TSA apologizes to American Indian traveler over treatment at Minnesota airport

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An official of the Transportation Security Administration apologized Tuesday to a Native American air traveler who says an agent treated her offensively at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Indigenous rights activist and attorney Tara Houska says she was headed...

Jim Thorpe Ranked No. 5 on List of Greatest College Football Players; Honored at 2020 National Championship

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NEW ORLEANS — The granddaughter of the legendary Jim Thorpe represented her late grandfather during a halftime celebration of the greatest college football players in history during last night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game in New Orleans.   Thorpe (Sac &...

Diné (Navajo) Are Turning Their Hogans into Cash on Airbnb

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DURANGO, Colo. — You can almost count all the motels on the Navajo Nation on two hands. But that doesn’t mean there’s nowhere to stay..Enterprising Diné from Shiprock to Coppermine are opening up their homes, sheep camps and hogans to curious tourists hoping to get a glimpse of real Navajo life —...

Playing for Change - Everyday People

By: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  6 Comments  •  1 Like  •  6 years ago

The concept of ''Playing for Change'' are popular songs played by musicians around the world. The monies earned go to helping the world (Children) This one is one of my favorites as it shows schools from around the US.  From my home the Red Lake Middle School, Red Lake MN. is shown in this as...

Australia's indigenous people have a solution for the country's bushfires. And it's been around for tens of thousands of years

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The fires in Australia have been burning for months, consuming nearly 18 million acres of land, causing thousands to evacuate and killing potentially millions of animals.They're showing minimal signs of slowing down. The Australian state of New South Wales, where both Sydney and Canberra are...

Indigenous grandfather and 12-year-old handcuffed in front of Vancouver bank after trying to open an account

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Maxwell Johnson thought his appointment at the Bank of Montreal would be routine.He's been a customer since 2014 and wanted to open an account for his 12-year-old granddaughter so he could transfer funds to her electronically when she was on the road for basketball games.But at the Dec. 20...

ACLU sues school district over 'bloody Indian' comment

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Susan Montoya BryanAssociated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Wednesday sued the state's largest school district and a former teacher over a 2018 incident where the teacher allegedly cut a Native student's hair during class on Halloween and asked...

Bureau of Indian Affairs Sends Seven Wildland Firefighters to Australia

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Published January 8, 2020WASHINGTON — Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Tara Katuk Sweeney Wednesday announced in December, the Bureau of Indian Affairs sent wildland fire personnel abroad for the first time to combat the wildfires in Australia. Since December, so far 95 firefighters from...

NORAD's Santa Tracker Began With A Typo And A Good Sport

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This Christmas Eve people all over the world will log on to the official Santa Tracker to follow his progress through U.S. military radar. This all started in 1955, with a misprint in a Colorado Springs newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret hotline at the Continental Air Defense...

Niibaa' anami'egiizhigad (Merry Christmas)

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 'Twas the Night Before Ojibwe Christmas 'Twas the night before Niibaa-anama’egiizhigad, when all through the wiigiwaam Not an awakaan was stirring, not even a waawaabiganoojiinh; The moccasins were hung by the smoke hole with care, In hopes that Miigiwe Miskwaa Gichi Inini soon would be there;...