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Resolutions, Experiments for a New Year

Mark Trahant | Posted 01.04.2010 | Technology

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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Beyond Health Care Reform: Write a Check for Indian Health

Mark Trahant | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Race-Talk, American Indians, Health Care Reform, Native Americans, Indian Country, Health Care, Indian Health Service, Politics News
Mark Trahant

It's frustrating to watch the politicians who are quick to point out the weaknesses of the Indian Health Service even though they have never proposed adequate funding or the dreaded idea of rationing.

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Horseback Ride for Lights and Human Rights

Eric Klein | Posted 12.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dakota 38 Ride, Mass Execution, Human Rights, Peter Lengkeek, Crow Creek, Native Americans, American Indians, Human Rights Abuses, Can-Do, Dakota, Impact News
Eric Klein

In March of 2008, Peter Lengkeek filmed local electric company employees removing power meters from the Crow Creek reservation during the winter months. He handed me the tapes and asked that I please get the footage to anyone that would listen.

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Indian Country & Health Care Reform

Mark Trahant | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Race-Talk, Native Americans, American Indians, Indian Health Service, Health Care, Politics News
Mark Trahant

Would it make sense for an American Indian or Alaskan Native entrepreneur to buy health insurance for her workers? There would be no requirement. The individual member would still be eligible for Indian Health Service.

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Obama To Native Americans: "You Will Not Be Forgotten"

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans Summit, American Indians, Cherokee Nation, Tribal Leaders, Domestic Policy Council, Native Americans, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Kimberly Teehee, Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Reservations, Indians, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Obama Native Americans, National Congress of American Indians, Dr. Yevette Roubideaux, Barack Obama Campaign Promise, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tr...

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Reconceiving Columbus Day

Jim Thomas | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Casimiro Barela, Legal Holidays, Columbus, Denver Columbus Day Parade, Columbus Day, Native Americans, American Indians, Italian-Americans, The New World, Denver, Denver News
Jim Thomas

Columbus Day can be an Americas day, plural not possessive, and can honor the original peoples of the hemisphere as it reminds us, its current peoples, that we share more than a land mass, we share a future.

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Denver Columbus Day Parade, Long A Source Of Tensions, Still On Despite Hoax

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

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DENVER — A Denver parade in honor of Christopher Columbus is on – despite a phony e-mail that circulated Thursday saying the downtown cele...

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Racism Against Native Americans Must Be Addressed

Tim Giago | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: American Indians, George Will, Native Americans, Pechanga, Raina Kelley, Native Times, Huffington Post, Willaim Safire, Racial Profiling, Newsweek, African Americans, Home News
Tim Giago

Less known in most of America, but well known to Native Americans, is the covert racism that afflicts those Americans with "red skin" as opposed to black.

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Small Successes Come Hard in Battle Against Mascots

Tim Giago | Posted 06.17.2009 | Home

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Tim Giago

Our motto has always been and will continue to be, "We are human beings and not mascots for America's fun and games."

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Listen to We, the People, Not They, the Obstructionists

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yemen, Economic Stimulus Package, American Indians, Scott Mcclellan, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Cnn, Saudi Arabia, Budget, Tony Snow, Neoconservatives, Geroge W. Bush, Media, Al Queda, Robert Gibbs, Stimulus Package, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

Republicans and their war bankrupted us and put us in harm's way. Now those same Republicans are helping Rush Limbaugh get his wish by making Obama and America fail.

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Stimulus: American Indians Could Reap $3 Billion

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus, Stimulus Native Americans, Stimulus American Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Obama Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Vote, Stimulus Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON — American Indians stand to gain almost $3 billion as part of the economic stimulus moving through Congress, money that could help so...

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An Open Letter to George W. Bush

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Mccain Abramoff, George Bush, Pardons, John McCain, Jack Abramoff, American Indians, Criminal Activity, Crime, Native Americans, Mccain Jack Abramoff, McCain Abramoff, Pulitzer Prize, Abramoff, Presidential Pardons, Abramoff Scandal, Jack Abramoff Scandal, Bush Pardons, George Bush Pardons, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

After conducting an investigation, I concluded that Jack Abramoff did not defraud his tribal clients, did not bribe any elected or appointed federal officials, and did not corrupt the political process.

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A Journey to Heal and Forgive

Tim Giago | Posted 02.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Indian Boarding Schools, Catholics, Catholic Church, Exposes, Kevin Gover, American Indians, Catholicism, Books, Secretary of the Interior, Native Americans, Catholic, Indian Mission Boarding Schools, Religion, Living News
Tim Giago

I urge every Native American that has ever felt the repercussions of the boarding school experience to go to info@whitebison.org and find out about the CD, The Road to Wellbriety.

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Why Are There So Many Memorable TV Episodes About Thanksgiving?

Etan Bednarsh | Posted 12.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bob Newhart, Television, American Indians, Family Stress Thanksgiving, Friends, Cheers, Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Traditions, Thanksgiving Commentary, Entertainment News
Etan Bednarsh

The first Thanksgiving was an amalgam of individuals and groups fused through a manufactured sense of community, with people thrust, tentatively, into foreign roles.

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Greening Hollywood: Water Unifies For Running Dry

Paige Donner | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Global Water Crisis, American Indians, Africa, Running Dry, American States Water Company, Tapped Out, Drip Irrigation, Jim Thebaut, Urban Water Research Institute, Low-Tillage Techniques, Water Conservation, Water Crisis, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Ocean Council, Peace Corps, Usgs, American Southwest Running Dry, Jane Seymour, California Gubernatorial Candidate 2010, Go Green, Haley and Aldrich, Water Cisterns, Environmental Hero, Senator Paul Simon, Lt. Governor John Garamendi, Green Vote, University California Irvine, Makar, Erm, Waterunifies, Green News
Paige Donner

University of California, Irvine's Urban Water Research Center hosted an evening in September at the St. Regis Monarch Resort in Dana Point that broug...

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Navajo Nation Takes The Plunge

Tim Giago | Posted 06.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Navajo Nation, Gambling, American Indians, Navajo, New Mexico, Fire Rock Casino Opening, Navajo Casinos, Indian Casinos, Arizona, Fire Rock Casino Profit Projection, Casino, Joe Shirley Jr., Living News
Tim Giago

The once-reluctant Navajo Nation is finally joining the ranks of the other 225 tribes in America and will open their first casino in October. They project an income of $32 million in the first year.

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