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- Buffy Saint Marie: Native American Protest and the History of Folk MusicBuffy Saint Marie was the first major Native American folksinger. Her music spans generations, from her compositions to the art of both her music and paintings. Her music brought attention to Native American issues.
- NCAA Looking to Tomahawk Native American MascotsThe author laments the NCAA's rules banning Native American nicknames and mascots from some NCAA athletic events. Florida State is among the NCAA's main targets.
The Native American GenocideClashes between the US and Native Americans are consistent throughout its roughly 300 years. Each war ended with the Natives being driven west towards the pacific. Once the US reached California, there was no where else for the natives to go..- Historical and Contemporary Racism Against Native American Indians and African AmericansAn Examination of James Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me.
- Native American CasinosThe Native American tribes are sovereign. Is it therefore right to require them to ask permission of a non-sovereign state to open a casino on reservation grounds?
The Native American Interpreter's Booklist: 2011 Summer Reading AssignmentsEvery season, Woodland Indian Educational Programs suggests books just for museum interpreters and docents who teach about the Northeastern Native American People.- Native American Heritage: Maria Tallchief, Prima BallerinaAs a Native American, Maria Tallchief overcame racist obstacles to achieve her dream of being a ballerina.
- NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY: REMOVAL or GEONICIDE? PT. IWith the expansiion westward in the early American Frontier, there was only one thing stopping it. Native Americans.
- Do Native American Grandparents Have Legal Rights?Discusses the issues of grand-parents rights when raising grand-children. Emphasizes Native American grandparents.
- Casino Gaming and the Native AmericanAn in-depth look at the concerns surrounding Native American casino gaming in modern day American society.
- A Modern Day Native American Nation Within the United States: Dream or Reality?Will the Lakota Indians secede? Will there be an independent, Native American nation made from United States territory?
Bill Clinton: Effects of a Presidency on the Native American Gaming IndustryHow were Native American gaming laws and, in turn, Native American lifestyles impacted by Bill Clinton's administration? Have these implications persisted into the Bush era?
History Makes Little Attempt to Understand Native American WomenOriginally written for museum interpreters and re-enactors, this short article illustrates the prevailing bias that interfered with observations of Northeastern Native women's culture of the historic period.- Social Injustices in Native American Public EducationA quick historical overview of past and present injustices done to Native Americans by the public educational system imposed on them and a plan to correct and leave behind these practices.
- Native American OrganizationsA look at three organizations purported to work on the advancement and improvement of the Native Americans.
What it's Like to be Native American in the New MillenniumNative Americans have a long and illustrious heritage, but I have seen that the changing of the millennium may have changed the views that go with this ethnicity. How do I know? I am one.....- Native American Tribes and Sovereign ImmunityThe FCC is going after payday loan companies which are allegedly run by Indian Tribes because regular court proceedings have been dismissed.
Beware of Fallacious Native American Lesson PlansWhat online Woodland Indian lesson plans can you trust and why? Here are 10 red flags to watch out for.- The Agricultural and Economic Impact of Native American and European ContactFrom the time of contact and beyond, the Europeans and the natives experienced dramatic changes, specifically in agriculture and economics.
- Will Native-Americans Legalizing Gay Marriage Make the Process Seem More Legally Acceptable?A profound development just happened in the development of gay marriages in this country. And, no, it has nothing to do with Ellen DeGeneres marrying her longtime companion. This time it's with an Oregon Native-American tribe re-energizing the concept of tolerance...
- Transformational Leadership Times 1.2: His Name is Reuben Snake, Jr. - Native American LeaderThe objective of Snake's coalition is to prevent governmental interference with peyote use in worship.
- Female Roles in Native American SocietyAnalyzes the status of women in Indian society and suggest explanations for the major differences you find in comparing their status with that of women in traditional Western society through the eighteenth century.
- Cigarettes, Taxes, and Native American ReservationsIt's ironic that the road leading to the tax-free cigarettes is funded by tax dollars, literally.
- ACLU Defends Alaskan Natives Voting RightsACLU filed a lawsuit against Alaskan local and State Election officials. Suit alleges officials violated Alaskan Native's voting rights by failing to translate voting materials in Yup'ik which is most area natives first language.
- The History of the Native American Gaming IndustryA look into the advantages and disadvantages of this money making enterprise.
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation ActThere have been some consequences that Congress did not foresee, and perhaps the act should be amended to be more like what they had envisioned.
Opinion/Editorial Week in Review: Indians, Christians, Bankers, and Darwin - The American DreamMy weekly review of the best editorial and opinions published on Associated Content.
Native Americans Deserve BetterOn August 7, 2008 Judge James Robertson, Washington D.C. District Court, issued an opinion in a 12 year old case alleging 112 years of malfeasance in the Management of Native American Trust Accounts.- School Reaches Settlement in Case of Discrimination Against Native AmericansThe Winner School district located in South Dakota has announced a settlement that it reached with the Winner/Ideal Native American Community regarding a discrimination class action lawsuit.
The Pechanga American Indian Tribe and the U.S. Supreme CourtAfter over two years working it's way through the court systems, a fight that started in an Indian Enrollment Committee has ended in the U.S. Supreme Court, with the Court refusing to intercede on behalf of the 133 former members of the Pechanga Tribe.
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