From GRAMMY nominated artist Jana Mashonee's NAMMY winning album American Indian Christmas - ten traditional Christmas songs in ten different Native languages! http://www.janamashonee.com/store.html Click here to purchase! NEW ALBUM COMING JANUARY 2009!

The Native American view of ghosts and spirits and our place in the world.

a video about some of the traditional inuit cloths. enjoy :]

Groundbreaking ceremony of the new Seven Clans Casin/Hotel in Red Lake, Minnesota.

McCain called the founding father of Indian gaming - Reality its Genocide McCain co-authored the 1988 National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act McCain was two-time chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee Responsible for a handful of tribes to get 1/3 of America's billion gambling profit McCain's amendment enabled a few people to be recognized as tribes and open casinos McCain's Indian Casinos profited a handful of tribes. Foxwoods casino is a newly recognized tribe with a few hundred members who have 1/128th Indian blood have the largest Indian Casino. Meanwhile the Navajo and Sioux full bloods are shown as the poorest counties in America. Their casinos have become money pits. They may soon get foreclosed losing their land which was used as collateral. Navajo & Sioux have the largest reservations and suffered the most from McCain's bills & amendments. Navajo and Sioux land is rich in Uranium. McCain wants this land for his Nuclear power. McCain is senator of Arizona which is home to the Navajo. McCain Sponsored Navajo Removal & Genocide: S1003 S1973 McCain will finally get Indian Land to "dig drill and destroy" for Nuclear Power. [More] [Less]

Writer/ Director/ Cinematographer: Hillary AbeCamera: Sony HVR-V1U - HDVThe Tetuma people (a.k.a. the Lakota Nation) have been fighting over their lands in the longest legal battle in the history of the United States. Never having ceded land, the Lakota hold legal title to a vast swath of land promised to them by the treaties of 1851 and 1868*. This territory of 'The Great Sioux Nation' encompasses several states including parts of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota. At the heart of this land is a sacred space called 'the Black Hills'. Despite being offered millions of dollars in monetary compensation for the illegal taking of the Black Hills, the Lakota have never ceded claim to the heart of their culture and history. At the radix of this clash between Western society and Lakota epistemology, ideas surrounding philosophy unfairly compete for the attention of the dominant culture. Notions of property, history, creation, religion, science, metaphysics, family, economy, government are at the core of this dispute. It is impossible for Native cultures to assert an argument that addresses Western logic because they have not and do not belong to traditional Euro-American thought. Thus, when the Black Hills are said to be 'sacred' in English, perhaps it does not imply the type of relationship the Lakota mean when they say sacred. Just as you'll see in the film, the Lakota way of addressing 'dirt' or 'soil' simply doesn't match up. One word can imply the rift in philosophical logic that exists between two cultures and the politics of translation.In a divide this deep, cultural relativism cannot prevail. Indigenous thought which has evolved and changed throughout the course of thousands of years is not considered legitimate. Understanding the way which Indigenous people have chosen to interact with their surroundings illuminates a sense of deliberate purpose. That is what Western society cannot see or admit - the legitimacy of a body of thought not attributed to the individual but to the collective. This is what drives the landscape - the conflict, found among Indigenous peoples all over the world and the governments that have sought to contain them. At the core is a gap between Western understanding and Indigenous worldviews. The Western hemisphere exemplifies a wealth of knowledge that offers completely different notions of property and space, culture and freedom. Because we cannot see into each other, the problem goes on. These cirumstances dictate the fundamental problem facing the Lakota today. "A Good Way" attempts to show the tip of the iceberg in Indigenous logic - a way of thinking that is not completely understood by Euro-American tradition. That misunderstanding has been used as an excuse to exploit Indigenous peoples all over the globe. We must communicate our message: If one can see through the translation, an understanding can develop that will force us to treat each other with mutual respect. That means the right to adopt the cultural, political and economic means of sovereignty to overcome the colonial project. *Article VI, clause 2 of the U.S. constitution states, "...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land..." Treaty land cannot be taken by eminent domain or compromised by the powers of states of the union. [More] [Less]

