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2001 Native American News Highlights
—Sept 11 ,2001 The World Trade Center and the Pentagon are attacked by terrorists.
— Ward Churchill wrote an essay in September 2001 entitled On the Justice of Roosting Chickens. In it, he argued that the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center were provoked by U.S. foreign policy. He compared the role of financial workers at the World Trade Center in “ongoing genocidal American imperialism” to the role played by Adolf Eichmann in organizing the Holocaust.
From striking beaded clothing to souvenir beaded pincushions, the artistic, cultural, economic and political significance of beadwork in the lives of Iroquois people is explored in a new exhibition, titled “Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life.”
Next time on Earthsongs: Modern Music From Native America, new music from Natay, Howard Lyons, Spirit Nation and our feature artist, Lila Downs.
AUTHOR: Voices From The Circle Announcement
This week, VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE listeners can look forward to our annual Christmas program featuring Bill Miller and his heart felt “Listen To Me.”
Feb. 6th, 2002 will mark the 26th year since Leonard’s arrest. The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee has started a new campaign for Leonard that includes a number of legal actions by Leonard’s legal defense team.
AUTHOR: Hannah AllamPioneer Press The Sweetgrass Road Drum Group drove from Canada to the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul last month for a chance to show other young, Native American women that powwow drumming is no longer just a men’s tradition.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s $900,000 donation is the first of its kind from an Indian tribe.
AUTHOR: Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Press Release Lare Aschenbrenner, the directing attorney of the Alaska office of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), is taking the lead for the plaintiffs in the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council v. Alaska lawsuit. Currently, NARF is representing ten villages, the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council and the Alaska Native Justice Center […]
Hector Barreto, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C., has been scheduled to speak at the 2002 Reservation Economic Summit and American Indian Business Trade Show. The conference, with the theme, “Economic Success in Indian Country: Making It A Reality,” will take place April 29 to May 2 at the Hyatt Regency […]
[Release date TBA] Sherman Alexie served as writer and director of this independent film, The Business of Fancy Dancing, which was shot on digital video. It stars Evan Adams as a gay Spokane poet returning to his reservation for the funeral of a childhood friend. The Sundance Film Festival has announced this film will be […]
The Legendary Richie Havens will appear in Concert on Saturday Night, November 24th at 8 PM, at the historic Provincetown Town Hall on Cape Cod.
Today, I am supporting my son David A. Running Wolf Coffey in his quest for removing the Indian Mascot from Charleston County Schools and seek your support. My name is Billy W. Night Fox Coffey. I am of Shawnee descent, retired U.S. Navy and live in Goose Creek, S.C. with my wife and three children.
Friends,
For your information, the following statement was submitted at the World Conference Against Racism by LPDC Canada on the behalf of Leonard Peltier.
In Solidarity,
LPDC
The committee that has long waged the crusade for Peltier’s freedom is unveiling a restructured organization and strategic campaign.
History confirms the truth of “Man has dominated man to his injury,” Ecclesiates 8:9. A reminder of this kind of suffering came in a speech by the Assisitant Secretary for Indian Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
A Millennium Tribute to The Native Peoples is a cultural and educational photo exhibit created by photographer and writer Kathy Sharp Frisbee.