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November 24, 2008

More Thanksgiving myths debunked

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'Thanksgiving':  Local author recounts tale a little closer to reality The Pilgrims of the first Thanksgiving shared plates (then ca...

Racism lives in ObamAmerica

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Hate incidents in U.S. surge Election seen as factor behind revival of Klan Barely three weeks after Americans elected their first black pre...

Art empowers Native prisoners

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Exhibit spotlights Oregon’s native American prisoners Because of the sad history of these people, which is only now beginning to be addresse...

Every day is Thanksgiving for Indians

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Trimble:  Thanksgiving out among the colonized A day after Thanksgiving last year, the Omaha World Herald carried a story about the Meskwak...

How Navajos celebrate Thanksgiving

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Briggs:  Storytellers weave their own Thanksgiving memories “There wasn’t any real connection for me with the Indians I read about on the ea...
November 23, 2008

Twilight movie premieres

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The Twilight movie debuted Friday and fans are going ga-ga over it. It's relevant here because it features Quileute werewolves as sec...
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Rhodes Scholar organized Lenape exhibit

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Lenape Indian Exhibit Figures in Rhodes Scholarship A University of Pennsylvania student who organized an exhibit about Lenape Indians livin...

Native symphony with sea chanties

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Native cultures in the spotlight As the Alaska Federation of Natives convention wound to a close Oct. 25, other events in Anchorage honored ...

The Trickster and the Troll

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Lakota author examines heritage in opera Last Sunday's performance by the Heartland Opera Troupe ... was based on a story written by Vir...

Pequots gave aquarium $5 million

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Mystic Aquarium honors Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Gift that made exhibit possible is the largest in the history of the Aquarium Mysti...

Athabascan Fiddlers Festival

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Athabascan Fiddlers Create Community No one has to coax dancers onto the dance floor at the Athabascan Fiddlers Festival. Shortly after the ...

Chamberlain loses license over DUI

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Chamberlain fights license revocation New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain , picked up on suspicion of driving drunk last month near L...
November 22, 2008

The Sweet Sioux Tomahawk

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Illinois to retire Sweet Sioux Tomahawk trophy Illinois takes another step to distance itself from Native American imagery when the Sweet Si...

Light shines on apologies

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NMAI spotlights apologies to indigenous peoples The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian illuminated the evening sky last we...
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Classical Native at the Kennedy Center

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Chickasaw student music compositions performed at Kennedy Center Classical music compositions of three Chickasaw students drew thunderous ap...

Sovereign Nations Boxing Council

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SNBC sanctions first title fight Sovereign Nations Boxing Council (SNBC) debuts tomorrow night (Saturday, November 22) when cruiserweights M...

Making of Native Nations: Standing Together

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Native rights documentary has local ties A former Muskogee woman and her husband have been involved in a nationally broadcast documentary ab...

Documentary on renewable Native energy

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‘Power Paths’ to premier in Flagstaff Can America truly achieve energy independence and can Native American nations take the lead in renewab...

NWIN on cable TV

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CoLours TV launches NorthWest Indian News CoLours TV will launch NorthWest Indian News , a half hour weekly news program beginning Sunday, N...
November 21, 2008

August Schellenberg in Grey's Anatomy

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August Schellenberg guest-starred as a Navajo patient in Grey's Anatomy Thursday, November 13. Here's a summary of the subplot fea...
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