NativeNewsToday.com http://www.nativenewstoday.com Mon, 20 May 2013 22:02:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 NativenewstodaycomNewshttp://feedburner.google.com From OK to MT: Delaware tribe looks to rebuild on visit to Flathead Reservation http://www.nativenewstoday.com/2013/05/20/from-ok-to-mt-delaware-tribe-looks-to-rebuild-on-visit-to-flathead-reservation/ http://www.nativenewstoday.com/2013/05/20/from-ok-to-mt-delaware-tribe-looks-to-rebuild-on-visit-to-flathead-reservation/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:02:00 +0000 admin http://www.nativenewstoday.com/2013/05/20/from-ok-to-mt-delaware-tribe-looks-to-rebuild-on-visit-to-flathead-reservation/

A tribe working to rebuilt its nation under its first female chief traveled hundreds of miles seeking inspiration from the successful Confederated, Salish and Kootenai Tribe in Montana. As Char-Koosta News reporter Alyssa Nenemay writes, the Delaware tribe located in Oklahoma traveled to the Flathead Reservation recently to meet with tribal officials there. The Delaware,

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The Native American story of Grizzly Bear. Learn about the culture, stories, myths and legends of American Indians and their famous chiefs and tribes.

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The little rabbit lived with his old grandmother, who needed a new dress.

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A little girl owned a pet rabbit which she loved dearly. She carried it on her back like a babe, made for it a little pair of moccasins

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The Native American story of Piskaret. Learn about the culture, stories, myths and legends of American Indians and their famous chiefs and tribes.

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There was a chief’s daughter once who had a great many relations so that everybody knew she belonged to a great family.

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The Native American story of Pocahontas. Learn about the culture, stories, myths and legends of American Indians and their famous chiefs and tribes.

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Coyote as a Hunter

Coyote traveled a long distance and in the middle of the day it was very hot. He sat down and rested, and thought, as he looked up to Tinia, “How I wish the Cloud People would freshen my path and make it cool.”

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Coyote as a Hunter

Coyote traveled a long distance and in the middle of the day it was very hot. He sat down and rested, and thought, as he looked up to Tinia, “How I wish the Cloud People would freshen my path and make it cool.”

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A Dakota had married an Arikara woman, and by her had one child. By and by he took another wife.

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Rain Song

We, the ancient ones, ascended from the middle of the world below, through the door of the entrance to the lower world, we hold our songs to the Cloud, Lightning, and Thunder Peoples as we hold our own hearts. Our medicine is precious.

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Rain Song

We, the ancient ones, ascended from the middle of the world below, through the door of the entrance to the lower world, we hold our songs to the Cloud, Lightning, and Thunder Peoples as we hold our own hearts. Our medicine is precious.

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Native American Stories – Wetamoo

Native American Stories – Wetamoo “The Native American Story of Wetamoo Boy’s Book of Indian Warriors, by Edwin L. Sabin”

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Native American Stories – Wetamoo

Native American Stories – Wetamoo “The Native American Story of Wetamoo Boy’s Book of Indian Warriors, by Edwin L. Sabin”

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How Catfish got a flat head

Long ago, when the fish and the animals could talk, the chief of the catfish called council. He said to all, “Hau, brothers. I am very tired of eating things from the mud at the bottom of the lake. I think we should have meat as do the wolves.

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How Catfish got a flat head

Long ago, when the fish and the animals could talk, the chief of the catfish called council. He said to all, “Hau, brothers. I am very tired of eating things from the mud at the bottom of the lake. I think we should have meat as do the wolves.

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Native American Stories – Rain in the Face

Native American Stories – Rain in the Face “The Native American Story of Rain in the Face Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman”

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Native American Stories – Rain in the Face

Native American Stories – Rain in the Face “The Native American Story of Rain in the Face Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman”

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How the Crow came to be black

In days long past, when the earth and the people on it were still young, all crows were white as snow. In those ancient times the people had neither horses nor firearms nor weapons of iron. Yet they depended upon the buffalo hunt to give them enough food to survive.

