By Habib Siddiqui
Thanksgiving Day is the most observed holiday in the USA, which is observed by people of all races, colors, ethnicities and even religions. It is a day in which family members gather to eat turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.

Posted on November 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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Carl Nolte
On the south side of King Street, between the Caltrain station and AT&T Park, are 104 small brass plaques embedded in the sidewalk. On them are engraved all of the known words of a language called Rammaytush, the language of the people who lived for more than 1,000 years in what is now called [...]

Posted on November 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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By BOB PRATTE, Press-Enterprise
On this weekend of thanks, Donovan Post can be especially grateful.
Post is the principal of Noli Indian School on the Soboba Indian Reservation near San Jacinto. He suddenly has the luxury of $100,000 to spend, courtesy of the San Manuel tribe by Highland.

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Victoria Barbatelli, The Denver Post
Antoinette Red Woman walked from 15th Street to the state Capitol on Saturday to remember and honor her fallen ancestors who suffered in Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre 145 years ago.
One hundred and sixty Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members were killed on Nov. 29, 1864, when the 1st Colorado Cavalry and [...]

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
CHINO - Goodbyes can be difficult.
If you are Jimi Castillo, an American Indian spiritual leader who has been working for two decades at the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, saying goodbye is heartbreaking.

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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In California, they still play, but spend less
By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES - This is what a recession looks like at Southern California’s tribal casinos: Nearly every seat at the 25 cent slot machines is filled. Gamblers wait three deep around the cheapest blackjack tables. The reels on the penny slot machines spin [...]

Posted on November 27th, 2009 by hunwut
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40th Anniversary of the American Indian Movement and a Vision to come
by Francisco Da Costa
For the 40th time the Sunrise Ceremony was held on November 26, 2009 - this Un-Thanksgiving Day by those who pride themselves as the First People on Alcatraz Island.

Posted on November 26th, 2009 by hunwut
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“Tomorrow, Americans everywhere will observe our National Day of Thanksgiving. It will be a time of celebration and reflection as we gather with family and friends to count our blessings and remember those less fortunate. But it will also be a time to remember how this holiday began- as a harvest celebration between European settlers [...]

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by hunwut
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Many schools use holiday for lessons on American Indians
By Bruce Lieberman, Maureen Magee
At Jefferson Elementary School in Carlsbad, students learn that developed communities existed in New England long before the Pilgrims arrived. At Lexington Elementary in El Cajon, students at the school with the highest poverty rate in East County learn that Thanksgiving is a [...]

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by hunwut
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By: SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press
RICHMOND, CALIF. - An Indian tribe wants to build a grand, $1.5 billion, Las Vegas-style casino resort on a swath of land overlooking San Francisco Bay - a spot more than 100 miles from its tribal lands.

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by hunwut
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