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Navajo Student Wins Highest National Honor for Young Poets Kinsale Hueston, a senior Navajo student in California, has been recognized for her poetry Tanya H. Lee • August 26, 2017 To say Navajo student Kinsale Hueston, 17, is an aspiring writer would be to miss the point. The senior at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in California is by any definition an accomplished poet who has just been named one of five National Student Poets for 2017, the nation’s highest honor for young poets. The National Student Poets Program is a project of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, which administers the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Navajo student will go to Washington, D.C., at the end of August for the official award ceremony at the Library of Congress. The weekend will include a private workshop with the 21st US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Awar...

If you own a shirt with an eagle, a wolf or an Indian on it…You might be Native American If you get up right now and walk to your closet, or look in the hamper or for some, just look in the mirror, you will see a shirt with an eagle, a wolf or an Indian on it. Heck, you might even own a shirt that has all three. Buffalos, hawks and deer also count. If you own shirts that look like these... You might be Native American. (Vincent Schilling) Vincent Schilling If you own shirts that look like these… You might be Native American. If you own at least one piece of turquoise jewelry… You might be a Native American You might have a small pair of earrings or a straight out arm cuff with a six inch oval of turquoise, but no matter how big or small your collection, if you have that beautiful stone in your house or on your person, well, you know. If you own any jewelry like this... You might be Native American. (Vincent Schilling) Vincent Schilling If you own any jewelry like this… You might be Nat...

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Country  Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Tecumseh and Other Heroes of Native Resistance Celebrate such heroes as Sitting Bull, fierce women warriors, iconic visionaries and modern leaders in this FREE report Dear Friend, Crazy Horse never signed a single document and never allowed his photograph to be taken. Opechancanough coordinated a successful attack that killed 500 colonists in Virginia when he was 90 years old. The Crow warrior Pine Leaf, later Woman Chief, followed the custom of her fellow male chiefs and took two or more wives. The visionary Tenskwatawa renounced his alcohol addiction and was later so revered for his prophecy and sincerity that he even won over many U.S. officials. These are just a few of the fascinating details in Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Tecumseh and Other Heroes of Native Resistance that capture the spirit of the Native intelligence, integrity, sophistication and bravery of Indian heroes – some of whom never made it into U.S. History boo...

Indian Country Media Network Logo   SIGN IN   REGISTER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Mato Grosso Courtesy Amazon Watch Indigenous activists and allies hailed the decision as being very positive. Brazilian Indigenous Win Supreme Court Victory to Keep Their Land In Mato Grosso The Federal Supreme Court ruled the lands are ‘immemorially indigenous’ and that Mato Grosso could not expropriate the lands Rick Kearns • August 30, 2017 On August 16, Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously rejected a government-backed proposal that would have taken more land away from indigenous people based on a ‘Time frame’ (Marco Temporal) thesis that asserted indigenous people would not have rights to lands they hadn’t been occupying in 1988, the year of the country’s most recent constitution. The Court was asked to look at two land title issues from the state of Mato Grosso. Brazilian President Michel Temer and rich landowners (known as ruralists in Brazil) supported the idea that the state of Mato Grosso could se...

Having trouble viewing this email? View this email on the web. Indian Country Today logo   September 4, 2017 IN THIS ISSUE Welcome to Indian Country Today! This is your daily source of the latest Native news as well as information about Native history, travel, and culture, from Indian Country Media Network – Serving the Nations and Celebrating the People.  Advertisement FEATURED STORIES News Indian Country Today Media Network To Cease Active Operations   On September 4, 2017, ICTMN announces operational hiatus to explore new business ... Read More » See the intriguing educational resources, career opportunities, rfp's/bids and exciting events our partners and sponsors are offering this week, such as job opportunities with Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Cahuilla Band of Indians and four HUD Housing opportunities. Read Tradewinds for New Opportunities Learn More. Culture The Fight Against Pro Football, Inc.: 25 Years of Reversing Injustice and Raising ...

Higher rates of poverty, substance abuse and exposure to trauma—historical or otherwise—are among the multiple risk factors for mental illness seen more commonly in indigenous communities compared to society as a whole. That data bears out the nine counties within the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes’ jurisdictional area. Prior to its launch, Cheyenne and Arapaho youth were nearly twice as likely to be arrested for an alcohol-related offense than a non-Native teen in three of the nine counties. Despite initial hesitation from students, parents and school administrators, the SAMHSA-funded program has become more popular, thanks to a steady stream of activities, including beading classes, a Color Run and a community buffalo butchering session. Since the program’s implementation in 2014, the rates of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use have dropped among Cheyenne and Arapaho youth. The alcohol use rate alone has decreased almost 20 percent in less than three years from 45.3 percent in 2014 to 2...

ENVIRONMENT Ceremonies, Ceremony, Tribal Knowledge, Big Bang Theory, Native Culture, Indigenous Peoples, Great Spirit, Rationality, Modernism, Science, Religion, Western Traditions, Heaven on Earth, Utopia, Market Economy, Western Nations, Economic Domination, Natural Resources, Cultural Interpretation, Environment, Native Worldview, Climate Change iStock The tribal knowledge of elders could be useful to fight global climate change. In a Rational World, Can Tribal Knowledge Lead Us Into the Future? Tribal knowledge could be the key to understanding earth and global climate change Duane Champagne • August 31, 2017 The goals and values of Indigenous Peoples stress that the world is full of give and take. Life is a great gift. One has a role to play in community and society. Individuals seek to find that role or life purpose and to fulfill one’s given task. Ceremonies are often about seeking personal and tribal understandings and directions. The world is full of meaning and purpose, altho...