erst als er mit Pocahontas die Tochter eines Indianer-Häuptlings heiratete, konnte der Aufschwung beginnen.
Freitag, 11. Mai 2007
Battle for Annex isn’t over: Ho-Chunk Nation sends resolution to save history
The Tomah Journal - 11.05.07
President Wade Blackdeer served the Tomah City Council a resolution stating that the Ho-Chunk Nation wishes to preserve the Annex building at 508 Superior Ave. during Tuesday night’s meeting. The resolution came after continued public resistance at Monday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting, from which Mayor Ludeking resolved to create a committee of interested parties to find proper placement for the Annex. Opponents of the removal have also unified and will hold a group meeting next week.
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President Wade Blackdeer served the Tomah City Council a resolution stating that the Ho-Chunk Nation wishes to preserve the Annex building at 508 Superior Ave. during Tuesday night’s meeting. The resolution came after continued public resistance at Monday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting, from which Mayor Ludeking resolved to create a committee of interested parties to find proper placement for the Annex. Opponents of the removal have also unified and will hold a group meeting next week.
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In die Begeisterung mischt sich Unmut
tagesanzeiger. ch - 11.05.07
Die neue Glasbrücke Skywalk am Grand Canyon bietet einen imposanten Ausblick auf den steinernen Abgrund. Wer aber zu hohe Erwartungen an die Attraktion hat, wird enttäuscht.
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Die neue Glasbrücke Skywalk am Grand Canyon bietet einen imposanten Ausblick auf den steinernen Abgrund. Wer aber zu hohe Erwartungen an die Attraktion hat, wird enttäuscht.
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Pocahontas wusste es besser
Die Tageszeitung - 11.05.07
Wie kommt die Indianerprinzessin unter die Burka: Ein Gespräch mit Klaus Theweleit über die 400-Jahr-Feier von Jamestown, die vielen Gründungsmythen der USA und eine für den Antiterrorkampf taugliche Interpretation der Pocahontas-Legende.
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Wie kommt die Indianerprinzessin unter die Burka: Ein Gespräch mit Klaus Theweleit über die 400-Jahr-Feier von Jamestown, die vielen Gründungsmythen der USA und eine für den Antiterrorkampf taugliche Interpretation der Pocahontas-Legende.
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Red Bull Air Race: Premieren-Fieber in Monument Valley
Sport News online - 11.05.07
Mit voller Konzentration bereiten sich die besten Rennpiloten auf das dritte Rennen der Red Bull Air Race World Series 2007 vor, denn für alle Beteiligten wird spannend. Am 11. und 12. Mai wird die Flugweltmeisterschaft in Reich der Navajo-Indianer, dem Navajo Tribal Park (Monument Vally, Navajosprache: "Tse' Bii' Ndzisgaii") ausgetragen.
Der Park ist Teil des Navajo Indianer -Reservats und wird von den Indianern selbst verwaltet. Der geringe Luftdruck im Gebiet könnte im Rennverlauf für Überraschungen sorgen. Niemand weiß, wie sich dieser auf das Flugverhalten der Rennmaschinen auswirken könnte. Außerdem gibt es vor Ort keine Zuschauer, gekämpft wird mitten in der Wüste Amerikas.
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Mit voller Konzentration bereiten sich die besten Rennpiloten auf das dritte Rennen der Red Bull Air Race World Series 2007 vor, denn für alle Beteiligten wird spannend. Am 11. und 12. Mai wird die Flugweltmeisterschaft in Reich der Navajo-Indianer, dem Navajo Tribal Park (Monument Vally, Navajosprache: "Tse' Bii' Ndzisgaii") ausgetragen.
Der Park ist Teil des Navajo Indianer -Reservats und wird von den Indianern selbst verwaltet. Der geringe Luftdruck im Gebiet könnte im Rennverlauf für Überraschungen sorgen. Niemand weiß, wie sich dieser auf das Flugverhalten der Rennmaschinen auswirken könnte. Außerdem gibt es vor Ort keine Zuschauer, gekämpft wird mitten in der Wüste Amerikas.