The extraordinary moment when American Billy Mills (in fact, a Native American born in an Indian reservation) won the 10,000 meter race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. On the last moment, Mills overtook the first runner position. He won the gold medal and became the World Champion and the World Record holder (of that time), thus becoming the first and only American to win the 10,000 so far. [More] [Less]

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.This is the first of several vidoes explaining the tribes numerous projects that included cleaning up the reservation, replacing gang symbols with Native American art, teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture.In part one, the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the many recycling projects of the College of Menominee nation.---(Keshena, WI) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in Keshena is being praised for its massive cleanup projects during the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge - involving over 100 projects across eight states that comprise the Great lakes basin.Other tribal projects during the challenge included the clean up of two reservation communities by tribal school students, The Menominee Teen Court Panel, and many other volunteers.All classes at the tribal school taught the students about the sturgeon, that is a vital part of Menominee legend and heritage.Called the protector guardian of Menominee wild rice, the sturgeon used to spawn on the reservation until a man made dam blocked the route so the sturgeon could not reach their ancestral spawning grounds.The students also whitewashed gang graffiti at a skateboard park replacing it with American Indian art.Adults participated in the challenge in a big way - as the tribe's Solid Waste and Recycling Department held curbside e-waste collections during Earth week 2008 - and all month accepted e-waste at the transfer station.Native American and other students also made garbage monsters at the Keshena Public Schools with help from their parents using common every day trash from home. The students made a presentation on how to be reuse stuff they normally thrown in the trash like plastic jugs. More than four tons of e-waste and other recyclables was removed from the reservation during April.Over 23 pounds of medicines were turned in including 100 bottles of pills, more than 25 computers and dozens of related components like hard drives, printers, keyboards and speakers; televisions, radios, DVD players, 12 cell phones and over 100 small batteries.The collection is among numerous Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (MITW) projects that are part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that runs through the end of April.Sponsors of MITW Earth Week projects include the tribe's Community Resource Center, Menominee County Police, Menominee Tribal Police, Tribal Clinic Wellness Program (Maehnowesekiyah), Probation and Parole, Community Recycling Project, Recreation Department, EarthHealing.org and the U.S. Post Office in Keshena.Overseeing the pharmaceutical collection was Heidi Cartwright, a part-time Manawa police officer and college police science instructor.While hosting the collection, the college's Implementing Sustainable Development class found out they won the National Recycling Coalition Bin Grant through Coca-Cola, said professor William Van Lopik, Ph.D."One of premises of the class is to do things, not just talk about what we are going to do and how the world is going to be changed, but having students do things," Dr. Van Lopik said.The grant pays for 50 recycling bins.The class has participated in the ten-week Recycle Mania project two years in a row that involves weighing recyclables as they leave the building. This year, the class ranked 136 out of 200 colleges and universities with 8 pounds of recyclables per person, beating out Ohio State and Georgetown, Van Lopik said.The MITW held curbside pickup of electronics during Earth Week. A couple thousand pounds of electronics were turned in at the MITW transfer station since April 1. The total is expected to reach several tons.This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA's Region 5 office in Chicago, the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office, also in Chicago, in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.The EHI involves American Indian tribes and "a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment," said EHI founder Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette, Michigan.---Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin official website - homepage:http://www.menominee-nsn.gov---MITW Tribal School website:http://mts.bia.edu/---College of Menominee Nationhttp://www.menominee.edu---Earth Healing Initiative Keshena, WI page:http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org/keshena.htmlEarth Healing Initiative:http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org--- [More] [Less]

A documentary about the seventh generation's role in preserving the culture, traditions an environment of Red Lake Nation

Native American - Amazing Grace (in cherokee)as far as the artist it is (walela )to find the cd follow these stepsgo to1 http://www.walela.com/2 the to Discography3 the cd is called WALELA

loved this! it saved the otherwise disastrous Richard Pryor show, for me.. worthwhile comedy from an *actual* American..

A documentary about the seventh generation's role in preserving the culture, traditions an environment of Red Lake Nation

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This week Inside USA travels across America to speak to the Lakota Sioux, the Western Shoshone, and the Navajo.

The Native American voting block in swing states like Arizona and New Mexico can be crucial.

But what happens when Native Americans want to opt out of the US altogether?

