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New encyclopedia of Tlingit language baffles Sitka elders (2/8/2012)
(Alaska) -- An amateur scholar of indigenous languages showed up in Sitka last month with her new encyclopedia of Tlingit and an accompanying audio CD of readings, but...
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BLOG: Etsy Is A Breeding Ground For.... (2/6/2012)
(USA) -- Etsy is a breeding ground for Native American stereotypes, tackiness, and tastelessness. Yea I'm being crude, rude, and blunt. But it needs to be said (see...
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Indian war: Men feud over Native American heritage (1/31/2012)
(Florida) -- No one really knows the man playing so mystically, certainly not the smattering of entranced people watching him at the recent heritage festival in...
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You're a cultural thief! Ten year feud over Native American 'fraud' who performs at heritage festivals (and sells his ancestral chants on MySpace) (1/29/2012)
(Florida) -- With his majestic headdress and fearsome warpaint, Ed Winddancer appears to be carrying on the proud traditions of his Native American ancestors - but...
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City: Protect historical artifacts / Outrage over TV reality show sparked commission action (1/24/2012)
(Florida) -- Desiring to protect the city’s historic resources, St. Augustine City Commission this week passed a resolution reminding its residents that local...
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Beyonce Touts L’Oreal Cosmetics That ‘Match’ Your Native American Shade (1/20/2012)
(USA) -- In her new television commercials for L’Oreal’s TrueMatch line of cosmetics, pop star Beyonce says her face is “a mosaic of all the faces...
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CULTURE VULTURE: Native American soul-stealing beast 'Tahquitz' comes alive in Riverside art exhibition (1/3/2012)
(California) -- Deep in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains there is said to lurk a creature right out of the pages of gothic horror master H.P. Lovecraft. Native...
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How to steal Cindy Crawford's tribal style (12/28/2011)
(UK) -- The High Street has been on the receiving end of accusations of misrepresenting the Navajo style. Sasha Houston Brown, a Native American, wrote a fuming open...
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