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Leaders->Cherokee: Oconostota, the Warrior of Chota
Posted on Sunday, March 09 @ 16:16:29 PST (488 reads)

NATIVE NAME: Aganstata

ENGLISH NAME: James BEAVER Jr

ALTERNATE NAMES: Oconostota, Oconastota Moytoy, Cunne Shote, Warrior of Chota, Stalking Turkey (a name which causes confusion with his uncle Kanagatucko, who was known as "Standing Turkey"), Groundhog Sausage

ALTERNATE SPELLINGS: Oconastota, Oconostata, Oganatoga, Shote is a variant of Chote or Choat or Choate, Cumnacatogue

MEANING OF NAMES:

Aganstata was translated as Groundhog Sausage, from "agana" = groundhog, and "tsistau" = "I am pounding it" as in pounding meat in a mortar.
Cunne Shote may be the English mispronunciation of the Cherokee words for Stalking Turkey.

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Leaders->Cherokee: Little Carpenter, Cherokee 1699 - 1797
Posted on Monday, March 03 @ 21:23:29 PST (847 reads)

A/C ENGLISH NAME: Little Carpenter
NATIVE NAME: Attakullakulia
MEANING OF NAME: Little Carpenter
ALTERNATE NAMES: Ukwaneequa, Chuconnunta, The Civil Chief, or White Chief
ALTERNATE SPELLINGS: Attacullaculla, Attakullaculla
SIGNIFICANT POSITIONS: Supreme Chief of the Cherokee 1760-1775

BIRTHPLACE / DATE: 1699, Big Island of the French Broad River, later called Sevier's Island, TN
RESIDENCE: Tellico, and Chota, E. Indian Nation, TN
DEATH DATE / LOCATION: 1797, Nacheztown, North Carolina
BURIAL PLACE:

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TNB->Powhatan: Don Luis a.k.a. Opechancanough
Posted on Tuesday, January 15 @ 00:51:40 PST (1078 reads)

Opechancanough or Opchanacanough (1543?-1644) was a tribal chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its leader from 1618 until his death in 1644. His name meant "He whose Soul is White" in the Algonquin language.

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People->Obituaries: Floyd Red Crow Westerman passes to the spirit world
Posted on Thursday, December 13 @ 18:26:06 PST (1144 reads)

Actor and activist Floyd Red Crow Westerman

Gwen Westerman Griffin of Mankato, MN announced today that Floyd Red Crow Westerman passed to the spirit world this morning about 5:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, California, at Cedars Sinai Hospital with family at his side after an extended illness. He was 71.

Today is a sad day, not just for the Native American people, but for all people. Red Crow has left behind a legacy that will be around till the end of time itself.

From singing, to acting in movies to being an activist, his life is a story and also an example of what we should be and hope to strive for in life. Through his devotion and dedication for the Native American youth to his global journeys to fight for saving the rain forests, Westerman has left a message for all to see and hear.

Even though Floyd Red Crow Westerman has been best known as an actor and mucisian, his life has been devoted to the benefit of all of mankind.

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Athletes&SportsNews: Indian Athlete Hall of Fame begins with 7 inductees
Posted on Sunday, December 09 @ 22:59:48 PST (894 reads)

AUTHOR: Becky Shay

The first class of inductees entered the Montana Indian Athlete Hall of Fame on Friday night.

The hall of fame is brainchild of Don Wetzel Sr., a former Browning and University of Montana standout and coach, who with his father decided that Montana's standout American Indian athletes needed recognized.

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News->Environmental: 18 wildfires in California taking a toll on California Indian reservations
Posted on Sunday, October 28 @ 01:24:29 PST (998 reads)

AUTHOR: Shadi Rahimi

The wildfires roaring across Southern California have burned more than 17,200 acres of land on the Yuina, Rincon, La Jolla, San Pasqual and Pala reservations, said Jim Fletcher, superintendent for the BIA in southern California.

Another 8,960 acres have burned on the Capitan Grande, Mesa Grande, Santa Ysabel, Barona, Jamul and Inaja-Cosmit reservations.

The fires have caused at least $1 billion in damage in San Diego County alone and have led to the largest evacuation in state history. At least 500,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, including thousands of tribal members.

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Activists->Org-> AIM: Vernon Bellecourt, long time AIM leader is dead
Posted on Saturday, October 13 @ 21:16:45 PDT (1413 reads)

Vernon Bellecourt, long time leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) passed away today at about 2:45pm in Minnesota. He was one of the earliest and most active members of AIM and a prominent spokesman for the organization, and one of the finest orators of his time.

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Actors - Actress: Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Posted on Wednesday, January 24 @ 13:43:01 PST (3003 reads)

Floyd Red Crow Westerman is probably best known for his role in the western epic ‘Dances with Wolves.’ Today, Westerman is also involved with other projects that bring awareness to subjects like the environment.

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Actors - Actress: Menominee actress Shelia Tousey
Posted on Saturday, November 19 @ 14:13:24 PST (5780 reads)

Born in Keshena, Wisconsin, actress Shelia Tousey was born and raised on both the Menominee and Stockbridge reservations.

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Actors - Actress: George Leach, Canadian actor from the Sta’atl’imx Nation
Posted on Saturday, November 19 @ 13:35:57 PST (6171 reads)

George Leach is a member of the Sta’atl’imx Nation in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada. An accomplished actor, George has appeared on screen in ‘This Is Wonderland’, ‘North of 60’, ‘PSI Factor’ and ‘La Femme Nikita’.

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People->Obituaries: Vine Deloria Jr. walks on
Posted on Monday, November 14 @ 12:28:59 PST (5213 reads)

POSTED BY Colorado AIM

In Honor of Vine Deloria, Jr. (1933-2005)

The great indigenous visionary, philosopher, author and activist Vine Deloria, Jr. passed over to join his ancestors on November 13, 2005.

Vine Victor Deloria Jr. was born in 1933 in Martin, South Dakota. He obtained a Master of Theology degree from the Lutheran School of Theology in Rock Island, Illinois in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1970. He was one of the most outspoken figures in Native American Affairs. His works promote Native American cultural nationalism and a greater understanding of Native American history and philosophy.

Note: Memorial services have been scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Mount Vernon Event Center in Golden, Colo.

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Television: Did you know Aleuts were sent to interrment camps during WWII? Documentary film tells their story
Posted on Sunday, November 13 @ 11:57:08 PST (9380 reads)

AUTHOR: Debra McKinny, Anchorage Daily News

A new film has Aleuts talking through the pain. Long-silent Aleuts revisit the suffering of World War II camps in a new documentary film set to air on Public Television this month.

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People->Obituaries: 106-Year-Old Mohegan Medicine Woman Dies
Posted on Saturday, November 05 @ 00:00:46 PST (4893 reads)

Gladys Tantaquidgeon, the Mohegan Indian Tribe's venerable medicine woman and a nationally known expert on ancient Indian practices, died Tuesday morning. She was 106.

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People->Obituaries: Famed Navajo artist R.C. Gorman dead at age 74
Posted on Friday, November 04 @ 23:31:38 PST (5451 reads)

Famed Navajo artist R.C. Gorman is dead at the age of 74.

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TNB->Penobscot: Louis Sockalexis, first American Indian to play major league baseball
Posted on Wednesday, October 26 @ 18:13:36 PDT (6457 reads)

Although it was discovered in the 1960s that the first Native American in the major leagues was James Madison Toy, who played in the American Association in 1887 and 1890, the first man known and treated as an American Indian was Louis Sockalexis, a member of the Penobscot tribe.

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