http://www.mail.com/subjects/15458-native-americans.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/15458-native-americans.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2095012-native-american-tale-with-international-pedigree.html CANNES, France (AP) — It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen. The film, an English language one from French director Arnaud Desplechin, made its premiere Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, where it's among 20 movies comp... Sat, 18 May 2013 14:25:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2095012-native-american-tale-with-international-pedigree.html 2013-05-18T14:25:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087740-secretary-lays-agenda-native-americans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told a Senate panel Wednesday that "Indian education is embarrassing" as she laid out her priorities on issues affecting Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Jewell made her first appearance as Interior secretary before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. The Interi... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:59:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087740-secretary-lays-agenda-native-americans.html 2013-05-15T21:59:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crime against humanity. It was a steep fall for the now-86-year-old former strongman who ruled Guatemala from March 198... Sun, 12 May 2013 03:08:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html 2013-05-12T03:08:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said. Relatives of those killed and activists celebrated the 80-year... Sat, 11 May 2013 05:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html 2013-05-11T05:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2048034-thousands-turn-nations-largest-powwow.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A thunderous, rhythmic roar of jingling bells and beating drums rumbled through University of New Mexico Arena on Friday as hundreds of Native American and indigenous dancers gathered for the start of powwow season. The three-day Gathering of Nations, North America's largest powwow, drew more than 1,500 competitive dancers and ten... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:49:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2048034-thousands-turn-nations-largest-powwow.html 2013-04-27T01:49:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2044382-orleans-jazz-fest-features-living-legends.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If there's a theme to this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, it may be living legends. Headliners include B.B. King, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Hall and Oates and Fleetwood Mac. There's also a cast of modern day hit makers such as The Black Keys, Maroon 5, Jill Scott, Kem, the Dave Matthews Band and New Orleans native Frank... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:11:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2044382-orleans-jazz-fest-features-living-legends.html 2013-04-25T16:11:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038470-lawyer-inspectors-clear-nm-horse-slaughterhouse.html ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — About 5 miles from this southeastern New Mexico town's famed UFO museum, tucked between dairy farms, is a nondescript metal building that could be home to any number of small agricultural businesses. But Valley Meat Co. is no longer just another agricultural business. It's a former cattle slaughterhouse whose kill floor has been redes... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:12:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038470-lawyer-inspectors-clear-nm-horse-slaughterhouse.html 2013-04-23T20:12:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2034894-feds-halt-funding-361m-pipeline.html BOX ELDER, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials temporarily stopped funding a $361 million water pipeline for a Native American reservation in Montana after learning that millions of project dollars were missing and a Chippewa Cree leader in charge of the project steered federal dollars to a company he owns. The tribe has since replaced the missing money, but f... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:51:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2034894-feds-halt-funding-361m-pipeline.html 2013-04-21T16:51:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2032700-judge-sides-with-sons-jim-thorpes-remains.html HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The two surviving children of sports great Jim Thorpe won a critical ruling Friday in federal court that could clear the way for his remains to be removed from a mausoleum in the Pennsylvania town that bears his name and reinterred on American Indian land in Oklahoma. U.S. District Judge Richard Caputo ruled in favor of sons Bill an... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:35:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2032700-judge-sides-with-sons-jim-thorpes-remains.html 2013-04-20T01:35:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2028468-actor-wes-studi-to-western-hall-greats.html SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Wes Studi is set to become the second Native American inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers in Oklahoma City. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/10212I0 ) that the "Dances with Wolves" and "The Last of the Mohicans" star will be inducted Saturday with the lat... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:14:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2028468-actor-wes-studi-to-western-hall-greats.html 2013-04-18T16:14:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024960-to-save-endangered-languages-tribes-turn-to-tech.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a windowless conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of new apps and screening for glitches. But these are no Silicon Valley techies in town for one of the city's massive electronics shows. Many are from far-flung American Indian reservations, and... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:32:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024960-to-save-endangered-languages-tribes-turn-to-tech.html 2013-04-17T21:32:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023284-high-court-wrestles-with-indian-adoption-dispute.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is trying to sort out a wrenching adoption case involving a Native American child, a biological father who first renounced any interest in her and adoptive parents who were eventually ordered to hand her over to the father. The justices heard an appeal Tuesday from the South Carolina couple who wanted to adopt the girl,... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:46:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023284-high-court-wrestles-with-indian-adoption-dispute.html 2013-04-16T19:46:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2015450-protesters-jeer-hopi-masks-sell-paris.html PARIS (AP) — In a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court ignored the objections of the Hopi tribe and the U.S. government. The total tally was 931,000 euros ($1.2 million), with the most expensive, the "Mother Crow," selling for 160,000 euros ($209,000) — more than t... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:16:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2015450-protesters-jeer-hopi-masks-sell-paris.html 2013-04-12T19:16:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012762-french-judge-to-rule-hopi-masks-sold.html PARIS (AP) — Is there such a thing as too sacred to sell? That's the question a French judge could answer Friday in a potentially landmark decision in Paris on whether dozens of Native American tribal masks can go up for auction. The masks are undoubtedly striking pieces of art — surreal faces made from wood, leather, horse hair and feathers — and painted... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:09:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012762-french-judge-to-rule-hopi-masks-sold.html 2013-04-11T19:09:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1994802-arizona-tribe-seeks-artifacts-up-auction.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona tribe is asking a Paris auction house to cancel its upcoming sale of dozens of items central to the tribe's religious practices and return them to their original homes in the American Southwest. Neret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou describes the collection on its website as katsina masks of the Hopi Indians of Arizona. They are ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:45:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1994802-arizona-tribe-seeks-artifacts-up-auction.html 2013-04-03T20:45:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984752-holy-week-pilgrims-visit-nm-shrine-under-pope.html CHIMAYO, N.M. (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims are expected during Easter weekend to visit El Santuario de Chimayo, one of the most popular Catholic shrines in the Americas. And this year, pilgrims are coming to this adobe chapel in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains under historic circumstances — the "Lourdes of America" is now under the first pope from ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:31:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984752-holy-week-pilgrims-visit-nm-shrine-under-pope.html 2013-03-28T18:31:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1966564-feds-native-mob-gang-dented-work-remains.