Native Traditions

Making Magic at Keeping the Circle Strong's Sweat Lodge

July 8, 2007

Author: Leslie Ferenc

Source: TheStar.com

http://www.thestar.com/FreshAirFund/article/233652

A traditional sweat lodge sits in a clearing in the forest. Quiet and dark, a place for contemplation and prayer, where teachers and elders hold sacred ceremonies and young people growing up in the city learn about their rich native heritage.

It's where young and old come to understand who they are and where they're going.

It's where...

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Indians Protest Library Artifacts

July 1, 2007

Author: Bradford L. Miner

Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

http://www.telegram.com/article/20070701/NEWS/70701004/1008/NEWS02

BARRE— Bright sun, a nearly cloudless, azure sky and a light breeze. The conditions were perfect for a picnic in North Park.

And in fact, several on hand yesterday morning protesting the continued custody by the Barre Library Association of artifacts deemed to be sacred Oglala Sioux relics...

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Immigration Reform Bill Ignores First Americans

June 22, 2007

Source: Tanasi Journal

http://www.tanasijournal.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=306&Itemid=1&ed=34

WASHINGTON—June 20, 2007—The Senate and White House immigration reform legislation continues to exclude Native Americans. It places Native American Tribes in a very difficult position when the immigration needs of immigrants and illegal immigrants are being addressed, while the border crossing and U.S....

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June 21 Set for 2007 National Prayer Day for Native Sacred Places

June 19, 2007

Source: Indian Country Today

http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415253

WASHINGTON - Observances and ceremonies will be held across the country June 21 to mark the 2007 National Day of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places. The exact times and days for public commemorations are listed below.

Some of the gatherings highlighted are educational forums, not religious ceremonies, and are open to the general public. Others are ceremonial and may...

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Court, Father at Odds Before Over Kids' Alleged Peyote Use

June 7, 2007

Source: The Leelanau Enterprise

http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/05/29/court-father-at-odds-before-over-kids-alleged-peyote-use/

The mother of a 7-year-old girl whose urine tested positive for mescaline claims the girl's father is giving her hallucinogenic peyote as part of sacred Native American rituals – and the mother wants it to stop.

"Peyote has nothing to do with the traditions of any Woodland Indian...

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A Return to a Sacred Place

June 4, 2007

Author: Ed Moorhouse

Source: Burlington County Times

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-06042007-1357287.html

BURLINGTON CITY — Burlington Island was once a place where Indian tribes native to Burlington City held meetings and performed religious ceremonies.

Yesterday, the island was used for that purpose for the first time in 200 years, according to Danawa Buchanan, the founder of the New Jersey American Indian...

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Powwow Saturday - Event to Honor all Military Veterans

May 23, 2007

Author: Brandon Fincher

Source: Laurel Leader-Call

http://www.leadercall.com/local/local_story_143092731.html

The Bogue Homa Indian Reservation east of Sandersville on McFarland Road will host its second annual powwow Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Lyndell Nickey, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, said this year’s powwow will have a different theme from last year’s.

“Last year we...

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Weaving a Pattern of Respect

May 7, 2007

Author: Debbie Cafazzo

Source: The News Tribune

http://www.thenewstribune.com/492/story/56489.html

Fingers fly with mathematical precision as Sharron Nelson and Karen Reed weave strips of moistened cedar bark together.

The twin sisters work in a sunny corner of Nelson’s Browns Point kitchen, with its wide window overlooking the bay that provided sustenance for their ancestors. Nelson is making a small basket to hold her daughter’...

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Powwow Will Honor Many Tribes, One Spirit

May 4, 2007

Author: Ebony Windom

Source: St. Petersburg Times

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/04/Pasco/Powwow_will_honor_man.shtml

TRINITY - Sheryll Kremer had always heard tales about her Cherokee ancestors. Her mother had traced family roots back about a century to a union between a Cherokee woman and German man in rural South Carolina.

And Kremer, 51, says she's always been proud of her American Indian heritage.

So, last...

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