sage tribe buys American Indian mound in St. Louis
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- sage tribe buys American Indian mound in St. Louis
- NCHS Annual Taco Meal with American Indian Drumming and Dancing
- Tribal leaders seek help with Indian gang activity
- Maine Indians want athletes honored
- Colorado tribes to be schooled about diabetes
- Rare parole hearing for American Indian activist
sage tribe buys American Indian mound in St. Louis
NewsK.com
LUIS (AP) — An klahoma-based tribe has bought the last remaining American Indian mound in St. Louis for about $230000.
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NCHS Annual Taco Meal with American Indian Drumming and Dancing
Bemidji Pioneer
6 at the Rotary Pavilion on the Lake Bemidji Waterfront. The cost is $6 per person and includes tacos served on fry bread or flour tortilla with all the trimmings pop and ice cream. Live American Indian drumming and dancing will continue throughout the day. All proceeds will go towards a spoken patient menu system for the hospital. The event is sponsored by the North Country Health Services Foundation Bemidji Medical Equipment and Memorial Blood Centers.
Tribal leaders seek help with Indian gang activity
The Associated Press
Tribal law enforcement officials testifying before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee described severely undermanned police departments that must patrol reservations the size of small states allowing gangs to thrive and turning reservations into hubs for drug distribution. Drug traffickers have infiltrated gangs because the reservations are remote and undetected by law enforcement. Indian police forces meanwhile often lack jurisdiction or the resources to stop the trail of cocaine marijuana and methamphetamines. “There exists in Indian Country today the twin scourge of drug abuse and criminal gang activity” said Carmen Smith police chief for the Warm Springs re.
Maine Indians want athletes honored
The Associated Press
Sockalexis played professional baseball for the Cleveland Spiders from 1897-1899 and batted. 338 in 66 games in his first season. A resolution passed June 12 by the Maine Legislature calls Sockalexis the “first known American Indian to play major league baseball” and the inspiration for the team name Indians which was officially adopted in 1915. The resolution also criticizes Sports Illustrated for not including Louis or his cousin Andrew who competed in the lympic marathon in 1912 on its list of Maine’s 50 greatest athletes and asks that the magazine “correct the oversight. “”They were always talked about in my upbringing on the reservation” said Francis adding “they truly were heroes in this community. “But Francis and Mitchell said the contributions of the two athletes have been largely overlooked by baseball and the media. “To me their accomplishments went far beyond their athletic prowess” said Francis.
Colorado tribes to be schooled about diabetes
Denver Post
The Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools program or DETS will bring new lessons to K-12 classrooms including those in 15 schools on the Southern Ute reservation in southwest Colorado. These lessons could not come at a better time said Vivian Arviso the DETS teacher who will take the curriculum to the Colorado schools in August. “Diabetes is really a national crisis for Native American students” she said. “The schools need support in working with students and families so children can avoid or prevent diabetes.
Rare parole hearing for American Indian activist
Philadelphia Inquirer
28 2009 Rare parole hearing for American Indian activist BLAKE NICHLSN The Associated Press BISMARCK N. – The North Dakota reservation where imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier grew up has made arrangements to incorporate him back into society should he be paroled Peltier’s attorney said Tuesday. Peltier is serving two life sentences for the execution-style deaths of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams during a June 26 1975 standoff on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was convicted in Fargo N.
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