Look Back: 2002 Olympics Opening Ceremony

Look Back: 2002 Olympics Opening Ceremony

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The Winter Olympics are in full swing this week in Sochi. We thought we'd take a look back to the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony which featured Native Americans from the five major Utah tribes; The Ute, Shoshon... Read more »
Mazacoin Aims to be Sovereign Altcoin for Native Americans

Mazacoin Aims to be Sovereign Altcoin for Native Americans

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Iceland may be the first nation to get its own cryptocurrency, but if Payu Harris has his way, it won’t be the last. This week, he hopes to mine the genesis block for mazacoin, an altcoin for the Native American natio... Read more »
Disenrollment leaves Natives ‘culturally homeless’

Disenrollment leaves Natives ‘culturally homeless’

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Mia Prickett's ancestor was a leader of the Cascade Indians along the Columbia River and was one of the chiefs who signed an 1855 treaty that helped establish the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde in Oregon. B... Read more »
The Inspiration Behind the Tribal Nations Map

The Inspiration Behind the Tribal Nations Map

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Earlier this year we showed you the story of Aaron Carapella, who had worked many years to create a Tribal Nations Map with original names the people called themselves.  Aaron sat down with Native News Today and talke... Read more »
The Cherokee Word for Water – Now Playing

The Cherokee Word for Water – Now Playing

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The Cherokee Word For Water is a feature-length motion picture inspired by the true story of the struggle for, opposition to, and ultimate success of a rural Cherokee community to bring running water to their families... Read more »
Healing the Warrior’s Heart

Healing the Warrior’s Heart

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Healing the Warrior’s Heart is a production of the Western Folklife Center in collaboration with Gary Robinson of Tribal Eye Productions, and KUED Channel 7, Salt Lake City’s PBS affiliate. The documentary sheds new l... Read more »
Cranberries Were a Native American Superfood

Cranberries Were a Native American Superfood

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The Algonquin, Chippewa, and Cree, among others, gathered wild cranberries where they could find them in what is now Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, all the way west to Oregon and Washington, and nort... Read more »
Maintaining Cultural Identity and Self-Sufficiency

Maintaining Cultural Identity and Self-Sufficiency

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The First Nations Development Institute believes that when armed with the appropriate resources, Native Peoples hold the capacity and ingenuity to ensure the sustainable, economic, spiritual and cultural well-being of... Read more »
Unique Indigenous Map Displays “Our Names” – Tribal Nations Map

Unique Indigenous Map Displays “Our Names” – Tribal Nations Map

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After years of researching his own Cherokee culture, and other Native American tribes, Aaron Carapella never ran across an authentic map that displayed historical tribal names before European contact.  Many maps ... Read more »
Urban Rez Explores the Modern-Day Effects of the Relocation Program

Urban Rez Explores the Modern-Day Effects of the Relocation Program

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The Voluntary Relocation Program, spanning from 1952-1973, was the greatest voluntary upheaval of Native Americans during the 20th century. Urban Rez explores the lasting legacy of the relocation policies that encoura... Read more »
“A Cheyenne Odyssey” – Engaging students in the exploration of U.S. history

“A Cheyenne Odyssey” – Engaging students in the exploration of U.S. history

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THIRTEEN Productions in association with WNET launched their third interactive game in the Mission US series which immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games. The third mission features Li... Read more »
What are the Dawes Roll and Miller Rolls – Myths, Misinformation and Motivations

What are the Dawes Roll and Miller Rolls – Myths, Misinformation and Motivations

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I have written several articles on each of these rolls from a genealogical viewpoint. In this article, I will address the two rolls and compare them side by side from a motivational point of view. In other words, w... Read more »

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