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A web-radio station from the Hualapai Nations young students: uanews.org/node/32454

Novelist TONY HILLERMAN has just died. The author of a series of Navajo detective novels, they so accurately and fairly represented the Navajo people and Navajo culture that the status of Special Friend of the Dineh was conferred on him in 1987 by the Navajo Nation.   www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/books/28hillerman.html?em

ARIZONA NATIVE NET
http://www.arizonanativenet.com/
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NATIVE AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
www.naja.com/news/member/
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BIAS AGAINST AMERICAN INDIANS STILL EXISTS.
It ranges from those who think Indian casinos should be subjected to a different set of rules than non-Indian casinos to a different set of rules for murder.   This article by S Buchanan touches the surface of the problem:
www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=398
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NATIVE AMERICAN LAW DIGEST
A sample copy of the Native American Law Digest: SAMPLE DIGEST.   You may wish to contact them for a subscription: Falmouth Institute
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NATIVE SCENE

Another great native news outlet: www.nativescene.com
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WORKSHOP
A pre-college workshop for Native American Students: www.collegehorizons.org
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MAGAZINE FOR NATIVE YOUTH
One of the newest cybersources for Native youth: www.nativeyouthmagazine.com
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Urban Indians
www.urbanIndian.info A new site under construction, linking urban Indians through the country. Links to urban Indian centers, resources, reading, art and more.

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www.Indianz.com providing news and commentary about and to the national Indian community, is a product of Ho-Chunk, Inc. www.hochunkinc.com, the economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, www.winnebagotribe.com, and Noble Savage Media, a Native American-owned media firm.
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Newz and Viewz by Native American Students
http://www.reznetnews.org/
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Native Skies
American Indians drew constellations, created starlore, and built structures in alignment with the sky long before Europeans arrived on American shores. www.stardate.org/nativeskies/
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This is the " #1 Source for Native American Sports Profiles and News"
http://www.ndnsports.com
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This site is based in Canada and includes news, art and music links for other First Nations groups.
http://www.redwiremag.com
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Two NATIVE RUN radio programs air weekly on Sunday in Southern Arizona:
(Broadcast range: east of Coyote Store, Tucson area, and north of Nogales area.)

    1) Desert Voices 1550AM / 89.1FM, Sundays 12:30pm - 1:00pm.   Broadcasted for and by O'odham regarding any events that may interest the O'odham communities. This show is bilingually broadcast in O'odham and English.
Listen to KUAZ on line (modem or broadband) as well at:

http://128.196.69.11:8080/ramgen/encoder/kuazhigh.rm

    2) Native Airwaves 1600AM (Tejano 1600), Sundays 9:00am - 10:00am.
E-mail: nativeairwaves@hotmail.com.
Broadcast content includes anything Native or anything that may effect Natives, Native music (mostly Chicken Scratch), live interviews with Natives (anyone from bands to politicians to community members to students/children.)
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Indian Country News   One of the best sources for news from Indian Country
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The Navajo Times - The Newspaper of the Navajo People
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For up-to-date information on issues facings tribes in British Columbia, try this site, run by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs: www.ubcic.bc.ca   It includes a number of interesting and useful links to Canadian First Nations sites.

Another great source of good information on Native American issues is the Native Americas Journal.   To subscribe you can write them:
c/o Akwe:kon Press
American Indian Program
Cornell University
450 Caldwell Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
phone: 1-800-9-NATIVE   e-mail: nativeamericas@cornell.edu
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THE CHIEF ILLINIWEK CONTROVERSY CONTINUES.
My personal feeling is that the time and effort spent on symbolic issues would be better directed towards urgent real issues, like access to healthcare, and the quality of healthcare when it is available.   (see the urban Indian healthcare link below….the new funding cycle begins again this year.) www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070121illiniwek-story,1,6578004.story
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PEOPLE SOMETIMES WONDER , if I appraise pre-historic items, WHY I do not buy and sell them.   These articles serve as a good explanation:

www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=721

Also the following from the Arizona Republic:

Stolen artifacts shatter ancient culture.
Looters ravage Indian ruins to sell
pottery, heirlooms on black market

Dennis Wagner The Arizona Republic Nov. 12, 2006 12:00 AM
azcentral.com/arizonarepublic /news/articles/1112looters-mainbar1112.html

"SAN CARLOS - In the dead of night, looters are destroying the history of America, desecrating sacred Indian ruins.

An estimated 80 percent of the nation's ancient archaeological sites have been plundered or robbed by shovel-toting looters.   Though some of the pillaging is done by amateurs who don't know any better, more serious damage is wrought by professionals who dig deep, sometimes even using backhoes..." ...(click on the above link for the rest of this informative article.)
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BLACK MESA COAL MINING
The controversy over coal mining by Peabody coal at Black Mesa continues. What many do not realize is that precious groundwater is being mined also - mixed with the coal to ship as a slurry. The plummetting water table is affecting both Hopi and Navajo. This first website is run by Native youth out of Flagstaff, Arizona. Both sites are well worth visiting.   blackmesawatercoalition.org
www.blackmesais.org
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NAVAJO-HOPI LAND DISPUTE
The Navajo-Hopi land dispute is finally being settled on paper.   The article mis-speaks, however, when it says it is a 40-year dispute.   It has its roots in the drawing of the Hopi reservation boundaries as a neat little box with no relation to the traditional boundaries of Hopi land.   And to aggravate matters, it contained some vague provisions regarding "other Indians".   That happened in 1882.   Then no one enforced those boundaries and the few Navajo who were on what was now Hopi land grew and in the 1920s, after years of complaints from the Hopi BIA agents, Congress agreed to settle the issue and relocate the Navajo families who resided there ...only they never appropriated the funds.   And the problem grew, or, as they say, justice delayed is justice denied.   www.freenewmexican.com/news/51572.html
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LOST TRUST FUNDS
A recent development in the long-drawn out court battle by the tribes to get the US government to account for (and return) the money lost from their trust funds: www.freenewmexican.com/news/46276.html
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A MAJOR BATTLE
There is a major battle going on regarding a scared area known as Bear Butte - Matopaha - near the Black Hills and this site gives some background and options for you to get involved: www.matopaha.org/wp/factsheet/
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Tohono O'Odham Nation Borders
The Tohono O'Odham Nation, having had a border bisect their homeland in 1852 and isolate tribal members in Mexico, is having yet more difficulty with border issues, being literally caught in the middle of immigration enforcement (and lack of enforcement) issues in which they have little voice. www.latimes.com/...
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Navajo United Way
is seeking donations of brand new duffel bags for children who are in foster care homes. Also needed are used cell phones, which will be refurbished and given to domestic violence shelters on the Navajo Nation.   You can either send them to us and we will forward them on or you can contact Navajo United Way directly at 928-871-6661.
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Zuni Sacred Salt Lake Saved! CLICK for Article
For more detailed information on the struggle, go to: www.zunisaltlakecoalition.org
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Preserving gardens, preserving culture.
Article from The Guardian
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U'mista:   this museum and cultural centre of the Kwakwaka'wakw, or Kwak'wala speaking people, is situated in Alert Bay, British Columbia.
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CURRENT ISSUES / NEWS

A new effort to reach Native children.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/08/22/helena/a07082204_03.txt and www.chancerush.com

It's official: Squaw Peak now Piestewa Peak to honor Hopi soldier.
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0418piestewa18.html




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