TITLE VII INDIAN EDUCATION
By Roy Cook
Summer time is prime, sweet time for Tribal dances, songs and the popular Pow wow. The evening breeze brings a welcome relief to the hot summer days of July. This singer over heard a young dancer say, last Wednesday, “If you are not sweating you’re not dancing!” We did have [...]

Posted on July 31st, 2009 by hunwut
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By Steven Newcomb
At its 76th General Convention in Anaheim, Calif., July 8 - 17, the Episcopal Church adopted a resolution entitled, “Repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.” I’d like to discuss the significance of the resolution in relation to the efforts by indigenous nations to protect their sacred places. The Black Hills, Mt. Graham, the Go-Road [...]

Posted on July 31st, 2009 by hunwut
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AUG. 5 MEETING: Concerns include access, pollution, congestion.
By CHARLES HAND/The Valley Chronicle
The issue is not whether a new casino/hotel/retail complex should replace the existing Soboba casino, but where it should be built, say opponents of a plan to annex 535 acres to the Soboba reservation.

Posted on July 31st, 2009 by hunwut
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Man charged with Pala teen’s murder scheduled for court again on Sept. 3
VISTA- A preliminary hearing has been rescheduled to September 3 for John Edward Maxcy, who has been charged with murdering a teenager and leaving his body in a dirt lot on the Pala Indian Reservation.
Maxcy, 30, who has a prior felony conviction, is [...]

Posted on July 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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August 14-16, 2009
All events take place at the traditional Gathering grounds unless otherwise noted.
For more event information, contact the Barona Museum at 1-619-443-7003 ext. 2, or visit www.baronamuseum.org

Posted on July 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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No Walls of Stone Nor Bars of Iron
Brenda Golden, Native American Community Examiner
It was recently said by a commentator that American Indians are “a broken and defeated people” in reference to Leonard Peltier’s symbolism. In actuality, American Indians are probably the most stalwart people in the United States. Consider this - the American Indians as [...]

Posted on July 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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The Canadian Press
Cameras will roll in Prince Rupert, B.C., on Monday on a science-fiction film shot entirely in the Tsilhqot’in language, which its director says will be the first time an indigenous language has been used in the sci-fi/fantasy genre.

Posted on July 25th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Jeanette Steele, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
BALBOA PARK - San Diego’s leading anthropology museum is facing a civil war following the abrupt ouster of its executive director in May.
Some former board members and donors have asked the American Association of Museums to pull the San Diego Museum of Man’s accreditation, saying the Balboa Park institution’s board [...]

Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by hunwut
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Playwrights Retreat and Festival of New Plays
DEADLINE 9/15/09
Based on all work received by this deadline, up to ten playwrights will be invited to submit Formal Proposals in order to apply to the Playwrights Retreat and Festival of New Plays. Application to this event is by invitation only; invitations will be sent mid-October. Scripts will then [...]

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by hunwut
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By Victor Morales, Today correspondent
LAUGHLIN, Nev. - Randy Luden scaled a mountain of boulders etched with dozens of petroglyphs that could be thousands of years old, hoping to get as close as possible to the records of a past civilization. The Las Vegas man didn’t think he was damaging the representations made by descendants of [...]

Posted on July 21st, 2009 by hunwut
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