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Shadow Wolves – A Smuggler’s Worst Nightmare
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 13 Comments • 9 years ago
The Tohono Oodham Nation straddles the Arizona/Mexico border, where the Sonoran Deserts drastic temperature shifts can be dangerous, but its an area where at any given time a drug smuggler or undocumented migrant is caught by something just as dangerous a Shadow Wolf.The Shadow Wolves, an elite...
$20M Awarded to Build First Pumping Plant for Navajo-Gallup Project
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 4 Comments • 9 years ago
Communities around Gallup, New Mexico learned April 1, that safe drinking water is on schedule to be available in the near future for tribal and rural areas.Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a copy9.6 million construction contract to build...
Nearly $580,000 from Land Buy-Back Program Transfers to Cobell Education Scholarship Fund
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 3 Comments • 9 years ago
The first quarterly transfer of funds to the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund begin this week. Nearly $580,000 will be transferred to the American Indian College Fund according to an announcement by the U.S. Department of the Interior released on Wednesday, April 2, 2014.The Scholarship Fund was...
Warriors at Heart: Some of the Native Women Who Served in the Military
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 7 Comments • 9 years ago
During the American Revolution, (1775-1783) Tyonajanegen, a Native American woman married to an American Army Officer, fought alongside her husband on horseback during a battle in which she loaded her husbands gun because he had been shot in the wrist.Since that time, Native women warriors have...
The Native American Children’s Safety Act Introduced in U.S. Senate
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 10 Comments • 9 years ago
A much needed Native American Childrens Safety Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate this past Thursday.Currently, American Indian tribes do not have uniform minimum procedures and guidelines when an American Indian child is placed in foster care under the direction of a tribal court.Procedures...
Leonard Peltier in His Spring Statement: “My Life Has Been Taken One Day at a Time”
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 9 Comments • 9 years ago
My life has been taken one day at a time. But if I had it all to do over again I would still choose to stand up for my people and your people and our future generations to protect our freedoms and our Mother Earth, and in doing that I am honored that you remember me. I want to thank you for that...
Pow Wow Etiquette: 10 Rules to Follow in and Out of the Arena
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 5 Comments • 9 years ago
My reason for posting this article:Many of my non-native friends have asked me how they should act at POW WOW, I saw this and thought that the folks at NT's would enjoy the information.Whether youre a novice or veteran attending a pow wow, certain behaviors are expected while youre on the grounds...
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Donates $275,000 to Landslide Relief
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 2 Comments • 9 years ago
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe has donated $275,000 to landslide relief efforts, giving $50,000 each to the Darrington, Arlington and Oso fire departments, as well as to the Red Cross, Cascade Valley Relief Foundation and $25,000 to K-9 relief.Snoqualmie officials were inspired to donate after...
Cherokee Nation Donations to Boys & Girls Clubs Nears $200,000
By: Larry Crehore • Anishinaabe - The First People • 6 Comments • 9 years ago
The Cherokee Nation donated nearly $200,000 to eight Boys & Girls Clubs within the Cherokee Nations jurisdiction at a presentation in the Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex.The Cherokee Nation proudly supports the mission and work of the Boys and Girls Clubs in our communities, Principal Chief...
