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February 20, 2012

Sousa on the Rez

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Tribal band to be profiled in documentary In production for six years, “Sousa on the Rez,” a half-hour independent documentary featuring the...
February 19, 2012

Aztec dog breeds

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Ancient Aztec breed now lauded as new top dog It has been around for over 3,000 years, but Mexico's famous, usually hairless, "Xolo...

AIM play stirs controversy

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10-minute play about AIM stirs controversy in Mpls. Indian community By Sheila Regan A 10-minute play by Navajo playwright Rhiana Yazzie was...
February 18, 2012

Morcegos in The River

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In Los Ciegos , the third installment of The River (airdate: 2/14/12), the explorers encounter their first Amazon Indians . The crew is on ...
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Zumba craze at San Felipe

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Zumba Craze Takes Over San Felipe Pueblo Pueblo Members Grow Healthier Through Popular Dance Exercise The Zumba exercise craze has taken ove...
February 17, 2012

National distribution for On the Ice

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Film with novice Eskimo cast opens in theaters By Rachel D'Oro Two Inupiaq teenagers from a remote Arctic town find themselves at the ce...

Ojibwe boxer is Influential Woman

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She’s a Knockout: Ojibwe Boxer Mary Spencer Is a Leader With Influence The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and P...

Boarding-school play uses Pratt's words

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Actual words of American Indian boarding school founder, students brought to life in play Retired College of St. Scholastica American Indian...
February 16, 2012

Native Jersey Shore needed?

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An aboriginal version of Jersey Shore? Now that would be a hit By Colleen Simard An aboriginal version of Jersey Shore ? Now that would be a...

Navajo Girl Scouts

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At Diné Bi Olta, Girl Scouting is a hit By Alastair Lee Bitsoi When Amber Crotty decided to establish a Brownie troop at Tséhootsooí Diné Bi...

"Smoke signals" in Gossip Girl

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In Crazy, Cupid, Love , this week's episode of Gossip Girl (airdate: 2/13/12), the following exchange occurs between Blair and her maid...
February 15, 2012

"Settlement" in Saturday Night Live

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Last week's Saturday Night Live (airdate: 2/11/12) continued the show's streak of Native references. First, on a segment featuring ...

Cody wins black history award

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Navajo recording artist and anti-domestic violence advocate wins Initiative Radio Award Cody named National Treasure and Icon of Cultural Un...

Sports Warriors Track Club

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An organization located in Albuquerque but open to members nationally: Improving the quality of life, one Native at a time By Michael Daney ...
February 14, 2012

School diorama in A Gifted Man

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In Case of Complications , last week's episode of A Gifted Man (airdate: 2/10/12), had a Native bit. A father and his little girl Pila...

Litefoot apponted NCAIED president

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Gary ‘Litefoot’ Davis Appointed NCAIED Interim President, CEO Gary “Litefoot” Davis succeeded Eric Trevan, former president and chief execut...
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Valentine's Day in Indian country?

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February 13, 2012

Indians in The River

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I wasn't sure what ABC's new TV series The River was about. Other than a river, of course. As I watched the premiere (airdate: 2/...

Beyond Geronimo at the Heard

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Legendary Apache warrior subject of Ariz. exhibit By Felicia Fonseca A new exhibit at the Heard Museum in Phoenix draws on the popularity ...
February 12, 2012

New Zealander invents Tlingit encyclopedia

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New Tlingit encyclopedia baffling to scholars, speakers By Robert Woolsey A new encyclopedia of the Tlingit language has teachers in Sitka s...
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