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they've weakened a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest now that an alleged leader and two members have been convicted in one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. But investigators acknowledge their work isn't done in Minnesota or other states where th... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:35:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1966564-feds-native-mob-gang-dented-work-remains.html 2013-03-20T12:35:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three alleged members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest were convicted Tuesday in what authorities called one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. An alleged leader of the Native Mob, 34-year-old Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, was found guilty on several charges including t... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:24:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html 2013-03-19T23:24:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937540-law-tribes-authority-non-indians.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes on reservations. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that tribal courts lack criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, tribes have had to get creative in trying to hold that p... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:03:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937540-law-tribes-authority-non-indians.html 2013-03-08T02:03:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937500-obama-signs-expanded-violence-women.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed expanded protections for domestic violence victims into law Thursday, renewing a measure credited with curbing attacks against women a year and a half after it lapsed amid partisan bickering. The revitalized Violence Against Women Act also marked an important win for gay rights advocates and Native Americans... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:14:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937500-obama-signs-expanded-violence-women.html 2013-03-07T21:14:43Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1931526-tv-jokes-alcoholism-ariz-tribes.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona tribal members say they're shocked by a television sitcom that made fun of one of the most pervasive social ills on American Indian reservations — alcoholism. One of the characters on the CBS show "Mike & Molly" joked about drunken Indians in Arizona, a state that is home to 21 federally recognized American Indian tribes. A... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:34:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1931526-tv-jokes-alcoholism-ariz-tribes.html 2013-03-05T00:34:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1920930-congress-passes-bill-renewing-anti-violence-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans raised the white flag Thursday on extending domestic violence protections to gays, lesbians and transsexuals after months of resisting an expansion of the Violence Against Women Act. GOP leaders, who had tried to limit the bill before last November's election, gave the go-ahead for the House to accept a more ambitious S... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:34:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1920930-congress-passes-bill-renewing-anti-violence-law.html 2013-02-28T20:34:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1917858-house-to-take-up-senates-anti-violence.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress appeared on a course to renew the expired Violence Against Women Act after House Republican leaders on Tuesday agreed to take up a version of the 1994 anti-domestic violence law that passed the Senate two weeks ago by a wide, bipartisan margin. The decision to allow a vote on the Senate bill, rather than insist on the House GOP'... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:17:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1917858-house-to-take-up-senates-anti-violence.html 2013-02-27T02:17:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1904068-republicans-offer-deal-american-indian-courts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Several House Republicans on Wednesday proposed legislation on Native American courts that could lay the groundwork for a compromise on the stalled Violence Against Women Act. The legislation gives tribal courts the authority to prosecute non-Indians accused of abusing partners on tribal lands. The bill, introduced by Reps. Darrell Issa ... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:51:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1904068-republicans-offer-deal-american-indian-courts.html 2013-02-20T20:51:14Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1897196-rihanna-issa-light-up-london-fashion-week.html LONDON (AP) — London Fashion Week moved into high international gear Saturday with a debut collection from Barbadian pop diva Rihanna, a Native American-inspired show by Brazilian-born Issa and a host of other eclectic offerings. No one went to Rihanna's Saturday night debut as a fashion designer expecting demure dresses set off with tasteful pearls. So n... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:40:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1897196-rihanna-issa-light-up-london-fashion-week.html 2013-02-17T00:40:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891936-womens-security-raised-american-indian-leader.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the National Congress of American Indians urged the House on Thursday to pass the Violence Against Women Act so Native Americans and Alaska Natives can "protect their own people and surrounding communities against brutality." Jefferson Keel's appeal followed Senate passage on Tuesday of the act that continues to allow fu... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:44:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891936-womens-security-raised-american-indian-leader.html 2013-02-14T20:44:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1890718-landowner-asks-39m-wounded-knee-site.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — One of the country's poorest Native American tribes wants to buy a historically significant piece of land where 300 of their ancestors were killed, but tribal leaders say the nearly $4 million price tag for a property appraised at less than $7,000 is just too much. James Czywczynski is trying to sell a 40-acre fraction of the Woun... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:38:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1890718-landowner-asks-39m-wounded-knee-site.html 2013-02-14T01:38:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885546-senate-approves-anti-violence-women.html WASHINGTON (AP) — By a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians, immigrants and Native American women will have equal access to the act's anti-domestic violence programs. The 78-22 Senate vote to reauthorize the two-decade-old act that has shielded millions of w... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885546-senate-approves-anti-violence-women.html 2013-02-12T19:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1875090-senate-poised-to-renew-violence-women.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators tussled Thursday over whether Indian authorities should be able to prosecute non-Indians in domestic abuse cases, an issue that has delayed passage of legislation to renew the federal government's main law in the fight against domestic violence. A final vote on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act is now scheduled for Mo... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1875090-senate-poised-to-renew-violence-women.html 2013-02-07T20:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1867372-senate-tries-to-move-anti-violence-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support, on Monday launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding its provisions to cover gays, lesbians and Native Americans. The legislation to renew the Violence Against Women Act appeared on a smooth path toward passage in the Senate, possibly by the... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1867372-senate-tries-to-move-anti-violence-bill.html 2013-02-04T22:23:00Z