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Cheyenne River "School's Out" Summer Kickoff Event is Friday
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
EAGLE BUTTE, SOUTH DAKOTA – The Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, has announced that it will host a "School's Out!" summer kickoff event at its Cokata Wiconi teen Read More »
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Celebrate the 14th Annual Native American Music Awards Winners
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK – The Winners for the 14th Annual Native American Music Awards were announced live on Friday, May 10 in the Events Center of the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Read More »
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Umatilla Shoni Schimmel Hopes to Make USA Basketball Women's World Games Team
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – Louisville Cardinals women's basketball standout, Shoni Schimmel, has accepted an invitation to participate in the USA Basketball Women's World University Games Team trials. If Read More »
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Bring Native Plants to Your Garden Presentation in Mitchell Museum Garden
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS – Eli Suzukovich III, Little Shell Chippewa/Cree, will discuss American Indians' use of indigenous plants found in the Chicago area and how to create a Read More »
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Indigenous Women Guidance is Prevalent throughout Book
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
American Indians know our grandmothers, mothers and aunts provide guidance in our lives full of indigenous wisdom. They have done so down through Read More »
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Mother's Day is about honoring our mothers.
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
These ten sixth-graders took the notion of honoring one generation beyond their mother's generation last week on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Read More »
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"I'm Not Your Indian Anymore" Photo Exhibition Contains Some of the Best Photos of AIM
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
MINNEAPOLIS – The title of the photograph exhibition "I'm Not Your Indian Anymore" is catchy enough for the average person to find out more about the Read More »
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Native Voices at the Autry Plans 15th Annual Playwrights Retreat & Festival of New Plays
Monica Whitepigeon in Entertainment »
LOS ANGELES – Native Voices at the Autry is a Native American Theater company that has produced 22 critically acclaimed new plays, including 15 world premieres, 10 Playwrights Retreats, 20 New Play Festivals, two Read More »
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Native Playwright William Yellow Robe's Play "Wood Bones" Opens in New York Thursday
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
NEW YORK – "There are a lot of structures we don't see because we are not trained to see them," commented American Indian playwright, William Yellow Robe, Jr., Assiniboine/Sioux of the Fort Peck Read More »
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Cheyenne River Youth Make Mother's Day Care Packages for Elderly - Get Rewarded
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
EAGLE BUTTE, SOUTH DAKOTA – Ten sixth graders on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation want to make sure they properly show their respect and appreciation to the elderly women in honor of Mother's Day, which is Read More »
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Native American Women Warriors a Source of Native Pride!
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief Staff in Entertainment »
p>ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – The Native American Women Warriors are a hit wherever they go and inspire Native Pride to American Indians throughout the Read More »Discussion »
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A Book for Those Serious About Defeating Diabetes
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
It is no secret to any American Indian or Alaska Native that there is a strong preponderance of the possibility of developing diabetes Read More »
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Native Journalist Brian Bull to Speak in Chicago Saturday Evening
Monica Whitepigeon in Entertainment »
CHICAGO – Chicago's American Indian Speakers Bureau proudly welcomes Brian Bull, Nez Perce, to the Chicago American Indian community this Saturday, May 4th at the Saint Kateri Read More »
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Northern California Cherokees hold Spring Gathering
Nanette Taylor Deetz in Entertainment »
SUISUN CITY, CALIFORNIA – "No matter where you live, we're family. We all come from one fire, we are one fire," said Principal Chief Bill John Baker as he addressed the 2013 Spring Gathering of the Cherokee Read More »
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Native American's NFL Draft 2013 Weekend Roundup
Brent Cahwee, NDNSports.com in Entertainment »
NEW YORK – Not since Sam Bradford has there been native athlete drafted out of the top rounds of the National Football League's draft, nor any tribal member for that matter. Bradford, a Cherokee nation tribal member and Read More »
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Casting Call for "White Buffalo" This Weekend near Little River Band of Ottawa
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
MANISTEE, MICHIGAN – Boozhu Productions, a Michigan production company, has issued a casting call for "White Buffalo," an American Indian feature film that is due to begin production in the fall of 2014 in Read More »
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Apache Superhero Warpath to be in New X-Men Movie
Steve Mohan in Entertainment »
