Rather than the princess herself, a photo of Alexandria Tyler Cole will be placed on her seat on the Queen’s Float in Saturday’s Grand Floral Parade during the Daffodil Festival. Cole, a senior attending Chief Leschi Schools and citizen of…
April 12, 2012
Daffodil Princess Walks On
April 11, 2012
American Indian Rights Activist Walks On
Agnes Dill, a renowned educator and lifelong proponent of American Indian rights passed away March 17. She was 98. Edging close to a century of life, Dill filled many of those years working for causes close to her heart. In…
April 9, 2012
A New Attack on Repatriation
Who owns the past? That’s the headline of an editorial in the April copy of Scientific American. The question is occasioned by regulations that the U.S. Department of the Interior added to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act…
April 8, 2012
The Gods of Prophetstown: Review and Interview
Chronicle of a Takeover Foretold: Book Review What began as Adam Jortner’s doctoral dissertation became instead an in-depth look at the complexities of religion and politics and their impact on the nations of 19th century America. As such, The Gods…
April 7, 2012
Raising Dam Would Drown Sacred Site
For thousands of years, Winnemem Wintu once lived at their village of Kaibai along the flats of the then powerful McCloud River outside Redding in Northern California. The tribe harvested bountiful Chinook salmon from the river, gathered acorns from an…
April 5, 2012
Trees Bent By American Indians Being Identified and Preserved
“If they could talk, the stories they could tell,” Steve Houser, an arborist and founding member of the Dallas Historic Tree Coalition, told the Associated Press. The trees, he said, “were like an early road map” for American Indians. The trees…
April 4, 2012
An Evening of Hula at Carleton College
The Carleton College Weitz Center for Creativity Auditorium will be filled with the sights and sounds of traditional Hula April 7. Members of Halau Kiawekupono O Ka Ua, a male dance troupe from O’ahu, Hawaii, will present a free evening…
March 31, 2012
This Eagle Has Something to Say
The origins of this graphic are unknown, but this eagle asks an important question. Should we trust the government? This eagle thinks not.
March 28, 2012
Tribal Gaming Pioneer Josephine Jackson Walks On
Josephine Jackson, who held a number of positions with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, walked on at the age of 76 on Monday, March 19. She was partially responsible for improving economic development on the Isabella Indian Reservation by bringing…
Calvin Lay, Former Seneca President, Walks On
Calvin E. Lay of the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, World War II veteran and long-time member of Seneca Nation Politics died February 19, 2012 in the Gowanda Nursing Home, Gowanda, New York, following a short illness. He was 86. According to…
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