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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “We in the Northern Plains are experiencing a deadly sub-zero frigid winter & heating propane shortage which has claimed at least one life; help us fix it. Due to an extremely deadly winter here on the Northern Plains, a winter which has claimed the life of a tribal member, we are raising
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Meet Christy and hear her sing “America the Beautiful” in Keres, a Native American language and one of many in Coca-Cola’s 2014 Big Game ad. #AmericaIsBeauti… See on www.youtube.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “Andrea Landry, Youth Executive of the National Association of Friendship Centre in Canada attended a meeting for Indigenous Youth last week at UN Headquarters in New York. Andrea spoke with UNTV Multimedia Producer, Mary Ferreira, about the struggle of indigenous women in terms of Gender, identity, and discrimination.” See on www.youtube.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations In 2010 National Geographic produced a little-known documentary which attempted to offer a visual presentation of pre-colonial America for its audience, with somewhat of a mixed result. See on ushypocrisy.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations I’ve been sent this video a bazillion times in the last few days, and I think it’s a powerful and important PSA to add to the mascot “debate”*. I’ve watched it a few t… See on nativeappropriations.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Watch the #BigGame commercial the NFL would never air. Get involved by contacting the Washington Professional Football Team, the NFL and the Washington Post: DC Team @redskins Facebook.com/redskins http://www.redskins.com/footer/contac… Roger Goodell & NFL @NFL @NFLcommish https://www.facebook.com/NFL ; Washington Post DC’s hometown paper is still using the R-word in its coverage of the team. @WashingtonPost @PostSports
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations The good and bad of “Dances with Wolves” by @JulianAbagond See on abagond.wordpress.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations John Trudell discusses the “drunken Indian” stereotype. See on www.youtube.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations A Saskatchewan student was told not to wear a sweatshirt in school that has the words “Got Land? Thank an Indian” on it, although officials have since relented.Tenelle Starr, 13, is in Grade 8 and goes to school in Balcarres, about 90 kilometres northeast of Regina. She is a member of the nearby Star
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations On March 23, 1847, the Indians of the Choctaw nation took up a collection. Moved by news of starvation in Ireland, a group of Choctaws gathered in Scullyville, Okla., to raise a relief fund. Despi… See on nativeheritageproject.com
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