Saturday July 04, 2009 at 8:00
Saturday July 04, 2009 at 5:00
Friday July 03, 2009 at 17:03
Friday July 03, 2009 at 11:03
Official promo for Nadya Kwandibens’ social photo series, Concrete Indians, focusing on the urban Indian.
The official website written on the promo doesn’t seem to be up yet, but you can visit www.concreteindians.ning.com and join in the fun by adding your own photos of Concrete Indians.
Friday July 03, 2009 at 5:00
“People ask us ‘When did the Indians all die?’ They don’t realize they’re still around. The importance of Keeping the Tradition is that it lets people know Native Americans are still here, that they have a lively culture and that they have many traditions still going strong.”
— Andy Sawyer, site manager of the Sun Watch Indian Village in Dayton Ohio, explaining why they have a yearly powwow at the archeological park.
Thursday July 02, 2009 at 17:03
Native American students get glimpse of medical careers
Growing up on the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon, Krysten Allen-Alford has seen more than her tribe’s share of teenage pregnancies.
“Thirteen-year-old girls having babies” is not uncommon, said Allen-Alford, who at 16 is determined to do something about the health care of her people by becoming a pediatric nurse.
“I just want to be somebody who helps out,” she said, “and going to college will prepare me.”
Allen-Alford is one of 25 American Indian high school students from throughout the Northwest attending a health care camp at Washington State University’s Spokane campus this week.
Thursday July 02, 2009 at 11:03
Q’orianka Kilcher is half Peruvian Indian on her father’s side, of Quechua/Huachipaeri descent. Kilcher talks about the Peruvian Indian protests and how she’s helping them.
from the LA Times:
Late last week, Q’orianka and her mother flew to Peru, which in recent days has been the scene of violent clashes between police and Amazon indigenous groups, who are protesting the turning over of tribal lands to oil drilling, logging and mining. The clashes have left more than 30 people dead and brought severe criticism of President Alan García, who is pushing to open the Amazon for commercial development, over his government’s handling of the affair. Under domestic and international pressure, last week Peru’s Congress suspended the pro-development decrees that sparked the protests, but the situation is far from resolved.
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