LOS ANGELES – James Proudstar, better known as Warpath is a superhero from the Marvel Universe that grew up on an Apache reservation. "X-Men: Days of the Future Past" director Bryan Read More »
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Dine Nation Member, Kansas Begaye, Crowned Miss Indian World
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
ALBUQUERQUE – Kansas Begaye, 24, from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and member of the Navajo Dine Nation was crowned Miss Indian World at the 30th Annual Gathering of Nations, the most prominent American Indian powwow in the world. Read More »
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Marching In Solidarity to Protect Mother Earth
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
Monday some 700 people gathered in downtown San Francisco to have a peaceful demonstration on behalf of Mother Earth. Monday was Earth Day Read More »
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Book Review
The Story of Two Unsung Heroes
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
It has been said that the federal government has never really known what to do with American Indians. Furthermore, the relationship between American Indian tribes and the federal government has always been quite Read More »
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"War Baby/Love Child" Debra Yepa-Pappan's Art Part of Exhibition Opening in Chicago
Monica Whitepigeon in Entertainment »
CHICAGO – Debra Yepa-Pappan is a "love child" in the true sense of the term. Her father, who was Jemez Pueblo, was stationed in Korea while he was serving in the US Army. He kept going back to the Read More »
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The Late Russell Means to be Inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK – As a musician, Russell Means released two national recordings, the 16 track Electric Warrior, on Warrior Records in 1993, and The Radical, released on the American Indian Music Company, Inc., in 1995. He described his music as a Tribal Experience that Read More »
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Take Care of Yo' Momma! Week is Underway
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – The Institute of American Indian Arts' Student Sustainability Leadership program kicked off Earth Day week with a series of activities yesterday in Santa Fe. Organizers even came up with a theme Read More »
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Billy Mills Continues to Lead by Example
Brian Hendrickson, NCAA.org in Entertainment »
INDIANAPOLIS – Perceptions used to hurt Billy Mills, make him feel devalued, even led him to thoughts of suicide. Then the former All-American distance runner at Kansas realized he could draw strength Read More »
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Avoid Asking Strange & Embarrassing Questions about Indians by Reading Anton Treuer
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
American Indians are familiar with awkward encounters with non-Natives who sometimes ask strange and embarrassing questions. I once was asked by a high school English teacher if I could come speak to her students about Read More »
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Celebrate "Community Day" at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian on April 27
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS – The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 Central Street, Evanston, has planned special family events for Saturday, April 27, which the museum has designated as "Community Read More »
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Taking the Reservation to Washington
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
Read More »“Since Washington cannot come to the reservation, we will take the reservation to Washington,”
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Citizen Potawatomi 2012 Olympian Mary Killman Wins National Title
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA – Mary Killman, a tribal member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, won the US National Championship in synchronized swimming competition on Read More »
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How Sequestration will Impact the National Museum of American Indians Yet Unknown
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
WASHINGTON – Sequestration is rearing its head within the planning process at the Smithsonian Institutes museums. How it impacts the National Museums of the American Indians programs and exhibitions is yet to be Read More »
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American Indian Authors, Louise Erdrich & David Treuer, Win Minnesota Book Awards
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA – Two American Indian authors, Louise Erdrich and David Treuer, were winners at the 25th annual Minnesota Book Awards on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minnesota. More than 800 people Read More »
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Photo of the Week
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
The Smiles of Attending the National Championship to See the Schimmel Sisters Play After the Louisville Cardinal women's basketball team defeated Cal last Sunday to advance to the NCAA women's basketball national championship, four Read More »
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National Poetry Month
Dr. Suzan Harjo at Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Sunday
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – Dr. Suzan Shown Harjo, Cheyenne/Muscogee, will read poetry this Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 pm the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Read More »
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National Poetry Month
Three from Talented Native Poet
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
