Something positive is happening in race relations west of the Missouri River in South Dakota
August 30, 2010 Comments OffIt was a scorching hot day at this year’s Central States Fair until dark clouds drifted slowly over the Black Hills and brought the temperatures down. It was a special day for Native Americans because a man named Roon Jeffries and his assistant, Dixie Holy Eagle, took the challenge of the Year of Unity Committee [...]
Continue reading …An editorial by Indianz.com on Indianz.com asks, “What happens if Congress doesn’t approve the $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian trust fund lawsuit? It answers its own question with, “Nothing. No one gets any money. Litigation will continue at the expense of the Bureau of Indian Affairs budget and Congress will continue to do nothing [...]
Continue reading …Measuring the progress in native health – life expectancy for Native Americans
May 4, 2010 Comments OffHas the Indian Health Service been an effective, government-run delivery system? Consider this from a White House memo: “While there has been improvements in health status of Indians in the past 15 years, a loss of momentum can further slow the already sluggish rate of approach to parity. Increased momentum in health delivery and sanitation [...]
Continue reading …NEW YORK – A groundbreaking report examining the roots of Christian domination over indigenous peoples and their lands was released this week at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. North American Representative to the Permanent Forum Tonya Gonnella Frichner, an attorney and founder of the American Indian Law Alliance, presented a preliminary study [...]
Continue reading …Democrat Scott Heidepriem believes he has a good chance in South Dakota governor’s race
April 26, 2010 Comments OffIt has been more than 30 years since a Democrat sat in the seat of the governor of South Dakota. A Democrat who fashions his campaign on the past actions of former Senator George McGovern, a Harvard man named Scott Heidepriem, hopes to open that door again. “When McGovern decided to run for the South [...]
Continue reading …Tribal Sovereignty is jeopardized by climate crisis: invokes pathways for honorable community engagement
April 22, 2010 No CommentMichele “Shelly” Vendiola, Communications Facilitator, Swinomish Climate Change Initiative “Mother earth has a fever, she is very sick.” Carrie Dann, Elder, Western Shoshone Defense Project In 1961 President Dwight Eisenhower spoke of the military industrial complex as the trilogy of U.S. government, military and industry. Today the government is seemingly hijacked by corporations: 7 of [...]
Continue reading …Relentless pioneer cemetery evokes Mexican migrant workers roots in Arizona
April 15, 2010 No CommentThe labor of thousands of peasants brought from Mexico into Arizona in 1917 contributed to the farming revolution that placed a new state on the path of progress and the workers on a historical dimension. Avondale. Arizona April 13, 2010. In the midst of the solitude of the Goodyear Farms Historic Cemetery, there are countless [...]
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