Group marches in name of ‘Mother Earth’
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- Lillian Allen has a lifetime of stories — all colorful
- Tribes aim to revive language
- Madera casino deal signed Governor expects $25 million for state in…
Group marches in name of ‘Mother Earth’
Topeka Capital Journal – Apr 29, 2008
a group participating in the Longest Walk 2 is in Topeka to promote their message to protect “Mother Earth” and the cultures and sacred sites of American Indians. About 20 walkers arrived at the Statehouse at noon Monday and formed a circle for an American Indian prayer song led by Cordell Tulley a member of the Dineh tribe of Arizona.
Lillian Allen has a lifetime of stories — all colorful
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Apr 29, 2008
“I only hope that America will be just as kind when it comes asking (people their) nationality that biracial will be added to the list. Indeed as she noted when she spoke at ASIS’ Martin Luther King Day program earlier this year it’s not easy to say what’s black and what’s white. Just look at the photos on her living room wall of her father’s father who was part black and part American Indian and his wife who was American Indian and white. So really Lillian is just an integral part of history no color attached. But again she’s not history just yet. As she concluded “Three Weddings and a Christening” “Someone admonished that I should take good care of myself. I assured them I would.
Tribes aim to revive language
San Diego Union Tribune – Apr 29, 2008
For instance “hello” is “haawka” and “Where are we going?” is “Man nah ha?”But the links between speakers of the Yuman languages also called the Pai tribes go beyond words said Karen Ray language and culture coordinator for the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation outside Phoenix. “We share similar bird songs and things like that; some of our creation stories are similar” said Ray who helped found the summit several years ago. But like native languages the world over American Indian languages have suffered because of a focus on mainstream culture long-ago government policies designed to assimilate Indians and neglect or outright discouragement from Indian parents who felt it carried a stigma. In recent decades tribes have taken steps to revitalize their endangered languages by compiling dictionaries offering classes encouraging children to speak it at camp and connecting fluent speakers with apprentices in immersion efforts. Now money from tribal casinos has stepped up those efforts. Gatherings such as the Yuman summit are key to sharing what works and what doesn't Ray said. The gathering is unique because it's driven by Indians rather than academics said Leanne Hinton a linguist at the University of California Berkeley.
Madera casino deal signed Governor expects $25 million for state in…
San Francisco Chronicle – Apr 29, 2008
Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a deal Monday that will allow an American Indian tribe to build a casino in the Central Valley in exchange for sending some of its proceeds to an impoverished Northern California tribe that has given up the right to build its own gaming facilities. The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians plans to construct a $250 million casino on a plot of land along Highway 99 a heavily traveled corridor just north of the city of Madera. Because that parcel lies about 35 miles from the tribe’s original reservation in the Sierra Nevada foothills the tribe needs U. Interior Department approval of the land purchase before the hotel and casino can be built.
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