by Larry Carroll
Remember those end credits in “Grumpy Old Men” that had Burgess Meredith reciting a hilarious laundry list of sexual double-entendres? Well, now I have a new favorite perverse phrase - thanks to the biggest movie star in the world.

Posted on June 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard
For Mary Claw of the Chemehuevi Tribe, basket weaving isn’t just an art form. It’s also preservation.
“There’s nobody left,” Claw said Saturday, while weaving strips of willow into an intricate basket, adding that she learned the craft from her grandmother. “It’s either me, or let (basketweaving) die. There’s nobody else left in my [...]

Posted on June 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Steven Newcomb
For 56 days, thousands of Amazonian Indian people have protested presidential decrees in Peru that open their ancestral lands to oil exploration and other forms of exploitation. Numerous deaths have resulted from violent clashes between Peruvian government forces and Amazonian Indians - reportedly, 35 indigenous people and police have been killed and many [...]

Posted on June 19th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Rob Capriccioso
WASHINGTON - Of the approximately 500,000 American youth in foster care, Native American kids are faring among the worst, according to youth advocacy and policy experts.
New analysis indicates that American Indian, Hispanic and African-American children all fare more poorly than white children in foster care - with Native youth being about three times [...]

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by hunwut
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Washington, DC (6/18/09)—Observances and ceremonies will be held across the country from June 19 through June 23 to mark the 2009 National Days of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places. The observance in Washington, D.C. will be held on Monday, June 22 at 8:45 a.m. on the United States Capitol Grounds, West Front Grassy [...]

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by hunwut
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Teehee named Obama’s senior advisor on Indian affairs
By Gale Courey Toensing
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has fulfilled his promise to appoint a high-level White House advisor on Indian affairs.

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by hunwut
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LAFF restores a drive-in classic to its karate-chopping glory
By Chuck Wilson
“Listen, children, to a story that was written long ago … ” So begins “One Tin Soldier” the relentlessly catchy theme song to Billy Jack, the 1971 cult film classic about a karate-chopping half-white/half-Indian ex-Green Beret who tends to “go berserk” when he sees Native [...]

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by hunwut
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Vicki Vasques, who served as director of the Office of Indian Education during the Bush administration, is seeking public office in Virginia.
Vasques announced her candidacy for the Virginia House of Delegates, 45th District, yesterday. She is running as a Republican.

Posted on June 17th, 2009 by hunwut
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Fifth statewide Standing Bear Day, Nebraska recognizes Ponca chief
By Doug Meigs, Today correspondent
OMAHA, Neb. - The state of Nebraska dedicated May 15 as Standing Bear Day amid a week of memorials. Commemorations celebrated the 130th anniversary of the Ponca chief’s landmark court case, which declared American Indians were legally human.

Posted on June 17th, 2009 by hunwut
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by Cathryn Creno - The Arizona Republic
Creosote bush, the fragrant, yellow-blossoming bush that covers Valley mountainsides, is a key ingredient in a new line of spa products developed by the Gila River Indian Community.

Posted on June 17th, 2009 by hunwut
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