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Southern Ute Cultural Center Opens Its Doors to the Public

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe opened its new Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum to the public last weekend. The $38 million cone-shaped, 52,000-square-foot facility, located on 8.5 acres overlooking the Los Pinos River at the intersection of State Highway …

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Sundance Institute’s “Film Forward” Kicks Off at Ziibiwing Center

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe’s Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., and the Sundance Institute kicked off the Film Forward: Advancing

Running Strong Needs Someone Who Wants to Make a Difference in Indian Lives

Are you a college student or grad and interested in making a difference in the lives of Native Americans? Running Strong For American Indian Youth® has an

“Two Spirits” to Debut on PBS in June

Two Spirits, a documentary that explores the life and death of Fred Martinez and the ancient Native American two-spirit tradition, will premiere on the PBS series Independent

Native Tech Firm Developing Social Indigenous Language Software Platform

It may be too late for the older generations of American Indians to make their tribal languages their first languages, but it is definitely possible for the

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Translates Breast Self-Exam Shower Card into Navajo

The Central New Mexico Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® hopes that a Breast Self-Awareness/Breast Self-Exam shower card that it had translated into Navajo and

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Iowa Tribe’s Grey Snow Eagle House Dedicates New Flight Cage

On Jan. 15, the Grey Snow Eagle House, an eagle rehabilitation program operated by the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, dedicated a new flight cage, an event

Arizona Tribes’ Appeal to Halt Shooting Range Rejected

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Hearings and Appeals has rejected an appeal from the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe and the Hualapai Tribal Nation to stop

U.S. Mint to Launch 2011 Native American $1 Coin in Plymouth

The 2011 Native American $1 Coin will be launched at U.S. Mint in Plymouth, Mass., on Jan. 12. Starting in 2009, the U.S. Mint began minting and

Native Cultural Protection Group Files Suit to Thwart Solar Projects in Southern Calif. Deserts

A Native American cultural protection group called the La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle filed suit Monday in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California,

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