MANISTEE, MICHIGAN – In celebration of the April being National Poetry Month, Native News Network is publishing today three poems by Cecilia LaPointe Read More »
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Umatilla Schimmel Sisters Living Their Dreams on Basketball's Big Stage
Rhonda LeValdo in Entertainment »
NEW ORLEANS – As the final seconds ticked down, two young women became the only Native Americans to ever play in a National division 1 basketball title game. Fans in the arena cheered and lulu'd Read More »
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Schimmel Sisters Magical Season Ends in Defeat in National Championship
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team upset Baylor, Tennessee and Cal to make it to the NCAA championship game, but were Read More »
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Schimmel Sisters to Play in National Championship Game on Tuesday
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisville Cardinals – with Shoni and Jude Schimmel, two Confederated Tribes of Umatilla tribal members on the team – will play in the national championship Read More »
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Umatilla Tribal Member Shoni Schimmel: "This was Our Goal the Whole Season"
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
NEW ORLEANS ESPN dubbed the combined 39 points posted by Louisville Cardinals Shoni and Jude Schimmel the "Schimmel Show" as they defeated the Tennessee Lady Vols in the nationally televised performance on Read More »
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Photo of the Week
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
Patti and Cass Tanewasha are twin sisters who celebrated their birthdays on Tuesday. The twins are tribal members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon. The two do not drink so they were not in search of a bar to celebrate their Read More »
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Erdrich's National Book Award Winner "The Round House" Reads Like Reality
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
Great fiction produces compelling stories that seem real. Such is the case of Louise Erdrich's "The Round House," which won the National Book Award in the fiction category in New York last Read More »
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Chicago Gets Soulful with the poetry of Tanaya Winder
Monica Whitepigeon in Entertainment »
CHICAGO – The American Indian Speakers Bureau proudly presents Tanaya Winder, Southern Ute, Duckwater Shoshone, and Pyramid Lake Paiute, performing spokenword and poetry tonight at Read More »
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That's all I do is play Rez Ball
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
OKLAHOMA CITY – The drive was no more than four hours, and the excitement was up. It was a last minute decision to go watch Louisville Cardinals vs Tennessee; However this would be Read More »
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Umatilla Schimmel Sisters Help Lead Louisville to Victory over Tennessee, On to FINAL FOUR
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
OKLAHOMA CITY – It looked like the Schimmel Show as the two American Indian sisters led their Louisville Cardinals to a victory over Tennessee Tuesday night in Oklahoma City. The final score was 86 - 78. The win Read More »
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April's Film Screening is a Story of Tragedy Transformed
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
DENVER – The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management is pleased to partner with the Denver American Indian Commission to present Indigenous Film @ Su Teatro, a monthly indigenous film Read More »
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Umatilla Schimmel Sisters Look to Take Down Tennessee to Advance to Final Four
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
OKLAHOMA CITY – The stage is now set for tonight's Elite Eight NCAA women's basketball tournament in Oklahoma City between second-seeded Read More »
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Schimmel Shocks the World
Brent Cahwee, ndnsports.com in Entertainment »
In a sport which rarely sees upsets on the magnitude that the men's college basketball tournament experiences, Shoni Schimmel and the Louisville Cardinals did just that in the women's "Sweet 16" round competition of the Read More »
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Washington Tribal College Repeats National Basketball Championship Title
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
CLOQUET, MINNESOTA – To say the Northwest Indian College, NWIC, men's basketball team challenged itself this year is to put it mildly. The Eagles' season was filled with games against much larger schools, including an Read More »
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Umatilla Tribe's Schimmel Sisters Shine as Louisville Upsets Powerhouse Baylor
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
OKLAHOMA CITY – Louisville erupted with glee in March Madness as their men's NCAA basketball team made it to the Final Four and their women's team NCAA basketball team hours later made it to the Read More »
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Photo of the Week
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Entertainment »
American Indian spiritual advisor Fred Short, Ojibwe, was honored last weekend in at the Inter-Tribal Friendship House in Oakland, California. The crowd of over 100 spent Saturday evening Read More »
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"Rez Ramblings" Tells the Behind the Scenes of Life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Entertainment »
Those who have visited the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where the unemployment rate hovers around 80 percent, understand that their visits stay with them in their minds long after they leave the Read More »
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