Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) articles

Recent articles from Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY)

NMAI exhibition will explore hidden histories of race.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Oct. 31--WASHINGTON -- The full history of the Americas has been hiding in plain sight -- as plain as skin color -- for centuries, and under ordinary circumstances it might have stayed hidden for just a bit longer anyway. "Generally, I think an exhibit at this...

EDITORIAL: A sacred space as teaching place.(Editorial)
October 31, 2007... Oct. 31--The National Museum of the American Indian opened three years ago to much celebration and ceremony. The building was blessed and initiated as a sacred place. Sacred places, however, are in need of periodic ceremonial renewal and should be honored with respect and given meaning...

Finance conference focuses on developing the nations' wealth.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Oct. 31--MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation was the host of the Seventh Semiannual Native American Finance Conference, an intensive two-day event focusing on Indian country's current and future economic well-being. The conference...

Lacrosse Museum pays homage to the sport's original masters.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Oct. 31--BALTIMORE -- Small museums tend to be long on affection for their subjects but short on detail. As a case in point, visitors to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in Ishpeming, Mich., will find barely a word on cross-country skiing, the mother of all who go...

Army Corps studies military debris recycling on Native lands.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Oct. 31--HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is studying the feasibility of using indigenous peoples' land in Alaska, Hawaii and the United States to build recycling facilities for military practice range debris. The U.S. Army Engineering...