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SEQUIM, Wash. (AP) – A tribal linguist has determined the translation used for the past century for the town of Sequim – long believed by many to mean “quiet waters” – is wrong.The correct translation, it turns out, is a “place for going to shoot,” a reference to the Sequim-Dungeness Valley’s once great elk and [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — UC Davis School of Medicine researchers will train Native American communities in Northern California to develop and implement culturally appropriate interventions to improve their health by decreasing obesity and type-2 diabetes, through a $1 million research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. [...]
The tribal council of the Pueblo Santo Domingo in New Mexico recently decided unanimously to change the tribe’s name back to that by which they identified themselves for centuries. They are now officially known as the Kewa Pueblo. This is as it should be–a giant step toward decolonization or decolonization. It’s a step taken over [...]
In an ongoing effort to strengthen the use of the Cherokee language, the Cherokee Nation has developed a unique keypad that allows the user to more easily type in the Cherokee syllabary instead of using the Latin alphabet that is standard to modern computer keyboards. The special keypad is made of thin black silicone, and [...]
In Jacob’s Quileute Words = Easter Egg, we noted that Jacob’s line to Bella in New Moon was a hidden “treasure.” Soon there was a lot of Speculating About What Jacob Said. Now reader Kat has sent me a possible answer about Jacob’s words: I laughed when I just saw this: ‘New Moon’ Exclusive: Chris [...]
Claims are often made that tribal newspapers are just mouthpieces of tribal governments and are not free to really discuss controversial issues or air both sides of some issues. The Indian Civil Rights Act, 25 U.S.C. sec. 1302(1) prevents any tribal government from “abriding the freedom of speech, or of the press . . . [...]
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