American Indian

No Kitchen Required

Jay Tavare | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: No Kitchen Required, American Indian, Cooking Show, Cooking, Intercultural, Food, Native Cooking, Apache, Reality TV, Bbc, New Mexico, BBC America, Reality Show, Entertainment News
Jay Tavare

Three masters of the culinary arts travel to ten exotic locations around the world, meeting the indigenous people of the land. They must hunt and prepare a meal using the traditions of the local people. The catch is, they have no kitchen.

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American Indians See Lessons In Sweat Lodge Trial

AP | By FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Black Hills Sioux Nation, James Arthur Ray, Video, Liz Neuman, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, James Shore, American Indian, Sedona, Kirby Brown, Arizona, South Dakota, Sweat Lodge, Gila River Indian Community, Prescott, Crime News

PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Self-help author James Arthur Ray faced more than a judge at his sentencing last week for a sweat lodge ceremony that left three pe...

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Native American Artifact Dealers Wary After Grave Sites Robbed

AP | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Indian Burial Grounds Looted, Native American Artifacts, Native American Artifact Dealers, Native American Grave Robbing, Native American, Nativer American Culture, American Indian Artifacts, American Indian, American Indian Grave Robbing, Colorado News, Native American Art, Colorado, Denver News

SANTA FE, N.M. -- It's been two years since swarms of federal agents burst into nearly two dozen homes scattered throughout the archeologically rich S...

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Feds: American Indian Tribes Proceed 'Cautiously' With New Crime-Fighting Authority

AP | By FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: TRIBAL LAW and ORDER ACT, Restorative Justice, Native American, Indian Law and Order Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, American Indian, Tribal Land, Indian Country, Crime News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A year after a federal law gave American Indian tribes more authority to combat crime on reservations, few have taken the steps to...

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Honor Your Life

Jay Tavare | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: American Indian, Indian Reservations, Honor Your Life, Addiction, Suicide, Crisis Intervention, Teen, Adolescent, Apache, Mesclero, Impact News
Jay Tavare

The air smelled of smoke from the fires raging in the Southwest, but foremost in my mind was excitement to see my friends and family on the reservation. Whenever I make a trip to the Apache rez, it is their love that always leaves me humbled.

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Adopt a Native Elder: When the Spirit Moves You...

Jay Tavare | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Indian, Volunteer, Elders, Dine', Navajo, Adopt a Native Elder, Arizona, Utah, Rugs, Weavers, Impact News
Jay Tavare

More than 2,500 people from all over the world volunteer their time, expertise and love to raise money for one of the poorest demographics in America.

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Life or Death: Teen Suicide on American Indian Reservations

Jay Tavare | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Apache, Mescalero, Teen Suicide, American Indian, Suicide Prevention, Pine Ridge, Indian Reservations, American Indians, Indian Reservation, Indigenous People, Sacha Baron Cohen, Nadya Suleman, Impact News
Jay Tavare

Traditions, language and spiritual beliefs of so many of the American Indian nations are almost completely extinguished. Is it any wonder that the youth find themselves in an identity crisis?

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Iroquois Lacrosse Team Barred From UK Tournament

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Native Americans, Lacrosse, Iroquois Lacrosse, American Indian, Manchester Tournament, Iroquois Nationals, Iroquois Lacrosse History, World News

NEW YORK — An American Indian lacrosse team will not be allowed entry into England for the world championship of the sport the Iroquois helped i...

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Surrender at the Water Pump at Wind River Indian Reservation

Lisa Jones | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Indian Reservations, Native Americans, American Indian, Native American Culture, American Indians, Native American, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Lisa Jones

The Arapaho have never lived outside the cycles of cause and effect. Nothing has, except perhaps my own culture, whose tech savvy has allowed us to absent ourselves while we mine the place dry.

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A Thorny Question: Should American Indians and Alaska Natives Buy Their Own Health Insurance?

Mark Trahant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathleen Sebelius, Equity, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Indian Country, Politics, Yvette Roubideaux, Racial Equity, American Indian, American Indians, Health, Health Care, Politics News
Mark Trahant

Should American Indians and Alaska Natives eligible for services in the Indian health system buy their own insurance? The first answer ought to be a resounding "no."

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Lands, Sacred Spaces Part of US Human Rights Review

Valerie Taliman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Women's Rights, Indigenous Mining, Environmental Racism, Women, Indian Country, Prisoners, Mining, Prisoner Rights, Racism, Racial Discrimination, Native Americans, American Indian, American Indians, Race, Politics News
Valerie Taliman

The "listening session" held by the U.S. State Department drew more than 100 Native leaders, legal scholars and human rights activists. Testimonies covered rights to self-determination, land, natural resources, sacred sites and religious freedom.

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Sen. Suzanne Williams: Some American Indian Mascots Offensive

Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Indian, Comanche, Arapahoe, Suzanne Williams, Mascots, Denver News

A state lawmaker who is one-quarter Comanche wants high schools with American Indian mascots to get approval from a state board. Sen. Suzanne Willi...

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Resolutions, Experiments for a New Year

Mark Trahant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indian Country, Tulalip Tribe, Indian Health Service, Racial Equity, Fitbit, Native Americans, American Indian, American Indians, Health Care, Technology News
Mark Trahant

At the beginning of this new year I am experimenting, instead of resoluting. (I know, it's not a real word. But it just sounds right.) I'm interested in how technology can play a role in behavior change.

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Health Care: Indian Country Included in a Big Way

Mark Trahant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaskans, Congress, Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Indian Country, Native Americans, American Indian, Health Care, Politics News
Mark Trahant

Indian Country is included in a big way this time around in the health care debate. If either the House or the Senate bill becomes law, there will be a significant boost in resources for the Indian Health system.

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Kevin Willmott's The Only Good Indian Premieres Today at Sundance

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Indian, Wes Studi, Kevin Willmott, Native American, Sundance Film Festival, Winter Fox Frank, Park City Utah, J. Kenneth Campbell, Indian, Salt Lake City Utah, Sundance, Kenneth Campbell, Thomas L. Carmody, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Filmed in various Kansas locations, The Only Good Indian is a revisionist historical drama that covers a period of American history that sadly, over the years, conveniently has been ignored by our culture.

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