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.

Artikel lesen

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.

Artikel lesen

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.

Artikel lesen

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.

Artikel lesen

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.

Artikel lesen

Stop Sexual Violence against Indigenous Women

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.

Artikel lesen

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.

Artikel lesen

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.

Artikel lesen