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Canku Ota |
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(Many Paths) |
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An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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December 13, 2003 - Issue 102 |
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"Tatsgwiik" |
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The Haida Greeting |
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Welcome here is the place of honor for you |
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"Tsothohrha" |
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Time of Cold |
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Mohawk |
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"Somewhere a good
man must rise from the young ones among us." |
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Salute The spotlight will be on Jonathan Cheechoo long before the Sharks' forward hits the ice today against the Oilers. Cheechoo will play host to 14 high school students from Pierceland, Saskatchewan, the neighboring Canadian province to Alberta. Twelfth-graders attending the school that boasts a strong First Cree Nation's heritage have been assigned to write a biography on Cheechoo. |
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Our Featured Artist: |
Health and Wellness |
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Jana Jana is a member of the Lumbee Tribe, lives in North Carolina and has been entertaining professionally for seven years. She is 25, single and as she said to a question from her fans. "No I'm not with anyone right now." Jana is busy building her career, which takes up most of her time. Jana comes from a musical family. She started singing when she was three and her brother and father both are drummers and singers. Although the music industry was not her first choice. She was attending, a university in North Carolina studying pre-med. She was thinking of becoming a physician. |
Our Traditions Ensure Strong Hearts Today, we face a silent, subtle enemy that has the ability to slip through our defenses and kill us slowly from within. The name of this killer is cardiovascular disease (CVD) or more commonly, heart disease. CVD includes a long list of specific diseases that not only affect the heart, but also veins, arteries, and blood. In any given year, 27 percent of deaths among Indian women and 25 percent among Indian men are direct results of CVD. As the mortality rate for CVD has declined in the past three decades by more than 50 percent in the general population of the United States, it has risen dramatically among Native Americans and Alaska Natives. |
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Thunderhawk - Our Featured Story: |
Northwestern Wisconsin First Person History: |
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Thunderhawk
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Little History of My Forest Life - Part 1 I take pen in hand to write you a little history of my life. I am glad to write it for you. I am a poor hand for that, but I will try my best. I don't know much about the Indians myself, only what my mother used to tell me. She of course learned about them from her mother. My husband knows more about the Indians for he was among them so long. He lived with them for six years before we were married, that is the Chippewas. My grandmother was a pure Chippewa. She was brought up at Lake St. Croix, at the headwaters of the St. Croix River. |
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The information here will include items of interest for and about Native American schools. If you have news to share, please let us know! I can be reached by emailing: Vlockard@aol.com |
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Preserving Languages |
Preserving Languages |
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Salish Revival Joshua Brown has studied such arcane subjects as social linguistics and bilingual education but still isn't fluent in Salish, the native tongue of his Indian tribe. Neither are most Salish Indians on the Flathead Reservation.
Salish as a living language is dying fast, Brown said. Only 70 to 80 people are fluent out of some 6,000 enrolled members in the entire tribal confederacy - Pend d'Oreille, Salish and Kootenai. (Salish is by far the largest of the three tribal groups that comprise the Flathead Nation.) |
Omaha language classes keep culture alive In an office cluttered with American Indian texts and memorabilia, Mark Awakuni-Swetland explains the marriage of his adopted language and culture through a message in his hand. To demonstrate, he forms an L-shape with his elbow, and his fingers straighten toward the ceiling. On one side of the hand, he says, you have the palm. On the other, there's the knuckled top. |
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Living Traditions |
Living Traditions |
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December brings thoughts of Sitting Bull's death It might have been snowing, like it is today, when tribal police set out to arrest Sitting Bull on Dec. 15, 1890, at the Grand River in South Dakota. He was one of the chiefs and holy men of the Hunkpapa Lakota people. He was killed at a place where I've spent a week every summer for the last 11 years. There are conflicting stories among those who write about Sitting Bull, but this is the most common and is my edited version. |
Elders among us give voice to wise ones of yore It's always good to be among family on the holidays. This year - this Thanksgiving - it was important for me to be among those I love. I needed to see that the family was together - at least to see that the elders were still here. This holiday was especially warm for me because I realize and am thankful for what my mother and aunt have given me. |
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Entertainment News |
Entertainment News |
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Music on Tap for GRAMMY Awards Three drum groups, a flute player and a well-known Indian record producer are among the dozens of recording artists up for one of the most prestigious awards in the music industry. At a star-studded press conference in Beverly Hills, California, the picks for the 46th annual GRAMMY Awards were announced yesterday. "Embracing both high-profile and up and coming artists, the nominations reflect talent that was both commercially successful as well as critically acclaimed," said Neil Portnow, president of the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. |
From Hollywood, Tracking Actress Sheila Tousey Throughout
the past decade it seems only three Native actresses have garnered worldwide
acclaim; Irene Bedard for her animated voice of "Pocahontas"
(1995), Tantoo Cardinal for her string of supporting roles from "Dances
with Wolves" (1990) to "Smoke Signals" (1998) and Elaine
Miles for her secretary role in TV’s "Northern Exposure"
(1990-95). A crop of beautiful actresses followed ready to stake their
claim in film and television if only in supporting or guest starring roles.