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Tennessee Senate approves measure that would protect Indian mascots
timesnews - 11.05.07
Only Tennessee lawmakers would have the power to ban school mascots and symbols featuring American Indians under legislation approved by the state Senate on Thursday.
The bill passed by senators on a 22-5 vote would prohibit agencies like the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association from banning schools having teams with American Indian symbols and names.
"It belongs in the citizens' elected arena. ... It belongs to the legislature," said state Sen. Dewayne Bunch, R-Cleveland, the bill's Senate sponsor.
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tpm cafe - 11.05.07
More than one in three Native American or Alaska Native women will be raped at some point in their lives. Most do not seek justice because they know they will be met with inaction or indifference.
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More than one in three Native American or Alaska Native women will be raped at some point in their lives. Most do not seek justice because they know they will be met with inaction or indifference.
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Listen to the drumbeat of American Indian culture
St. Petersburg Times - 11.05.07
The woods around Withlacoochee River Park east of Dade City will pulse and pound with the sound of drums and chants today through Sunday as the 16th annual Mother's Day Native American Pow Wow convenes.
The colorful event is a mix of entertainment and education, with American Indian musicians, artists, craftmakers, storytellers, dancers and riders on horseback displaying their talents and expertise.
Arizona's Battle Against Racial Preferences
HumanEvents.com - 11.05.07
Ward Connerly, founder and chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute (ACRI), has been riding the wave of his successful 2006 Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which banned racial preferences in public universities and government hiring and contracting in that state. He will be looking to give voters in five more states the opportunity on Election Day 2008 to ban racial preferences. After the decisive 58-42% win in Michigan, Connerly and his supporters have every reason to believe that public opinion is strongly on their side.
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Ward Connerly, founder and chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute (ACRI), has been riding the wave of his successful 2006 Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which banned racial preferences in public universities and government hiring and contracting in that state. He will be looking to give voters in five more states the opportunity on Election Day 2008 to ban racial preferences. After the decisive 58-42% win in Michigan, Connerly and his supporters have every reason to believe that public opinion is strongly on their side.
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Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2007
Tribes take Klamath dams woes to Buffett HQ
Dressed in traditional regalia, with woven baskets on their heads and earthy symbols of renewal in hand, about 20 Native Americans chanted, danced and prayed in a circle. They surrounded Karuk tribe member Kathy McCovey, a medicine woman, sitting next to a fire burning angelica root, her eyes closed, meditating. Their shell-encased skirts made the sound of water.
The Klamath River Basin coalition -- a group of Native Americans, commercial fisherman and conservationists -- had arrived in Omaha Thursday, May 3, for a salmon cookoff at Heartland of America Park. The next day at the same spot under the Interstate 480 bridge, the natives demonstrated the aforementioned "brush ceremony," an ancient, healing ritual.
Building Beds for Lakota Tribe
The Connection Newspapers - 10.05.07
Sports teaches teamwork, but the boys on the SYA Mazda Mets travel baseball team are also learning caring and compassion.
A year ago, they collected backpacks full of school supplies for elementary-school children on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Pine Ridge, S.D. And last month, they gave up their spring break, flew to South Dakota and built the children some beds.
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Sports teaches teamwork, but the boys on the SYA Mazda Mets travel baseball team are also learning caring and compassion.
A year ago, they collected backpacks full of school supplies for elementary-school children on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Pine Ridge, S.D. And last month, they gave up their spring break, flew to South Dakota and built the children some beds.
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Artifacts pit American Indians against museums
Orlando Sentinel -10.05.07
It was a hot and arid day in Pecos, N.M., when the elders and leaders of the Jemez Pueblo tribe welcomed an outsider into the fold: archaeologist William Whatley.
