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Hopi Hotel to Showcase Tribe's Culture
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Hopi Indian Tribe, culture, society, interesting, GoodNews )

Kat
- 57 minutes ago - azstarnet.com
MOENKOPI, Ariz. -- Tourists traveling the vast expanse of tribal lands in Northern Arizona soon will have a venue to learn about the culture of one of the oldest indigenous tribes in America. A $13 million hotel and conference center billed as the ...
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No Cause to Fear
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, rights, safety, environment, ethics, government, health )

Kat
- 17 hours ago - indiancountrytoday.com
Because I have served with the title "Expert Witness for History" five times on behalf of four tribes of Sioux before the federal courts, from experience I know that non-Indians' legal representatives use scare tactics to arouse public opinion as well...
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Matherly Receives Humanitarian Hero Award
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, ethics, news, GoodNews, safety )

Kat
- 17 hours ago - indiancountrytoday.com
SPOKANE, Wash. - Nearly 600 people crowded the ballroom at the Kalispel Tribe's Northern Quest Resort and Casino to honor the 2009 Hometown Heroes at a luncheon, an annual event of the Inland Northwest Chapter of the American Red Cross. Local heroes ...
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Whopper Commercial Mocks Natives
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Burger King, Prejudice, culture, society, ethics )

Kat
- 17 hours ago - bluecorncomics.com
At first glance Burger King's "Whopper Virgins" television and online advertising campaign might seem creative and whimsical, but as an indigenous person I find it deeply problematic. The campaign involves Burger King representatives providing ...
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USA: Native American Heritage Day
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, rights, freedoms, government, ethics, GoodNews )

Kat
- 22 hours ago - globalvoicesonline.org
A new National Native American National Heritage day is being celebrated in the United States on November 27, the day after most people there celebrated Thanksgiving. The new national holiday is the culmination of an annual National Native American ....
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Support the Spare a Dollar Scholarship Campaign for Kids in Manila ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: children, Manila, school supplies, campaign, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - change.org
Spare a dollar and help send a poor child from a squatter village in Manila, Philippines to school. Your $1 will go a long way. Bundles of Joy is working with an Elementary School in Manila to keep kids off the streets. The school provides uniforms,
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UPDATE: Church Apology to Tribe - "We Consumed Your Resources, Dehumanized Your People and Disregarded Your Culture."
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, religion, culture, society, rights, ethics, news, freedoms )

Kat
- 1 day ago - buffalopost.net
NEW YORK (AP) - Members of one of America's oldest Protestant churches officially apologized Friday - for the first time - for massacring and displacing Native Americans 400 years ago. "We consumed your resources, dehumanized your people and dis....
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Quit Releasing Rapists Into Society to Rape and Kill Again.-Please Take Action!!
Society & Culture  (tags: women, violence, rapist, crime, safety, society, usa )

Tierney
- 1 day ago - womensrights.change.org
A recent news story of the rapist, paroled from prison, without adequate supervision who proceeded to rape and kill at least eleven women, hiding their bodies around his home is proof this legal system is failing women. Would they release man-killing lio
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The Sand Creek Massacre: Documentary Film Project
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Arts and Entertainment, Films, culture, society, ethics, interesting, politics, rights, government, freedoms )

Kat
- 1 day ago - sandcreekmassacre.net
"On November 29, 1864, 700 soldiers of the Colorado 1st and 3rd Cavalries slaughtered, mutilated, raped, and murdered over 400 Cheyenne and Arapaho children, women, elders, and disabled. Originally this act was called "The Battle of Sand Creek." ...
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Montoliu: Celebrating 'Un-Thanksgiving Day'
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, AIM, culture, society, rights, freedoms, ethics, news, interesting, politics, activists )

Kat
- 1 day ago - lakeconews.com
Every November since 1975, Indian people have gathered on Alcatraz Island, in the San Francisco Bay, on what they call "Un-Thanksgiving Day," to honor the occupation and those who participated and still fight for Indian rights today. This year was the...
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Touched By NC Girl's Death, Shaq Pays for Funeral
Society & Culture  (tags: basketball star, funeral, child, murder, rape, kidnapped )

Lone
- 1 day ago - sfgate.com
Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed
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Indian Activist Angie Osborne Dies
Society & Culture  (tags: death, women, culture, Native American, activists )

Lone
- 1 day ago - fresnobee.com
A Choinumni tribal member who fought to preserve traditional burial ground in Piedra on the south bank of the Kings River east of Fresno, will be buried there. Angie "Yo-Wis-Nuth" Osborne started working toward land and recognition
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2010 Native American $1 Dollar Design Unveiled
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Money, culture, society, interesting )

Kat
- 1 day ago - coinnews.net
As dictated by the Native American $1 Coin Act (Public Law 110-82), the reverse of these coins feature a different reverse design annually that contain "images celebrating the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans
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Grand Ronde Tribal Leader Wins Award
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, tribal chairwoman, award )

Lone
- 2 days ago - nativebiz.com
Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy of Dallas received the Fran James Cultural Preservation Award on Saturday at the Potlatch Fund's seventh annual Gala in Seattle.
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Native Americans Teach Cultural Heritage at Henricus
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, heritage, Native American, GoodNews )

Lone
- 3 days ago - chesterfieldobserver.com
Colonists quickly discovered they weren't alone when they founded the Citie of Henricus during the 1600s. Native Americans were already living in and around the Henricus area, as well as other parts of what is now
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