custom and tradition

Languages help save tribal cultures

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It’s been said that the traditions of Indian culture are embedded within our tribal languages. But for several generations, the majority of people who spoke their tribal language have passed on without new speakers taking their place. This has caused widespread concern among tribal communities and sparked a renaissance of culture and language across Native America...

Native Nations
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McKosato, Harlan. "Languages help save tribal cultures." Santa Fe New Mexican. July 6, 2013. Article. (http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/local_columns/article_9fec1194-..., accessed August 23, 2013)

Indian Act: Time for a New Memory

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Canadians recently discovered the crushing poverty in Attawapiskat. This is not the first time Attawapiskat has struggled; and Attawapiskat is not alone. Every three years or so, these problems are discovered and agonized over. There is often a quick fix – new homes, an emergency relocation, a temporary water supply. And two or three years later, another set of headlines starts the cycle again...

Native Nations
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Herb George, Satsan. "Indian Act: Time for a New Memory." National Centre for First Nations Governance. January 25, 2012. Article. (http://fngovernance.org/news/news_article/indian_act_time_for_a_new_memory accessed October 5, 2012)

The Cutting Edge: Climate and the People of the Caribou

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Wisdom of the Elders, Inc.
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Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. (Wisdom) is producing a new series of Native American climate documentaries along with our fourth series of Wisdom of the Elders Radio Program. These oral history, cultural arts and climate science series feature the rich voices of more than 40 exemplary Native elders, storytellers, song carriers and scientists who offer a vital perspective on today’s unprecedented environmental and climate issues...

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The Cutting Edge: Climate and the People of the Caribou. Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. Portland, Oregon. 2014. Video. (http://www.wisdomoftheelders.org/climate-and-the-people-of-the-caribou/, accessed March 2, 2015)

Nunamin Illihakvia: Learning from the Land

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Lesya Nakoneczny
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"Nunamin Illihakvia: Learning from the Land" was an Ulukhaktok Community Corporation (UCC) led project funded by Health Canada in partnership with researchers from McGill University, the University of Guelph, and the University of the Sunshine Coast. The project brought together young Inuit adults with experienced hunters, sewers and elders to learn how to make equipment, travel on the sea ice and hunt seals in the winter, prepare seal skins for sewing, and sew traditional seal skin clothing.

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Nunamin Illihakvia: Learning from the Land. IK-ADAPT project. Ulukhaktok Community Corporation. Quebec, Canada. July 14, 2014. Video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nNPsw2sY4Y, accessed February 24, 2015)

Rebuilding The Tigua Nation

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Patricia Riggs
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The Tigua Indians of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in Ysleta, Texas produced this 16-minute film in 2013 to demonstrate how a Native American tribe can work hard with business skills and tribal customs to shape a prosperous future through education for all levels of the Tigua Nation.

Native Nations
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Riggs, Patricia. "Rebuilding The Tigua Nation." Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (funding provided by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development's Honoring Nations program). February 27, 2013. Video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeolxGMrl0Q&feature=youtu.be, accessed October 16, 2013)

Small Towns: Red Lake Nation

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WDAZ Television
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More power to the people, that's the driving force behind a government overhaul at Red Lake Nation. Tribe officials received a $1.5 million grant to reform their constitution over a span of about three years. We explore just what these changes will mean for the Chippewa Tribe...

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Strayer, Kayla. "Small Towns: Red Lake Nation." WDAZ Television. Grand Forks, North Dakota. August 07, 2013. VIdeo. (http://www.wdaz.com/content/small-towns-red-lake-nation, accessed October 7, 2013)

Researchers Explore Roots of American Indian Resilience

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Arizona Public Media
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Each week, inside the cafeteria of the New Directions enter, a Tucson behavioral health and substance abuse treatment facility, Tommy Begay channels heritage and history.

He calls on the Navajo prayers and practices he learned from his great-grandmother to help others heal.

“She taught me about this harmonious connection I could have with the universe,” he said. “She taught me about living a life of service.”

Like the people who join his talking circle at the center, Begay once battled addiction and trauma himself. Now, as a research associate with a joint appointment in the University of Arizona Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences and the College of Medicine's department of psychiatry, Begay is working to understand the roots of the suffering he has seen in many Native communities, including his own...

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Native Nations
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Telis, Gisela. "Researchers Explore Roots of American Indian Resilience." Arizona Public Media. September 17, 2013. Video. (https://www.azpm.org/p/top-news/2013/9/17/26841-researchers-explore-root..., accessed October 18, 2023)

UA Institute Helps Native Nations Rebuild, Maintain Government

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Arizona Public Media (Story by Ashley Grove)
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An institute at the University of Arizona is focused on rebuilding government structures in Native nations by research and outreach offered through online courses and more.

The UA Native Nations Institute has been working toward its goal of helping the Native governments for nearly 30 years, looking at why some nations are more successful than others at achieving their goals, said Ian Record, director of the Rebuilding Native Nations courses. The goals could be economic, cultural, or social goals, he said...

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Grove, Ashley. "UA Institute Helps Native Nations Rebuild, Maintain Government." Arizona Public Media. University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. August 19, 2013. Video. (https://www.azpm.org/s/15589-ua-institute-helps-native-nations-rebuild-m..., accessed September 13, 2013)

Suzan Shown Harjo: The View From Lincoln's Head: Notes of a Native American Journey

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Arizona Public Media
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Poet, writer, lecturer, curator and policy advocate Dr. Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) commemorates the legacy of scholar Vine Deloria, Jr. by recalling stories of his service to Native communities and by reading a series of poems that he enjoyed.

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Harjo, Suzan Shown. "The View From Lincoln's Head: Notes of a Native American Journey." Vine Deloria, Jr. Distinguished Indigenous Scholars Series, University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. March 28, 2013. Presentation. (https://www.azpm.org/s/14383-dr-suzan-shown-harjo/), accessed July 30, 2017)

Tribal Courts

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Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
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As the Ojibwe reclaimed their rights to hunt, fish, and gather on the ceded territories, they needed a system of laws, checks, and balances in order to both protect their resources and enforce the law. Soon other tribes followed suit, and soon co-equal systems of justice existed side by side with their Wisconsin counterparts...

Citation

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. "Tribal Courts." ENGAGE: State - Tribal - Local Government video series. Produced for the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board by Wisconsin Public Television. 2010. Documentary. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6YVPZm1DQQ&index=5&list=PL14C8CBB52DB5832B, accessed December 9, 2014)