Wearing colorful headbands, the old men sat down on the ground with Whatley. Then they began drawing images in the dust -- images of bones, masks and pottery that were missing or had been looted from the tribe. The elders implored Whatley to use his scientific knowledge to find the objects and help return them to the tribe. Not an easy task.
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It was a hot and arid day in Pecos, N.M., when the elders and leaders of the Jemez Pueblo tribe welcomed an outsider into the fold: archaeologist William Whatley.
Wearing colorful headbands, the old men sat down on the ground with Whatley. Then they began drawing images in the dust -- images of bones, masks and pottery that were missing or had been looted from the tribe. The elders implored Whatley to use his scientific knowledge to find the objects and help return them to the tribe. Not an easy task.
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Native American rights still denied
Detroit Free Press - 10.05.07
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A May 4 letter writer commented that her ancestors followed the "rules." Whose rules? The majority of the "ancestors" refused to acknowledge the citizens who were already calling this continent home for tens of thousands of years.
The European white man and all the others like him are guilty of stealing this continent from the original citizens. The original natives still don't have all the rights we are due and owed due to broken treaties.
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Group sues NovaStar for alleged discriminatory lending
Kansas City Business Journal - 10.05.07
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition filed a lawsuit against NovaStar Financial Inc. on Wednesday, alleging that the company has discriminatory lending practices.
The civil rights lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, also names NovaStar Mortgage Inc., a subsidiary of Kansas City-based NovaStar Financial (NYSE: NFI), as a defendant. The plaintiffs claim NovaStar violated the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
"NovaStar intentionally structured its underwriting to exclude Native American tribal communities, persons with disabilities and row house neighborhoods where African Americans and Latinos reside," NCRC President John Taylor said in a release.
Buchkritik: Indianersohn unter Verdacht
Berliner Zeitung - 10.05.07
Vom Leben der Indianer bekommt man hierzulande schon als Kind eine feste Vorstellung - mit Tipi, Federschmuck und Traumfänger zum Aufhängen. Die Autorin Antje Babendererde, 1963 in Jena geboren, arbeitet mit ihren Büchern schon seit mehr als zehn Jahren daran, dass sich wenigstens bei größeren Kindern diese Vorstellung der Realität annähert. Sie schreibt von den amerikanischen Ureinwohnern in den Reservaten, von jungen Leuten, die aus der Tradition ausbrechen wollen und sich dennoch verantwortlich fühlen für ihr Volk. Welche Wirkung manche ihrer Legenden bis heute haben, davon erzählt Babendererdes neuestes Buch: "Zweiherz". Bei den Navajo-Indianern gilt der Kojote Zweiherz - ein Geschöpf halb Tier, halb Mensch - als der ewige Unruhestifter unter den Menschen. Der scheint nun also auch zwischen Kaye und Will zu spuken.
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Vom Leben der Indianer bekommt man hierzulande schon als Kind eine feste Vorstellung - mit Tipi, Federschmuck und Traumfänger zum Aufhängen. Die Autorin Antje Babendererde, 1963 in Jena geboren, arbeitet mit ihren Büchern schon seit mehr als zehn Jahren daran, dass sich wenigstens bei größeren Kindern diese Vorstellung der Realität annähert. Sie schreibt von den amerikanischen Ureinwohnern in den Reservaten, von jungen Leuten, die aus der Tradition ausbrechen wollen und sich dennoch verantwortlich fühlen für ihr Volk. Welche Wirkung manche ihrer Legenden bis heute haben, davon erzählt Babendererdes neuestes Buch: "Zweiherz". Bei den Navajo-Indianern gilt der Kojote Zweiherz - ein Geschöpf halb Tier, halb Mensch - als der ewige Unruhestifter unter den Menschen. Der scheint nun also auch zwischen Kaye und Will zu spuken.
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Mittwoch, 9. Mai 2007
House Approves Federal Recognition for Virginia Tribes
The News Leader - 09.05.07
WASHINGTON, D.C. – By a voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation (H.R. 1294), authored by Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), to grant the Virginia tribes recognition from the U.S. federal government.
