Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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PICAYUNE — After the Pilgrims landed, they probably would not have survived if the Indians had not rescued them. The wheat the Pilgrims brought to plant would not grow in the rocky soil. They needed to learn new ways for a new world and the man who came to their rescue was Squanto who, fifteen years before the Pilgrims came, had gone to England where he learned to speak English....
The shrinking nature of government will impact Americans for years to come. This trend is demographic and it's global....
USA Today has obtained a draft of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that confirms with data what many people have been come to believe based on anecdotal evidence: Extreme weather is on the rise, and set to worsen in the coming years, and climate change is to blame. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/18/report-links-extreme-weather-to-climate-change-63775 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/18/report-links-extreme-weather-to-climate-change-63775#ixzz1eLVPV...
When Charles applied for a position with the mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program earlier this year, the application asked the teenager to identify his ethnicity....
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The self-help author who led an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that ended with three deaths was sentenced Friday to two years behind bars — not enough for the victims' family members, who earlier in the day yelled at James Arthur Ray and said he was "not worthy to spit shine" the victims' shoes. Read more: http://newsok.com/self-help-guru-gets-2-years-in-sweat-lodge-deaths/article/feed/318745#ixzz1eLWl4e6m...
When Yvondra Wauneka was a teenager growing up on the Defiance Plateau, her father told her if she stayed on the reservation, a wealthy Navajo man would end up trading her for cattle, sheep or goats. That was the way poor Indian women used to get married, Wauneka, 74, said, laughing at the thought....
WASHINGTON, DC -- Earlier this month, “alarm and dismay” prompted two congressmen to tell the Department of the Interior they expect a report on alleged violations of the Indian Child Welfare Act by the State of South Dakota by the end of November....
THANKSGIVING DAY, 2011 - – - – - – - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION One of our Nation’s oldest and most cherished traditions, Thanksgiving Day brings us closer to our loved ones and invites us to reflect on the blessings that enrich our lives. The observance recalls the celebration of an autumn harvest centuries ago, when the Wampanoag tribe joined the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony to share in the fruits of a bountiful season. The feast honored the Wampanoag for generously extending their knowledge of local game a...
Editor's Note: Sundust Teocuauhtli Martinez is the executive director and co-host of Native Voice TV, a nonprofit news program in San Jose, Calif. He spoke to NAM writer Pete Micek about the Indian history behind Thanksgiving....
President Obama on Friday signed an omnibus spending bill needed to keep the government operating through Dec. 16, but which keeps pizza as a vegetable in school lunches and opens the door to a return to possible horse slaughter plants in the United States....
A proposed bill that will grant the right to free trade between Turkish and Native Americans was approved by the US Congressional Committee on Natural Resources this week....
The Indian Health Service (IHS) faces daily challenges in providing health services to 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, often in remote and rural areas. Medical and dental care provided at an IHS or tribal health care facility is called direct care. The Contract Health Services (CHS) Program is for medical and dental care provided away from an IHS or tribal health care facility, usually as a result of a physician referral. Services are approved for payment if a patient meets residency requirements, notification requirements,...
The 20/20 special about the Pine Ridge Reservation, “Children of the Plains” (watch the full episode here), has gotten both positive and negative reviews. The episode certainly shone a light on a neglected part of America. For that alone, it provided a valuable service. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/children-of-the-plains-was-little-more-than-poverty-porn http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/children-of-the-plains-was-little-more-than-poverty-porn#ixzz1eLZzFgn3...
PEACH SPRINGS - Residents of Peach Springs were notified to boil their water Monday after an ice storm knocked out power to the Hualapai Nation's water treatment plant....
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming family was driving to a doctor’s appointment when a distraught teenager saw his chance in their headlights, authorities say. Matthew Denton throttled his SUV to 97 mph, steered into the opposite lanes, and kept his foot off the brake....
A two-car collision that killed five people in Fremont County last week has been deemed a homicide by suicide, according to authorities. Read more: http://trib.com/news/local/state-and-regional/officials-rule-fatal-wyoming-crash-intentional/article_8f650d89-f17b-5580-b091-73f8927b023d.html#ixzz1eLaxtQJX...
A fiery head-on crash that killed five people last week wasn't an accident but a nearly 100 mph murder-suicide by a distraught teen. The crash happened just after midnight on November 10 four miles south of Lander, when Matthew Denton, 17, deliberately drove his Chevrolet Suburban into oncoming traffic. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062961/Teen-killed-people-head-car-crash-drove-van-100mph-commit-suicide.html#ixzz1eLbDH7Sx...
TULALIP -- A Tulalip Tribal member has been ordered to pay back nearly $400,000 that was embezzled from the tribal smoke shop....
A 46-year-old Tulalip Tribes member has been sentenced to a year’s confinement, including six months in prison, and ordered to pay back nearly $400,000 she embezzled while working at a tribal liquor store and smoke shop....
SEATTLE (AP) — A tutor who molested a second-grader at the Lummi Indian Nation Elementary School was sentenced in Seattle to six years in federal prison for aggravated sex abuse of a minor....
