An Interior Department attorney who has been locked out of his office at the Bureau of Indian Affairs accused the agency on Tuesday of failing to account for millions of dollars in trust funds. After a stint in Oklahoma, field solicitor Robert McCarthy went to work for the BIA in Palm Springs, California, over three … Continued
The Society for the Advancement of Native Interests-Today, commonly called SANI-T, has received a $500,000 grant from the Northwest Area Foundation in St. Paul, Minn. The one-year grant will be used to support SANI-T initiatives aimed at reducing poverty among urban Native American populations. A portion will also be used to expand SANI-T’s ability to … Continued
I needed something to help me feel good this morning. I’ve been in TX for over a month now and I really am ready to go home as well. It will be a while longer before I can, but it was good to remember these guys going home. GOING HOME The Catalina Island Conservancy … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) (Navajo invited me to cross post this from Daily Kos.) A lot of people are aware of the many abject problems Native American’s face- rampant poverty, diabetes, environmental degradation to name a few. The current social problems are not isolated from the past several hundred years of colonalism & imperialism, … Continued
I was a believer in Native American ways from the time I was 6 years old, growing up in Germany, when I first read about Native American culture, via an author – Karl May – a German who had never even been to the United States, but who wrote books honoring Native Americans, against all … Continued
Seventeen lives were lost in the Washita Flood of 1934, that brought about the flood prevention system for the surrounding area.Little known is this flood with its impact and death toll. Less known than that is the Cheyenne Arapaho band that escaped that flood and why they survived. Nearly completely unknown is the short … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) A Canadian company has the legal right to condemn land for a crude-oil pipeline through the eastern part of the state (South Dakota in this case) – Custer’s method of attack was a four front attack at dawn on sleeping villages. It seems an extreme comparison to make, even irresponsible. … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) “Few opinions that I will express” are more certain that Michael Medved denies genocide. No, it is not an opinion, he literally denies genocide. Reject the Lie of White “Genocide” Against Native Americans Few opinions I’ve expressed on air have produced a more indignant, outraged reaction than my repeated insistence … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) (Correction: it was/is an American developer, not an American company. Plus, a new character) I think this is a case in point of why the Neoconservative forces in the U.S. and in Canada de-affirmed the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Final update is at the end. Manifest … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) The U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will be voted on September 13th. Here’s a petition for it, please sign it. “We reaffirm our commitment to continue making progress in the advancement of the human rights of the world’s indigenous peoples at the local, national, regional and international … Continued
