I have already posted one entry on the “real” Thanksgiving.
Here is another lucid explanation from a professor at Univ. Texas at Austin about the reality of what the Thanksgiving myth hides in American history.
I quote just a small part of the article: “Over the past few years a growing number of white people have [...]

I’m excerpting part of this opinion piece that ran in the Kentucky news.
“on Nov. 5, hundreds of Native American tribal leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., fulfilling a campaign promise President Barack Obama made. One representative from each of the 564 federally recognized tribes was invited and nearly 400 came to the White House [...]

The student newspaper at Western Illinois University has a great editorial by the paper’s board on the truth about Thanksgiving: “Remember what the true meaning of Thanksgiving is next week”
I’m only excerpting a bit of it here so if you want to read the entire editorial go to this link.
“Thanksgiving is upon us [...]

The Bureau of Land Management has nominated 63 sites along Nine Mile Canyon in Utah to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The canyon is known for rock carvings and paintings that were created by Ute people. The BLM wants to ultimately nominate up to 800 sites for the register, the Associated [...]

Professor Steve Russell writes in part in a recent Indian Country Today:
“Tecumseh, Pontiac, Dragging Canoe – you could make a long list of historical personages whose primary contribution to American Indian political thought was the realization that all Indians have a target on their backs and will until we have been separated [...]

The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin is restoring its corn farming tradition in hopes of improving tribal citizens’ health and preserving its tribal culture.
The Oneidas went to their ancestral homeland in New York 16 years ago to obtain seeds for white corn. “Even though we’ve been removed from New York, we’re still connected. The [...]

Landowners and energy companies are challenging the placement of Mount Taylor on the Register of Cultural Properties in New Mexico.
A group filed a law suit against the New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee claiming that the committee violated the state’s Open Meetings Act and that placing Mount Taylor on the register amounts to government [...]

The Utah news reports that recent legislation is funding the development of school curriculum on American Indian history and culture that can be taught to any age group, but specifically to students in 4th and 7th-grade Utah studies programs.
“I think for too long the American Indian story has been considered only a 19th century story,” [...]

The Seattle Times reports that a multitude of law suits are expected to be filed against the Catholic Church and the Jesuit order for all sorts of abuse claims.
Apparently, many claims are expected to be filed about the St. Mary’s Mission and School at Omak Washington and there is a Nov. 30 deadline.
More than [...]

The violence against Brazil’s Indigenous peoples appears to be continuing.
The Conselho Indigenista Missionário, (CIMI – local NGO), CIMI Regional Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Afonso Pena, 1557 Sala 208 Bl.B, 79002-070 Campo Grande/MS, Brasil, Email: cimims@terra.com.br
is reporting that a male teacher, Rolindo Vera, a member of the Guarani Kaiowa Indigenous group, has been missing [...]