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

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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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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Columbus: Blundering into Immortality

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: History, Gold, Columbus, Indians, America, Genocide, New World, Taino People, Christopher Columbus, Spice Islands, Native Americans, Discovery of America, World News
Michael Kaplan

It is as well that Christopher Columbus was so sure of himself, because he was in many respects staggeringly incompetent. The very basis of his journey to the New World was a miscalculation.

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They Could Not Kill the Spirituality of the Lakota

Tim Giago | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Chief Little Wound, Lakota Religion, Native Americans, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indians, South Dakota, World News
Tim Giago

The spirituality of the Lakota nearly died after a summer night in 1939, pushed to a waiting grave by the Christian ministers urging the federal government to end the Sundance and other Lakota rituals.

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Protests Over Amazon Escalate In Peru

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

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BAGUA, Peru — President Alan Garcia accused Amazon Indians of "barbarity" Sunday in the killing of 22 members of a paramilitary police force sen...

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It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent

Tim Giago | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, Indian Reservations, Independents, Democrats, Indians, 2010 Elections, Republicans, Indian, Politics News
Tim Giago

The advantages of becoming an Independent are many and the detractions few. It is something I encourage all Native American voters to look into, to thoroughly research, and to openly consider.

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Who's Afraid of Dr. Sanjay Gupta?

Sandip Roy | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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Sandip Roy

It's exciting to see someone who comes from your stock make it big. But another neurosurgeon-makes-good story is going to make the rest of us look even more like underachievers.

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