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2002 Native American News Archive

Native American news and events that occurred in Indian Country in 2002.

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2002 Native American News Highlights

 

—The Kennewick Man Hearings resume as eight scientists sue the government to study 9000-year-old bones that Native American tribes claim.

— Trust fund regulations revised for heirs

— Harmful “Indian” Sports Mascots

— Eyre returns with “Skins”

Harmful “Indian” Sports Mascots

As the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, NCAI has long held a clear position against derogatory and harmful stereotypes of Native people—including sports mascots—in media and popular culture. In 1968 NCAI launched a campaign to address stereotypes of Native people in popular culture and media, as well as in sports. Since this effort began, there has been a great deal of progress made and support to end the era of harmful “Indian” mascots in sports.…

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Trust fund regulations revised for heirs

The Department of Interior has revised regulations affecting the distribution of trust assets following the death of an individual Indian landowner. A Federal Register notice published December 31, 2001, makes note of the regulations, which apply to the Office of Hearings and Appeals. The rules are intended to conform with similar standards finalized by the Clinton administration at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Known as probate, the distribution of assets to the proper heirs is one of the key duties…

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You can be a Modern Day Hero – Support Leonard Peltier’s Annual Christmas Drive

Views: 1298 Indigenous Political Prisoner, Leonard Peltier, has organized his annual gift drive for the children of the Pine Ridge Lakota Nation in South Dakota. This is one way Leonard continues his humanitarian work for his people despite his incarceration. Help Leonard Peltier reach out beyond the bars that imprison him. You can send gifts such as new toys and practical, new winter clothing (gloves, jeans, thermal underwear, sweaters, socks, hats, scarves, jackets, boots, and blankets, etc,) to the addresses listed…

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Joe Leaphorn is not his old self but Tony Hillerman is happy with ‘Skinwalkers’

veteran native american actor Wes Studi

The Navajo police lieutenant from 14 Tony Hillerman novels has been altered for television. But his creator is pleased with what he sees. Wes Studi, who plays Leaphorn in “Skinwalkers” as the new PBS Mystery  season gets under way Sunday (9 p.m. EST), must share credit for the novelist’s pleasure with director Chris Eyre and writer Jamie Redford, son of Robert Redford (who’s the executive producer). Instead of the wise, patient and culturally sensitive sleuth of literature, the Leaphorn of…

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Eyre returns with “Skins”

Bristling with anger, humor and a deep sadness, Chris Eyre’s second feature “Skins” is a torrent of moods, feelings and scorched fury.  In examining a struggle of acceptance and reconciliation between two brothers, the film acknowledges a culture whose scarred past and uncertain future remain inchoate and incomplete. 

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