This is the first time the Virginia tribes’ recognition bill (H.R. 1294) has passed either the House or Senate. It is also the 1st time in over two decades the House has voted on granting a Native American tribe sovereign status.
Historical society hosts Native American Tribute
Gladwin County Record - 09.05.07
GLADWIN -- A blanket trade spear throwing and archery are just a few activities available at a Tribute to Native Americans May 19 and 20.
The Gladwin County Historical Society opens its 2007 season with the tribute, which features the Saginaw Chippewa Indians.
The tribute is from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the historical society.
Free programs for adults and children are part of the festivities, including native stories for children, the history of the fur trade and a blanket trade.
The blanket trade offers children a chance to barter with their treasures. A blanket is placed on the ground, and children sit around it.
Local Natives offended by Shrine circus performance
Calgary Sun - 09.05.07
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The time when it was alright to ridicule and mock Native American culture is long gone, said Calgary-area Natives offended by an act at this year’s edition of the Shrine Circus.
Vital’s Crossbows, an act consisting of a precision archer and his assistant dressed in ceremonial feather headdress, tapping their mouths and clowning about in front of the crowd to spaghetti western-style Indian music hurt the youths Jason EagleSpeaker had taken to the show and left elders fighting back tears, the Crowfoot Nation member told the Sun.
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Indian Education Program student's cultural bridge
Oregon Live - 09.05.07
Coyote, turtle, crane. Stories of these animals, found in nearly all American Indian/Native Alaskan cultures, are passed down through the generations. Programs based on native legends and culture are guiding about 1,000 Indian students in Northwest Oregon schools to academic success and graduation, said Ruth Jensen, manager of the Indian Education Program at Northwest Regional Education Service District, 5825 NE Ray Circle.
"Our challenges include dropout prevention via credit recovery," said Jensen, a member of the Tlingit tribe, of Ketchikan, Alaska. "Our goal is to provide culturally-related support so American Indian and Alaska native students can succeed academically. We focus on the strength of the family."
Classic Book About America’s Indians Gains a Few Flourishes as a Film
The New York Times - 09.05.07
LOS ANGELES, May 8 — When the historian Dee Brown published “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” in 1971, it became an instant sensation. In an age of rebellion, this nonfiction book told the epic tale of the displacement and decline of the American Indian not from the perspective of the winners, but from that of the Indians.
But the fact that Mr. Brown’s work has been translated into 17 languages and has sold five million copies around the world was not enough to convince HBO that a film version would draw a sizable mainstream audience. When the channel broadcasts its two-hour adaptation of the book, beginning Memorial Day weekend, at its center will be a new character: a man who was part Sioux, was educated at an Ivy League college and married a white woman.
Columbus critics slam Dems, Ritter
Denver Post - 09.05.06
American Indian groups accused Gov. Bill Ritter and Democratic legislative leaders Tuesday of political cowardice for denying their request to eliminate the Columbus Day holiday in Colorado in the just-ended session.
Representatives of the American Indian Movement of Colorado gathered on the state Capitol steps to express their disappointment with Democrats, who took control of the legislature and governor's office this year for the first time in nearly half a century.
With that leadership change, they said, they hoped to finally get the controversial holiday knocked off Colorado's books.
"We believed it was the perfect opportunity to break from the past," Kim Cameron said.
Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007
Future of rez technology looking good
Gallup Independent - 08.05.07
WINDOW ROCK — Navajo Nation Delegate Leonard Tsosie has high hopes for the future of technology on the reservation and in rural areas across the state.
"Just think if Navajo, Anglo and Hispanic children who live in rural areas of the state had wireless laptops, how much better they would do in school and in life," he says.
His vision is nothing new.
"When Leonard Tsosie first ran for a New Mexico State Senate seat in the early 1990s he had a plan, a vision and a determination to make a difference in New Mexico tribal communities," Jeanne Whitehorse, the New Mexico tribal librarian at Crownpoint, said.
