A dozen years after the fact, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has apologized for the federal police’s role in botching the investigation against serial killer Robert Pickton back in the early 2000s. One of Canada’s top…
January 27, 2012
RCMP Apologizes for Botched Pickton Investigation; Force Saw Inquiry Coming Back in 2000
Lecturer Creates History of Ishi Video
Anthony Conard, a sociology lecturer with Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, created a video for an Introduction to Cultural Anthropology class he called Ishi in Two Worlds. The video recounts Native American history in California and how Ishi ended…
It’s a Bus … It’s a Plane … It’s Super-Rock!
An asteroid the size of a bus cruised past Earth at a distance of about 36,000 miles on Friday January 25 with no incident. Even though it came closer than YU55 to our cherished planet, the space rock would have…
Reader Photos: The Kauai Pow Wow
Pow Wows are always beautiful events, so a pow wow on the gorgeous Hawaiian island of Kauai is nothing short of overwhelming. Kauai, one of the eight main islands in the Hawaiian island chain, is shaped like a heart, leading…
Creek Sensation G.J. Kinne Earns MVP Award at NFLPA Bowl
Well that should help his prospects as he makes his case for being ready for the NFL. University of Tulsa quarterback G.J. Kinne threw and ran his National Team to a 20-14 victory in the AstroTurf NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Game…
Limb Amputations of Diabetes Patients Decreased
The number of leg and foot amputations among U.S. diabetes patients age 40 and above decreased by 65 percent from 1998 to 2008, according to an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in Diabetes Care, reported Medical…
Video Co-Producer of “Sh*t People Say to Native Americans” Responds, Comments and Shares
As someone who is part of the Tumblr NDN community that helped piece the video together, “Shit People Say to Native Americans” with Ali (the lady in the vid) and the others, I feel it is fair to report the…
More Than a Dozen Construction Workers Injured at Cincinnati Casino Site
A casino construction site in Cincinnati, Ohio partially collapsed on Friday, injuring as many as 16-20 people and seriously hurting at least nine, reported the Cincinnati Enquirer. Police are investigating what caused a substantial portion of the building to fall down. The…
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