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• Native Americans to receive $3,4 billion from US Government … – The US government announced last week that it would settle a class action lawsuit brought against it on behalf of Elouise Cobell, former Treasurer of.

• Racist Rush Returns as Limbaugh Mocks Native Americans … – During one of his Obama is delusional rants on his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh let his racism slip out again. This time his target was Indians. Limbaugh said, “I don’t know if he really believes it, but if he does, we in heap big …

• Native Americans hope for the best from healthcare reform « Eideard – “Native Americans die of illnesses like tuberculosis, alcoholism, diabetes, pneumonia and influenza at far higher rates,” Mr. Obama said. “We’re going to have to do more to address disparities in health care delivery.” …

• pope ratso called out on indian genocide – caracas (reuters) – venezuelan president hugo chavez demanded pope benedict apologize to indians in latin america for saying this month in brazil that the roman catholic church purified them. chavez, who regularly clashes with the …

• the archives of f/k/a . . . » SCotching lawyer nicknames – Filed under: pre-06-2006 David Giacalone @ 1:33 pm Florida’s lawyer-advertising police can finally point to a state with even sillier rules than their own South Carolina. Code Section 39-5-39(1) ; the legislation is summarized here , with links) (via RiskProf , who has done some interesting brainstorming; and Walter Ols o n )    Of course, one might argue that no nickname creates an expectation of results. (especially in a part of the Country noted for nicknames).

• North Carolina Miscellany » Blog Archive » Lost Colony Still Lost – Today’s News & Observer has a story about the continued search for archaeological evidence of the lost colony on Roanoke Island. Okay, so maybe it’s not going to be the key to finding evidence of the disappearing colonists after all, but it is a nice image. The North Carolina Collection is in the process of digitizing the images from a rare, hand-colored copy of the book.

• ACTA Report, “How Many Ward Churchills?” « Easily Distracted – Are you interested in defending academic standards? Let me tell you what I consider to be a few important academic standards. These apply across the disciplines. 1. Careful collection of evidence. 2. Constraining claims or arguments to …

• New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country – As digital communications and the Internet become increasingly pervasive, Native Americans continue to lack access to this digital revolution. Native Americans are among the last citizens to gain access to the Internet, with access to …

• writing competition invites native americans to share insights on … – deadline: september 15, 2009 writing competition invites native americans to share insights on economy the alaska federation of natives, in partnership with the national congress of american indians and the council for native hawaiian …

• Nike and Native Americans: The N7 Collection – NOTE: In Canada, we use the term First Nations instead of Native Americans. BEAVERTON, Ore. — This weekend Nike (NYSE:NKE) will debut the Nike N7 Collection, a select range of performance footwear designed with the environment and the …

• ancient tsunami – surfs up dude. a huge wave crashed into the new york city region 2300 years ago, dumping sediment and shells across long island and new jersey and casting wood debris far up the hudson river. the scenario, proposed by scientists, …

• Of Squirrels and Red Fox Urine – Since reading about Marn’s squirrel adventures I’ve been thinking about the rascally rodents who live in our backyard. They won’t let me get close enough to snap mug shots so I must content myself with telephoto images taken through the patio door. For the most part the results come out fuzzy and faded, but through the magic of PhotoShop the little arboreal imps emerge with storybook charm.

• Top 15 Most Famous Native Americans – Listverse – Before the arrival of the colonists, the Native Americans had already secured a foot-hold over the vast expanses of America. Initially the Native Americans were treated with an almost cursory respect as the new settlers and pilgrims …

• Talking about Native Americans and the South – English … – In this interview Mark talks to his friend, Eric from Oklahoma about the cowboy culture in that part of the United States. Mark : Hello everybody. I am just sitting here in a room..in a big classroom here..and I am talking to my friend, …

• The Spin » Blog Archive » Recruiting Native Americans – Members of Six Directions,’ Penn’s Native American cultural group, on college green. How many Native Americans are there at Penn? Well, just 2 in the Class of 2008. And 11 in this year’s Class of 2010.

• Nephites, Lamanites, and Native Americans | Times & Seasons – I admit it I started this whole mess, in part because I was quite surprised by some of the Historian’s comments. (This post will include some text which is in the comments section of Nate’s earlier post, for purposes of putting my discussion in one place). a supposed Mormon belief that Native Americans were descended from Israelite origin.

• native americans, inc. – it’s pretty obvious that this one has actually been designed to be offensive. and today, no team in america would consider using such a disrespectful logo or team name about, say, african americans. can you imagine the cleveland logo in …

• nike shoe for native americans – nike-shoe.jpg. i don’t have much time for posting this week, but, i thought i’d draw your attention to the new nike sneakers getting press in the past few days. they’re called the air native n7 and are developed specifically for native …

• episode 17: book of mormon introduction, lamanites and native … – recently, the lds church made a change to the introduction page of the book of mormon that has garnered much press. the change seems to be intended to dispel common perceptions among lds folk (leaders and members) that native americans …

• Digital Natives, Mountain Men, and Pioneers – Ideas. As regular readers of this blog will no doubt have noticed I am rather fond of metaphors. I’ve mused on what I believe to be the false dichotomy of ‘Digital Natives’ and ‘Digital Immigrants’ before (On the false dichotomy of …

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