Support Artisans crafting Indian Gifts, Native American Art and crafts http://www.support-native-american-art.com Supporting Artisans crafting Indian gifts and Native American art. Tips for collecting authentic Indian arts and crafts, their history and meaning. en-us native american Sun, 04 May 2008 00:13:48 GMT Sun, 04 May 2008 00:13:48 GMT support-native-american-art.com Links http://www.support-native-american-art.com/links.html Links to partners, sources and others Sun, 04 May 2008 00:13:48 GMT In human history, Native Americans suffered the most http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080502/OPINION/805020320 From SouthCoastToday.com, May 02, 2008 10:35 PM - Rev. Martin Buote wrote in the April 24 issue of The Standard-Times that "Crusades pale compared to secular atrocities" after Jack Spillane published an essay on the atrocities committed by religious extremists. Most religious people are good. However, historical facts have to be respected. Sun, 04 May 2008 00:02:29 GMT Joseph Kennedy Pushes Wind Energy for Navajo Nation http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/apjoek04-24-08.htm?jsbottom WINDOW ROCK, AZ, 04/24/2008 The airplane that brought Joseph Kennedy to the Navajo Nation was anything but steady. The wind was blowing hard, and while that might make some people uneasy, Kennedy didn't mind. (READ ON) Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:56:16 GMT American Indian Relief Council: Promotes Strong, Self-Sufficient American Indian Communities http://www.nrcprograms.org/site/PageServer?pagename=airc_index Native Americans living on the rural and remote reservations of the Northern Plains struggle daily with isolation, limited employment opportunities, and a harsh and resource-poor environment. Poverty is all too common and weighs most heavily on those who are most fragile the elderly, children, and families. Visit the site! Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:27:44 GMT Clear Creek Trading Company Launches Massive Native American Artifacts Website http://www.prweb.com/releases/nativeamerican/artifacts/prweb886384.htm Clear Creek Trading Company Launches Massive Native American Artifacts Website Clear Creek Trading Company Launches Massive Native American Artifacts and Traditional Merchandise Website. Over 1,200 items online for purchase, including Native American jewelry, baskets, dream catchers, fans, arrowheads, drums, dolls, plus a plethora of leather products, animal hides and much more. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:20:04 GMT Native American Rights Fund http://www.narf.org/about/about_whatwedo.html Explore this site - it goes hand-in-hand with <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eOnFjVnvU&feature=related target=_blank>Native American Rights (YouTube)</a>. The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide - a constituency that often lacks access to the justice system. NARF focuses on applying existing laws and treaties to guarantee that national and state governments live up to their legal obligations. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:19:57 GMT 'Visions of our Ancestors' - 2008 Native American Arts Fair http://www.artisttrust.org/node/5964 Native American, Alaska Native, Indigenous Tribes, Urban Natives,Two Spirit and Non-Two Spirit Art Show And Performances! Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:57:34 GMT Celebrate ColorsNW's Seventh Anniversary! http://www.colorsnw.com/anniversary/ The April 26, 2008 event will be held at Fremont Studios, Seattle, WA, etc. Artists performing include Jim Boyd, a singer/songwriter and member of the Lakes band on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington state. 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However, it does not seem as though the American government's attitudes and policies towards Native Americans have changed all that much in those 150 years. (READ ON) Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:32:56 GMT 1st Annual Native Public Radio Art Auction, April 19, 2008 http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=9447 Koahnic Broadcast Corporation is pleased to announce the 1st National Native Art Auction to be held on April 19, 2008, at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:27:55 GMT Tobacco Culture is NOT Native- http://rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/04/05/news/features/doc47dae4cb298a4937562566.txt Within his lifetime, Stephen Yellowhawk has fought stereotypes about his Native American culture and heritage. When a recent art contest opened with a theme asking how the use of commercial tobacco had impacted the Lakota culture, traditions and values, it resonated with Yellowhawks personal goal to keep youths healthy and tobacco-free... Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:21:53 GMT Native American Pow Wow And Festival Is April 4-6 http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_123658.asp Native American Services of Tennessee will be hosting the Second Annual Native American Pow Wow and Festival April 4-6 at the First Tennessee Pavilion... 