American Indians

The Native American Mascot: Tribute or Stereotype?

Sam Sommers | Posted 05.28.2012

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Sam Sommers

For many people the debate comes down to one question: tribute or stereotype? But there's also another, arguably more compelling way to answer this question: look to the data.

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Elizabeth Warren: Record of American Indian Heritage Was Destroyed in 1906

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren, Dawes Rolls, American Indians, Senate 2012, Elizabeth Warren 2012, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

My own heritage is a concrete example of what bigotry in hand with indifference to justice can do to a family history.

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Trayvon Martin, Draftee

Stephen Herrington | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: American Indians, Intolerance, Armenian Genocide, Race, Bigotry, Trayvon Martin, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

I mourn for Trayvon. I mourn for Tulsa. I mourn for a hundred years of lynching. I mourn for three centuries of slavery as I mourn for Wounded Knee and the Trail of Tears.

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American Indian Tribe Given Permit To Kill 2 Bald Eagles

AP | BEN NEARY | Posted 05.13.2012

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the unusual step of issuing a permit allowing an American Indian tribe to kill tw...

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Inspiring a New Generation of Native Americans

Tim Giago | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Native Americans, Indian Reservations, American Indians, South Dakota, Media News
Tim Giago

In South Dakota where the total population of Native Americans is about 12 percent, there is not now, nor has there ever been, a Native American appointed to the position of state or federal judge.

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Costner Sculpture Dispute Heads To SD High Court

AP | Posted 04.25.2012

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RAPID CITY, S.D. — The South Dakota Supreme Court will hear a case involving Hollywood actor Kevin Costner and some bronze sculptures of bison a...

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The Law of Compassion Versus the Law of the Land: The Custody Case of Veronica Capobianco

Alice Cablayan | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Veronica Capobianco, Anderson Cooper 360, Spirtual, American Indians, Child Custody, Divorce, Indian Child Welfare Act, Culture News
Alice Cablayan

Feelings of disappointment welled up within me as I shook my head in disagreement over the South Carolina Family Court's decision of ruling in favor of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. Who was I to disagree with a judge, a law and the Cherokee Nation?

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Tribe Asks Judge To Intervene In Alcohol Dispute

AP | GRANT SCHULTE | Posted 04.23.2012

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Leaders of a South Dakota American Indian tribe who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to ...

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American Indian Resistance Exhibition Comes To Arizona

AP | By FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: White Mountain Apache Tribe, Apache, American Indians, Dustinn Craig, Geronimo, Native Americans, Arizona, Apache Warrior, Arts News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The story of a legendary Apache warrior who is said to have walked without leaving footprints as he evaded thousands of Mexican an...

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Slamming the Door on the Government Thieves

Tim Giago | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: American Indians, Elouise Cobell, Cobell Settlement, Politics News
Tim Giago

What started out as a lawsuit that would address all of the land, oil, timber, money, grazing and other resources ripped off from the Indian people and the tribes for all of these years was pared down for expediency and rolled into the pitiful settlement that eventually evolved.

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Indian Givers

Jay Tavare | Posted 02.27.2012

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Jay Tavare

Twenty-five people from different backgrounds, cultures and nations, made a commitment to come together for a single purpose -- to help the Navajo Elders and to learn from each other

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Better Late Than Never: A Conversation With Buffy Sainte-Marie

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Joe Cocker, John Trudell, Navajo Nation, American Indians, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jennifer Warnes, Cree, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"I found out a couple years ago that I'm actually dyslexic in music ... it does explain why I can write for an orchestra but then I can't read it back the next day. It's like trying to write with my left hand. It can be done but it doesn't make any sense for me."

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The Truth About Thanksgiving: What They Never Taught You in School

Richard Schiffman | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: American Indians, Plymouth, Rush Limbaugh, American History, Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Native Americans, Thanksgiving Commentary, History, European Expansion, Genocide, Politics News
Richard Schiffman

The real story of the first Thanksgiving is neither as simple nor as consoling as the pared down account we learned in history class would suggest.

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Forever 21 Sells Faux Native American Items in Their Columbus Day Sale

Rachel Kane | Posted 12.10.2011

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Rachel Kane

Maybe they coulda done a once-over, you know, just to make sure no styles influenced by the people directly negatively affected by the reason for the sale were included IN THE SALE.

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Happy (or Not so Happy) Columbus Day to us All!

Alison Owings | Posted 12.03.2011

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Alison Owings

If there is a single individual in history more disliked by Native Americans than George Armstrong Custer and Andrew Jackson, it is Christopher Columbus.

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Cooperation, Not Conflict, Between Indian Nations and New York State Should Be the Norm

David Kimelberg | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Buffalo, American Indians, Seneca Nation, George Maziarz, Native Americans, Indians, New York, Senate, Nephew, New York News
David Kimelberg

For too long, New York State's leaders made decisions that impacted the Seneca and other native peoples without having an adequate understanding of our history, our culture, and our sovereign and treaty rights.

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Small Stories

Gyasi Ross | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: American Indian Stories, Native American Voices, Native Americans, Native American Stories, American Indians, Culture News
Gyasi Ross

The small stories in Don't Know Much About Indians (but i wrote a book about us anways) are not Indian epics -- these stories are honest.

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Tribes Say Sewage Into Snow A No Go

Posted 10.30.2011

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Members of two Native American tribes are objecting to an Arizona ski resort's plan to use sewage to create artificial snow because the spraying of wa...

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Obama Campaign Makes Moves To Repeat 2008 Phenomenon In 2012

AP | By KEN THOMAS | Posted 10.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's presidential campaign launched a new voter registration and grassroots organizing program Thursday aimed at boo...

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Divide and Conquer

Jay Tavare | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Divide and Conquer, Colonialism, American Indians, Ethnicity, Skin Color, Discrimination, Tribalism, Race, Star Trek, Cherokee, Culture, Seminole, Impact News
Jay Tavare

As 2012 approaches and our global village gets smaller and more crowded, we must remind ourselves that underneath the stars we are all one race, one people.

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Aruba: The Beach Is Just the Beginning...

Dwight Brown | Posted 09.19.2011

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Dwight Brown

When you consider the island of Aruba's culture, history, nightlife, restaurants, sports and dramatic desert terrain, alluring beaches are just the opening act.

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The Damaging Three Words of the Declaration of Independence

Alison Owings | Posted 09.01.2011

Read More: Religion and Politics, Declaration of Independence, Independence Day, July 4, 4th of July, Native Americans, American Indians, Thomas Jefferson, Religion News
Alison Owings

While Native Americans celebrate this 4th of July weekend, probably with hotdogs and fireworks, and possibly a powwow, I wonder whether we might all consider what that three word phrase wrought.

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Geronimo

Jay Tavare | Posted 07.06.2011

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Jay Tavare

American Indian heroes, and their names, should not be used without an understanding of who these folks really were and what they still mean to their people.

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The Blackfoot Indians in New York City: Historic Photos from the Museum of the City of New York

Lacy Schutz | Posted 06.13.2011

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Lacy Schutz

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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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