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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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April
1, 2011 - Volume 9 Number 4
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"Aang"
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The
Aleut Greeting
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Means
"Greetings"
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"nvda
atsilusgi"
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Flower
Moon
(when plants come to life and bloom again and the Earth is renewed) |
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Eastern
Cherokee
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"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!" --- Tatanka Iyotaka (Sitting Bull ) |
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Our Featured Artist: | Honoring Students | |
Catawba Potter in Documentary on "Uncommon" Artists There are billions of people in the world. Only a few thousand of those people are members of the Catawba Indian tribe. Of those, just a couple of handfuls are Catawba potters. Of those handful, maybe the most recognized master potter still alive is the one and only Margaret Robbins, who lives in the last house on the last road on the Catawba reservation in a house that has cats and engine blocks outside the front porch |
Gallup
High Opens Solar Setup
The installation of a state-of-the art solar
electric project at Gallup High School was cause for celebration Feb.
24. "We're really looking at alternative energy sources," said Bruce Tempest, president of the Gallup-McKinley County Schools Board of Education. Besides the potential savings in fuel costs, the project is an opportunity to teach students at the high school and at the University of New Mexico-Gallup about alternative energy systems, Tempest said.
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Our Featured Story: | Northwestern Wisconsin First Person History: | |
Indians,
Dogs were Companions in Life and Death Centuries Ago
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History of the Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
Chapter Five |
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Education News | Education News | |
Creek
Nation Adds Language Round to Challenge Bowl
The rooms at Trinity Baptist Church were filled with students Thursday testing their knowledge of Muscogee (Creek) Nation history, culture, current events and language at the 11th annual tribe-sponsored Challenge Bowl. Similar to traditional academic bowl competitions, teams answer toss-up questions by ringing in on a buzzer system. But this year, the Creek Nation's office that oversees kindergarten through 12th-grade tribal programing added a language round in which questions are asked in English and teams must answer in Creek to receive the points. |
Chinle
Students First From Rez to Receive FBLA Ranking
Navajos are not exactly known as businesspeople.
And yet, when you think about it, there are plenty of business folk on
the rez: the jewelry crafters, the burrito vendors, the haymongers and,
sadly, the bootleggers. Some people think bigger, and the next generation may be booming with savvy young entrepreneurs. Chinle High School juniors Tiffany Teller, Tex Carroll Jr. and Sharonna Yazzie recently became the first Diné students from a reservation school to be awarded the Future Pin by the Future Business Leaders of America. |
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Education News | Education News | |
Chess
Helps Sequoyah Students with Critical Thinking
Knight to H3. Pawn to E3. Check mate! It's believed by some people that to master chess, you must master geometry, strategy and patience. For members of the Sequoyah High School chess club, it's all about critical thinking. "They are thinking critically where what kind of move they make results in either your pieces being taken or maybe you move in a place where you might be captured or you have to move and make another decision," chess club sponsor Elvina Thompson said. |
San
Pasqual Warriors, Princesses Step Forward as Role Models
Warrior: a person who accepts challenges, who shows or has shown great vigor, courage and strength, respect for themselves and for their culture. Angelito Alvarez and Draco Geronimo fit the description of Iipaa kwanamii a warrior. The boys recently accepted the challenge of representing their schools, community and families as warriors, committing themselves to being good role models to their peers in the San Pasqual Valley Unified School District. |
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Honoring Students | Honoring Students | |
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Inducted into Navajo Tech Honor Society
When Jefferson Yazzie stood after hearing his name, a big smile spread across his face. Yazzie's smile was one of many that filled the room during the induction ceremony for the Navajo Technical College chapter of the National Technical Honor Society, which as the name says, is a techie's version of the National Honor Society. "Awesome. I never thought I would be a member of this club," Yazzie said. |
Diné
Teen Stands by Obama at Press Conference
Most people go their whole lives without meeting
a head of state. At the tender age of 17, Troy Uentillie has been introduced
to the national press corps by one.
Uentillie, a student at Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, Calif., had participated in listening sessions for President Barack Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative.
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Language Preservation | Language Preservation | |
Cherokee
Language Added To Google
As of Friday, Google added the Cherokee Syllabary, the written language, to its searchable languages, according to a Cherokee Nation news release and Google's official blog. The language becomes one of the search engine's 146 interface languages. The effort was a collaborative one between tribal translators and Google employees, the news release states. |
Use
It or Lose It: Inuit Language Week in Full Swing
Inuit and other indigenous people have long fought for the right to speak and be spoken to in their own languages. But the best way to ensure that that continues is by regular usage, Nunavut officials say. "The Inuit Language is our own unique way of expressing ourselves and a wonderful reason to celebrate every day," said James Arreak, Minister of Languages, in a statement. |
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Living Traditions | Living Traditions | |
Following
the Lemming
We can breathe easy for now about lemming populations in the Canadian Arctic, the Nunatsiaq News assures us. But this "mighty keystone species" as the newspaper dubbed them recently, could be compromised elsewhere in the world, if winters shorten and get wetter as climate change plays out. |
Cherokee
Nation Revives Metalsmith Tradition
Thanks to the Cherokee Nation's metalsmithing class, a nearly lost ancient art form is making a comeback. Southeastern Native jewelry has a look largely unfamiliar to most people due to the popularity of the Southwestern style of Native American jewelry with its familiar turquoise and silver look. |
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Preserving Language | Living Traditions | |
Language
Preservation Vision Shared for all Tribes
If the Wampanoag could bring back their language without a single Native speaker, then anything is possible, Anne Makepeace, the creator of a documentary about the revitalization of the Wôpanâak language said. I think this film can serve as a cautionary tale for Native people whose languages are endangered and a model of inspiration for those working to preserve and revitalize their languages. The Wampanoag people greeted and helped the Pilgrims but ultimately lost most of their land; their language had not been spoken in a century. |
Pauma
Band of Luiseño Indians Support Project to Preserve Luiseño
Language
Focused on revitalizing its indigenous language, the Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians awarded $40,000 to the California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC). The gift is meant to create technology-based language learning devices that will preserve and teach the Luiseño language to tribal members. |
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Art and Culture | Art and Culture | |
Indigenous
Music Extends Well Beyond Pop and Rock
Winnipeg's Juno-nominated Eagle & Hawk showed off their alternative rock sound Thursday night at a First Nations showcase of music in Toronto. The band fronted by Jay Bodner says its foundation is "good old Canadian rock music," but its competition for a Juno Award on Sunday ranges from hip hop to roots music. Bodner says the showcase was a chance to show the wide range of indigenous music being created in Canada |
Tears,
Poem Flow After Temecula Writer Meets Dancing Woman
Rebecca Farnbach says she wrote her prize-winning poem in about 10 minutes. Sometimes inspiration works that way. She was at a Pechanga Powwow in July 2008 when she and her husband, Darell, came across an elderly woman resting between dances. They started talking and, for about 15 minutes, the woman told how she had to abandon her American Indian heritage as a child. | |
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About
This Issue's Greeting - "Aang"
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Aleut is the only language of the Aleut branch of Eskaleut language family. Aleut is spoken both in Russia (the Commodore Isles) and in the USA (the Aleutian Isles and the Pribilov Isles). There are about 700 Aleuts in Russia (190 of them can speak Aleut), and about 2100 5000 Aleuts in the USA, according to different researchers. Only 525 Aleuts in the USA are native speakers of Aleut. |
Nature's
Beauty : Lemming
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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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