• • ACLU represents inmate in lawsuit (Casper Star-Tribune) 7/10/08

• • Tribes gather for festival, basket market (Bangor Daily News) 7/7/08

• • Press groups seek to enter eagle case (Casper Star-Tribune) 7/3/08

• • 9th Circuit won't rehear eagle feather cases (Indianz.com) 7/1/08

• • Penobscots' powwow bears repeating (Bangor Daily News) 6/30/08

• • Man asks for appeals court review in eagle case (Casper Star-Tribune) 6/26/08

• • Eastern Shore chief keeps culture alive (Indian Country Today) 6/23/08

• • Indian groups focus on saving languages (The Baltimore Sun) 6/22/08

• • Intertribal Powwow draws dancers, spectators (The Daily Courier) 6/21/08

• • Mohegan's story in small building (The Day) 6/21/08

• • Feathers can be bequeathed to children (The Fayetteville Observer) 6/18/08

• • Baker brothers work to foster understanding (The Chadron Record) 6/17/08

• • Gathering of Nations completes its first 25 years (Indian Country Today) 6/16/08

• • Ancient pottery found in chop shop raid (KOB) 6/16/08

• • Eastern Shore chief keeps culture of local tribe alive (WTOP) 6/15/08

• • Robeson student to be allowed to wear feathers (The Fayetteville Observer) 6/12/08

• • Penobscot elder preserves his tribe's tradition of song (Bangor Daily News) 6/10/08

• • O'odham history (The Arizona Daily Star) 6/9/08

• • Red Earth festival to open 3-day run (The Oklahoman) 6/6/08

• • Groups say policy on feathers violates rights of student, dad (The Fayetteville Observer) 6/6/08

• • Tribes on their own when it comes to saving languages (The La Crosse Tribune) 6/3/08

• • Last hope for native languages (The La Crosse Tribune) 6/1/08

• • Law for English retains a foe (Tulsa World) 5/29/08

• • Tribes strive to save native tongues (The Christian Science Monitor) 5/23/08

• • Buffalo Thunder to sponsor Indian market (The Albuquerque Journal) 5/22/08

• • Native culture and education are priorities (The Sun) 5/19/08

• • Search on for Native art fund director (The Missoulian) 5/18/08

• • Maryland Indian tribes get state holiday (The Examiner) 5/14/08

• • Planting time for the Pueblo Farming Project (Indian Country Today) 5/12/08

• • Appeals court reinstates charges in eagle taking case (Indianz.com) 5/9/08

• • Promoting traditions (Indian Country Today) 5/5/08

• • Tribes aim to revive language (The San Diego Union-Tribune) 4/29/08

• • Celebration of indigenous culture tops NIGA convention (Indian Country Today) 4/28/08

• • Tribes come together in powwow at The Pit (Daily Lobo) 4/28/08

• • Collaboration key to preserving Indian history, experts say (The Press-Enterprise) 4/24/08

• • 'Homeless in our own homeland' (Indian Country Today) 4/21/08

• • Fundraising feast benefits cultural learning center (Indian Country Today) 4/21/08

• • Tribes urged to control research (The Missoulian) 4/18/08

• • Court upholds $1 million in damages to NM artist (Las Cruces Sun-News) 4/17/08

• • Cultural preservation (Indian Country Today) 4/9/08

• • Annual powwow set for June 21-22 (Billings Gazette) 4/9/08

• • If they're lost, who are we? (The Washington Post) 4/6/08

• • Blackfeet chief seeks museum for treasures (The Great Falls Tribune) 4/7/08

• • Tribe loses lawsuit for right to fish Lake Erie (The Toledo Blade) 4/3/08

• • Dance teaches Nisqually tribal history (The Olympian) 3/30/08

• • Program to certify Alaska Native art gets new teeth (Anchorage Daily News) 3/30/08

• • Tribal youth summit to offer cultural awareness as solution (San Diego Union-Tribune) 3/28/08

• • Exhibit of Native art debuts in Brooklyn (Indian Country Today) 3/26/08

• • Powwow in step with a dance tradition (The Denver Post) 3/24/08

• • As U.S. border fence rises, a tribe tightens ties (The Washington Post) 3/19/08

• • Oklahoma lawmaker plans official English legislation (The Shawnee News-Star) 3/19/08

• • Learning to speak Ojibwe (Duluth Budgeteer News) 3/18/08

• • Indian DNA links to 6 'founding mothers' (The Washington Post) 3/13/08

• • Mini pow wow delights 4th graders (KLEW-TV) 3/12/08

• • In Santa Fe, on the trail of new deal artists (The New York Times) 3/12/08

• • Arizona tribes win ruling in eagle listing case (Indianz.com) 3/11/08

• • ‘Powwow fever’ spreads before event (Grand Forks Herald) 3/8/08

• • CSULB to celebrate its American Indian heritage (Daily 49er) 3/6/08

• • Technology helps tribe pass on native speech (The Topeka Capital-Journal) 3/5/08

• • Girl Scouts learn about Indian culture (Benton Evening News) 3/4/08

• • Quechans seek victory in lawsuit over damage to cultural sites (Yuma Sun) 3/3/08

• • Basketry exhibit traces American Indian history (The Press-Enterprise) 2/26/08

• • UAF gets $1.2 million to record Native languages (Daily News-Miner) 2/26/08

• • Shawnee center blends history, modern life (The Oklahoman) 2/25/08

• • Kiowa Tribe purchases "Indian City", plans to expand (KSWO) 2/25/08

• • Native culture celebrated at Four Winds powwow (Killeen Daily Herald) 2/24/08

• • Extinct languages saved by work of eccentric linguist (The Union-Tribune) 2/16/08

• • Powwow celebrates American Indian history (LimaOhio.com) 2/15/08

• • Texas' peyote hunters struggle to find a vanishing, holy crop (Dallas Observer) 2/14/08

• • Tulalip Tribe TV station hits the airwaves (KING 5 News) 2/12/08

• • Southern California Indian Center is a Grammy nominated pow wow (Fox Business) 2/8/08

• • Indian tribes celebrate traditions at this year's pow-wow (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) 2/7/08

• • Yuchi tribe hopes to put traditional village on Bays Mountain (Times-News) 2/2/08

• • Museum relates fascinating Seminole history (The News-Press) 2/5/08

• • Tribes join eagle-preservation fight (The Arizona Republic) 2/1/08

• • Elk herd keeps Stillaguamish Tribe fed (The Everett Herald) 1/23/08

• • Pow Wow attracts many tribes (The Register-Mail) 1/19/08

• • Native American festival gives taste of unique culture (The Arizona Republic) 1/19/08

• • Don't take language for granted (Kansas City infoZine) 1/19/08

• • Lacrosse offers lessons in community, American Indian culture (Las Cruces Sun-News) 1/18/08

• • King Island mask returned to its people (The Washington Post) 1/18/08

• • American Indians to take part in Cummer exhibit events (Shorelines) 1/15/08

• • His 'American' dream alive (Tulsa World) 1/13/08

• • Guilty plea in artifacts theft (Journal-Advocate) 1/10/08

• • Man teaches ways of his Native American ancestors (The Missoulian) 1/10/08

• • Arizona Indian Festival (The Arizona Republic) 1/8/08

• • News network highlights Indian issues (The Bellingham Herald) 1/8/08

• • Native American Festival fosters better understanding (Daytona Beach News-Journal) 1/5/08

• • Musical traditions of SC Indians (News Mirror) 1/4/08

• • After decades in the shadows, a forgotten people reclaim their culture (Ledger Dispatch) 1/2/08

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