Akron, Ohio (AP)
Forestry officials and volunteers are working to revive the American chestnut tree, the woodland giants that once dominated forests across the eastern United States.
Ohio Division of Forestry chief David Lytle is working with others to preserve the genetic stock of the region’s Native American chestnuts – a necessity since trees from Ohio might not do well in North Carolina or Tennessee.
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Olympia, Washington (ICC)
The Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at The Evergreen State College recently awarded its first round of national Ford Foundation IllumiNation grants to Native American artists. The center awarded 16 individual grants of up to $2,000 each in the National...12-20-2007, 05:21 PM -
By Matt Gouras
Helena, Montana (AP)
A new report says that Native American inmates were subjected to group strip searches before and after sweat-lodge ceremonies at the private Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby; but the Department of Corrections said the findings do not...05-28-2009, 11:49 AM -
By Jack D. Forbes
News From Indian Country
The current celebration of the Jamestown colony in Attan-Akamik (Virginia) is an example of the distortions of north American history found in the popular culture of the USA and Canada, and also in our schools’ educational curricula....05-08-2008, 05:26 PM -
Story & Photos By Sandra Hale Schulman
Thousand Oaks, California (NFIC)
Nestled in the lush hills above Malibu, the Chumash Interpretive Center held a Native American Blues Festival that was more message than music.
You can’t put Winona LaDuke and John Trudell...09-29-2008, 03:15 PM -
Columbus, Ohio (AP)
Ohio environmental regulators have asked 1,000 businesses and organizations to volunteer emissions information to a group tracking greenhouse gases across North America.
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Chris Korleski recently sent letters...01-28-2008, 09:37 AM