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March 28, 2012

Amnesty International Report Cites Human Rights Violations Along US-Mexico Border

Amnesty International recently released a report titled, “In Hostile Terrain: Human Rights Violations in Immigration Enforcement in the U.S. Southwest,” stating that Latinos, immigrants and Native Americans are subject to “a pattern of human right violations” along the Southwestern border…

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March 27, 2012

Niles Cesar, a Pillar for Alaska Native Health Walks On

Niles Cesar, Tlingit and Haida Indian from Juneau, who was an integral piece in Indian health care in Alaska, walked on recently at his home in Anchorage, surrounded by his family and friends after a long illness according to JuneauEmpire.com….

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March 26, 2012

Eighth Annual Genealogy Fair

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The National Archives Eighth Annual Genealogy Fair will be held April 18 and 19 at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C. This year’s event will focus on Branching Out: Exploring Your Family Tree. The free…

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March 25, 2012

‘Character’ Study: Author Ellen Cushman is Fascinated With Cherokee Writing

Roy Boney Jr., who put together a graphic novel for Indian Country Today Media Network about the digitizing of the Cherokee syllabary, sat down with author Ellen Cushman to discuss their mutual passion. Read the review of her book, The…

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Book Strips Away the Myth Surrounding the Cherokee Syllabary

The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People’s Perseverance—Book Review It was the great Sequoyah (ca. 1770–1843) who invented the Cherokee syllabary, thereby making reading and writing in that language possible. He labored on his creation for years while his peers derided…

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Nuu-chah-nulth Treasure Returned to Home Territory in B.C.

It was a breathtaking moment for Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation member Margarita James. She was on hand for the return of a Nuu-chah-nulth ceremonial club that was given to the English explorer Captain Cook more than 200 years ago. After passing…

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March 23, 2012

Indian Country Loses Author, Professor and Vet

Robert Hall was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin and grew up with three generations of Stockbridge-Munsee women, so it’s no surprise he became known by his colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago as a leading authority on Native…

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Long Plain First Nation Celebrates $21 Million Loss-of-Use Settlement

Long Plain First Nation has settled its 141-year-old loss-of-use claim with the Canadian government for $21.3 million, tying off the loose ends of its 1994 land-claim settlement. After the Treaty 1 First Nation resolved its land entitlement claim in 1994,…

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Buffalo Harvest Sparks Dialogue at Colorado College

Russell Means, iconic activist and long-time leader of the American Indian Movement, said he was proud of what Native American students at Fort Lewis College (FLC) were achieving as he addressed those attending a Buffalo Harvest ceremony at FLC March…

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March 22, 2012

Native Student Publication Holding Water Rights Symposium

RED INK: A Native American Student Publication will be holding a fundraiser and water rights symposium tomorrow and Saturday. The fundraiser and reception will be held Friday, March 23 at the Arizona State Museum from 6 to 9 p.m. Featured…

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