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The late actress Bea Arthur left $100,000 to the American Indian College Fund for the Bea Arthur Scholarship Fund as part of her legacy. Known for her roles as Maude in the television show Maude and Dorothy in Golden Girls, Arthur was even more passionate about her role in helping others, according to her sons, [...]

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Nuclear Waste on Native American Reservations
By Earthtalk
Feb 20, 2010 – 12:38:55 PM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Native tribes across the American West have been and continue to be subjected to significant amounts of radioactive and otherwise hazardous waste as a result of living near nuclear test sites, uranium mines, power plants and toxic waste dumps.
And in some cases [...]

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DENVER, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has announced a grant for $450,000 to continue the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship Program at the American Indian College Fund (the Fund). The program was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and launched by the Fund in 2004 to increase the [...]

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From NIEA Newsletter:
US Senate on Indian Affairs Listening Session
Date: March 3, 2010
Time: 2:00-5:00 pm
Location: Dirksen Office Building, Room 628
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is conducting a listening session to discuss Indian Country’s priorities and recommendations for Indian education, particularly as it relates to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and its [...]

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Release No. 0083.10
Contact:
Office of Communications (202) 720-4623
 
Washington, Feb. 25, 2010 – The USDA Secretary Vilsack today signed an updated Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to promote increased cooperation between USDA, tribally controlled colleges and universities (TCUs), and American Indian/Alaska Native communities. The MOA reaffirms the partnership between AIHEC and USDA to assist in fulfilling the 2002 [...]

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Uranium Mining Begins Near Grand Canyon
Thousands of Claims Threaten Public Health & Sacred Lands
By Klee Benally – Indigenous Action Media (www.indigenousaction.org)
Grand Canyon, AZ — In defiance of legal challenges and a U.S. Government moratorium, Canadian company Denison Mines has started mining uranium on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. According to the Arizona Daily Sun [...]

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Ask Elouise
February 22, 2010
Dear Indian Country
This is the second in a series of open letters I’m sending to Indian Country to answer your very important questions about the settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit. Prior Ask Elouise letters can be found on the settlement website: http://cobellsettlement.com/class/ask_elouise.php. We also have a “frequently asked questions” section [...]

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New Tribal Radio Station Launhes in Alaska.  
 
Tribal Voices Radio lauches new internet radio show in 2010.
Their  mission is perserving our sovereignty, enhancing our economic and culture resources, and promoting self-sufficiency and self-governance for our citizens through collaboration, service and advocacy.
Please log onto www.tribalvoiceradio.com or contact us 1800-344-1432 ext 7348 to discuss any stories you may have, songs, [...]

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Laura Wesley Spurr Grosse Pointe Park Laura Wesley Spurr, Tribal Chair of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, died Friday, February 19, 2010 at the Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, California.
Laura was instrumental in developing and expanding the facilities of the Huron Potawatomi reservation in Fulton, Michigan, arranging the transfer of the Huron [...]

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February 23, 2010
For Immediate Release
For Information Contact:
Patrick Murphy (505) 404-5000
Nancy Harjo (800) 352-3496
AMERIND Risk Management Corporation is not affiliated with “AMERIND TRUST”
(Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico) — A Las Vegas, Nevada, company by the name of Native American Funds Management Services (“NAFMS”) has recently been using AMERIND’s name to solicit Indian tribes and Indian housing [...]

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