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WASHINGTON — The White House announced Sunday that Lydia Doza, 24, an Alaska Native woman from Anchorage, will be seated with the First Lady Michelle Obama for State of the Union on Tuesday night. Each year, the White House selects citizens to sit in the First Lady’s box during the annual State of the Union address. Doza is one of
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Welcome to Native American Heritage Month 2015! November is Native American Heritage Month in the US. On this blog that means there will be two to three posts a week having to do with Native Americans. Last year was a bust, I know. I hope to do better this year. If you have a suggestion for a post… Sourced through Scoop.it from: abagond.wordpress.com
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Feel free to Download and share our flier widely! And don’t forget to RSVP! If you’d like to volunteer, we’d so appreciate your help. Please complete and submit our Volunteer Form. Sourced through Scoop.it from: seedsandsoul.org After I saw Rulan at Stanford, I’ve been looking forward to see her again in the Bay Area! Woot!
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Indigenous Peoples Day, the new holiday replacing Columbus Day. Powwow and Indian Market in Berkeley, California. 23rd Annual Celebration 1992-2015 Saturday, October 10, 2015 10am – 6pm FREE Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park Berkeley CA. Martin Luther King, Jr Way, between Alston Way & Center Street (2180 Milvia St) 1-1/2 blocks west of the Berkeley BART Station
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Alaska Native languages are officially recognized in the state of Alaska. Here are some photos I took at the momentous event. Alaska Native languages HB 216 was signed into law by the governor on October 23 in Anchorage. Source: 4loveofthepeople.wordpress.com See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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Ho-Chunk Citizen Kathy Hopinkah Hannan Selected to be Girl Scouts President Source: nativenewsonline.net See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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Officials try to test Chris Deschene’s Navajo fluency to confirm he meets law’s requirement but he refuses to answer questions Source: www.theguardian.com See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations
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[A] blonde little wisp of a girl completely freaked me out as I waited in line for the bathroom. “Is that shirt supposed to be funny?” she asked motioning to my satirical”Caucasians” T-shirt. And then she said, “I’ll fucking cut you.” Actually, she didn’t scare me so much as the wannabe linebackers standing behind her who looked like they
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