Native American news and events that occurred in Indian Country in 2007.
— Billionaire donates $5 million to Crazy Horse Memorial
— Montana’s Blackfeet Tribe celebrated in Smithsonian exhibit
— Old Indians mounds claimed by Eastern Cherokee tribe
— Duck Valley Indian Rez without water, running low on food after fire destroys village
— Crow Tribe wants to exploit coal
— Makah tribal member kills whale without permits or tribal sanction
— Multibillion-dollar Canadian residential school settlement passed
AUTHOR: Paul Halvey The two-headed creature is an archetypal character in folklore. Often representing choice or opposing views, it is present in tales across cultures. American Indian culture is no exception. So how would a two-headed being perceive the 13th…
Following two years of intense product development, Native American Natural
Foods, a Pine Ridge based company, is preparing to launch its new buffalo energy bar based on old traditional pemmican recipes at the Black Hills Pow Wow, Oct. 5-7, in Rapid City, S.D.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian opened an exhibit Friday celebrating the history and culture of Montana's Blackfeet Tribe.
AUTHORS: Lynda V. Mapes and Jonathan Martin It was about 6:30 on a beautiful summer morning, with gray whales all around, when Wayne Johnson decided he had waited long enough: It was time to hunt whales again. Within minutes Saturday,…
The camera slowly dollies in on the stern face of actor Kevin Geer. About
30 cast and crew members crammed into the third floor of the Watkins
Community Museum of History look on.
“This is not a prison. There are no walls. No fences. But there is a
clock,” Geer scolds. “You will learn to respect time.”
“Respect” and “time” are key words on the set of “The Only Good Indian,” a
film that takes place in the early 1900s when respectful treatment of
American Indians was at an all-time low.
The deadline for Canadian native people to sign up for a multibillion-dollar national settlement came and went on Monday, with the critical number of people agreeing to take the money.