Terria Smith

In September, the history of Palm Springs will be presented through the perspective of the area’s first residents, the Cahuilla people.

The Palm Springs Public Library, in partnership with the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, will present the city’s first Cahuilla Month. Read more…

Posted on August 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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We mourn the loss with the rest of America for the Lion of the Senate has gone home at last to be with his brothers and other cherished family members.

Written by Ryan Wilson

Today thousands of Indian children will return to school for a new year some will be attending their first day of school ever. Whether it’s the nervous Head Start student or the excited senior in high school and even the Indian students in institutions of higher learning, from Tribal Colleges to Harvard, all are enjoying a brighter educational experience because of Ted Kennedy. Read more…

Posted on August 27th, 2009 by hunwut
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12 lanes planned for outlet center

By Onell R. Soto, Union-Tribune Staff Writer

The Viejas Indian band is adding the sound of crashing bowling pins to that of jangling slot machines and splashing water to keep the cash registers ringing at its Alpine reservation.

Construction workers are converting five vacant storefronts at the tribe’s outlet mall into a 12-lane bowling center and bar designed to attract people who want to do more than shop or gamble. Read more…

Posted on August 27th, 2009 by hunwut
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Tribes positioned for recovery, analysts say

By Onell R. Soto, Union-Tribune Staff Writer

With the Southern California housing market still struggling and unemployment rising, local Indian casinos will slog through at least another year of declining revenue before things pick up, Fitch Ratings said yesterday. Read more…

Posted on August 27th, 2009 by hunwut
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Kumeyaay work to restore ‘broken vase’

By Victor Morales, Today correspondent

TECATE, Mexico - When Kumeyaay people living on the Mexican side of the Diegueño Nation were - for the first time - denied entry into the United States by border officials, they responded the Indian way.

“They would sing Indian songs right there on the border,” said Ron Christman, a Kumeyaay Bird Singer from the Santa Ysabel Reservation in rural San Diego County. Read more…

Posted on August 24th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Steven Newcomb

In an article published in “The Journal of Libertarian Studies” in 1983, Carl Watner examined the subject of American Indian land rights. He began with a quote from Rosalie Nichols, a fan of Ayn Rand. When asked “if the Indians had ever had a title deed to North America,” Nichols replied: “Who should have issued them one, I don’t know, unless it was the buffalo.” Read more…

Posted on August 24th, 2009 by hunwut
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Virtual elder rekindles hope for revival of Canadian aboriginal language

by Xinhua writers Zhao Qing, Yang Shilong

OTTAWA, (Xinhua) — It has long been a heart-broken yet helpless reality for Canada’s aboriginal people that their native languages, which are at the very core of their identity, are disappearing.

The 2001 national survey by Statistics Canada suggests that just 24 percent of North American Indians, Inuit and Metis can still converse in their ancestral tongue. Read more…

Posted on August 22nd, 2009 by hunwut
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Adoption bill would let tribes have say in adoptions of Indian youths by nontribal parents

By PHILIP RILEY, Sacramento Bureau

An Inland lawmaker’s bill to let American Indian children adopted by nontribal parents stay connected with tribal culture is moving swiftly through the Legislature.

The measure would let state courts give tribes jurisdiction over children in adoption cases and recognize adoptions completed under tribal law. Read more…

Posted on August 21st, 2009 by hunwut
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American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in FBI agent deaths, denied parole

BLAKE NICHOLSON, Associated Press Writer

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, imprisoned since 1977 for the deaths of two FBI agents, has been denied parole after authorities decided that releasing him would diminish the seriousness of his crime, a federal prosecutor said Friday.

Peltier, who claims the FBI framed him, will not be eligible for parole again until July 2024, when he will be 79 years old. Read more…

Posted on August 21st, 2009 by hunwut
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Pala Band of Mission Indians 2nd Annual Honoring Traditions Pow wow and the Soaring Eagles

By Roy Cook

Pala Ashwet Peki - Eagle House Mountain casts soft shadows. The light shimmers as if the present view is shifting the time and vision to the theme of this event: Honoring Traditions. August 15-16, on the banks of the Waniicha - river, circled by shady trees the 2nd annual Pala Pow wow open early and with great energy. The organizing committee of this Pala Pow wow thought carefully on the challenges from last years’ experience. This year they did all they could to make each and everything better. We appreciate Lourdes Sherwood for sharing these images of the Pala pow wow. Head dancers Sonia Flores and Kevin Yazzie led in the Grand entry for all sessions. Read more…

Posted on August 21st, 2009 by hunwut
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