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]

Beautiful Mother of Nations song about Mother Earth from Joanne Shenandoah's Peace and Power CD.

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

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

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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]

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Big Bear singing at Soboba Pow wow, CA.

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.