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ADA, OK-Following a nationwide search, the cast of "Te Ata" is set and filming is now underway in several Oklahoma locations. Experienced, award-winning Native American actors are among those selected to bring the story based on the life of Chickasaw actress Mary Frances "Te Ata" Thompson Fisher to the silver screen. Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby said "film is a great way to preserve the legacy of Te Ata and other Chickasaws who have made a difference in the world....
ADA, OK-Three young ladies were crowned Chickasaw Nation princesses September 29, 2014, bringing talent, poise and maturity in representing the Chickasaw people and tribe in the coming year. Taylor Nicole Weems, a 17-year-old Latta High School senior, will wear the coveted crown as the 2014-15 Chickasaw Princess. She is the daughter of Michael and Loraine Weems and will graduate in May 2015. Maegan Ann Carney, a 15-year-old Ardmoreite, will represent the Chickasaw Nation as...
Hopi tribe member, Diane Humetewa (hoo-MEE-tee-wah) was born and reared in Arizona and started school on the Hualapai Reservation. Her father worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and often took Diane with him as he traveled throughout Indian country. The trips exposed young Diane to Arizona's tribes at an early age. Although she attended public high school at a time when many Indian children were sent to boarding schools far from their reservations, her ties to her family...
Native people study law. Christians study law. Native Christians should know some law too. Most of our news is on issues surrounded by questions of law. However, sometimes the law is so disconnected from our daily lives. I hear about whether some judge can sit on the Supreme Court, but I may not know what happens if I fish out of season or what my neighbor is allowed to do on their property in the city. These are the specific legal issues. On the other hand, there is a bigger...
The Rolling Stones sang: "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need." It's kind of weird when the Rolling Stones make a really good point, but they did. You're not going to get everything you want. But if you're paying attention, you'll probably notice that you're getting what you need. There are times when requests are made to our parents, but they're denied-like the young man who wanted a special fishing pole,...
Now called "The Plateros" they feature Levi Platero, his brother, cousin, and father. They are a three-piece family Blues Rock Power trio from Tohajiilee, New Mexico of the Eastern Agency of the Navajo Nation within the southwestern U.S. They first came onto the music scene in 2004. In 2005, they were invited to the World's Largest Native Gathering in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a 20-minute set on the "Reach the Rez Stage." At the time, the lead guitar player, Levi Platero...
TAMPA, FL-Justin Motlow is the first member of the Seminole Tribe to play football for Florida State University. The tribe has lent its name and history for the school's mascot. But the 18-year-old Motlow is the first Seminole to make the squad and he's excited about it. "I would have for sure thought somebody would have been before me," Motlow, who will be attending FSU in the fall, told The Tampa Bay Times. "It's really crazy." Motlow spent most of his early years on the...
SOCHI, RUSSIA-Were you one of those hardy individuals who got up to watch the Gold Medal game between Canada and Sweden? Even if you weren't, there is little doubt that men's and women's hockey dominated the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Two First Nations players dominated the men's hockey tournament. Goaltender Carey Price represented Canada and T.J. Oshie played for the United States. Both were Olympic heroes. Going by T.J., Timothy Lief Oshie rose to stardom in an instant...
NEW YORK, NY-Jacoby Ellsbury has landed a $153 million deal with the New York Yankees, according to news reports. Ellsbury just came off a second World Series win with the Boston Red Sox. He's due to sign a seven-year contract with the New York team, reported to be the third largest in baseball history for an outfielder. Ellsbury is a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes. He is Navajo, one of the four tribes in CRIT. © 2013 Indianz.com...
This one didn't come easy for the Hopi Bruins, but as a team they sprinted to the finish line in full stride to claim both the boys and girls Arizona Division IV state cross-country title at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix. The boy's team set a national record by winning its 24th state crown with a bevy of newcomers. "We're not as stacked as we have been in the past," Hopi coach Rich Baker said. "We had some runners that didn't come out this year. We had some young guys...
A team of Indian boys from Mexico swept the International Festival of Mini-Basketball, all while playing without shoes. The team from the Academy of Indigenous Basketball consists of boys of Trique heritage. Most are accustomed to going without shoes because their families can't afford them. "For them it's normal to not have shoes, to walk barefoot," Ernesto Merino, one of the coaches who is also Trique, told the Associated Press. Despite the lack of shoes, the team won the...
Jacoby Ellsbury is a champion. As key player for the 2013 World Champion Boston Red Sox, he played an important role in this series, especially in Game 6. Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, is the first Native American of Navajo descent to reach the Major Leagues. As of 2008, he was one of only three active non-Hispanic Native American players in Major League Baseball, along with Kyle Lohse of the Milwaukee Brewers and Joba Chamberlain of...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA—Young people in an Aboriginal village in Australia have developed their own language, The New York Times reports. Warlpiri rampaku includes features of Walpiri, an indigenous language, English and Kriol, a language based on English that’s used by different groups of Aboriginal people. But linguists say the young people in the village of Lajamanu created their own words and grammar that make Warlpiri rampaku an entirely new language. “These young people have developed something entirely new,” linguis...
