School board forms committee to quell Indian mascot uproar
(CALIFORNIA) -- Carpinteria High School's warrior mascot could be staying. The Carpinteria Unified School District board decided Tuesday night that a committee will be formed to make a recommendation on Native American imagery on the school campus.
The American Indian Experience
(KENTUCKY) -- John Low, the executive director of the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston, Illinois, spoke in Riverview Lounge Monday, May 5, at 7 p.m.
U. should not let Indian-education program die
(UTAH) -- It was a celebration about the human spirit, pride in one's heritage and family and a commitment to serve one's community. It was about hope and the belief that people can make a difference.
Barstow kids paint the history of desert people
(CALIFORNIA) -- Most adults would not be able to say what an atlatl is, but 12-year-old Richard Sappington knows. Sappington was one of about 20 Barstow-area students who participated in “Native American Voices from the Mojave Desert,” the most recent education and art program put on by Main Street Murals.
Response from Ben Mikaelson re TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR
(CALIFORNIA) -- Over on the listserv for California's librarians, I posted my critique of Touching Spirit Bear. It sparked some discussion. The moderator said he thought it was getting personal in nature and that the conversation ought to be dropped.
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