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AIR Anounces AIR Sr. Spring 2010
TODAY: Mentor Meeting at 5:15 pm at Loma 4, USD: 2-8-10
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AIR Program: "We would like to thank all the attendees at the AIR Program Fundraiser Banquet and all those who have supported our program through their generous donations. Truly, we all had a wonderful time. Thank you."
Photos of our Banquet can be found on our Photos Page
Award Recipient for AIR Program's "Mentor Leadership Award" for 2009 is Katherine I. Gordon (Maryland, University of San Diego) and Roberta Garcia (Navajo-University of San Diego).
Award Recipient for AIR Program's "Community Leadership Award" for 2009 is Michelle Jacob, Ph.D. (Yakama)
University of San Diego.
Award Recipients are for AIR Program's "Students of the Year" for 2009. Recipients are Monique Vasquez (Mojave), Chandler Hood (Navajo), and Rose Vasquez (Kumeyaay-Santa Ysabel)
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NAGPRA suffers surprising proposed budget cut
By Rob Capriccioso
Story Published: Feb 7, 2010
WASHINGTON – One area of the Obama administration’s proposed fiscal year 2011 budget sticks out like a sore thumb. While most Indian-focused programs are remaining steady or are set to make increases, the National Park Service has proposed to dramatically reduce the amount available for NAGPRA grants.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is the 1990 law that created a legal process for federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to return American Indian human remains and cultural items to respective tribes or lineal descendants.
NAGPRA grants, supported by appropriations from Congress, are meant to build cultural resources capacity for Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations and museums, so they may work to fulfill the law.
For the past three years, Congress has appropriated $2,331,000 each year for the NAGPRA grants program, which is widely heralded by many tribes for its ability to help them get up to speed on carrying out the intentions of the law.
Despite the tribal appreciation of the program, the Park Service only requested $1,750,000 for it in 2011. That’s a decrease of $581,000 or 25 percent of the level Congress appropriated for the program in 2010.
The dramatically curtailed request comes at a time soon after the Park Service reported the actual number of grant applications has more than doubled since fiscal year 2008.
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Challenger to Rep. Diane Watson supports Cherokee Nation
By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji)
© 2010 Native Sun News
February 8, 2010
How many of you know that a U. S. Congresswoman from California has twice tried to terminate the federal status of the Cherokee Nation? It may be the first and only time such an event has occurred. Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) is trying to do just that.
In March 2006, the Cherokee Nation's Supreme Court ruled that the descendants of the Cherokee Freedmen (Black descendants of slaves) were unjustly kept for over 20 years from enrolling as citizens. They were allowed to register and to become enrolled citizens of the Cherokee Nation.
Principal Chief Chad "Corntassel" Smith called for an emergency election to amend the constitution. A petition for a vote to remove the Freedmen descendants was circulated and Chief Smith held an emergency election. As a result of the amendment's near unanimous approval the Freedmen descendants were removed from the Cherokee Nation tribal rolls.
"It's an Indian thing, we do not want non-Indians in the tribe, our Indian blood is what binds us together," said Jodie Fishinghawk, who helped lead the drive to expel the Freedmen.
She notes that nearly all Indian nations require their citizens to be able to document direct ancestors in the tribe. Standards vary from nation to nation, and most are more stringent than the Cherokee. Fishinghawk says a tribe's right to set conditions of citizenship is fundamental to its sovereignty.
"It's a democratic process, people are allowed to vote. That's what America is based on, that's what we use here in the Cherokee Nation."
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USET, NIEA on schedule despite big snowstorm in DC
Monday, February 8, 2010
Dozens of tribal leaders and Indian educators are making their way to Washington, D.C., even as the nation's capitol digs itself out of a major snowstorm.
Upwards of two feet of snow fell in and around the capitol region and a few more inches are expected throughout the week. Despite the conditions, the United Southern and Eastern Tribes and the National Indian Education Association are committed to holding their DC conferences this week.
USET's Impact Week Meeting kicks off this morning at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Public transportation to and from the hotel will be severely limited today, since the Washington Metro has canceled service at the above-ground stations that most people would take to northern Virginia.
The conference runs through Thursday and includes a fundraiser at the Hard Rock Cafe in DC, hosted by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Other events include a Capitol Hill reception on Tuesday evening.
In DC proper, NIEA holds its 13th Legislative Summit at the Holiday Inn Capitol, near the U.S. Capitol. President Patrica L. Whitefoot is expected to deliver the State of Indian Education Address 2010 at 10am this morning.
Up-to-date information about transportation, road and weather conditions can be found at The Washington Post or on DCist.
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Earth, wind and wire: Going beyond solar panels
Here's a look at three technologies that California residents are using to cut their energy bills and turn their homes into clean mini-power plants.
By Chip Jacobs
February 6, 2010 | 6:57 p.m.
Not long ago, people who wanted to generate their own green energy at home had to content themselves with rooftop solar panels.
But new technologies -- and hefty government subsidies -- are now allowing homeowners to tap the wind, the Earth and other renewable sources in their own backyards.
Call it the green evolution.
The cost of heating and cooling with fossil fuels has nowhere to go but up, thanks to rising global demand and increased regulation of carbon emissions. Turning one's home into a clean mini-power plant is getting cheaper and easier all the time.
Here's a look at three technologies that some California residents are using now to cut utility costs while turning their homes into truly green houses.
Small wind
Californians driving along gusty interstates near such places as Palm Springs are accustomed to seeing commercial wind farms, where turbines as tall as buildings spin lazily against a blue sky.
These days, a modest but growing number of people are using a downsized version of that technology inside their own fence lines.
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