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WINDOW ROCK — Navajo Nation Delegate Leonard Tsosie has high hopes for the future of technology on the reservation and in rural areas across the state.
"Just think if Navajo, Anglo and Hispanic children who live in rural areas of the state had wireless laptops, how much better they would do in school and in life," he says.
His vision is nothing new.
"When Leonard Tsosie first ran for a New Mexico State Senate seat in the early 1990s he had a plan, a vision and a determination to make a difference in New Mexico tribal communities," Jeanne Whitehorse, the New Mexico tribal librarian at Crownpoint, said.
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Tribal-language teaching struggles
Billings Gazette - 08.05.07
BOZEMAN - Verda King gets excited when she talks about teaching youths in a nearby public school how to speak the Cheyenne language from her office at the Dull Knife Community College.
"This class has done a marvelous job," King said of her 12 students. "We've translated nursery rhymes, like Humpty Dumpty. And it's been fun. We've learned Cheyenne songs, and I'm learning my own language."
She's teaching 12 students in an elementary school in Colstrip by satellite from a tribal college classroom on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeastern Montana.
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BOZEMAN - Verda King gets excited when she talks about teaching youths in a nearby public school how to speak the Cheyenne language from her office at the Dull Knife Community College.
"This class has done a marvelous job," King said of her 12 students. "We've translated nursery rhymes, like Humpty Dumpty. And it's been fun. We've learned Cheyenne songs, and I'm learning my own language."
She's teaching 12 students in an elementary school in Colstrip by satellite from a tribal college classroom on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeastern Montana.
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'Nova' unearths new insight on Pocahontas legend
The Oreginian - 08.05.07
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"The past is not dead. It is not even past."
I never tire of that William Faulkner quote, proved anew in the "Nova" documentary "Pocahontas Revealed," written and produced by Matthew Collins, and produced and directed by Kirk Wolfinger and Lisa Quijano Wolfinger. They use old documents and maps, meticulous re-enactments and insights from historians and archaeologists at work now.
The Pocahontas legend is, by definition, one of America's oldest. She was a key figure in the founding of Jamestown, Va., the first successful British settlement in the New World. The Jamestown fort was built and barely survived starvation, ravaging illness and hostile locals, exactly 400 years ago.
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A special day at Acoma
Gallup Indipendent - 08.05.07
SKY CITY, PUEBLO OF ACOMA — An exchange of gifts was the highlight of a special ceremony Sunday afternoon at the Sky City Cultural Center and Haak'u Museum, as 175 tribal officials, staff and representatives of the National Trust for Historical Preservation cemented a partnership expected to last for decades to come.
On a cold, blustery day, under a 40 feet by 70 feet white tent, Richard Moe, president of the National Trust, presented Pueblo of Acoma Gov. Jason Johnson with a memorial plaque indicating Sky City is now an historical preservation site, which will allow additional funding for preservation of historical artifacts and cultural items. Johnson then presented Moe with a traditional Acoma blanket and an Acoma pot, representing the tribe's pledge to honor its membership in the National Trust. Moe promptly shouldered the blanket saying he was cold, to the excited approval and much applause from those attending the ceremony.
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SKY CITY, PUEBLO OF ACOMA — An exchange of gifts was the highlight of a special ceremony Sunday afternoon at the Sky City Cultural Center and Haak'u Museum, as 175 tribal officials, staff and representatives of the National Trust for Historical Preservation cemented a partnership expected to last for decades to come.
On a cold, blustery day, under a 40 feet by 70 feet white tent, Richard Moe, president of the National Trust, presented Pueblo of Acoma Gov. Jason Johnson with a memorial plaque indicating Sky City is now an historical preservation site, which will allow additional funding for preservation of historical artifacts and cultural items. Johnson then presented Moe with a traditional Acoma blanket and an Acoma pot, representing the tribe's pledge to honor its membership in the National Trust. Moe promptly shouldered the blanket saying he was cold, to the excited approval and much applause from those attending the ceremony.
