Dorothy Ramon Learning Center DRAGONFLY LECTURE on APRIL 20 tracks after the truth 100 years later about the West’s famous last manhunt.
Lecturer: Clifford E. Trafzer
In what became the West’s last famous manhunt, a man named Willie Boy shot and killed another man 100 years ago at Gilman Ranch in Banning. Willie Boy then ran off [...]

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by hunwut
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Local jurisdictions to divvy up almost $14 million
By JEFF ROWE - Staff Writer
RIVERSIDE —- The county Sheriff’s Department, the district attorney’s office, other county agencies and the city of Temecula will share almost $14 million in profits from Indian gaming in Riverside County.

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by hunwut
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DENVER - The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians located near Highland, Calif. renewed its commitment to American Indian education with a grant of $100,000 to the American Indian College Fund (the Fund) for scholarships benefiting Native students.

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AAIA program saving endangered Native languages with translated children’s books
By Vincent Schilling, Today correspondent
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Since 1920, the Association on American Indian Affairs has played a major part in creating governmental laws, acts and programs to benefit American Indian people.

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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UCSD:The Origin, Development, and Culture of Native Americans in San Diego County

Richard L. Carrico will be teaching a series of five classes entitled The Origin, Development, and Culture of Native Americans in San Diego County. The courses will be taught through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of California, San Diego.
The OLLI [...]

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By James P. Sweeney and Onell R. Soto, STAFF WRITERS
SACRAMENTO - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that rattled American Indian tribes across the country has raised significant new legal questions about the Jamul tribe’s controversial bid to build a large casino 20 miles east of downtown San Diego.
The development comes as Jamul’s financial partner put [...]

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Victor Morales, Today correspondent
CARPINTERIA, Calif. - A school board voted March 17 to keep most of the Native American mascot imagery of a high school, including a large bust of an Indian wearing a feathered headdress affixed to the school’s marquee in the parking lot.

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In the five-part series ‘We Shall Remain,’ WGBH aims to put Native Americans at the center of the American experience
By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff
SALEM - On a steamy day last summer, the reproduction Colonial cottages at Salem’s Pioneer Village buzzed with modern-day activity: cameras and boom mikes and makeup artists, real chickens, and a deer [...]

Posted on March 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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Dig deep my friends and family this magazine is an important voice for all Natives in California
From Margaret Durbin, Editor News From Native California
Dear friends, Happy New Year, I hope you are all doing well! Thank you all for your recent contributions to News from Native California. Some of them have already been scheduled to [...]

Posted on March 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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Forest Service official endorses recognition effort; leaders continue working on housing, water quality issues
By Richard Walker, Today correspondent
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. - It’s a Saturday morning, 10 a.m. and Donna Miranda-Begay convenes the meeting.

Posted on March 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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