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Hensci: One African American Finds His Native Roots
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so many African Americans, I have been curious to learn more about the
infusion of Native American blood into my family tree. What set of
circumstances, I often wondered, led my African American grand fathers,
like so many other black men during that period, to choose Native
American women as their wives?
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First Peoples Health History Canada & Intl Overview
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This
paper affords an overview on the health history of the First Peoples of
Canada, extending from the pre-contact era up to the present time.
Today these Aboriginal peoples number just over 600,000 comprising
First Nations (North American Indian), including 45,000 Inuit, and 290,000 Métis.
First Peoples Health History Canada & Intl OV.pdf
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On the Trail of the Nez Perce
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Searching for the Promised Land
While cycling in Wyoming in 2001, I bumped into the Nez Perce
Historical Trail northwest of Cody, Wyoming on the harshly named Dead
Indian Pass. I hopped off of my bicycle and read a historical marker
briefly describing the 1877 flight of the Nez Perce Indians, who were
being hotly pursued by the U.S. Army (see cover story, May/June 2006).
I made a “mental sticky note” to further investigate this bit of
history. By Jeff Sambur.
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The Art of Translation: Native American Theatre in the Global Community
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By Rhiana Yazzie (Navajo)
As an emerging playwright, in the spring of 2004 I was fortunate to have the opportunity through the California Arts Council, for my one-act play, The Long Flight, to be translated into Spanish and given a staged reading for an international audience at the 30th International Theatre Institute’s World Congress in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The experience not only broadened my view of world theatre but also my understanding of the role theatre plays in specific communities.
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Reader Survey
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Would you like a digital edition of Native Peoples magazine?
There are certainly pros and cons. Digital magazines can be downloaded at will and archived on disk. But, if you\'re on dial-up, that can take forever. For some, curling up in a favorite chair with a magazine is part of the experience. For others, the convenience of being able to search a database and immediately find what you\'re looking for is more of a plus. To help the magazine staff keep up with your needs, please take a moment to answer a few questions.
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Petroforms
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Throughout the ages, mankind has created relationships with the stars. Cultures wove their beliefs and traditions into stories told around campfires or inside their homes. While modern man typically considers this sharing process to have been mostly an oral tradition, perhaps some enterprising ancient North Americans also put their cosmology into a more permanent record. Instead of paper, they used the ground; instead of pens and pencils, they used colored stones.
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A Running Tradition
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Juwan Nuvayokva runs for tradition. He also runs for pride, which is quickly
becoming another tradition of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff,
Arizona. Experienced by running at Hopi High School under his high school
coach and guide Rick Baker, Nuvayokva has gained insight into the sport of
running that is anything but traditional for a collegiate cross-country
athlete.
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Taking Back Our History: Valerian Three Irons
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Most graduate students earn master’s degrees by attending classes for two or three years and then writing a big research paper. Valerian Three Irons is not most graduate students. Oh, sure, he’s had to go to class, and he has to write a thesis. But his specially-designed degree program has also required that he spend time in the First World and the Third World, traveling to New York for meetings, London for classes and research and to the slums of Jamaica to fulfill the service requirement for his degree.
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Beloved Publisher Passes Away
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 Gary Avey—founder, publisher and executive editor of Native Peoples magazine—passed away in his Phoenix home on Dec. 20, 2005, of complications from lung cancer. A widely known and beloved figure in the American Indian arts and cultural community, he launched Native Peoples in 1987, dedicated to “the sensitive portrayal of the arts and lifeways of the Native peoples of the Americas.”
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The Elusive Black Dutch of the South
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Many people who now live and have roots in northeast Mississippi, north Alabama, south Tennessee and other parts of the South are descendants of the “Black Dutch.” Who were and are the Black Dutch?
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