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Jamestown-Jubiläum: Indianer werden übergangen
n-tv - 08.05.06
Die Vereinigten Staaten gedenken in diesen Tagen mit Pomp und Prominenz der Gründung von Jamestown in Virginia vor 400 Jahren. Auch Virginias Indianer erinnern sich - allerdings an wenig Gutes.
Während in den Geschichtsbüchern die erste dauerhafte englische Siedlung in Amerika als "Wiege der USA" verewigt ist, verbinden die Ureinwohner des Kontinents mit ihr eher den Anfang vom Ende ihrer Jahrtausende alten Art zu leben. "Eine ganze Nation wurde ausgelöscht", sagt der Häuptling des Chickahominy-Stammes, Stephen Adkins. "Eine Nation, die Freundschaft schließen wollte mit den Fremden, und die dann durch die Hand derselben Fremden starb."
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Die Vereinigten Staaten gedenken in diesen Tagen mit Pomp und Prominenz der Gründung von Jamestown in Virginia vor 400 Jahren. Auch Virginias Indianer erinnern sich - allerdings an wenig Gutes.
Während in den Geschichtsbüchern die erste dauerhafte englische Siedlung in Amerika als "Wiege der USA" verewigt ist, verbinden die Ureinwohner des Kontinents mit ihr eher den Anfang vom Ende ihrer Jahrtausende alten Art zu leben. "Eine ganze Nation wurde ausgelöscht", sagt der Häuptling des Chickahominy-Stammes, Stephen Adkins. "Eine Nation, die Freundschaft schließen wollte mit den Fremden, und die dann durch die Hand derselben Fremden starb."
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Die Hardrock-Indianer
rbbonline - 08.05.07 - 10:08
Amerikas Ureinwohner, die Indianer, nehmen wir hier in Europa heute im Wesentlichen als verarmte und alkoholkranke Minderheit wahr. Doch es gibt noch eine andere Realität: Einige Stämme mischen gar im Big Business der Vereinigten Staaten mit, nutzen clever Gesetzeslücken und erwirtschaften das große Geld mit Spielkasinos in ihren Reservaten.
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Amerikas Ureinwohner, die Indianer, nehmen wir hier in Europa heute im Wesentlichen als verarmte und alkoholkranke Minderheit wahr. Doch es gibt noch eine andere Realität: Einige Stämme mischen gar im Big Business der Vereinigten Staaten mit, nutzen clever Gesetzeslücken und erwirtschaften das große Geld mit Spielkasinos in ihren Reservaten.
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American Indian women help train Macedonian border guards
People's Daily Online - 08.05.07 - 10:06
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Three American Indian women officers launched on Monday a training course for Macedonian border guards to help them fight illegal movements in border areas, news reaching here from Skopje reported.
The training is being carried out by the members of "Shadow Wolves," an elite unit of Native American trackers who are attached to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Makfax, Macedonia's independent news agency, said.
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Montag, 7. Mai 2007
Native American fishing practises not 'unethical'
New Scientis / 07.05.07 / 10:00
The start of the fishing season across North America is often marked by another springtime ritual: grumbling by sport fishers over the special fishing rights of Native Americans. Complaints that this leads to fish populations being harmed by "unethical" practices may be unfounded, however. The two groups' values turn out to be closer than most sport fishers realise.
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The start of the fishing season across North America is often marked by another springtime ritual: grumbling by sport fishers over the special fishing rights of Native Americans. Complaints that this leads to fish populations being harmed by "unethical" practices may be unfounded, however. The two groups' values turn out to be closer than most sport fishers realise.
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Gesamtausgabe der „Geschichte des amerikanischen Volkes“ von Howard Zinn endlich in deutscher Sprache
Openpr.de /07.05.07/14:59
Der populäre amerikanische Historiker Howard Zinn betrat mit seiner „People’s History“ Neuland in der Geschichtsschreibung der Vereinigten Staaten. Howard Zinn setzt der traditionellen, von Kriegs- und Heldengeschichten geprägten Geschichtsschreibung bewusst seine Geschichte des amerikanischen Volkes entgegen. Deren Protagonisten sind die Indianer, die Schwarzen, die Frauen, die Einwanderer – kurz: die Unterdrückten und Benachteiligten der Geschichte.
