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Pioneer Profiles: Author David Treuer describes reservation life (2/21/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Just before appearing to an overflow audience at the Bemidji Public Library last Saturday, David Treuer agreed to sit and talk about himself and his...
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Native Sun News: Book offers hope to autoimmune sufferers (2/20/2012)
(South Dakota) -- An energetic college cheerleader from Whitewood, South Dakota, Annesse Brockley unexpectedly paled to shadow of her former self when an autoimmune...
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'Rez Life' a look into a culture right in your own back yard (2/19/2012)
(Utah) -- You spent a lot of time in your old back yard. For most of the kids growing up in your neighborhood, it was where you gathered to do whatever everybody agreed...
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Hockey helps aboriginal boy escape racism (2/19/2012)
(Manitoba) -- HE may not have meant to, but B.C. author Richard Wagamese captures the beauty of hockey as few sportswriters could hope to match.
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NONFICTION: "Holding Our World Together," by Brenda J. Child. (2/18/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- In her latest book, Brenda J. Child, a member of the Red Lake Ojibwe tribe who teaches at the University of Minnesota, describes a centuries-old...
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Interview with author Richard Van Camp (2/18/2012)
(British Columbia) -- Once you’ve seen writer and storyteller Richard Van Camp perform, you’ll never forget him. He knows how to make you listen and keep you...
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The Bookworm Sez: 'Rez Life' reveals realities of reservations (2/17/2012)
(California) -- You spent a lot of time in your old back yard. For most of the kids growing up in your neighborhood, it was where you gathered to do whatever everybody...
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Compassionate Woman: Biography of Activist Patricia Locke (2/12/2012)
(USA) -- One of Patricia Locke’s earliest babysitters was a medicine man who made objects dance around the room on their own to amuse her and her sister.
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New book tells tale of tortoise who turns 100 with Arizona (2/11/2012)
(Arizona) -- Just in time for Arizona's 100th anniversary, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is releasing a free children's book about the delightful journeys...
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BOOK REVIEW: Searching for the truth about American Indians: A review of All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos) (2/6/2012)
(Colorado) -- "This is a personal book," Catherine C. Robbins writes in the preface to All Indians Do Not Live In Teepees (or Casinos), a collection of her...
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1876: The Year When Things Went from Bad to Worse for Indians and Blacks (2/4/2012)
(New York) -- As 2011 ended the U.S. Senate voted 92 to 6 for the McCain-Levin amendments [S 1867] to the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Education: First of its kind anthology of Aboriginal stories launches (2/4/2012)
(Manitoba) -- Professor Warren Cariou, Director of the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Creative Writing/Oral Culture, and Lecturer Niigaanwewidam James...
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NORRELL: The Launching: Chumash book is history and medicine (2/3/2012)
(Arizona) -- Launching the book, Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman, Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez spoke with the magic of a storyteller tonight, as she shared the...
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Centuries of Aboriginal stories find home in Manitoban anthology (2/3/2012)
(Manitoba) -- Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water is a anthology of Indigenous Manitoban writings that weaves the past to the present through lush...
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Banned Book Offered to Arizona Students Free (2/1/2012)
(Arizona) -- The SouthWest Organizing Project, publisher of 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures, will offer the book for free to Arizona students. This offer is in...
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Anti-Mexican Studies bigots now banning books (1/31/2012)
(Arizona) -- Another racist message from Arizona’s ruling class has been sent to oppressed people and especially Latinos/as of Mexican descent. That message is:...
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BLOG: Jan 28 Updates regarding shut-down of Mexican American Studies program at Tucson Unified School District (1/31/2012)
(Arizona) -- Below is Curtis Acosta's January 26, 2012 update from Tucson. Acosta is a teacher in the now-shuttered Mexican American Studies Department in Tucson...
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In Response to AZ Ban, Students in Tucson Hold Their Own Ethnic Studies Classes (1/31/2012)
(Arizona) -- Instead of going to class at Tucson Magnet High School last Tuesday, high school senior Juan Quevedo, entered a different type of classroom, protesting with...
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Joint Statement in Opposition to Book Censorship in Tucson Unified School District (1/31/2012)
(Arizona) -- The undersigned organizations are committed to protecting free speech and intellectual freedom. We write to express our deep concern about the removal of...
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Upcoming Photography Book Offers New View of Cheyenne River Reservation (1/31/2012)
(South Dakota) -- “Heather, Richard and Matt’s book idea dovetails beautifully with our ongoing Circle of Storytellers oral-history project with elders, as...
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Ethnic Studies Pioneer Discusses Ban (1/28/2012)
(California) -- Dr. Carlos Muñoz, professor emeritus in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley and pioneer of Chicano Studies in...
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