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Articles from the January 9, 2019 edition


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  • Osage Nation Calls Court Decision a Victory

    Jan 9, 2019

    The Osage Nation is calling a court decision a victory. The US Supreme Court has refused to hear a case involving the Osage Wind project. The developers of the controversial wind project asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling requiring a mining permit, by either the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Osage Minerals Council. http://www.bartlesvilleradio.com/pages/news/187502019/osage-nation-calls-court-decision-a-victory...

  • Woman in Vegetative State Who Gave Birth to Baby is Native American

    Jan 9, 2019

    PHOENIX - The woman who has been in a vegetative state for over a decade and gave birth to a child has been identified as being a Native American woman. "It was confirmed to us by multiple sources who we cannot identify publicly," commented Arizona's Family reporter Briana Whitney to Native News Online. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/woman-in-vegetative-state-who-gave-birth-to-baby-is-native-american/...

  • Long before tech bros, Silicon Valley had a highly developed society

    Jan 9, 2019

    There was a point in time, before colonization, when the San Francisco Bay Area was dominated by a people with a way of life and philosophy that did not revolve around technology or technological improvement. Five hundred years ago, this swath of northern California was populated by the Ohlone peoples, about 10,000 of whom lived in the stretch of land that we call the San Francisco Bay Area. So rich in plant and animal life was this region that the Ohlone were able to survive without farming or animal domestication; indeed, western explorers,...

  • Cheyenne River Reservation Has A Radio Station

    Jan 9, 2019

    The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation now has a tribal radio station. K-I-P-I has had its FCC license for about a month and will serve a valuable role for the community. Tribally run radio stations are important for those in Indian country, especially hyper-rural areas where broadband access is limited. http://listen.sdpb.org/post/cheyenne-river-reservation-has-radio-station...

  • The art and beauty of porcupine quills

    Jan 9, 2019

    Plains tribes used dyed porcupine quills to adorn clothing, dolls and other items (called quillwork) before the introduction of beads. Many Native artists still choose to express themselves with the art form that begins with many hours of meticulous quill harvesting from porcupines—which may or may not still be alive. It also requires involved processing that includes flattening and dyeing the quills. The resulting work is vivid and unique. Join our conversation with some contemporary Native quillworkers about this traditional art form. G...

  • Native American wisdom will feature at musical event

    Jan 9, 2019

    Attendees to any of the "Sound & Spirit" events later this month will get a unique perspective on life from a resident artist of the Oneida Nation Arts program. Coleen Bins, a retired art educator and owner of Chief Oshkosh in Egg Harbor, will be joining forces with Studio 330 owner Hans Christian for a series of events in Sturgeon Bay that promise to take participants on a peaceful, meditative and inspiring journey. Bins will share stories on Creation and creativity from her Native American heritage and will attempt to remind people of their...

  • 'Shameful Day for Canada': First Nations Encampment Violently Raided, Land Protectors Arrested

    Jan 9, 2019

    More than 50 protests have been planned for across the globe on Tuesday in solidarity with a First Nations group fighting against the construction of TransCanada's Coastal GasLink through unceded Wet'suwet'en territory, with the number of protests rising overnight after Canadian police broke down a checkpoint gate erected by Indigenous land protectors and arrested more than a dozen people. Reacting to footage of the "invasion" by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), author and activist Naomi Klein said it was "a shameful day for Canada,...