They gyrate like ghostly belly dancers, wisps of plasma interweaving above them. Sun tornadoes star in this video from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), taken over the course of 30 hours from February 7 to 8. They are eruptions of…
February 19, 2012
Tornadoes on the Sun!
Rumble in the Jungle: The Kamayurá Indians Teach Mixed Martial Arts Champion New Moves
Even mixed-martial arts (MMA) best pound-for-pound fighter can still learn a few new tricks. So Anderson “The Spider” Silva headed into the heart of darkest Brazilian Amazon jungle to learn the indigenous style of wrestling perfected by the Kamayurá Indians…
Cherokee Heritage Center Educates Visitors
The Cherokee Heritage Center in Park Hill, Oklahoma regularly welcomes field trip groups to teach school kids what it took to live in Indian territory. Visitors learn how to use a loom, how to cook, weave baskets, and how to…
February 18, 2012
Three-Way in the Sky: Jupiter, Moon and Venus
The three brightest lights in the sky are not stars, but planets—Mother Earth’s very own satellite, the moon, plus Venus and Jupiter—and over the next week they will converge on one another until they are almost touching. At which point…
February 17, 2012
Watch This Eye-Opening Ron Paul Ad About U.S. Foreign Policy
Regardless of your feelings about politics, Ron Paul or libertarians, it’s hard not to nod your head in agreement with this. And of course, Indian lands have been occupied for more than 500 years.
February 16, 2012
Help Save the Historic Pow Wow Oak Tree!
In the above video, you’ll meet George Koumantzelis, founder of the “Pow-Wow Oak Protectors.” In it he gives a presentation about the history of the historical Pow-Wow Oak tree on Clark Road in Lowell, Massachusetts, and why it is important…
Boston Hedge Fund Vs. Stewards of the Earth: Farmers and Aboriginals Oppose Mega-Quarry
Far from the rolling farmland of southern Ontario sits Seth Klarman, dubbed a superstar in the investor world for his investment prowess. He presides over the Baupost Group, a $24 billion hedge fund based in Boston. Little is known about…
February 15, 2012
Meryl Streep Ancestor Linked to Native American Battle
Academy Award winner Meryl Streep recently won the leading actress award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for her portrayal as Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister, in “The Iron Lady.” During her acceptance speech…
‘On the Ice’ Set to Premiere in Twelve Cities
In 2008, Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, Inupiaq, showed a short film, “Sikumi (On the Ice)” at the Sundance Film Festival. Three years later, in January 2011, he screened the feature-length movie, On the Ice, that his short evolved into. It’s been…
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