2002 Archives

Indigenous Political Prisoner, Leonard Peltier, has organized his annual gift drive for the children of the Pine Ridge Lakota Nation in South Dakota. This is one way Leonard continues his humanitarian work for his people despite his incarceration.

Help Leonard Peltier reach out beyond the bars that imprison him.

The Navajo police lieutenant from 14 Tony Hillerman novels has been altered for television. But his creator is pleased with what he sees.

On this Veteran’s Day, as we prepare to embark on yet another war, it’s
becoming increasingly clear that the aging right-wingers of yore are
determined to leave a legacy of “Dominance” to their descendants and the
world. It behooves us, we aging left-wingers, to answer their “Clarion Call”
with a call to leave a legacy of our own.

Spirit is a touching movie I had to go and see four times. This is the story of the Wild West as told from the heart of a mustang stallion during the encroachment of the Euro-Caucasians in the natural world west of the Mississippi.

Please, could you thank Shannon Yellow Horse from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota for the beautiful bone choker that she made?

Spirits are being awakened for the first time in 60 years.

I can see it in the faces of those around me, Blackfoot Indians from both sides of the border, gathering on Canada Day at a ranch in northern Montana to celebrate the return of a vital link to their past.

KEYWORDS: Windtalkers American Indian movies Indian sterotypes movie reviews movie review Native-themed movie war movie AUTHOR: Rob Schmidt, Blue Corn Comics “Windtalkers” is arguably the biggest Native-themed movie since “Smoke Signals,” which was arguably the biggest since “Pocahontas.” But critics are saying it’s something of a bomb–and they don’t mean “da bomb.” Comments from some […]

Do not accuse MGM of taking advantage of the current war climate to market
this film. The original release date was supposed to be June 29, 2001. The
surviving codetalkers are not getting any younger, and if the general
public is going to hear about them, it is past time.

KEYWORDS: Gathering of Eagles Custer SD South Dakota peace retreat prayer vigil American Indian spirituality Canyon Calm vision of Lakota leader Black Elk Black Hills religions and spiritual beliefs sacred fire terrorism in America talking-stick circles purification lodges music storytelling traditional singing dancing AUTHOR: Lynn Taylor Rick, Staff Writer, Rapid City Journal At perhaps no […]

KEYWORDS: reading education conference U.S. Department of Education’s Reading First Initiative successful readers five critical areas of reading instruction American Indian and Alaska Native students SOURCE: Alliance for Education and Community Development, Inc. Press Release To be held at: The Westin at Horton Plaza 910 Broadway Circle San Diego, CA 92101 Phone (800) WESTIN-1 AUGUST […]

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs granted final recognition this afternoon to a single Eastern Pequot tribe, effectively telling two rival factions of Indians to work together if they want to open a casino in southeastern Connecticut.

ROSEBUD — The Lakota Studies staff at Sinte Gleska University has been
reviving a lost art as they host a Tipi Making Project on the Rosebud Indian
Reservation.

Keywords: Leonard Peltier AIM NYM american indian activists native american activist leonard peltier appeal Source: The Associated Press, FARGO, N.D. The Associated Press FARGO, N.D. — American Indian activist Leonard Peltier has appealed a judge’s decision to uphold the two murder sentences imposed on him in 1977. Peltier claimed he never had the chance to […]

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LIMA, Peru (AP) – Explorers have found the extensive ruins of an Inca village, complete with human remains, sprawled spectacularly across a mountain in southern Peru, the expedition leaders said Monday.  The ancient settlement clings to the slopes of a rugged peak in a region of the Andes Mountains where the Incas hid after the […]