Fallon artist and Indian activist in new film
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- Fallon artist and Indian activist in new film
- IHS releases half billion in funds
- Indian tacos are rich in fat history
- Tribes keep eye on health care reform
- MARTINSBURG -The rhythmic thunderous hum of drumbeats and …
- Summit tackles education barriers for American Indians
- Healthy living in northwest Indian country
Fallon artist and Indian activist in new film
San Jose Mercury News
—Adam Fortunate Eagle of Fallon the architect of the American Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969 will mark his 80th year next month. But that doesn’t mean he’s slowing down. A film crew has been following the American Indian activist around to make a documentary called “Contrary Warrior” a movie about his life and times that the producers hope to sell to the Public Broadcasting System. His latest book “Pipestone: A Boy’s Life in an Indian Boarding School” has been accepted for publication by the University of klahoma Press. And then there’s the usual sculpting carving researching writing and general political agitating with a big dose of satire.
IHS releases half billion in funds
Indian Country Today
“These Recovery Act funds will provide critical assistance to American Indian and Alaska Native communities” said newly-appointed IHS Director Yvette Roubideaux a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. “These funds will help improve health care create jobs and make our Native communities stronger. ”The Recovery Act funds are to be doled out by IHS as follows: $227 million for health facilities construction; $100 million for maintenance and improvements; $85 million for health information technology; $68 million for sanitation facilities construction; and $20 million for health equipment to help improve health care in Indian country. Agency officials said the Recovery Act health facility construction funds will be used to complete the construction of the new IHS Eagle Butte Health Center in Eagle Butte S.
Indian tacos are rich in fat history
Indian Country Today
Today an klahoma festival fair or pow wow just wouldn’t be the same without a booth selling frybread topped with layers of chili beans lettuce tomato and cheese. Some say frybread was invented by the Navajo tribe but it’s now hard to find a tribe that doesn’t lay claim to frybread or its culinary offshoot the Indian taco. Some American Indians wish this high-calorie high-fat food would just go away. thers want to preserve the history of it and worry that younger generations may let the tradition slip away. Young people make up a good portion of those interested in and entering the National Indian Taco Competition sponsored by the sage Nation in Pawhuska. Cooks from across the country travel to this event to show off their frybread techniques and to assemble the best Indian tacos you’ve ever eaten. Even those who don’t enter the contest realize the need to preserve the food.
Tribes keep eye on health care reform
The Missoulian
9 million American Indians get medical care through IHS an often-criticized health care delivery system that historically has been funded at about 50 percent of need. Tribal advocates have been lobbying Congress for 10 years to renew the Indian Health Care Improvement Act legislation that would increase IHS funding and modernize its services. Now some advocates fear that the push for overall health care reform will eclipse American Indian needs. “We don't want the administration to lose sight that there's something already on the plate” Killsback said. “We don't want it to be confused with (national) health care form and we don't want them to be lumped in together. ”Many tribal leaders are wary of tossing their people's lot in with the rest of the country under a reformed health system. They fear it could erode tribal sovereignty which is guaranteed by treaty and gives tribes the right to govern their members.
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MARTINSBURG -The rhythmic thunderous hum of drumbeats and …
Martinsburg Journal
That’s what we like to see. “The Wakichipi or “good dance” pow-wow is also a chance Richardson said for non-native people to learn about the various different tribes and cultures that make up the rich cultural and historical heritage of the Native American people. Native Americans from numerous tribes were represented including the Cherokee Tuscarora Pueblo Piscataway Chikahominy Sioux Iroquois and even the Alaskan Inuit as well representatives of South American Indian tribes. Richardson himself is a member of the Haliwa-Saponi people who are mainly based in North Carolina. Among those who attended the Pow-Wow which simply means a gathering of different tribes was Frank Lowery who is a member of the Lumbee people. A Baltimore native he now lives in North Carolina and is a grass dancer. “Long ago before we had lawn mowers the grass dancer would go out and prepare the arena for all the other dancers so you can see their foot work when we dance” he said.
Summit tackles education barriers for American Indians
Arizona Republic
25 2009 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic It’s no secret that American Indians are struggling to graduate from high school and get into college. Arizona tribal and education leaders said Wednesday that the poor academic showing might be at least partially the result of some of the state’s Native students falling through bureaucratic holes. Changes are needed in how tribal education funds are released said Alberto livas director of the Maricopa Community Colleges Center for Civic Participation. He said that once students get to college they are dropping out because their tuition money does not arrive in time.
Healthy living in northwest Indian country
Indian Country Today
The foundation awarded $2. 3 million in grants to area agencies and nonprofits. Some of the funding went to:• Honoring Women’s Health Project: This project of Family Planning of Clallam County will reach 1300 medically underserved women with breast health education and provide access to breast cancer screening to about 430 women. • Native Women’s Wellness Program: This program of the South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency provides breast health outreach and education screening and support activities to women in rural tribal communities who are rarely or have never been screened for breast cancer.
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