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Latest Roundup of News From Indian Country from the studios of www.IndianCountryTV.com on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation at Reserve, Wisconsin with host Kimberlie Acosta. Stories include: Graham and Rios trials moved to Nov. 29; Arizona legislation signed by Governor Jan Brewer; Narraganseet Tribe making bid on land; HEARTH Act of 2010; Mariner Holdings LLC entered into partnership with Nations Group LLC; Bill introduced to create first-ever Native American Economic Advisory Council; Gordon Yellowman Sr to be honored at Red Earth Festival; E. Joyce Thompson Charity’s Red Crystal Gala Ball.

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This video is in honor of the Native American culture and people who will always be remembered.

Honoring the names of the Native Americans in this video are as follows:

Bears Belly Arikara
Chief Garfield Jicarilla Apache
Naiche – Chiricahua Apache
Bull Tongue Apsaroke
Crazy Bear Lakota Sioux
Bluebird Sioux
Little Horse Oglala Sioux
Little Hawk Brule
Long Soldier Hunkpapa Sioux
Old Eagle Oto
Mad Bear Yankton Sioux
Medicine Crow Crow
Chief Ouray Ute
Wolf Lies Down Apsaroke
Two Leggings Crow
Red Fish Dakota Sioux
Chief Dull Knife Northern Cheyenne
Little Wolf and Dull Knife Cheyenne
Chief Joseph Nez Perce
Black Eagle Nez Perce
Bread Apsaroke
Crazy Thunder Ogalala
Crow Eagle Piegan
Does Everything Apsaroke
Double Runner Piegan
Fog in the Morning Apsaroke
Four Horns Arikara
Grizzly Bear Nez Perce
Iron Plume Ogalala
Lawyer Nez Perce
Little Wolf Cheyenne
Lone Chief Oto
Medicine Pipe Piegan
New Chest Piegan
Three White Cows Atsina
Two Moons Cheyenne
Weasel Tail Piegan
White Bull Umatilla
Bull Chief Apsaroke
Little Big Man Oglala Sioux
Black Bear Sioux
Two Strikes Brule Sioux
White Belly Sioux
Many Horses Oglala Sioux
Red Armed Panther Cheyenne
Scabby Bull Arapaho
Rain in the Face Hunkpapa Sioux
Curly Bear Blackfoot
Standing Bear Ponca
Yellow Bull Nez Perce
Bear Bull Blackfoot
Red Pipe Arapaho
Gall Hunkpapa Sioux
Geronimo Bedonkohe Apache
Manuelito Navajo
Esteemed Son Pawnee
Low Dog Oglala Sioux
Weasaw Shoshone
Shot in the Hand Apsaroke
Revenger Crow
Magpie Cheyenne
Looks Cloud Sioux
Young Hairy Wolf Apsaroke
Thunder Hawk Dakota Sioux
Wolf Robe Southern Cheyenne
Touch the Clouds Sioux
Crows Heart Mandan
White Duck Hidatsa
Wicked Bear Brule Sioux
Spotted Tail Brule Sioux
Big Head Cheyenne
Red Blanket Cheyenne
Sitting Bull Hunkpapa Lakota Chief – Sioux
Red Cloud Oglala Sioux
Two Whistles Apsaroke
Billy Bow Legs Seminole
Medicine Bear Cuthead Sioux
Kills in Timber Ogalala
Good Voice Hawk Yanktonai
Crowkin Hunkpapa Sioux
Big Ox Apsaroke
Alchesay White Mountain Apache
Gambler Piegan
Hastobiga Navaho medicine man
Ten Bears Yamparika Comanche

I was born upon a prairie where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures and where everything drew a free breath. I want to die there, and not within walls.
Ten Bears Yamparika Comanche (1790 1872)

Source of available pictures for use at::
http://www.firstpeople.us
American Indians
First People is a child friendly site about American and Canadian Indians. 1400+ legends, 400+ agreements and treaties, 10,000+ pictures, free clipart, Pueblo pottery, American Indian jewelry, Native American Flutes and more.

Music was taken from free downloads at:
http://music.download.com
Music by J. Gordon
Song: Over the Horizon
Free downloads on that website.

Other pictures were available on internet under fair use and
Wikipedia

Check out gatheringofnations radio:
http://www.gatheringofnations.com/gonradio/index.htm

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http://www.SacredSpirit.Shop.ms
Beautiful Native American new age music and chants.
Sacred Spirit, the bestselling musical project by Claus Zundel, Ralf Hamm and Markus Staab. For each single Sacred Spirit album sold, we made and still continue to make a donation to the Native American Rights Fund ( http://www.NARF.org ), the oldest and largest nonprofit law firm dedicated to asserting and defending the rights of Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide.

