Your Native Valentine

http://youtu.be/mNQAk58D9Vw

Here’s a little Native Love for you from Dallas Goldtooth of the 1491s.

I hope you watch this video and know that someone is thinking of you and loves you very much!

“This is a short video showing love and recognition to all Native women in our lives. They are the carriers of our culture, the keepers of the flame. We love them beyond all possibility. We cherish them Indian girls.

They [are] our buddies. our loves. our morning. our moon. our past. We love you ladies.”

xoxo
-NativeJournalist

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My first day at APTN!

I landed in Winnipeg early this morning, about 10 hours after I was supposed to thanks to issues with United Airlines [groan].  As you may have seen in my tweets yesterday, United was canceling, rescheduling and even booting people off of flights left and right!  One flight was supposed to seat 50 passengers, but the [...]

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Good News and Updates!

The semester is finally drawing to a close, which means I am 2/3 of the way done with grad school!  This final week of classes will either make or break me, as I have a tremendous amount of work to complete before the Summer begins. However, I have great news!  I recently found out that [...]

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Documentary explores Native perspective on health care

Rich-Heape Films, the creators of the documentary “Our Spirits Don’t speak English: Indian Boarding School” (a Native American perspective on Indian Boarding Schools) are working on a new project about health care and Native Americans. It is tittled “AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTHCARE: A NATIVE PROSPECTIVE”. Check out the teaser… From the Rich-Heape Films website: “AMERICAN INDIAN [...]

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(Native American) Immigration Law Enforcement

If you haven’t seen this video yet, you really need to take a minute and check it out. It’s so well made and shows the other perspective on the illegal immigration issue. If you’re originally from Europe, let me see YOUR papers. You’re being deported for coming here illegally! I know we may not be [...]

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8th Annual Mount Sinai Global Health Conference Focuses on Indigenous Communities

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I will be attending this year’s 8th Annual Mount Sinai Global Indigenous Health Conference in New York City this weekend. I’m really looking forward to Friday evenings movie screening. See below for more information! If you’re in New York this week, I highly suggest that you register and attend. This [...]

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Families USA Health Care Conference Accounced for January 27, 2010!

WASHINGTON, DC – From that organization that holds the annual Minority Health Care Journalism Training Conference comes Health Action 2010. According to Families USA, At this conference you’ll: * Hear powerful speeches from national leaders and the Administration * Learn more about the legislation, implementation timelines, and next steps for states * Share field strategies [...]

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Dr. Weil on CNN with Larry King

This is a great video that will clearly explain why we desperately need to make health care available for everyone! Dr. Weil is brilliant! Take a look here. -NativeJournalist

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Update: SCIC 2009 Pow Wow – CANCELED! (kind of)

Say it isn’t so! The Southern California Indian Center’s 41st annual Summer Pow Wow has been canceled according to the LA Times. Read the article here. According to Paul Starr, the center’s Executive Director, there was a “huge decline in sponsorships and donations.” Apparently, the L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs backed out as did another [...]

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Southern California Indian Center 2009 Pow Wow

©nativejournalist 2008 (photo taken at the ’08 Southern California Indian Center Pow Wow in Los Angeles, CA) I can’t wait for this year’s SCIC Pow Wow! Is anyone else excited for fry bread, Indian tacos, pow wow dancing and drumming, jewelry and misc. decorative item buying? SCIC’s 41st Annual Pow Wow will be held at [...]

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