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Lakota Youth to go on Photo Assignment with National Geographic At South Dakota Reservation
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 7/8/2008
National Geographic contributing photographer Maggie Steber will give a group of Lakota teenagers a unique opportunity to document their community at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during National Geographic Photo Camp 2008. From Friday, July 11, to Monday, July 14, the high school students, who are active in the SuAnne Big Crow Boys and Girls Club, will photograph, edit and design a portrait of the reservation’s environment and culture. [More...]
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Native Times website is almost complete
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7/8/2008
The Native American Times would like to inform everyone that our new website is almost complete!
It has taken longer than expected to get all the kinks out but it is well worth it.
This new website is designed to be more of a community hub for everyone to utilize to find out what is going on in Indian country and businesses to utilize opportunities available. [More...]
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Lena R. Fowler of Tuba City announces candidacy for Coconino County Board of Supervisors District 5 seat
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TUBA CITY, ARIZ. 7/7/2008
Lena R. [More...]
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Traditional Foods Cook-Off will Showcase Talented Chefs at Cherokee Holiday
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TAHLEQUAH, OK 7/7/2008
The Cherokee Nation is seeking entries for the Traditional Indian Food Cook-Off that will take place on Saturday, August 30, from 1 p. [More...]
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Part of S.D. Badlands management could go to Indian tribe
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BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. 7/7/2008
The north end of this national park bustles with roughly a million tourists a year who pull over to view and photograph the majestic canyons, spires and tables, hike the trails and learn about fossils. [More...]
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American-Indian group walks the US to press causes
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RICHMOND, VA. 7/7/2008
With hopscotch speed, Shanawa Littlebow leapt to the side of the road, scooped up a plastic bottle cap and fell back into line with his fellow walkers, passing trailer homes and gas stations along Jefferson-Davis Highway. [More...]
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Job Classifieds for the week of July 11th
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7/7/2008
Classifieds
WITH EAGLE’S WINGS
Position Opening: July 8, 008
Position Closing: July 23, 2008
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROGRAM COUNSELOR
(MA, MS, LPC, LCSW OR MFT)
With Eagle ’s Wings is accepting applications for the above position. Interviews will continue until a successful candidate is elected for this position. [More...]
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Groups converge on Rosebud Reservation to deal with Teen Suicide
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ROSEBUD RESERVATION, SD 7/2/2008
Life on the Rosebud Reservation is a canvas filled with harsh brush strokes. With an unemployment rate of 80 percent, Todd County is the second most poverty stricken place in the nation. [More...]
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Tribes Change Gears due to Higher Gas Prices
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7/1/2008
With the cost per gallon of gasoline dancing around $4, Indian tribal members and employees are feeling the pinch this Fourth of July weekend, tribal officials said.
Across Oklahoma, the state's 37 tribes collectively have thousands of employees, some of which commute over twelve miles to work. [More...]
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A sneak peak inside a few good books
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7/1/2008
To Live Upon Hope
Mohicans and Missionaries in the Eighteenth-Century Northeast
By Rachel Wheeler
Two Northeast Indian communities with similar histories of colonization accepted Congregational and Moravian missionaries, respectively, within five years of one another: the Mohicans of Stockbridge, Massachusetts (1735), and Shekomeko, in Dutchess County, New York (1740). [More...]
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Tribes Forced to Shift Gears due to Higher Gas Prices
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7/1/2008
With the price of gasoline dancing near the $4 mark for the July 4th weekend, some tribes are trying to keep up with the skyrocketing pace. Rising gas costs are impacting tribal members and employees alike, tribes said. [More...]
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Longtime Blackfeet tribal chairman ousted in elections
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GREAT FALLS, MONT. 6/30/2008
(AP) _ Longtime Blackfeet Tribal Chairman Earl Old Person was ousted in tribal elections Tuesday.
Unofficial election results show Henry Butterfly received 1,860 votes to Old Person's 999 in the Browning District to win a spot on the Tribal Business Council. [More...]
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Health Care Authority plans second meeting with tribal, health care leaders
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SHAWNEE OK 6/30/2008
Health care for Oklahoma’s American Indian population will be the focus of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority’s second annual SoonerCare Tribal Consultation Meeting set for 8 a.m. [More...]
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Indian Health Care System Deemed Inadequate by Kansas Tribe
Kickapoo Nation Tribal Chair issues formal appeal to Government
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KICKAPOO RESERVATION 6/27/2008
Native Americans are experiencing health disparities at an increasing rate due to the lack of Federal assistance health care money available through the Indian Health Care System.
The Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas’ Tribal Chair Steve Cadue issued a formal appeal to U. [More...]
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Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods graduate first students
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KLAMATH, CA- 6/25/2008
On Saturday, June 14, 2008, the Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods (KRECR) graduated its first students at the inaugural commencement ceremony. [More...]
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Cherokee Ballard named Woman of the Year for her battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY 6/25/2008
Television news anchor and Cherokee Nation tribal member, Cherokee Ballard has been named the Oklahoma Leukemia Lymphoma Woman of the Year 2008 for her battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, officials said. [More...]
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Navajo Nation Takes the Plunge
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6/25/2008
By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji)
It finally is happening. The once-reluctant Navajo Nation is finally joining the ranks of the other 225 tribes in America and will open their first casino in October. [More...]
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House of Representatives Passes Child Welfare Bill That Includes Tribal Foster Care Funding
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6/25/2008
Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed under suspension H.R. 6307, th [More...]
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After urging parties to negotiate, Tester praises National Bison Range agreement
Historic agreement a ‘result of governments working together’
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 6/25/2008
Months after he first encouraged negotiations between the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes and the U. [More...]
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House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Future of Utah Navajo Trust Fund
President Shirley testifies for Navajo to be new trustee
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— 6/25/2008
The fate over the future of the Utah Navajo Trust Fund was the center of a Congressional hearing last week.. [More...]
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