By Shadi Rahimi, Today correspondent
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - After 19 years of hosting a “green” festival, the 2008 Bioneers Conference hosted its first-ever “indigenous tent” this year.
Bioneers founders Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons referred to indigenous peoples as “the world’s original bioneers” in the program and said they were “deeply honored” to collaborate with the [...]

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by hunwut
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Indigenous Peoples’ Days seek to ‘heal wounds of the past’
By Don Baumgart, Today correspondent
NEVADA CITY, Calif. - An ancient Maidu riverside ceremony called “Calling Back the Salmon” was part of Nevada City’s Indigenous Peoples’ Days observances. Due to a depletion of the salmon population, West Coast salmon fishing has been all but terminated for this [...]

Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by hunwut
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Friday after Thanksgiving designated day of tribute
By Staff reports
Oct 24, 2008
WASHINGTON - The National Indian Gaming Association acknowledges the passing into law of House Joint Resolution 62, which designates the Friday after Thanksgiving as Native American Heritage Day 2008.
The Native American Heritage Day 2008 Bill encourages the people of the United States, as well as [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by hunwut
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Calif. Indians donate $1 million
The Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF - The Havasupai Tribe, hit by flooding that shut down the lifeline of the community, is eager to have visitors return to its reservation deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon.
About 100 tribal members have been working since mid-August to clear debris from a campground and the [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by hunwut
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By MELISSA EISELEIN, The Press-Enterprise
Fall Gathering at the Malki Museum in Banning on Saturday was a celebration of Native American tradition.
The event included bird singing, basket weaving and lectures on the historical lifestyle of the Inland area’s early inhabitants.

Posted on October 19th, 2008 by hunwut
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Morongo event highlights food

Bob Otto, Staff Writer
The knowledge of plants native to Southern California was lost for a while, but it’s making a comeback, said Barbara Drake.

Drake, a member of the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe, was one of about 500 people who attended the nonprofit Dorothy Ramon Learning Center’s fifth annual Dragonfly Gala held Saturday at the [...]

Posted on August 11th, 2008 by hunwut
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Director has fought to keep federal funding
By Dana Wilkie, U-T WASHINGTON BUREAUJune 1, 2008
SAN DIEGO – For American Indians living in the city of San Diego, there are probably precious few doctors who will allow traditional healers to work alongside them, administering herbs and chanting prayers.
The San Diego American Indian Health Center, six blocks west [...]

Posted on June 1st, 2008 by hunwut
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Some members of the Juaneño, Gabrielino-Tongva and other tribes want the Coastal Commission to revoke Hearthside-Brightwater’s permit for 300-home development.
BY CINDY CARCAMO, The Orange County Register
HUNTINGTON BEACH – American Indians and their supporters will gather at the Brightwater Hearthside Homes site Wednesday to protest what they say is the developer’s disrespect toward their ancestors and [...]

Posted on May 27th, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Jack Duran
The latest shot heard round the gaming world was in April: the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California’s ruling in Rincon Band v. Schwarzenegger, et al., a formerly obscure lawsuit pitting a small California gaming tribe against the largess of the state of California, concerning the state’s tribal-state compacting process, of which [...]

Posted on May 16th, 2008 by hunwut
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By Thomas Larson
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Perhaps the most prized piece of real estate throughout the University of California, San Diego, is the seven-acre site of University House, home to the UCSD chancellor. The rambling adobe home, with its row of south-facing windows, its patios and portales, was built on the precipitous edge of a canyon. [...]

Posted on April 30th, 2008 by hunwut
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