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December 28, 2009

Custer's anti-Indian reputation

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Correspondent DMarks asks: Where is the best place to read about the crimes of Custer that set him apart, say, from any Army Indian fighter ...
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Bizarro joke about 2012

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Comment:  Dan Piraro isn't the first one to make a 2012 joke like this one. But he does it without stereotypes, which is rare for him a...
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Cherokee language on Facebook

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Read about a Cherokee translation page in Facebook in my Pictographs blog .
December 27, 2009

Indians in The Last Refuge

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In October I posted an overview of Ken Burns's documentary National Parks: America's Best Idea . As I said, the first episode, The...

The Legend of Tillamook's Gold

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Tillamook Treasure Tillamook Treasure , now known as The Legend of Tillamook's Gold , is an independent 2006 family film set in the city...
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Indians in Call of Juarez: Bound by Blood

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Call of Juarez: Bound by Blood is a Western-themed video game with an Indian subplot. Here's the basic story from the official website ...

Most influential "maid" since Pocahontas?

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In First Native Rocket Scientist? I reported on Mary G. Ross, the Cherokee rocket scientist. Here's another article on her accomplishm...
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Preview of Callous

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Here's a Native movie I just heard about. I gather it premiered at the Riverside International Film Festival in 2009. Callous Based on ...

Indian marching bands

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A report on the Standing Rock High School Band and Indian marching bands in general: Music:  Native American school band rocks the oldies--a...
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Smudging on Tonight Show

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On Wednesday's Tonight Show (airdate: 12/23/09), Lakers basketball player Derek Fisher was a guest. Conan O'Brien asked Fisher abo...
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December 26, 2009

Indians in The Scripture of Nature

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In October I posted an overview of Ken Burns's documentary National Parks: America's Best Idea . The first episode, The Scripture ...

Native roots of Hendrix and the blues

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Roots of the blues go deep into shared Native and African American history By Kara Briggs Hendrix—who not only identified himself as Cheroke...

Casting The Broken Circle

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'Broken Circle' casting call attracts strong turnout By Noel Lyn Smith Tom Mark stood in front of a camera in a small conference roo...

Three Native Olympic gold medalists

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Morris held eagle feather high on Olympic podium 25 years ago, dreams 2010 is a new start Alwyn Morris held an eagle feather high during a h...

Aamjiwnaang celebrates torch relay

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Native community opts to celebrate torch By James Bradshaw From the reserve, the smoke stacks of numerous chemical plants can be seen belchi...

2009 Christmas pix

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Pix of my Christmas celebration with my family, including a shot of all the Native (and Star Trek ) books I got: Christmas--December 25, 200...
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Jana's American Indian Christmas

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Read about Jana's American Indian Christmas , in which she sings 10 Christmas carols in 10 Native languages, in my Pictographs blog . Fo...
December 25, 2009

Oldfield's Native-themed songs

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Correspondent DMarks brings the work of Mike Oldfield ( Tubular Bells ) to our attention: Here's Cochise : There's no "official...
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Big Foot ride for holiday season

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What I’m riding for this year--on horse--during my anti-colonial holiday season By Jessica Yee As I rush off and dash to jet-set again for y...

Maxwell Smart, Indian chief

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Episode 12 of Season 5 of the spy spoof Get Smart (airdate: 12/12/69) featured Maxwell Smart as an Indian chief. Here's the story: Is ...
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