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View Post: November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month ...
13 Nov 2009 by bmoeggenberg  
November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. Written by: bmoeggenberg. It would be wonderful to be able to travel to the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC to participate in all the great public programs to celebrate Native ... Beauty Surrounds Us: breathtaking and culturally significant objects made by Native Peoples; Identity by Design: dresses designed by Native women from the Plains, Plateau, and Great Basin regions. ...
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View Post: Indian Giver (news)
9 Nov 2009
It is November, and as we prepare for the holiday season, we ask First Nations' friends and supporters to consider that some American Indian and Alaska Native women may not have a safe and joyous holiday season due to violence. Why? ...
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View Post: American Indian, Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2009 ...
1 Nov 2009 by Baron  
Increase in the nation's American Indian and Alaska Native population from July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2008. The population of this group increased by 1.7 percent during the period. ...
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View Post: Powwow Leads Off American Indian/Alaskan Native Heritage Month ...
2 Nov 2009 by gazette  
5, members of the American Indian/Alaskan Native Student Association (AIANSA) will teach interested audiences about the powwow, a Native American gathering featuring dances and music. ... Mason's Amnesty International student organization presents “Maze of Injustice: Indigenous Women's Rights,” a 7 p.m. talk in Johnson Center Meeting Room G by Gabrielle Tayac from the Smithsonian American Indian Museum, and Dave Nicholas, a former tribal law enforcement officer. ...
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View Post: No-Bid Contracts to Alaska Native Corporations under investigation ...
24 Nov 2009 by kyle  
She noted that several government-backed economic development programs provide assistance to minority groups, women-owned businesses and veterans. “But the Alaska Native Corporations have used their special preference to bust the door down. ... “Here's a federal program that the government actually got right for native people. The program is making a difference,” said Sarah Lukin, executive director Native American Contractors Association. “To cut the program that got us ...
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View Post: CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: HIV Infection Among Injection-Drug Users ...
14 hours ago by salud equitativa  
To identify all HIV infections as early as possible, including those in IDUs, CDC recommends routine HIV screening in all health-care settings for persons aged 13--64 years and pregnant women and retesting at least annually for all persons at high risk for HIV (9). ... For this report, persons identified as white, black or African American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, or of other or unknown race are non-Hispanic. ...
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View Post: The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #TUL-05-101
27 Oct 2009 by rossir24  
Further American Indians and Alaska Native women were more likely to be victims of assault and rape/sexual assault committed by a stranger or acquaintance rather than an intimate partner or family member. ...
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View Post: More Women Opting to Have Their First Child Later in Life
14 Aug 2009
The report also reflected that the average age at first birth has increased for all racial and ethnic groups over the 36-year period, with increases ranging from 0.6 years for American Indian or Alaska Native women to 1.7 years for ...
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View Post: MultiCultClassics: 7284: Alaska Schools Not Making The Grade.
2 hours ago by HighJive  
Built by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1939, the little Nikolski School will not be the last in Alaska to close. Four others have closed this fall and at least 30 more are at risk because of dwindling enrollment; one school in remote ... “If you put it in the calculus we use today to determine public policy, places like Nikolski probably have a difficult time measuring up,” said Byron Mallott, a Tlingit leader who has advised several Alaska governors on native issues. ...
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View Post: Colorado State University Native American Awareness Month
31 Oct 2009
Dooley translated the stories of her people from their original language of Dine' into English. The event is sponsored by the Native American Women's Circle, American Indian Science & Engineering Society and the Associated Students of ...
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