American Indian cremation pit found on US ssabaw island
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- American Indian cremation pit found on US ssabaw island
- American Indian Tribes may gain more river input
- Circle of trust: Prison resource officer just talks to inmates
- Review: ‘American Buffalo’ by Steven Rinella
- Indian Education for All: Meeting the mandate
American Indian cremation pit found on US ssabaw island
News from Indian Country WI
Though carbon dating revealed it to be more recent the find is still considered prehistoric because it predates the arrival of the first European explorers in Georgia in 1520. The researchers suspect that American Indians used the ancient pit to burn bodies of the dead. “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. Located 6 miles off the Savannah coast ssabaw Island remains one of Georgia’s wildest barrier islands. Hogs deer armadillos and Sicilian donkeys roam the state-owned island’s 11800 acres of wishbone-shaped uplands.
American Indian Tribes may gain more river input
News from Indian Country WI
The change increased the number of tribal representatives on MoRAST’s board of directors from six to 13. That puts the 28 tribes in the Missouri River Basin on a more equal footing with MoRAST’s seven member states who also have 13 representatives on the board. Six states have two each but Wyoming which is not a “mainstem” river state has only one. Eleven tribes were represented at MoRAST’s most recent meeting in Rapid City.
Circle of trust: Prison resource officer just talks to inmates
Salt Lake Tribune United States
In 1997 he became the ethnic minority resource officer serving as a mediator among the minority inmates and officers; a Spanish interpreter for inmates their families and the prison; an instructor for various workshops; and a prison representative working with American Indian tribes and consulates. He also sets up interpreters for inmates who speak other languages. About that time Martinez and now-retired case worker Roger Williams started talking about the idea of forming “talking circles” for American Indian inmates — a nod to their tradition of gathering around a fire to discuss important issues and share stories. (Williams declined to be interviewed for the story. ) Martinez said the then-increasing number of American Indian inmates needed an informal class where they could talk comfortably. “They needed something” he said. About a year later Martinez started the first talking circle with six American Indian men.
Review: ‘American Buffalo’ by Steven Rinella
Newsday NY
” Rinella’s strong historical sidebars make up a detailed history of how the buffalo were nearly hunted to extinction in the United States. After Cortes introduced the horse to the Americas “buffalo-related warfare became the defining aspect of intertribal politics” he writes. And those who think only white people killed buffalo in bulk must read Rinella’s accounts of “buffalo jumps” in which American Indian hunters lured hundreds of buffalo to their doom in mass plunges. These pages are gut-wrenching as are his descriptions of what some Indian hunters did to rivals they caught on their lands. But Rinella is also an admirer: “The Indians’ relationship to the buffalo was complex and beautiful not because of the Indians’ unwavering frugality with the buffalo but because of their unwavering inventiveness with the animal. ” Rinella is frequently inventive himself. In describing the physiognomy that make it possible for these giant animals to run faster than 30 miles per hour he writes “I sometimes think of buffalo as souped-up hot rods that are hidden inside minivan shells.
Indian Education for All: Meeting the mandate
Great Falls Tribune MT
Great Falls’ methodGreat Falls has had an Indian education program since 1974 though it was solely funded through federal grants for some time said Sandra Boham the program’s director. The main purpose of the federal funds was to help Great Falls’ Native American students increase their academic achievement. “It started with people being very angry about the poor performance of American Indian students” Boham said. “We provide cultural activities and educate and shine the path for these students. “Last spring Great Falls graduated the largest class of Native American students in the district’s history. Additionally Indian Education for All funding allows Boham to send more teachers to professional development training and put books on the shelves that reflect the culture of the Native American students. “It has been huge” Boham said.
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