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Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:30:18 GMT Native American art is heading to New Zealand http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080224/LIFE/802240302 Art traveling from Oregon to New Zealand! The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette recently opened the show "James Lavadour: The Properties of Paint," one of a series of periodic shows of work by artists with Native American heritage. The Hallie Ford and Rebecca Dobkins, the Willamette professor who curated the Lavadour show, arranged an exhibition of prints from the Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts in Pendleton. The exhibition opened last week at the Pataka Museum in New Zealand. The show opened Feb. 16 and runs through June 8. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:31:13 GMT Check out the Powwows for February 2008! http://www.powwows.com/calendar/displaymonth_p.php? The Calendar at PowWows.com lists hundreds of events across North America. You can search by zipcode, state, month, or browse the map. Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:24:09 GMT Support Artisans crafting Indian Gifts, Native American Art and crafts http://www.support-native-american-art.com/index.html Supporting Artisans crafting Indian gifts and Native American art. Tips for collecting authentic Indian arts and crafts, their history and meaning. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:16:18 GMT Native American Beadwork - Beautiful Finishing Touch! http://www.support-native-american-art.com/Native-American-Beadwork.html Native American Beadwork - See What Shells, Pearls, Bone, Teeth and Stone Can Do! 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It was unique and it was beautiful, and it flourished until the middle of the nineteenth century. Unfortunately, by the close of the twentieth century, only a handful of Cherokees were able to recognize their own great-great-great-great grandmother's beadwork if you laid it out in front of them. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:55:51 GMT Comanche Moon's Wes Studi on Playing a Native American Icon http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tvguide/347399_tvgif15.html?source=rss With roles in Dances with Wolves, The Last of the Mohicans and HBO's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Wes Studi is a familiar face to fans of historical dramas... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:38:09 GMT Withdrawal from US treaties enjoys little support from tribal leaders http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416411 Legitimacy of 'Republic of Lakotah' questioned - ROSEBUD, S.D. - Tribal leaders in the northern Great Plains said that actor and activist Russell Means... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:35:56 GMT New Article by Support-Native-American-Art.com - The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears - - - http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Cherokee-and-the-Trail-of-Tears---One-of-the-Most-Important-Courses-I-Had-at-Penn-State&id=913547 Let me tell you about a course I had a Penn State University as an anthropology/archaeology major in my senior year. We had to pick a state - any state - and write a paper a week about that state from it's earliest prehistory through "contact" (1492) and one final paper - interactions after "contact". I picked Tennessee . . . Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:31:06 GMT Adopt-An-Elder Program http://www.anelder.org/ Please visit the Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program. It exists to create a Bridge of Hope between Native Americans and other cultures. It allows reaching out to one another, share our gifts, and mend the broken circle of our relationship with the Land and the Native Americans who hold it in sacred trust. 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Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:57:12 GMT Visit Sacred Hoop Trading http://www.sacredhooptrading.com/aboutus.php A trusted Native-owned resource located in Chapel Hill, NC, Sacred Hoop Trading offers a wide selection of Native American and Inuit art. They have a reputation of honest dealing and of honoring the traditions that create this art. A member of the prestigious Indian Arts & Crafts Association. Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:38:47 GMT Iroquois Confederacy and The Founding Fathers http://www.support-native-american-art.com/iroquois-confederacy.html How the Iroquois Confederacy was the Blueprint for the U.S. and the Constitution Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:25:05 GMT Native American Medicine Wheels - History and Meaning http://www.support-native-american-art.com/Native-American-Medicine-Wheels.html Native American Medicine Wheels - Want to know the What and Why? 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