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The Cahokia mound builders. 10 minute excerpt from 500 Nations documentary about the lives of Native Americans in middle eastern band tribes.

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By Apache from Five Spirits CD.

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10 minute excerpt from 500 Nations documentary on the Anasazi and ancient civilizaton.

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http://www.SacredSpirit.Shop.ms Sacred Spirit 2 – More Chants and Dances of Native America

Sacred Spirit II again successfully combines ancient Native American cermonial chants with modern instrumental arrangements through a cycle of CELEBRATION, WISDOM, REVERENCE, AND REBIRTH. The music focus on authentic vocal chants sung by Native American perfomers. SSII deliberately downplays specific song academia but rather allows the chants and arrangements to Affect the listener on a much more PERSONAL LEVEL–SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNEXPLAINED

http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Spirit-Vol-Chants-Americans/dp/B00005176Y/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1199601503&sr=1-1

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Rhythm of the Heart, Native American, Ah Nee Mah

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A collection of compositions featuring the flute and reflecting the cultural heritage of the Native peoples of the Americas. The music ranges in scope from primal to symphonic and uses an array of instruments including Native American drums and rattles as well as synthesizers. A unique sound is created on various selections by several flutes playing in unison.
The CD consists of original musical compositions by Alice Gomez played on Native instruments primarily the flute and drums. Each track has a beautiful melodic line and musical passages that enhance the original lyrical quality of the piece. The music captures the listener’s attention, clears the mind, creates a clear, open, uncluttered space for enjoying the adventure into the canyons of the Southwest, the purple mountain views, seeing tall peaked snow-capped mountains in the distance, or flying condors overhead and llamas grazing on the hillsides of the Andes Mountains.

Buy it at amazon.com or at
http://www.native-americans.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TPBT&Product_Code=FDCD

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Fast paced, heart pounding beat. Ghost Dance by Apurimac III Nature Spirit Pride and beautiful art photos by J.D. Challenger, Frank Howell, and Howard Terpning.

The Ghost Dance was an attempt of a group of North American Indian tribes to further separate themselves from the white man and the religious doctrines they were forcing upon the tribal peoples. Among the Sioux and Arapaho, the Ghost Dance was one of the central rituals of a new religious movement that focused on the restoration of the past, as opposed to a salvation in a new future. The movement was active within limited tribes and mirrored other attempts by previous Indians to escape the civilization of the white man. The earlier movements included the Good Message of the Iroquois and the Dreamers of the Columbia River tribes. All of these movements had similar features including a rejection of the white mans civilization, especially alcohol, weapons and technology. In addition, the movements preached unity among tribes, even those that were once enemies and a revival of Indian customs that were threatened by the civilization of European peoples.

The despair and nostalgia associated with the Ghost Dance reflects that period from which the movement evolved. Plains tribes faced losing their freedom and being overtaken of their homes, their beliefs and their existence. The Ghost Dance was a resurrection of the dead, a bringing back of the customs and way of life that the Indians were trying to hold onto.

The prophet who began the movement of the Ghost Dance was Wovoka, a member of the Paiute Tribe. He was descended of a family of prophets and Shamans. Known as a medicine man, it was said that during an eclipse of the sun and while suffering from a high fever, he had a vision which inspired the development of the movement known as the Ghost Dance. The vision embodied the beliefs that inspired the followers of the movement including that the white man would disappear from the Earth after a natural catastrophe and that the Indian dead would return bringing with them the old way of life that would then last forever.

To bring these and the other beliefs into effect, the Indians had to practice the customs of the Ghost Dance movement and to renounce alcohol and farming and end mourning, since the resurrection would be coming soon. The most important practice to ensure the effectiveness of the movement was the dance itself.

The dance was unlike other Indian dances with fast steps and loud drumming. The Ghost Dance consisted of slow shuffling movements following the course of the sun. It would be performed for four or five days and was accompanied by singing and chanting, but no drumming or other musical instruments. In addition, both men and women participated in the dance, unlike others in which men were the main dancers, singers and musicians.

The first dance was held by Wovoka around 1889. Word spread quickly and the Ghost Dance was accepted by the Utes, Bannocks and Shoshone tribes. Eventually, the Plains tribes also adopted the Ghost Dance movement and the peaceful message of hope was spreading and uplifting many Indians. While adapting the movement, many tribes added specific customs and rituals to the Dance that reflected their tribes individuality. The Sioux added two specific elements including the use of hypnosis to bring about trances and aid in the communication with the dead, and a ghost shirt. Made of buckskin or cloth, the shirt was said to make the wearer immune to bullets, a weapon of death known initially only to the white man.

