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For high school students, it's a day to sleep in. For some Americans, it means a parade. But for American Indians, many of which surround the Syracuse University Hill, Columbus Day is a time to mourn their losses.
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BIDDEFORD, Maine – The University of New England celebrated Donna Loring, a writer, educator, activist and the Penobscot Indian Nation’s former representative in the Maine legislature in early October with the first of a lecture series in her name and a conference about teaching Wabanaki history in Maine’s public schoo
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The National Congress of American Indians, the oldest and largest organization representing tribal governments, on Monday will formally announce its 2010 census campaign, “Indian Country Counts.”
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When his mother took senior Paul Ganas to his very first powwow as a toddler, she said he immediately got involved, dancing and swaying to the beat of the drums. Now that he's older, Ganas, 25, is involved with American Indian culture in a more intimate way - learning to speak Ojibwe and teaching it to others, in turn breathing new life into an endangered language.
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Guardians of tradition-By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin Published: October 09. 2009 4:00AM PST
At first Merle Kirk and Adeline Miller were inseparable. For eight hours a day, the two went over language drills. Miller, a tribal elder, would say a word in her native Ishichkin, and Kirk would repeat it. They traveled and taught together. Kirk listened without interrupting. Access full at: http://tinyurl.com/ygsmjz8
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The troubles on the Klamath River are much older than the 2002 fish kill, and they continue to this day. But seven years ago, when as many as 70,000 Chinook and coho washed up dead on the banks of the river, a desperate new sense of urgency was born in the public consciousness. For the first time, it seemed possible that California's second most productive salmon fishery could turn completely barren, and that it could happen soon. And in the intervening years, in fact, commercial salmon fishing has shriveled, banned entirely for some years due to a lack of fish. The river has seen numerous other mass die-offs, mostly of juvenile salmon, since the 2002 crisis.
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Keeping it in the cultureSenior helps create course to teach, revitalize Ojibwe languageJanie Boschma-Issue date: 10/8/09 Section: Student LifeSenior Paul Ganas goes over a list of Ojibwe words and phrases before his language class Monday in the Old Library's distance learning lab, where the class is both broadcast live and recorded. Watch archived classes online.Access full article at:http://tinyurl.com/ygwgfma
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The story of Christopher Columbus and the people he encountered when he arrived in the Caribbean has yet to be truthfully conveyed in books used by elementary school students, a new University of Florida study finds.
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