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November 2009 edition
Volume 1
Ancient Map Offers Key to MesoAmerican History
Real Razorbacks First Came to State in 1540 with Hernando De Soto
Brazil Indian Who Battled Conquerors Recognized as National Hero
Letter Found That Led to Indians "Trail of Tears"
Amazon Tribe Down to Five as Oldest Member Dies
Tribe Teams with Google to Make Stand in Amazon
Navajo Code Talker Willard V. Oliver Passes On
Wilma Mankiller: First Woman Cherokee Chief
Museum Honors Yavapai Elder for Language Work
Saving Tsuu T'Ina		 Volume 2
Kids Study the Dark Side of Columbus
Remembering the Children Who Never Came Home
Salazar Launches Partnership with Rolle for Health Program at Indian Schools
Exceptional Leaders Can Change Schools
Success Academy a Model for Native American Education
California Indian tribe Donates $20,000 to Help Finish Browning High Gym
Accenture Awards Scholarships to Eleven Outstanding America Indian Students
New Archaeology Views Native Scholarships as Part of a Major Change
Building a House of Knowledge
Grandfather Remembers Curriculum
Volume 3
White House Announces Nation to Nation Conference
ACLU Report Finds Continuing and Pervasive Voting Rights Violations in Indian Country
NCAI Awards Larry EchoHawk with Standing Ovation
Elders and Youth Conference Keynote Speaker Finds Hope, Despite Alcohol Disorder
Honoring Tradition, Tulalip Hunger Shares Meat from First Kill
Bumper Harvest for Rice
Pumpkins: More Than Pie and For Carving
Native American Book Inspires Local Growers
Saving our Ash Trees		 Volume 4
Rare Vegetarian Spider Discovered
Does Film Solve Honey Bee Mystery?
Biologists Fight to Save Rare Bison Bloodlines
The Moon is Surprisingly Wet
Daphne Odjig Honoured by Gallery for 50 Years as First Nation Artist
Native Artist's Poster Wins National Contest
First Lady Selects Caddo Pottery for Collection
Acclaimed Singer Songwriter Wins National Contest
NFL Indians were Rich in Oklahomans
Native American World Series Brings 87 Softball Teams to Mesquite Fields.
NATIVE VILLAGE Opportunities and websites
 NOVEMBER 2009 EDITION
Opportunities Highlights
 Indigenous Peoples Annual Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering
Native Students and Common Core Standards Webinar and Conference Call
Understanding the Words of War
AIO Ambassadors Class of 2010-2011
Southwest Tribal NARCH Scholarship Program
Harvard University and Phillips Academy in NM and AZ Building Healthy Communities Grant Program
Wilderness Awareness and Survival Skills Youth Program
Native Threads Design Contest
American Indian Art Scholarship Exhibit 		Libraries Highlights
 Navajo Early Morning Blessing
Alaska Native youth talk about the future
Native American Food and Recipes
A New World
Reading and Writing Indians
A Salmon Tale
Tribal Environmental and Energy Information Clearinghouse
How Teens Use Media
Navajo Sand Painting Crosstitch
Harjo: Get Educated
the international council of 13 indigenous grandmothers
  official internet Youth Forum
Co-sponsored by Native Village  "For the Next 7 Generations" Ohio film Premiere
November 13, 2009      Maumee Indoor Theater, Maumee, Ohio      6:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Feedback: For the Next 7 Generations
7th International Council of  Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers Gathering
December 3-6, 2009
Sedona, Arizona
Grandmother Clara Shinobu Iura Grandmother Julieta Casimiro Grandmother Rita Pitka Blumenstein
 Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire Grandmother Tsering Dolma Gyaltong   Grandmother Aama Bambo

Grandmother Agnes Baker-Pilgrim

Grandmother Mona Polacca

 Grandmother Flordemayo

Grandmothers Beatrice and rita
Long Visitor Holy Dance

Grandmother Bernadette Rebienot

Grandmother Margaret Behan
   Other Women Elders
 
  Native Village Resources
 native Village LIBRARIES  Opportunities and opportunity archives
Updates
Native American Quotes
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 QUOTES ART GALLERY 		 Inspiration Highlights
 Thanksgiving: The National Day of Mourning
 The Iroquois Thanksgiving Address
 Seneca Thanksgiving Prayer
 An Immigration Viewpoint
 Navajo Codetalkers Dictionary
 Resolution of the Declarations of Indigenous Peoples
Plain Text Version: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
 Messages From the People Highlights
 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment on the Crime of Genocide Akootchook 2009 Fall Whaling
  11TH ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD WINNERS

 The Seaflower, Native slaves, and King Philip's war
 Indian Language Usage
 Every Child Matters Report
 Native American Statistics
 Hidden Away in the Land of Plenty  
 Time to give Indiana Miami their due		 editorials Highlights

 President Obama's Remarks at White House/Tribal Nations ConferenceStatement Regarding Sedona Sweat lodge deaths, october 2009 
 The REAL Thanksgiving
 Power of the pen in early America
 Immigration then and Now
Murder on a Reservation
 What It's Like to be an Oneida Indian Girl
 
 This Month in Native American History
by Phil konstantin
 November		 Inupiaq culture by mary lum sage
Zaagkii Wings and Seeds
Messages to Youth from Leonard Peltier
  Supporting the Leonard Peltier Defense offense Committee
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