by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
January 29, 2008
MASHANTUCKET CN - When English colonist-settlers in 1637 were planning the surprise attack on the village of Mystic that has come to be known as the Pequot War, the Puritan Roger Williams recorded the Indian words oohoomooahkee and kupahkamuk.
Oohoomooahkee refers to owl land, owl country or [...]

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by: Shadi Rahimi
January 29, 2008
SACRAMENTO CA - In a powerful show of support, state senators are rebuking the University of California - Berkeley for refusing to return thousands of Native human remains held in storage, calling the actions of university officials discriminatory.
Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization, said in [...]

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2/29/2008 
Joseph Francis Saubel born on November 16, 1912, - the oldest member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians - died at his home on the reservation on February 20, 2008. He was affectionately known to all as “Uncle Joe.”
Uncle Joe suffered a heart attack on January 29 and, after a short stay in the [...]

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by: Steven Newcomb / Indigenous Law Institute
January 29, 2008
The Internet is amazing. I came across the audio (along with a written transcript) of the 1984 oral arguments in the case U.S. v. Dann. By listening to the audio recording, we are able to experience the arguments made 24 years ago before the Rehnquist Supreme Court [...]

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The number is far higher than the state Indian heritage panel knew and fuels the argument of activists who opposed the building of homes near the Bolsa Chica wetlands in Huntington Beach.
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 28, 2008
Archaeologists have removed 174 sets of human remains from a controversial housing development under construction [...]

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BY DARIN, SUN STAFF WRITER 
2008-02-28

The public will get a diverse taste of Native American artistry this weekend when a popular annual pow wow showcases the talents of everyone from native dancers and singers to the actress who starred in Disney’s “Pocahontas.”
The San Pasqual Unified School’s 28th annual pow wow runs Friday through Sunday, offering a [...]

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by: Eva Thomas
January 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES CA - Creating a space for young artists to find their voices, Native Voices at the Autry is doing brilliant work with the Young Native Voices: Theater Education Workshops. Now in its seventh year, Young Native Voices has provided workshops and residencies for American Indian youth.

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by: Shadi Rahimi
Posted: February 26, 2008
SACRAMENTO CA - A committee of the California State Senate will today examine the University of California - Berkeley’s elimination of a department that had helped tribal members prove their right to ownership of collection items at its Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
Hundreds have been protesting since last fall the [...]

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By ERICA SHEN, The Press-Enterprise
February 26, 2008
An exhibition opening Thursday at the Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology tells the personal history of Native American basketry in Southern California.
“Stories of Survival: Walking with Weavers Through Generations of Time,” presented by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians and the Western Center, features more than 75 baskets [...]

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By Juliana Barbassa — Associated Press
Posted: February 25, 2008
DAVIS CA - The first time Jose Freeman heard his tribe’s lost language through the crackle of a 70-year-old recording, he cried. ”My ancestors were speaking to me,” said Freeman. ”It was like coming home.”

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