OGLALA, SD—Students at Oglala Lakota College in South Dakota are learning about solar energy. It started with a spark—an interest in green energy. This glimmer of curiosity led Lyle Wilson, an instructor at Oglala Lakota College in South Dakota and U.S. Army veteran, to start researching renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind and geothermal. Now sparked by Lyle’s interest, members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation are finding new possi...
WASHINGTON, DC—The winners of the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation’s 2013 Young Native Writers Essay contest have been announced. They include five Native Americans from Montana, Texas, California and North Carolina. Their tribal affiliations are Blackfeet Nation, Choctaw Nation, the Round Valley Indian Tribe, Chickasaw Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The contest is open to high school students from all tribal communities throughout the U.S. This con...
WINNIPEG, MB—Providence University College and The North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies (NAIITS) signed an agreement in principle to offer a Bachelor’s degree in Community Development Studies. The program will be designed and delivered by Indigenous people and will provide learning-by-doing through incorporating a significant component of in-community internship. The degree will begin accepting students in the fall of 2013 with a program start Jan...
We will not be silent anymore of the wounds that ache us We will not fall victim anymore To the lie that enslaves us We need Your mercy to fall on the broken to rest on the weary soul We need a breakthrough in power and freedom to set free our prisoned hope We dare to believe We dare to believe That You’ll do what You said You would do We’re down on our knees We’re down on our knees This can’t be how You meant it to be We long to see We long to see A new release of Your pr...
CORNELLA DEL TERRI, SPAIN—In early June, Indian Life received an urgent request from David Frank of L’Arcada Camp in Spain, for a Native American person or couple to work with kids at the camp, sharing with the campers about Native American culture and giving their testimony. After a couple attempts to find someone, at the last minute, RainSong’s Terry Wildman put Indian Life in contact with Sean Stands Good Soukkala in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As we go to press, we have recei...
RAPID CITY, SD—Back in the days of the Viet Nam War, a kid who got into trouble could choose to go into the military or go to jail. Today that choice is no longer an option. According to US Army National Guard Sergeant First Class Richard Kirkpatrick, “Today we want the better people. We want the people who are there because they want to be.” Some of the youngest recruits join as a way to pay for college while learning a skill, and yet others are just looking to live a better...
For the many people that were disconnected from their culture, whether through boarding schools, adoption or a multitude of other reasons, a play is in development by professional Broadway actors with a full Native cast and input from the Blackfoot Tribe in Montana. The first reading of the show was done at “Native Voices at the Autry” in Los Angeles, a workshop where Indigenous people throughout the country participate in the development of Native theatre projects. Acc...
Frybread and grape Shasta soda—my first communion since moving to the rez. It had been a while. I shared this meal with a group of new friends—Native American Christians from Alaska, Florida, Hawai’i, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, and here in the Navajo nation, to name a few places. And there were a few bilagáanas, and those like me who are neither. We broke frybread together, youth and elders, each handing the elements to our neighbors. Our solemnity was punctuated only b...
BOISE, ID—In the spirit of collaboratively honoring the 2010 Memorandum of Agreement between Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and Idaho State University, in part to promote educational access, ISU Native American Academic Services and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes 477 Program announce the “Knowledge and Awareness Nexus” (KAN) pilot program. The KAN Project is a program for students interested in attending college for the first time or for those that are re-entering school after sever...
CUSTER, SD—The spirit of Crazy Horse was present during a recent Native American memorial and honoring horse ride. Lakota riders from various reservations in South Dakota banded together along with non-Native American riders to honor military veterans during the almost week-long journey. Pine Ridge, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River reservations were well represented during the 140-mile ride, which kicked off June 29 in Pine Ridge. The Akicita Sungakan Okolakiciye, or W...
Quentin Harris (Salish) is a respected Northwest Coast First Nations artist and carver. He grew up on British Columbia’s coast in the town of Maple Ridge. He has been teaching Aboriginal art and culture for School District #42 for several years. His art is balanced between pushing the creative boundaries of Native art and his discoveries of spiritual truth. He is passionate about connecting First Nations’ arts and culture with Christianity. He would like to see First Nat...
Editor's Note: Anthony Ervin, a swimmer who claims Native American Ancestry, qualified for a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic swim team. Ervin's father is Native American and African-American. OMAHA, NE--After one of the early rounds of the 50-meter freestyle here at the U.S. Trials, Anthony Ervin came out of the water and went over for one of those quicky interviews with NBC's Andrea Kremer. Everyone knows the deal. Except with Anthony Ervin, nothing is ever quite what you...