Inside USA investigates. [More] [Less]

Writer/ Director/ Cinematographer: Hillary AbeCamera: Sony HVR-V1U - HDVThe Tetuma people (a.k.a. the Lakota Nation) have been fighting over their lands in the longest legal battle in the history of the United States. Never having ceded land, the Lakota hold legal title to a vast swath of land promised to them by the treaties of 1851 and 1868*. This territory of 'The Great Sioux Nation' encompasses several states including parts of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota. At the heart of this land is a sacred space called 'the Black Hills'. Despite being offered millions of dollars in monetary compensation for the illegal taking of the Black Hills, the Lakota have never ceded claim to the heart of their culture and history. At the radix of this clash between Western society and Lakota epistemology, ideas surrounding philosophy unfairly compete for the attention of the dominant culture. Notions of property, history, creation, religion, science, metaphysics, family, economy, government are at the core of this dispute. It is impossible for Native cultures to assert an argument that addresses Western logic because they have not and do not belong to traditional Euro-American thought. Thus, when the Black Hills are said to be 'sacred' in English, perhaps it does not imply the type of relationship the Lakota mean when they say sacred. Just as you'll see in the film, the Lakota way of addressing 'dirt' or 'soil' simply doesn't match up. One word can imply the rift in philosophical logic that exists between two cultures and the politics of translation.In a divide this deep, cultural relativism cannot prevail. Indigenous thought which has evolved and changed throughout the course of thousands of years is not considered legitimate. Understanding the way which Indigenous people have chosen to interact with their surroundings illuminates a sense of deliberate purpose. That is what Western society cannot see or admit - the legitimacy of a body of thought not attributed to the individual but to the collective. This is what drives the landscape - the conflict, found among Indigenous peoples all over the world and the governments that have sought to contain them. At the core is a gap between Western understanding and Indigenous worldviews. The Western hemisphere exemplifies a wealth of knowledge that offers completely different notions of property and space, culture and freedom. Because we cannot see into each other, the problem goes on. These cirumstances dictate the fundamental problem facing the Lakota today. "A Good Way" attempts to show the tip of the iceberg in Indigenous logic - a way of thinking that is not completely understood by Euro-American tradition. That misunderstanding has been used as an excuse to exploit Indigenous peoples all over the globe. We must communicate our message: If one can see through the translation, an understanding can develop that will force us to treat each other with mutual respect. That means the right to adopt the cultural, political and economic means of sovereignty to overcome the colonial project. *Article VI, clause 2 of the U.S. constitution states, "...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land..." Treaty land cannot be taken by eminent domain or compromised by the powers of states of the union. [More] [Less]

3 individuals shoot at Riverside County Sheriff's Deputies responding to a call of shots fired leaving 1 dead in a shootout.

http://www.kcts9.org/programs/productions/cnx/archive/932/ "KCTS Connects" with host Enrique Cerna. Airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m. on KCTS 9. Ben Iyall went to war for a country that didn't afford him basic rights. Airdate: May 30, 2008

The truth about the proposed Kennecott Eagle Mine. Visit nwf.org/greatlakes for more information.

A 400-mile journey on foot by young Cheyenne who make this annual relay run to remember their ancestors who could not after the massacre at Ft Robinson.

The Morris K. Udall Foundation funds 12 Native Americans or Alaska Natives each summer for a ten-week internship in Washington, DC.

From the 1954 Florida Folk Festival held at White Springs, Fl. Songs of the Florida Seminole by Bill Osceola and Billy Bowlegs III (at 91 years of age). The famous Oklahoma Muscogee/Creek artist, Fred Beaver, sings beautifully 2 songs. Plus a sample of his artwork. The lady who hosts makes a few mistakes and puts words in the Men's mouths 2 times but this is quite a while back. I am surprised they recorded this at all. Every one in this little video is no longer walking with us. To hear them is a rare treasure - at least, for me. Regarding the corn dance: Listen the what the men are saying, NOT the lady host. It is not a spring planting ritual. It is forbidden to discuss this alot. You will need to get your info elsewhere if you need to know more. [More] [Less]

Trailer for Lacrosse documentary about the Native American origins of the sport.