SOURCE: Press Release
Indian Trust.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. Thomas N. Slonaker, the senior official entrusted by Congress with overseeing reform of the Individual Indian Monies (IIM) trust, told a federal judge today that two Interior Department Secretaries and their top aides filed misleading reports with the court and did virtually nothing in the past two years to comply with orders from Congress and the judge to provide Indian trust beneficiaries with an accounting of their money.
When a filmmaker’s directorial debut is as noteworthy and successful as Chris Eyre’s 1998 award-winning Smoke Signals, it raises a high level of expectation for his next project as well as some trepidation.
Source: Quinault Oral Legend
A long time ago, in a certain village there lived a young girl who had a dog of which she was very fond. She took the dog with her wherever she went; and at night, as was a common custom at that time with young girls, the dog slept at the foot of her bed.
Every night he would change into human form and lie with the girl, and in the morning, before it was light, would turn back again into his dog shape: so no one knew anything about it.
In the way of the Crow, storytellers have passed down the traditions and history of the people word by word, from one generation to the next, since the beginnings of the tribe.
Words of Chief Teedyuscung “Good and evil cannot dwell together in the same heart, so a good man ought not to go into evil company.” “When you begin a great work you can’t expect to finish it all at once; therefore do you and your brothers press on and let nothing discourage you till you […]
James Mooney, an ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology, was sent to investigate the Ghost Dance movement in 1891. He obtained a copy of Wovoka’s message from a Cheyenne named Black Short Nose, who had been part of a joint Cheyenne-Arapaho delegation that visited Wovoka in Nevada in August 1891. This became known as the Messiah Letter.
SOURCE: Victor Rocha Just a reminder that ABC/DISNEY is still looking for Native Actors for their showcase. So far both Fox and ABC are setting up showcases. From what I hear at SAG, the other networks are following along. This is a wonderful opportunity to develop a data base for Native Actors. So if you […]
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Representative Tom Udall, D-N.M., a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, applauded President Bush for signing legislation into law that incorporates his effort to extend a direct housing loan pilot project for Native American veterans.
WHEN:February 9, 2002
WHERE: University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Keynote Speaker: Lyle Marshall, Chairman, Hoopa Valley Tribe
AUTHOR: Smithsonian Institution Press Release This article presents an overview of the National Museum of the American Indian. Reflections of Victory L/eBuy This Art Print At AllPosters.comFind out how you can use this image for FREE. MISSION STATEMENT The National Museum of the American Indian is an institution of living cultures dedicated to the preservation, […]
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.”
This story explains how the Chinook Indians were created.
This story explains how the Chinook Indians were created.
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