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How the Crow came to be black

In days long past, when the earth and the people on it were still young, all crows were white as snow. In those ancient times the people had neither horses nor firearms nor weapons of iron. Yet they depended upon the buffalo hunt to give them enough food to survive.

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How the Fawn got its spots

Long ago, when the world was new, Wakan Tanka, The Great Mystery, was walking around. As he walked he spoke to himself of the many things he had done to help the four-legged ones and the birds survive.

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How the Fawn got its spots

Long ago, when the world was new, Wakan Tanka, The Great Mystery, was walking around. As he walked he spoke to himself of the many things he had done to help the four-legged ones and the birds survive.

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Native American Stories – Dull Knife

Native American Stories – Dull Knife “The Native American Story of Dull Knife Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman”

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Native American Stories – Dull Knife

Native American Stories – Dull Knife “The Native American Story of Dull Knife Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman”

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The Native American story of Cochise. Learn about the culture, stories, myths and legends of American Indians and their famous chiefs and tribes.

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Iktome, Coyote and the Rock

Coyote was walking with his friend Iktome.

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Along their path stood Iya, the rock. This was not just ant rock; it was special. It had those spidery lines of green moss all over it, the kind that tell a story. Iya had power.

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Iktome, Coyote and the Rock

Coyote was walking with his friend Iktome.

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Along their path stood Iya, the rock. This was not just ant rock; it was special. It had those spidery lines of green moss all over it, the kind that tell a story. Iya had power.

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A boy went on a turtle hunt, and after following the different streams for hours, finally came to the conclusion that the only place he would find any turtles would be at the little lake

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Spotted Eagle and Black Crow

Many lifetimes ago there lived two braves warriors. One was named Wanblee Gleshka, Spotted Eagle. The other was Kangi Sapa, Black Crow.

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Spotted Eagle and Black Crow

Many lifetimes ago there lived two braves warriors. One was named Wanblee Gleshka, Spotted Eagle. The other was Kangi Sapa, Black Crow.

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Native American Stories – Little Wolf

Native American Stories – Little Wolf “The Native American Story of Little Wolf Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman”

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Native American Stories – Little Wolf

Native American Stories – Little Wolf “The Native American Story of Little Wolf Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman”

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Rez Ball Is Big Time in the Navajo Nation

In the days leading up to the Schimmel sisters’ recent championship run with the Louisville Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament, 20 Navajo high school basketball teams made it to the state championships in Arizona and New Mexico.

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Rez Ball Is Big Time in the Navajo Nation

In the days leading up to the Schimmel sisters’ recent championship run with the Louisville Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament, 20 Navajo high school basketball teams made it to the state championships in Arizona and New Mexico.

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NEW YORK Indigenous Peoples from around the world are in New York City for the Twelfth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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BIA’s Charles Addington Finalist for Public Service Medal

On May 14, Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs announced that Charles Addington had been named a finalist by the Partnership for Public Service for its 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.

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BIA’s Charles Addington Finalist for Public Service Medal

On May 14, Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs announced that Charles Addington had been named a finalist by the Partnership for Public Service for its 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.

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Joaquin Gallegos Named a Champion for Native Dental Health

Among the 2013 Champions for Change named by the Center for Native American Youth is Joaquin Gallegos, Jicarilla Apache Nation/Pueblo of Santa Ana, a 22-year-old college student and aspiring dentist in Denver, Colorado who recently collaborated with the Center for Native Oral Health Research at the Colorado School of Public Health to secure a grant for a study to determine the dental status of designated tribes in the southwest.

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Joaquin Gallegos Named a Champion for Native Dental Health

Among the 2013 Champions for Change named by the Center for Native American Youth is Joaquin Gallegos, Jicarilla Apache Nation/Pueblo of Santa Ana, a 22-year-old college student and aspiring dentist in Denver, Colorado who recently collaborated with the Center for Native Oral Health Research at the Colorado School of Public Health to secure a grant for a study to determine the dental status of designated tribes in the southwest.

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