A famous Sioux warrior, Sitting Bull, adopted the Ghost Dance into his way of life. He was a respected leader, medicine man and warrior. His following of this movement alarmed the military and Indian Agencies. In 1890, just a few months after presiding at his first Ghost Dance, Sitting Bull was killed. His followers fled and joined the band of Kicking Bear, one of the first to practice with Wovoka. Donning their ghost shirts and with their beliefs firm in their hearts, the followers of the Ghost Dance were rounded up at Wounded Knee creek and killed while resisting arrest. Among those killed were women and children wearing their ghost shirts, which did not stop the bullets of the Indian Agencies or the Military.

The Ghost Dance continued to be danced in more southern tribes, but the end of the movement really came with the deaths at Wounded Knee. The hopes of the Indians also ended at that massacre. Many of Wovokas ideas and concepts were adopted by Peyote cults and can even be found in practice today. Indian tribes did not survive the push of the white man. Broken up and with broken dreams, the tribes were shuffled onto reservations and lost many of their customs and rituals. The Ghost Dance was one of those customs lost, but never forgotten. Resurrected from the past, the Ghost Dance and other tribal beliefs are brought to life everyday in the education of our nation.

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Feb. 12, 2010 –
Thank you everyone. The initial crisis is over! Electricity is back on in Eagle Butte and surrounding communities.

I’d like to thank those who have helped spread the word, no one would have known without you!

For “blsnet” who doesn’t understand why this was declared a disaster area: This kind of situation has never-ever happened before on the reservation, even the elders were in shock. The power has gone out before, yes. However 2,000 utility poles have never dropped like dominos, forcing 14,000 modern residents to huddle for warmth around a gas stove for two weeks while polar winds whistled through the walls. Families and pets are still dealing with the after effects of carbon monoxide poisoning from the gas. And ice storms in particular “never” happen! Winter weather in this area is usually cold and dry, so dry that the snow blows and creates drifts, that’s about it.

Historically, Native Americans living on the plains were nomads, following the animal herds (their food source) they moved south for the winter. This area in the north was their summer stomping grounds, winter was never a problem until boundaries were set and reservations were established. Check your local libraries or wikipedia for more history.

I know other communities across the states are also having a tough time, this winter has been hard on all Americans. I’ve even heard there was a blizzard in Texas! I just want to let everyone know how much we all have appreciated your help! As far as the major media coverage is concerned, it’s amazing how far they go to ignore anything to do with the reservation. — “I think that if we are to ever going to eliminate poverty in America, it will have to been done through the free enterprise system and certainly not by Government.” –Walter Knott

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(CNN iReport) “Native American Disaster Overshadowed by Haiti” http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-400454
Ice and snow that began January 20, 2010 wrecked havoc on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation located in South Dakota, causing power lines to snap under the weight of the ice. Within hours 50+mph polar winds….

CRST 2010 Disaster Relief Information:
http://www.sioux.org/English/CRST_2010_Disaster_Relief.php

Press Release as of Jan. 31, 2010:
http://klavaux.blogspot.com/2010/02/press-release-jan-31.html

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.native/browse_thread/thread/2fb8cf80d1379441

JOIN THE CAUSE ON FACEBOOK!:
http://www.causes.com/causes/440182

——————- In the News ——————–
CRST awaiting disaster declaration by president Obama:
http://www.examiner.com/x-34368-Rapid-City-Native-American-Culture-Examiner~y2010m1d27-CRST-awaiting-disaster-declaration-by-president-Obama
Lakota Sioux Lose Heat, Water Amid Storms:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704094304575029450101290726.html
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Hurting After Ice Storm:
http://www.nc-cherokee.com/onefeather/2010/01/28/crst-hurting-after-ice-storm/
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Struggles After Big Storm:
http://64.38.12.138/News/2010/018170.asp
South Dakota Sioux Tribe Seeks Emergency Assistance After Storm:
http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/1571122/South_Dakota_Sioux_Tribe_Seeks_Emergency_Assistance_After_Ice_Storm
Disaster Declared on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota:
http://community.tide.com/tide/topics/disaster_declared_on_the_cheyenne_river_sioux_tribe_in_south_dakota

Video Edited by Kelly Lavaux
Music by ImmediateMusic.com – “Serenata”

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