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LONGMONT, Colo., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's called "Minor's Trust," "Big Money" or "18 Money," and for a number of Native American youth, it represents a blessing and a curse. However, a new interactive web tool can help Native youth do big things with their minor's trust. A small number of tribes pay out dividends from tribal businesses, or per capita payments, to their members. Payments for tribal members who are age 17 or younger are usually held in a financial...
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Native American community all too often has been victimized by the use of insensitive and derogatory words. As an organization representing the interests of Native Americans, the Native American Contractors Association ("NACA") understands the pain felt by the Hispanic community as a result of Representative Don Young's insensitive choice of words. As such, NACA appreciates the Congressman's public apology....
LONGMONT, Colo., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced it has awarded a new round of grants totaling $375,000 to 10 Native American organizations. The grants, made possible by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, were awarded under First Nations' Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative (NAFSI). All of the projects aim to enhance Native control of local food systems - especially in addressing issues such as food...
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Native American Contractors Association: The recent report that no-bid contracts to large federal contractors increased by 9 billion dollars in 2012, and now Senator McCaskill's proposed budget resolution amendment to scale back federal contracting to Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs), is a slap in the face to Indian Country, as well as all other small businesses. Native American-owned...
Feature-length film will pull back the curtain on lucrative, shadowy world of Indian gaming ASPEN, Colo., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The history of casino gaming on Indian Lands receives the documentary treatment in the upcoming film "Neon Buffalo." Marcos Rodriguez and David Traub, the team behind the recent Steve Jobs biopic "jOBS," have signed on as executive producers. The film will explore all facets of Indian gaming, from its roots in traditional games of chance to the...
LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance is actively being formed following a successful introductory webinar about the effort that was held on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, and which attracted nearly 200 interested parties from across the U.S. First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), based in Longmont, and the Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC), based in Taos, New Mexico, held the webinar and...
Free Noontime Festivals Provide Intimate Look into Native American Culture www.ScottsdaleNativeTrails.com SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Get a rare glimpse into the Native American nations that span the Southwest during the 11(th) season of Native Trails, presented by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and produced by the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. During these free noontime festivals Jan. 17 through April 6, 2013, attendees will be...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Northern European populations - including British, Scandinavians, French and some Eastern Europeans - descend from a mixture of two very different ancestral populations a new study finds, and one of these populations is related to Native Americans. The results of this study, published in the November issue of the Genetics Society of America's journal GENETICS, help fill in the gaps in scientific understanding of both Native American...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24: SUSAN LA FLESCHE Profile America -- Saturday, November 24th. Many pioneering men and women are being honored as National American Indian Heritage Month continues. One of them is Susan La Flesche, an Omaha Indian from Nebraska, who set her sights on becoming a doctor....
DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California is partnering with California's tribal nations, for a second year in a row, to make $1 million available to help tribal farmers and ranchers put additional conservation on the ground. Applications will be accepted through November 16, 2012, for consideration pending Congressional approval of Farm Bill conservation funding. Funding is being made available...