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Der populäre amerikanische Historiker Howard Zinn betrat mit seiner „People’s History“ Neuland in der Geschichtsschreibung der Vereinigten Staaten. Howard Zinn setzt der traditionellen, von Kriegs- und Heldengeschichten geprägten Geschichtsschreibung bewusst seine Geschichte des amerikanischen Volkes entgegen. Deren Protagonisten sind die Indianer, die Schwarzen, die Frauen, die Einwanderer – kurz: die Unterdrückten und Benachteiligten der Geschichte.
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News Wired: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Opens “Origins in Tradition” Exhibit Showcasing Works by Tammy Garcia
07.05.07 - 08:25
TAOS, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tammy Garcia, innovative Native American artist, will exhibit four monumental bronze sculptures at the “Origins in Tradition” exhibit, opening May 20, 2007 at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, NM. The exhibit features six large-scale sculptural works by two pueblo women.
“Tammy’s well-known original pottery works were truly experimental yet steeped in the traditional artistic style of the pueblo where she grew up,” said museum director Shelby Tisdale. “Her more recent work in bronze and glass provide other mediums that redefine the boundaries and we are extremely excited to have her beautiful bronze sculptures on exhibition for the next 11 months.”
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Int. Herald Tribune: American Indian desert trackers to help Macedonian border police
07.05.2007 - 08:00
SKOPJE, Macedonia: An elite group of American Indian drug trackers employed as U.S. federal agents have arrived in Macedonia to help local police crack down on smuggling in the rugged Balkan country.
The U.S. Embassy in Macedonia on Monday announced three female officers from the specialized unit known as the Shadow Wolves would help train Macedonian border police in tracking techniques.
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KTRE-TV: Native American Stick Ball (Video)
05/05/07 - Nacogdoches
by Josh Ault
by Josh Ault
The Woodland Indians of Southwest America created a unique sport called Stick Ball. Today at the Native American Student Affairs Pow-Wow the game was played. Krista Kleinman, President of the Native American Student Association, said, "this is the first time our tribe has participated in a stick ball exhibition."
Presseportal: Jamestown
27.04.2007/09:55 Uhr
Jamestown: Wie Regenwürmer, Schweine und Tabakpflanzen das Schicksal der Indianer besiegelten. Vor 400 Jahren begann die Kolonialisierung Nordamerikas- mit der Einführung von Mikroorganismen und Insekten.
Jamestown: Wie Regenwürmer, Schweine und Tabakpflanzen das Schicksal der Indianer besiegelten. Vor 400 Jahren begann die Kolonialisierung Nordamerikas- mit der Einführung von Mikroorganismen und Insekten.
Hamburg (ots) - Vor 400 Jahren begannen die Engländer die Ostküste der USA zu besiedeln. Neueste Forschungen weisen nach, dass die von den Siedlern mitgeführten Insekten, Pflanzen und Mikroorganismen für den Erfolg der Kolonialisierung entscheidend waren. Lebewesen, die bis zur Ankunft der Europäer nicht in Nordamerika existiert hatten, veränderten die Landschaft des Kontinents erheblich. So wurden die Indianer geschwächt - was für die Siedler die Landnahme erleichterte. Das berichtet NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DEUTSCHLAND in der Titelgeschichte der Mai-Ausgabe (EVT 27.4.2007).
Kölnische Rundschau: Weise Indianer
Sein Name verrät indianische Abstammung: De May. Aber schon beim Vornamen wird es dann klassisch europäisch: Christian. Die Kombination seines Stammbaumes erleichtert es ihm, ein spezielles Trainings- und Entspannungsprogramm authentisch zu gestalten.
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