American Indian cremation pit found on Ga. island
The News Review:
- American Indian cremation pit found on Ga. island
- Holiday catalog sales benefit American Indians
- Salazar tapped as interior secretary
- In brief: Edmond American Indian education takes price in winning …
- Mixed Views n $17.4 Billion Auto Bailout
- Some bias some bull
- United Health Foundation Provides $45000 for Scholarships to the …
American Indian cremation pit found on Ga. island
The Associated Press
(AP) — Exposed by erosion at the edge of a crumbling bluff the pit discovered beneath 2 feet of sandy dirt at first appeared to be a grave just long and deep enough to bury a human body. Excavation by archaeologists on ssabaw Island revealed something more puzzling — just a few small bones apparently from fingers or toes mixed with charcoal bits of burned logs and pottery shards predating the arrival of the first European explorers by at least a century. The find has led researchers to suspect American Indians used the ancient pit to burn bodies of the dead making it a rare example of cremation among the early native inhabitants of the southeastern U. “It’s a special sort of burial” said Tom Gresham an Athens archaeologist who worked on the excavation and serves on Georgia’s Council on American Indian Concerns. “The way Indian tribes over time buried their dead varied tremendously. But cremations are fairly rare.
Holiday catalog sales benefit American Indians
cbs4denver.com C
”At least now I can smile a little” she said. The foundation which has offices along old Route 66 in downtownGallup in northwestern New Mexico helps fill a critical need byproviding jobs emergency and social services to American Indianfamilies in a region where unemployment and poverty rates are high. The foundation relies on donations and endowments but the helpthat Lee and thousands of other American Indians receive each yearis largely a result of holiday catalog sales. f the $15 millionthe foundation brings in each year sales of Native American craftsand jewelry account for two-thirds of that said Bill McCarthychief executive of the foundation. ”It’s like a farmer at harvest time for us the Christmasbuying season” he said. The catalog which started out 18 years ago as a one-page flierhas grown to 100 pages filled with items the Southwest is knownfor such as blue corn popcorn turquoise jewelry broom skirtspottery kachinas and moccasins. The foundation hires seasonalemployees to pack and ship catalog items and American Indianartists work feverishly to fnce.
Salazar tapped as interior secretary
Indian Country Today NY
”“I look forward to helping address the challenges faced by our Native American communities all across this nation” Salazar said after bama made his announcement. If Salazar is confirmed by the Senate he will oversee a department that encompasses the BIA. The BIA handles a substantial amount of federal relations with Indian tribes as does the department’s ffice of the Special Trustee for American Indians. As part of the position Salazar will become the government’s de facto defendant in the long-running Cobell v. Kempthorne (previously known as Cobell v. Norton and Cobell v. Babbit) class-action lawsuit brought by American Indian representatives against the U.
In brief: Edmond American Indian education takes price in winning …
NewsK.com K
Yellowfish received the award at a banquet the council held Dec. She said the honor filled her with pride.
Mixed Views n $17.4 Billion Auto Bailout
CBS News NY
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders warned that crumbling domestic and export demand would lead to extended plant closures and job cuts as production falls. The industry body wants the government to move quickly to restore demand and loosen tight credit conditions. The government has confirmed it is in talks with Jaguar Land Rover’s Indian owner about possible financial support. The society says the number of cars built in British factories dropped 33 per cent to 97604 last month. Commercial vehicle production fell 50 per cent to just under 11000. © MMVIII CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Related from Champcarnews: Auto bailout lifts US stock futures
Some bias some bull
Indian Country Today NY
com%2Fnational%2F36438274. After turning that lens on American Indian families and the Indian Child Welfare Act ? in turn angering many in Indian country ? she now says no harm was meant.
United Health Foundation Provides $45000 for Scholarships to the …
MarketWatch
The scholarship recipients were chosen based on their academic achievement financial need education enrollment status and American Indian community involvement. Scholarship recipients include five tribal college students at Dine College including Melissa Clark a pre-medicine major from Shiprock New Mexico; Alison Dedman a nursing major from Nazlini Arizona; Danielle Goldman a pre-medicine major from Farmington New Mexico; Danelle Jishie a pre-medicine major from Tsaile Arizona; and Thomasita Kinsel a health occupations major from Lukachukai Arizona. Mainstream college scholarship recipients include Rachelle Hovel a social work major from Phoenix Arizona and Tenai Roan a nursing major from St. Michaels Arizona both studying at Arizona State University; and Kelly Saganey a biology major from Flagstaff Arizona and Belinda Style a social work major from Tuba City Arizona both studying at Northern Arizona University.
Written by admin on December 20th, 2008 with
no comments.
Read more articles on News.