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Canku Ota |
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(Many Paths) |
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An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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January 13, 2001 - Issue 27 |
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Yaxei haa satee, aax hoon gei |
(yuckx-ay haa satee, aax hoon gay) |
means “It is good to see you, all my relations!” |
Tlingit |
"Opolahsomuwehs" |
whirling wind month |
Passamaquoddy |
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"These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past; wisdom is of the future. " Vernon Cooper-Lumbee |
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Salute At this moment of shifting political climates, when the future of Native nations is clouded by uncertainties on the national level, it seems proper to salute a consistent peace chief, one who led his own people from severe poverty and obscurity to sustained prosperity and regional political prominence. He is Phillip Martin, long-time chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. A man of great perseverance, the 75-year-old Martin has led and guided his 6,000-member Choctaw tribe since 1959. |
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Happy Birthday |
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On January 15, 2000, "Canku Ota" was born. We would like to take this opportunity to share some of the things that have happened since then. |
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The information here will include items of interest for and about Native American schools. If you have news to share, please let us know! I can be reached by emailing: Vlockard@aol.com |
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Artist: Joseph's musical journey began as a child. "Drums were a regular part of our lives. In the summer were the war dances, now called powwows. As kids, we would imitate the drummers on my mother's galvanized wash tub. |
Mascots: Once again, Robert Eurich has compiled some of the highlights of the year 2000, and the mascot issues. We thank you, Robert for doing this and for allowing us to share it with our readers |
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Keeping Cherokee Culture Alive A challenge for many modern Indians is keeping
hold of their culture along with their traditions and language. Long
ago, an attempt was made to eradicate their way of life and replace
it with more of a Caucasian philosophy. |
Cheyenne Runners End Trek Lessons of strength and unity capped the Fort
Robinson Break Out Run as about 45 people finished the 400-mile event
Tuesday in Busby. |
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Rare Artifact Almost Went Out With the Trash The painted bison robe was found in a pile of refuse that had been set about for garbage collection about 10 years ago. Kay Ingalls, an employee of the Broadwater County Museum in Townsend, Montana, saw the robe as she was passing by and asked permission to take it to the museum. |
Shoshone-Bannock Official Tribal Host Events Announcement On November 28, 2000 the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes accepted the opportunity to be "Host Tribe" to all Indian Tribes during the XIX Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah by the Native American 2002 Foundation, |
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A Shout Passes on Tradition On New Year's Day, 3year-old twins Jocelynn and Elliana Jacobs walked up to the door of their great-great-grandmother's home on the Onondaga Nation carrying pillowcases. Nikki Bucktooth, the girls' mother, told the girls to give a good yell. A chorus of small voices followed: "New Yea ... New Yea ... New Yea." Sue "Granny" Thomas, 86, let the little ones in and offered cookies as a treat. |
A Unique Academy Preserves Ute Culture Next to the old, brick former boarding school where Southern Ute Indian youngsters once had their mouths scrubbed with soap for speaking Ute, Georgia McKinley, 57, now teaches the nearly lost language. The newly opened Southern Ute Indian Academy stands on the ground of the boarding school's long-vacant girl's dormitory, where in the '50s McKinley and her classmates had their braids shorn to abolish evidence of their Indian heritage. |
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Forgotten Heroes Franklin Shupla says it's for someone else to judge the worthiness of the time he spent more than five decades ago using his Hopi language to radio top-secret messages for the Army. But the pain is palpable when Shupla, 77, talks about President Clinton's decision last month to award congressional gold medals to the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers and silver medals to the approximately 300 Navajos who followed in the South Pacific. For other tribes who used their native languages to confound enemies in both world wars - including the Choctaw, Sioux, Chippewa and Seminole - there has been little historical mention, much less recognition. |
What is Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit? Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. To me these words
have almost the same ring as "Next year in Jerusalem" does
to Zionists: like Judaism, the IQ concept is a binding force for a people;
unlike Judaism, though, IQ was never written down. The question itself is like asking how many grains of sand there are on Baffin Island. We can never hope to count each and every single grain of sand, but we can describe what a grain of sand generally looks like, and that was how we approached the issue at Sustainable Development. |
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Elk That Call Ahead Can Cross Highway Led by females, a large herd of Roosevelt elk has been abandoning the colder, higher reaches of the Olympic Mountains in search of mild weather and year-round foliage here in the maritime splendor of the Dungeness Valley. Led by retirees, people have also been abandoning habitats of colder, more hostile terrain in search of temperate climate and year-round gardening, making this valley one of the fastest-growing areas in the West. The forces of nature and demographics clash with violent finality on the main road just outside the town of Sequim (pronounced skwim). |
Russian Tribes Visit Northwest to Learn Resource Management For the first time in history, there has been
a major cultural exchange between representatives of Indigenous peoples
organizations in Russia and tribes of the Pacific Northwest. |
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Project Preserves Traditional Crow Site Names When Barney Old Coyote looks across his homeland in Crow reservation, he can point to places like Anmaalapammuua, “Where the Whole Camp Mourned,” Baahpalohkahpe, the place where the Crows first celebrated the Fourth of July, and Bisshiilannuusaau, “Where They Laid Down Yellow Blankets.” These places all have English names on maps created by the state of Montana, but Old Coyote remembers what his people have called these places for hundreds of years, and he hopes the Crow Place Name Project will help generations to come remember them as well. These places all have English names on maps created by the state of Montana, but Old Coyote remembers what his people have called these places for hundreds of years, and he hopes the Crow Place Name Project will help generations to come remember them as well. |
Keeping in Touch The drive is 70 miles through the Navajo Nation, as dogs and men on horseback herd sheep across the road and the sun strains its final light of the clear, crisp day on the red mesas and the journey goes from state highway to the slivers of the Indian Route. It's two lanes most of the way, with as many animals spotted as cars and even fewer signs of human settlement. A dead end, one final turn, three more miles, and the little house without a phone is on the left, on the outskirts of White Cone. There is no address, only a hand-drawn map that must be trusted, an easy-enough concession: There is no other life on the left. Up a slight incline, through the gate, along the 50-foot driveway of gravel and dirt and ruts to the front door.Outside, the temperature is in the low 30s, and the forever sky of nighttime has all but taken over, interrupted by a spotting of stars and a few lights from two homes 100 yards to the north. Inside, Henry and Rosebelle Dickson have finished dinner. |
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Rosebud Drummers Aiming for Inauguration President-elect George W. Bush has invited the
Rosebud Elementary School drum group to represent South Dakota at the
inauguration celebration Jan. 20. |
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Future Social Workers Nineteen Navajo, Hopi and Cree scholars graduated
from Northern Arizona University (NAU) December 9 as part of the Tuba
City Social Work Cohort. |
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About This Issue's Greeting - "Yaxei haa satee, aax hoon gei" |
The Nadene languages form another linguistic family; its branches include Athabascan, Haida, and Tlingit. The Haida and Tlingit tongues are spoken in parts of Canada and Alaska. As a whole, the Nadene languages have tones that convey meaning and some degree of polysynthesism. The verb is characterized by a reliance on aspect and voice rather than on tense. |
This Date In History |
Recipe: Tasty Turtle |
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Story: How The Chipmunk GoT His Stripes |
What is this: Eastern Chipmunk |
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Project: Apple Head Dolls |
This Issue's Web sites |
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Opportunities |
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"OPPORTUNITIES" is from sources distributed nationally and includes scholarships, grants, internships, fellowships, and career opportunities as well as announcements for conferences, workshops and symposia. |
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