They include Kimberly Norris Guerrero in "Seinfeld" (1993),
Kateri Walker in "Stolen women, Captured hearts" (1997) and
Jade Herrera in "The Doe Boy" (2001).
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Preserving Languages |
Living Traditions |
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A healthy sign for Yakama language Middle-school classes help students keep their culture alive Students gaze attentively at Loretta Selam-White as she motions her hand away from her body in a gesture that translates "Go my son" in the Yakama language. Surrounding Selam-White in a large circle, the students follow her lead, listening to the instructions on how to sign. "Go my son," she says, beginning the first verse of the song again. "It should be an inside hand -- the back of your hand should be facing you. "Go my son and earn your feather," Selam-White says, as the 26 students follow her every move further into the first verse. |
Makah tribal elder readily shared treasures of his wisdom and culture Most people wouldn't be surprised to learn that John Hottowe achieved enhanced social status from a vast box of treasure. More unusual is that the prestige came from what the Makah elder gave, not what he hoarded. A leader in preserving Makah tribal culture who taught ancient songs and pushed to reintroduce ceremonial whaling, Hottowe, 80, died last week from stroke complications. His family and friends said he was a man who emerged generous and unscathed from a tough upbringing. "My dad was extremely accepting and tolerant person, never bitter," said his daughter, Jean Vitalis, 53, of Neah Bay. "He gave of his heart." |
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Living Traditions |
A Christmas Story |
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Mohawks set to reclaim prized piece of history Museum
officials recommend that state return rare, 200-year-old wampum belt to
tribe Researchers and officials at the museum are recommending the state Board of Regents approve the return under federal repatriation laws, which say that Native American groups have the right to reclaim significant artifacts from places such as museums. |
Itcheeboy Going to the store, the young mother went to buy some milk, a gallon and formula, It was the special kind, Soy it was since her baby couldn't drink the regular kind of milk. It cost $25.00 a can and gallon of milk was $2.79. She walked away with $16.00 in her pocket. Her son, Itcheeboy as she called him was with her and after putting the milk they went next door to the five and dime. As they went back into the store, there were a bunch of Christmas trees standing out in front of the store, they were perfect looking, scottish pines. Her son ran over to them and said, Look Mom Christmas trees! Christmas trees! |
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Living Traditions |
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Christmas Fine Art Show will feature Tuba City High staffer Richard Dawavendewa's award-winning contemporary Hopi art combines comic book history, Japanese Origami inspired paper folding, sculpture and printmaking. His two dimensional artwork will be featured at the fourth annual Christmas Fine Art Show in Tuba City at the Warrior Pavilion on Dec. 19 and 20. The opening reception for the art show, sponsored by Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, Tuba City Athletic Department and the Tuba City Police Department, is scheduled for Dec. 19 from 6-10 p.m. The Dec. 20 show will start at 10 a.m. and go until 5 p.m. |
Tulalips give $20,000 to ailing food banks The Tulalip Tribes donated $20,000 Tuesday to food banks to help fill holiday baskets. Tribal board Chairman Herman Williams Jr. presented a check for $10,000 to Gilbert Saparto, president and chief executive officer of Volunteers of America, and Virginia Sprague, director of the agency's food bank program. A separate $10,000 check will be presented today to Marge Williams, pastor of the Church of God on the Tulalip Reservation. Several Tulalip board members learned that Volunteers of America had only 10 turkeys in the Everett Food Bank's freezer and needed cash or donations of turkeys, chickens and hams. |
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Photo Essay |
Photo Essay |
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Hawai'i |
Hawai'i |
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Photo Essay |
Photo Essay |
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Hawai'i's
Flowers |
Monarch Caterpillers |
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About This Issue's Greeting - "Tatsgwiik" |
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are numerous people, mostly elders that still actively speak the language
and in both Massett and Skidegate. |
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This Date In History |
Recipe: One Dish Meals |
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Story: Hawai'i |
What is this: Monarch Butterfly |
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Craft Project: Christmas Coupon Book |
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Opportunities |
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"OPPORTUNITIES" is gathered from sources distributed nationally and includes scholarships, grants, internships, fellowships, and career opportunities as well as announcements for conferences, workshops and symposia. |
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| Canku Ota is a free Newsletter celebrating Native America, its traditions and accomplishments . We do not provide subscriber or visitor names to anyone. Some articles presented in Canku Ota may contain copyright material. We have received appropriate permissions for republishing any articles. Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monetary gain to those who have expressed an interest. This is in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. | ||
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Canku Ota is a copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 of Vicki Lockard and Paul Barry. |
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