Arizona’s Ancient Ruins

Arizona's Ancient Ruins

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “This territory is covered with ancient ruins which prove conclusively it was once densely populated by a people far in advance, in point of civilization, to most of the Indian tribes.  There is no written record of them, and it is only a matter of conjecture who and what they were.  Occasionally a deserted

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Charles “Indian Charley” Curtis – 1st Native American in the White House

Charles “Indian Charley” Curtis – 1st Native American in the White House

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States (1929–1933). He was the first person with significant acknowledged Native American ancestry and the

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The Cobell Case and Indian Reservation Ownership

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “The Cobell Case, known my many different names, was a class action suit filed by Native American representatives against two departments of the United States government. …” … “If you thought that the Indians “owned” the reservations outright, they didn’t. Even in earlier circumstances, in the early 1700s in North Carolina, the Tuscarora Indians

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On Native Ground – Episode 1

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Featuring interviews and native talent segments including Olympian Mr. Billy Mills, ‘Red Hook Summer’s’ Spike Lee alongside cast Coleman Domingo, Fred Tolliver Jr., and James McBride, and musical guests Shawn Michael Perry, Beck Black, Arigon Star, MC Redcloud, Crystal Lightning. This episode also features it’s first sports storytelling segment of ‘Games of the North’

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Institute Of American Indian Arts To Launch MFA Program – KUNM

See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Institute Of American Indian Arts To Launch MFA Program KUNM The two-year program will focus heavily on writing in a number of genres, and the Institute of American Indian Arts, or IAIA, says there are nearly 30 candidates admitted for the program,… See on kunm.org

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