Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004

CELEBRATE Native American Day with a little history, cooking
Baxter Bulletin - Baxter,AR,USA
... Indian tacos utilize Native American fry bread. ... The event also includes a car show and arts and crafts, and the public is welcome.

INDIAN museum opens in Washington
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... the wide array of cultures on the American continents ... on the National Mall, featuring performances, arts and crafts ... after a canoe built by native Hawaiians that ...
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AMERICAN Indian museum good fit for Town Square
Pioneer Press Online - Glenview,IL,USA
... The center's arts and education already works with ... goal of changing people's perceptions of American Indians and ... to express to people that Native Americans are ...

WASHINGTON releases student dropout rates
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - Mid-Columbia,WA,USA
... But the numbers for Latino, black and Native American students were troubling, Bylsma said. Only 49.5 percent of Latinos, 48.3 percent ...

MAN'S fabrications rankle local Indians
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
... Vietnam combat veteran" and "a martial arts instructor who ... offended many in the local American Indian community. ... the wall with calls from Native Americans and ...

THE good news? Over the last 50 years,
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA
... few of the subjects the experts examine include: fisheries, arts and culture ... housing, civic culture, forest industry, health care, Native American culture, and ...

JAMES Garner Honored with SAG Life Achievement Award
Back Stage - New York,NY,USA
... of the National Support Committee of the Native American Rights Fund ... the National Museum of the American Indian ... He was made Ambassador of Cultural Arts for the ...

Kiva displaying wide varieties of Native American art
La Junta Tribune-Democrat Tue, 21 Sep 2004 4:13 PM PDT
The Koshare Indian Museum has opened an exhibit of its collection of watercolors by artist Robert Chee who has changed the face of Navajo art. The works include a depiction of the traditional Navajo Fire Dance.

American Indians March, Chant in U.S. Capital as Museum Opens
Bloomberg.com Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:41 PM PDT
U.S. Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of American Indians marched through the ceremonial heart of Washington as the first museum in the U.S. capital to honor Indian peoples and culture opened to the beat of drums and tribal whoops and chants.

The Indians are coming
Western People: Entertainment News Wed, 22 Sep 2004 3:26 AM PDT
Entertainment with a difference heads East, as native American Indians introduce a taste of their fiery music and dance to Clonbur Community Centre this Friday, September 24.

Opening of Indian Museum Draws Thousands to Celebration on Mall
U.S. Dept of State Tue, 21 Sep 2004 2:42 PM PDT
Washington -- Thousands of American Indians, many wearing colorful native regalia, poured onto the National Mall in Washington on September 21 to celebrate the opening of the first international institution of living cultures.

UC NewsWire -- Historian celebrates national museum of the American Indian
UC Newswire Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:21 AM PDT
A UC Riverside historian said years of effort are about to pay off with the opening of a Smithsonian museum that could help the nation heal from the wounds of colonization.

Man’s fabrications rankle local Indians Clifford ‘Two Smokes’ Coiner retracts tales of Vietnam heroism he told the Mail Tribune for a story last month
The Mail Tribune Wed, 22 Sep 2004 8:24 AM PDT
Following an uproar in the local American Indian community, a Phoenix man has apologized for claiming that he was a Marine officer, a prisoner of war in Vietnam and was decorated for heroism.

Indians mark "historic moment"
The Seattle Times Wed, 22 Sep 2004 0:33 AM PDT
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. WASHINGTON With the dome of the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop, thousands of Indian people from across the Americas gathered on the National Mall yesterday to witness the opening of the Smithsonian's new National Museum of the American Indian.

Indian museum inspires pride
Denver Post Wed, 22 Sep 2004 0:41 AM PDT
Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall yesterday in Washington, D.C., celebrating the opening of the new National Museum of the American Indian. They extolled the survival of cultures nearly obliterated during past centuries.