By Roy Cook
The Soaring Eagles dance group is sponsored by: Southern California American Indian Resource, SCAIR. Organized by Vickie Gambala, SDUSD Indian Education, the Lead instructor is Edward ‘Chuck’ Cadotte. Our SCAIR Senior advisor is Randy Edmonds. The Soaring Eagle singers are composed of new, lead and head singers: Frank Gastelem, Leland Red Eagle, Alex [...]

Posted on May 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Steven Newcomb
In a recent interview, Indian Country Today reporter Gale Courey Toensing asked John Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, about inherent sovereignty and plenary power. “How does it relate to inherent sovereignty to have another sovereign come and say, ‘We now have this jurisdiction over you? Is anyone challenging Congress’ [...]

Posted on May 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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By J. Harry Jones and Jose Luis Jiménez
 - NORTH COUNTY — A 122-acre brush fire that raced up a hillside Sunday afternoon and damaged three homes and several power lines was started by someone, Cal Fire officials said. But investigators are trying to determine if it was intentionally set or accidentally sparked.
The fire started just [...]

Posted on May 24th, 2009 by hunwut
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By MELISSA EISELEIN, The Press-Enterprise
Terry Goedel and his son, Michael, performed a traditional American Indian hoop dance at the 45th annual Fiesta at Morongo Reservation’s Malki Museum on Sunday.
The dance tells the story of the world, its people, plants and animals, said Goedel, a Yakima-Tulalip Indian, of Rancho Cucamonga.

Posted on May 24th, 2009 by hunwut
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A new era of harmony and peace
 
by Roy Cook
 
People of the Eagle and People of the Condor can both be traditionally recognized to exist and to continue to soar in California.

Posted on May 24th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Charles E. Trimble, Columnist
There is not a greater oxymoron – a contradiction in terms – in Indian country than that of the name Rosebud Sioux. The name of a delicate flower doesn’t fit one of the fiercest warrior societies on the Northern Plains. It is a contradiction akin to, let’s say, Petunia Apache, or [...]

Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by hunwut
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The affect on urban Indian health care funding
By Lorraine Jessepe, Today correspondent
WASHINGTON – “Most Indians live on reservations and don’t pay taxes.” “Indians don’t have to work because the government provides all their needs.” “Native Americans are all wealthy from gaming casino revenues.”
These are a few of the myths and misconceptions that can affect funding [...]

Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by hunwut
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Among our greatest contemporary heroes are the people in our communities working to teach fluency in our Native languages to the new generations. We all know that our Native languages are in serious trouble and some are facing fairly immediate extinction. Other languages that seem to still have a lot of speakers face a serious [...]

Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by hunwut
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BY LEDYARD KING • Gannett Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Native American tribes will get money to replace aging ambulances, clinics and medical equipment as part of $500 million in economic stimulus aid.
The announcement was made Friday by Yvette Roubideaux, newly installed director of the Indian Health Service. A doctor and former clinical director serving tribes in [...]

Posted on May 16th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Victor Morales, Today correspondent
SAN DIEGO – An Indian name will dress the gates of a major Southern California sports and entertainment venue this summer.
The nearly 13,000-seat San Diego State University arena, where rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament have been decided in the past and acts like Aerosmith have performed, will be renamed [...]

Posted on May 15th, 2009 by hunwut
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