Cherokee Actor Wes Studi Given Lifetime Achievement Award.

FRIDAY Cherokee Actor Wes Studi Given Lifetime Achievement Award “I accept this award, but I wonder what is in my future by accepting this lifetime achievement award” joked Studi as he spoke about the importance of more American Indians becoming involed in the acting profession.Wes...

Author and activist Robert Treuer dies at 89....(this story is two years old)

Author and activist Robert Treuer dies at 89 By Jenna Ross Star Tribune   JANUARY 18, 2016 — 11:39PM ROBERT FRANKLIN, RPA - MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNERobert Treuer in 1990. The land was worth little. Robert Treuer bought it — 200 acres of barren, abandoned farmland...

Abandoned baby fox becomes best friends with orphaned two badgers at animal sanctuary

Abandoned baby fox becomes best friends with orphaned two badgers at animal sanctuary Phoebe the fox cub was found in a box in Leeds, while two baby badgers were found at the roadside A blossoming friendship between Phoebe, an abandoned baby fox cub, and two orphaned badgers has astounded...

Baby tortoise hitches a lift with 140 year old mom

The lifespan of an African spurred tortoise is about 50–150 years, though they can live much longer.Just four days old, this adorable tortoise is less than a 10th of the size of his mother and is one of eight who were born at the Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Hungary. The baby tortoises happily sat...

Tohono O’odham Nation Leaders to Border Patrol: “No National Guard on Our Tribal Lands”

Tohono O’odham Nation Leaders to Border Patrol: “No National Guard on Our Tribal Lands” The Tohono O’odham Nation tribal leaders do not want National Guard troops on their lands.In a statement to tribal citizens of the Tohono O’odham, the tribe’s leaders assured its citizens that...

Jews and Native Americans: 7 Fascinating Facts

Jews and Native Americans: 7 Fascinating Facts Like Julis Meyer, aka Box-Ka-Re-Sha-Hash-Ta-Ka, which means “Curly Haired White Chief Who Speaks with One Tongue.” by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller Herman Bendell, Superintendent of Indian Affairs Would a Jewish Superintendent of Indian Affairs try...

Jews and Native Americans: 7 Fascinating Facts

Jews and Native Americans: 7 Fascinating Facts Like Julis Meyer, aka Box-Ka-Re-Sha-Hash-Ta-Ka, which means “Curly Haired White Chief Who Speaks with One Tongue.” by Dr. Yvet Herman Bendell, Superintendent of Indian Affairs Would a Jewish Superintendent of Indian Affairs try to convert...

Denise Juneau is Picked to Lead Seattle’s Public Schools - Juneau will be the first Native American Superintendent in th city's history

Denise Juneau is Picked to Lead Seattle’s Public Schools The district serves 53,000 children, including some 2,000 Native Americans. Juneau will be the first Native American superintendent in the city’s history. Mark Trahant • April 5, 2018 Denise Juneau has been picked to...

This Day in History-April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. Murdered in Memphis

Civil rights leader Andrew Young (L) and others standing on balcony of Lorraine motel pointing in direction of assailant after assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who is lying at their feet. (Photo by Joseph Louw/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images) Published...

7 decades later, a Native American Marine's remains come home from Korea

7 decades later, a Native American Marine's remains come home from Korea A lifetime of mourning for a 74-year-old member of the Gila River Indian Community has come to an end. Laverne McAfee was finally able to welcome her father home.It was a day Laverne McAfee never expected. Her...