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Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Last week, Samuel Kohn, a member of the Crow tribe and our campaign's Native American outreach coordinator in Montana, met with members of the "Rocky Boy for Obama" and "Blackfeet for Obama" groups in the Hi-Line region of Montana. The meeting with the "Rocky Boy" for Obama" group took place on April 29 at Stone Child College. Samuel reports: It was an amazing opportunity to be a part...
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YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
In this detailed account of an archaeological dig along the banks of the Upper Sacramento River in Northern California, we gain unforgettable glimpses into the village life of a Wintu tribe 175 years ago, including signs of their often contentious interactions with other groups and evidence of the epidemic that nearly destroyed the tribe in 1833.
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Wampum (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
We now have a contract for .berlin. The photo was taken there today, and I'm glad to say I'm no longer in the Central European Time Zone, I can smell the fog blowing down the Salinas Valley, and tomorrow I'll take the kids the back route via the Cachagua District to see mom.
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Wampum (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Leaving it to the judiciary doesn't mean what it seems to. In the first instance, the "judiciary" has to work in the shadow of Wild Bill Rehnquist. He's dead, but none of his opinions have been overturned, and none are likely to be overturned by the current court. In the second instance, the SCOTUS just makes stuff up. There were no sales of land before Marshall. No drunken non-Indian ever pushed...
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Wampum (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
More evidence that he's willing to take the politically expedient road. And shirk his Senate duties. From the Hill : Obama weighs in against CBC legislation on Cherokees By Kevin Bogardus Posted: 05/09/08 01:19 PM [ET] Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has weighed in against legislation proposed by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) that would...
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Blog from the Capital (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Yesterday, a panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not protect a Native American who killed a bald eagle for a religious ceremony. You can read the decision here. A...
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Time (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
A Native American who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Exhibit Features Native American Crafts Transformed from Necessity to Art
Form by Women Artisans
DALLAS, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Women's Museum, a Smithsonian
affiliate, today announced the opening of "Daughters of the Earth: Icons of
Native American Women." The exhibit offers a historic and cultural tour
through the day-to-day lives of Native American...
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OYAX (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Indigenous Native Americans are beginning to take control of their own resources and archaeological sites. To do so requires they have a historic preservation officer. Here is a current list of THPOs.
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California Newswire (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
ASPEN, Colo. — “On Closing Day at Spirit Mountain, Wisconsin, 14 year old ‘Honor the Earth Princess,’ Mariah Cooper (Ojibwe-Oneida), a Native American Olympic Hopeful, led their first Snow Gratitude Ceremony. They joined Steamboat, Telluride, Ascutney (Vt) and Arizona SnowBowl in ceremonies during April expressing appreciation for one of America’s best snow years,” said amazed [...]
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Wampum (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
I just skimmed the article (which was posted just minutes ago), and will go back for a more indepth reading, but this is pretty big : Appeals court hears Cherokee Freedmen dispute Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Filed Under: Law A federal appeals court on Tuesday pressed the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to explain why the tribe hasn't lost the right to determine its own membership. In March 2007, tribal voters...
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Wampum (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
In modern "post-racial" America, it is often overlooked that earlier racist laws were not aimed only at African Americans. Anti-miscegeny laws covered marriage between all races, a fact which the NYTimes did not overlook in their obituary of Mildred Loving, whose landmark case, Loving v. Virginia, overturned the laws against racial intermarriage in 17 states in 1967: Mr. Loving pointed to the couple's...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
An interesting article over at the Native American Times on the growing number and influence of Native American delegates to the Democratic Convention. According to the article, this year it is anticipated that 150 delegates will be Native Americans, an increase from just 7 in 2000. Superdelegate Margaret Campbell from Montana is one of these tribal members....
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
There's nothing like playing one of the worst teams in baseball to help get you back in a division race of your own. The Pads offense has been - how shall I put this - abysmal? Atrocious? Ghastly? We'll go with that. Anyways they have the second fewest runs scored in the NL and the worst AVG and OPS. The thing is their pitching is still pretty good, the starters at the very least. Their starters ERA...
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Wampum (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
The numbers took a steep jump yesterday, from the low hundreds to 15,000. Burma dropped off the BGP tables during the 3rd and 4th, so routing data was not exchanged during this period and it was not externally reachable.
