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A Healing Garden Grows: Haskell Indian Nations University
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 Though the injustices of the Indian boarding-school era linger, Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas is renewing its spirit through special programs and projects, such as this healing garden. Story by Carol Crupper. Photos by Diane Guthrie.
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Sacred Plants: Native American Herbal Medicine
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all cultures on Earth have integrated plant medicines into their
healthcare systems; the United States is a striking exception. Few in
this country understand that pharmaceuticals are not easily
biodegradable, the elegant complexity and safety of plant medicines, or
the contributions of North American tribal cultures. But plants are the
oldest medicine...
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Native American Tribes Restore Endangered Wildlife
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 Return of the Wild
Many
Native American tribal governments are embarking on ambitious ecological restoration
programs to protect endangered wildlife on their reservations. We visit the Nez Perce gray
wolf recovery project, the Yakama Nation shrub-steppe program for
sage-grouse, the Iowa Tribe’s eagle aviary, and the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs’ chinook salmon effort. Plus details on six other
endeavors. By Ben Ikenson.
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Native Renaissance in Hawaii
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 There was no alphabet. No written language. No metal for tools. No clay for pots. No wheels. Yet these prehistoric Pacific islanders voyaged across great oceans, created a sophisticated society and left a cultural heritage that still flourishes in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Alaska Journeys
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 From the dense rain forests and slowly retreating glaciers of the south, to the massive mountain ranges and wide rivers of the interior, to the flat, frozen tundra and icy seas of the extreme north, Alaska is unsurpassed in variety and beauty of scenery. It is also home to some of the planet's most fascinating wildlife, whether your interest is birds, sea mammals or bears. And it is peerless in the diversity and abundance of its Native cultures.
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Rodeo! Cowboys in Indian Country
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 It seems like oil and water, fire and ice—opposites never meant to bond-or an oxymoron, like "jumbo shrimp," but Indian cowboys, or cowboy Indians, are not a figment of our wild imagination. Throughout the Americas, from the pampas of Argentina to the grasslands of Alberta, Indians can be found on horseback, as "cowboy" as any lanky Anglo-American in south Texas pushing through the rough chaparral.
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Woodlands Culture
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 A new permanent exhibit at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis is attempting to fill exactly this void with the June 22 opening of a new gallery, Mihtohseenionki: The People's Place. Launched in conjunction with the festivities surrounding the museum's 10th anniversary, the gallery and exhibition (presented by Ameritech) thrust us into the vibrant past, present and future of the region's original inhabitants—members of the impressive Woodlands cultures that once roamed America's heartland.
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Northwest Meets Southwest
By Lois Sherr Durbin
| Published 03/1/2001
| Tlingit , Tewa , Pueblo , Navajo , Hopi , Haida , Lifeways , Wood Carving , Jewelry/Lapidary , Cultural Items , May/June
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 As Haida Chief Jim Hart and his wife, Rosemary, waited at the Vancouver airport in British Columbia, Canada, last September to greet their guests-a group of Navajo and Pueblo artisans-they were concerned about the rain.
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Navajo Fashion
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 Seated at a loom or silhouetted by a panoramic Monument Valley landscape, our most enduring impressions of Navajo women are frozen in time on postcard nostalgia and in coffeetable books. In this modernized representation of Navajo women—seen through the lens of Diné photographer LeRoy DeJolie—the resulting portraits reveal the evolution of traditional apparel that sings the stories of land, history and progress.
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Brothers of the Seals
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 Captured with a noose pole and pinned down, the seal struggles. Carefully, three teenagers immobilize the muscular body on a restraining board. One wrong move and flashing canines will sink into the nearest hand or leg, slashing it or tearing a chunk of muscle as big as a ripe plum. Around the seal\'s neck, an ugly wound reveals a loop of emerald-green fishnet…
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Gifts from the Whales
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 Clad in his white hunting parka, Malik braced one Sorrel boot against the wooden sled. He grabbed the rope that wove back and forth atop a load of camping gear, and with a mighty tug tied everything down. Then he turned his face into the east wind. "I feel really good today," the Iñupiat Eskimo hunter said, smiling. "A whale is coming. I can feel it. Someone is going to catch a whale today."
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