New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known.Continue to Poop fossil proves human habitation in North America 14,340 years ago →
The Iroquois Indian Museum will present “Baseball’s Leagueof Nations: A Tribute to Native American Baseball Players,” opening in April and running through December 2008. An opening reception and benefit party for the museum will be held April5 from 3 –…
AUTHOR: Connie Cone Sexton Will feds pick ‘Piestewa Peak’?Board to vote on idea as 5-year wait ends. It’s not too late to voice your opinion, but time is running out. Five years after the issue set off a political storm…
Decades of experience accompanied the first Powwow Idol contest winners. Yet, they have been performing together less than a year. Standing Horse, a Rapid City-based group, came out on top in a seven-month national online contest involving drum groups from…
Another Internet Myth about Melungeons and Native Americans that needs to be addressed is that Melungeons are all afflicted by Sarcoidosis. This is simply not true.
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A new genetic study suggests that all american indians can trace their lineage to one of just six mothers. AUTHOR: Malcolm Ritter Six women mothers of native americans Nearly all of today’s Native Americans in North, Central andSouth America can…
Joshua International has given a casting call for a feature film to be shot in 2008. This period piece is set in Tennessee and North Carolina in the mid to late 1700’s, the beginning of the Cherokee removal. This screenplay…
QUESTION:
My family is descended from the Algonquin's. If I were to try to get in touch with a member of the tribe to learn more about where my family comes from how would I go about it?
~Submitted by Grace K.
ANSWER:
Hi Grace,
Tribes don't usually offer any genealogy services, at least none that I am aware of. The tribe will not be able to "look you up" and see if you are a descendent of theirs. You will need to do this work yourself or hire a professional genealogist to do the work for you, which is not usually cheap.
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NIEA Job Description: Project Coordinator Deadline- *EXTENDED* March 10, 2008 The National Indian Education Association is seeking resumes from highly motivated individuals to work on a full time basis as Project Coordinator that will coordinate and facilitate a new organizational…
QUESTION: Greetings ~ I am interested in learning about the nation(s) that inhabited a particular area – specifically what is now known as the counties of Leavenworth and Jefferson in the NE corner of the state of Kansas (map: ).…
Order native american bank checks for about 50% of what banks will charge you. Click on a link for bigger pictures and more information about that design.Continue to Native American themed checks →
AUTHOR: Jonny BearCub NativeEnergy is searching for innovative photographs and images of renewable “Energy in Action” to promote clean and renewable energy sources. NativeEnergy is sponsoring a photography competition for Native students attending a tribal college in the United States.…
Independant Aboriginal films from around the world are being hosted on a new Canadian website. Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk and his co-producer Norman Cohn grabbedworldwide attention for their film Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) when it wona medal at the 2001…
Reg Seeton Filmmakers take note; if you’re looking for an actor to hold up yourWestern, call Steve Zahn. With that out of the way, the long awaitedprequel to the popular Lonesome Dove books-turned-mini-series debuted onCBS on Sunday, January 13. After…
It's been nearly 20 years since Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones introduced television viewers to the charismatic Texas Rangers Augustus "Gus" McCrae and Woodrow F. Call.
Based on the characters featured in the Larry McMurtry novel of the same name, 1989's "Lonesome Dove" set the standard for the TV miniseries. His prequel to that classic tale is "Comanche Moon." It promises to spark a similar reaction from viewers when the first of three parts airs Sunday on CBS.
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