Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) articles from October 2007

Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) archives from October 2007

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

AIANTA at hub of blossoming Indian country tourism industry.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Oct. 31--CHEROKEE, N.C. -- At least two details emerged clearly from the recent annual American Indian Tourism Conference: tourism is burgeoning in Indian country, and the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism...

New Web site educates, informs public on events, culture, history.(Website overview)
October 31, 2007... Oct. 31--MIAMI -- As worldwide interest in all things American Indian grows, DiscoverNativeAmerica.com is the only Web site that focuses on all the tribes of North America to assist visitors, schoolchildren and the world at large with the...