Forum examines colonization mythology

Gale Courey Toensing
November 01, 2006
BOSTON – A best-selling narrative history about the first colonists who settled in the Wampanoag homelands provided a springboard for a forum in which crucial questions about writi... Read more

Education leader urges federal preservation of Native languages - National Indian Education Association convention opens in Alaska

Rick St. Germaine
November 01, 2006
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Indian educators have been called upon to unify in a lobbying effort to restore federal legislation that will curb damage to Native language programs... Read more

Dream Catcher Fire Cadet Program trains future firefighters

Jack McNeel
November 01, 2006
ASHLAND, Mont. – A unique class held this year at St... Read more

Blackfeet Studies offers rounded education

Jack McNeel
November 01, 2006
BROWNING, Mont. – Blackfeet Studies is an important part of the curriculum for all students at Blackfeet Community College in Browning... Read more

American Indian Heritage Month to be recognized in Los Angeles

Babette Herrmann
November 01, 2006
LOS ANGELES – When Native people garner recognition on a positive and official level, it’s a milestone, hallmark and something to jot down in the history books... Read more

Alaska Native school wins national recognition 'Ayaprun Elitnaurviat Immersion School preserves Yup’ik language'

Rick St. Germaine
November 01, 2006
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Yup’ik children seemed to float in the air as they gracefully danced to ancient songs, weaving and swaying to a drum song known as Dawa-Dawa... Read more

Tulalip representative brings voice to Olympia

Richard Walker
November 01, 2006
TULALIP, Wash. – John McCoy is a unique voice of influence in Olympia, the capital of Washington state: He is the only Washington Native in the state Legislature... Read more

New Cobell initiative needs tribal feedback

Jerry Reynolds
November 01, 2006
WASHINGTON – A round robin of meetings between the Bush administration, the Interior Department, plaintiffs, tribes and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has produced 11th hou... Read more

Oklahoma Indian candidates prepare for November elections

Brian Daffron
November 01, 2006
ANADARKO, Okla. – From the local level to the highest offices of Congress, candidates are making their preparations for the November midterm elections... Read more

Ruling closes out NIGC

Jerry Reynolds
November 01, 2006
WASHINGTON – A federal court of appeals panel ruled Oct. 20 that the National Indian Gaming Commission has no regulatory authority in Class III gaming... Read more

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