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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some of the nation's leading experts on the Native 8(a) program testified before Michigan's Senate Economic Development Committee on December 14, 2011 about the importance of Native 8(a) as part of the state's "Reinventing Michigan" initiative. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111221/DC26298LOGO )(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110325/MM71964LOGO ) The Small Business Administration's (SBA's) 8(a)...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2011 /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 19: FIRST AMERICAN INDIAN WOMAN DOCTOR Profile America -- Saturday, November 19th. As National American Indian Heritage Month continues, the accomplishments of many pioneering men and women are being honored. One of these is Susan La Flesche, an Omaha Indian from Nebraska who...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3: AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH Profile America -- Thursday, November 3rd. This is National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, with a wide variety of events planned across the country. It's estimated that there are 5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives in...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Native American Contractors Association (NACA) held its annual member meeting in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 2011 bringing together more than 50 different Tribal and Native corporation firms from across the country. During the week, the Washington Post published a front page article on a federal indictment of Army Corps of Engineers employees, and employees of EyakTek, a contracting firm headquartered in Dulles, VA. Four men were...

Scholars to Discuss How U.S. History Has Shaped Native American Jurisprudence WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian hosts "Fact or Fiction? The United States Courts' Use of History to Shape Native Law Jurisprudence," a symposium Friday, Oct. 7, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the museum's Rasmuson Theater. Full press release and high-res photos:...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) yesterday issued a press statement to advance her Anti-Native agenda by targeting a contract awarded to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Research and Technical Solutions (ASRC R&T), a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110325/MM71964LOGO) In a letter sent on September 16, 2011 to NASA Inspector General Paul Martin, McCaskill alleges that...

DENVER, Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation (SFNTC) has entered its fourth year of support for Native higher education with the American Indian College Fund by awarding $155,000 for Native student scholarships. Ten Native Teacher Preparation Scholarships will be awarded under the program for $4,000 each. To qualify, students must be American Indians attending a tribal college and studying to be a teacher or education paraprofessional. Ten...

Study has important implications to how "sensitive" landscapes are to land-use and farming strategiesA new study by Baylor University geology researchers shows that Native Americans' land use nearly a century ago produced a widespread impact on the eastern North American landscape and floodplain development several hundred years prior to the arrival of major European settlements.The study appears on-line in the journal Geology.Researchers attribute early colonial land-use practices,...

DENVER, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Long before gold brought pioneers to Colorado in 1858, the territory was home to a wide number of Native American tribes. This spring and summer, visitors can get a new look at Old West history at a variety of special events that range from authentic Indian powwows to world class exhibitions of Native American artworks. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110310/DC62903) (Logo:...

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking exhibition exploring the shared history between African and Native Americans will open at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art on Feb. 12, 2011. Red/Black: Related Through History includes an object-based exhibition on the subject, created by the Eiteljorg Museum, and the Smithsonian's traveling panel show, Indivisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas. (Photo:...