By Rob Capriccioso
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Disneyland was only a block away, but Mickey Mouse and crew just couldn’t compete with the kind of magic offered up at this year’s 30th annual American Indian Science & Engineering Society conference.
There were elder scientists blessing the next generation of American Indian science-minded individuals. There were high school and [...]

Posted on November 10th, 2008 by hunwut
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Author, ethnobotanist Ken Hedges has studied this history in Santa Isabel and (with Christina Beresford) wrote a book in 1986 highlighting some of most important uses of native plants in Kumeyaay culture. Hedges plans to talk on native plant uses for food, medicine, basketry when California Native Plant Society meets in Casa del Prado room [...]

Posted on November 6th, 2008 by hunwut
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Featured Event: John Trudell: Warrior Words
Tuesday, Nov. 18 7:00 PM, ARTS 111
*Basket Weaving Demonstration by Rose Ramirez and Lydia Vassar
Thursday, Nov. 6 12:00 PM, Tukwut Courtyard
*Documentary: “Way of the Warrior” Questions/comments after the viewing with Roy Cook
Monday, Nov. 10 6:00 PM, Clarke Field House 113
*Storytelling by Abel Silvas
Thursday, Nov. 13 12:00 PM, Academic Hall Mezzanine
*Documentary: [...]

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by hunwut
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Student paves way for lasting policies protecting Native religions
By Staff: Rob Capriccioso
STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Students at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point have been working overtime to allow American Indians to smudge within their residence halls and on campus.
Graduate student Rory Griffin, Menominee, has led the charge as a result of misunderstandings he [...]

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by hunwut
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University of California denies request for repatriation of remains.
Rex Dalton
San Diego
In the latest twist in the tug-of-war between Native Americans and anthropologists, officials at the University of California have decided not to repatriate a pair of well-preserved skeletons that are nearly 10,000 years old.
Archaeology students unearthed the bones in 1976 near the clifftop home of [...]

Posted on October 29th, 2008 by hunwut
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Gala event benefits tribal college students
By Rob Capriccioso
Oct 27, 2008
NEW YORK - The American Indian College Fund is gearing up for its 13th annual Flame of Hope Gala, which will celebrate the success of tribal colleges since the founding of the first such institution 40 years ago by the Navajo Nation.
Event organizers said the gala’s [...]

Posted on October 27th, 2008 by hunwut
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Despite a Tumultuous Economy, Barona Awards Over $600,000 to Schools
SAN DIEGO, CA, Oct 24, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — After historically high statewide budget cuts in education this year have left programs underfunded and resources sparse, the Barona Band of Mission Indians continues to lessen the blow with its innovative Barona Education Grant Program. [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by hunwut
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Written by Jan Jennings
Wednesday, 08 October 2008
San Diego, California - A Native American Film Festival featuring documentaries and short films chronicling native people’s multi-faceted health experiences in the United States will be presented from noon to 6 p.m. October 17 in the Cross-Cultural Center at the University of California, San Diego.
The event is part of [...]

Posted on October 8th, 2008 by hunwut
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The Viejas Tribal Education Center and UCSD would like to invite Southern California Native High School students to attend a free Essay Writing.
The workshop will take place at the Viejas Tribal Education Center on Wednesday, October 8 from 3:30-5:00pm. For mor information on the essay contest go to http://vcsa.ucsd.edu/NADEssayContestFlyer2008.pdf

Posted on October 7th, 2008 by hunwut
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Grave Injustice: UCSD Repatriation Teach-In Monday, October 13, 2008 at 5-7 pm
For the Kumeyaay and for all Native Americans, the right to repatriate the remains of ancestors was made law in 1990 with the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This act safeguards Indian grave sites from disruption and creates [...]

Posted on October 7th, 2008 by hunwut
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