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NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
NIEA Job Description: Director of Communications
For Immediate Hire
The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) seeks a full time, in house Director of Communications to assist in creating and executing an overarching communications plan to promote and expand the influence and capacity of the organization to accomplish its mission and provide increased [...]

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LONDON.- A series of fascinating and important 19th century portraits of Native Americans by the pioneering German/American photographer, John Karl Hillers are for sale in Bonhams India and Beyond sale at Knightsbridge on 5 October 2010.
Hillers emigrated with his family to the USA from his native Hanover in 1852 when he was just nine years [...]

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By FELICIA FONSECA (AP)  
ALBUQUERQUE — Tourists hurry inside a shop here to buy books about the famed Navajo Code Talkers, warriors who used their native language as their primary weapon. 
Outside, on a walk sheltered from the sun, nine of the Code Talkers sit at a table autographing the books. Each is an old man now. [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Drew Glassford  or Beth Huss  
TEL: 630/726-0001    630/205-3557
EMAIL:      tribalwisdom@gmail.com
 
A NEW VISION FOR FLAGSTAFF
Create the most Eco-friendly Ski Resort in the World

The Tribal Wisdom Foundation (TWF) has presented a non-snowmaking alternative for the ski resort located on the San Francisco Peaks to the Mayor and City Council of Flagstaff.  This no snowmaking alternative involves [...]

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Language-Learning Provider Helps Promote Native American Language Use among Younger Generations
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Rosetta Stone Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!rst/quotes/nls/rst (RST 17.37, -0.36, -2.03%) , a leading provider of technology-based language learning solutions, announced today the release of the Navajo-language version of Rosetta Stone(R) software for use by Navajo in language revitalization. Though [...]

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For Immediate Release:
Thursday, July 29, 2010
(Albuquerque, NM) ––On July 9, 2010, a New Mexico state court awarded $304,000.00 to AMERIND Risk Management Corporation [AMERIND] after finding that Brown & Brown Inc. [B&B, Inc.], the world’s seventh largest insurance agency by Business Insurance magazine, breached a contract to market AMERIND’s newly created tribal workers compensation insurance [...]

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)— President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes.
Obama signed the Tribal Law and Order Act on Thursday.
The measure provides for the appointment of special U.S. attorneys to ensure violent crimes in tribal communities are prosecuted. It also revamps training for [...]

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Save the date: August 26-27, 2010
7th Annual NNALSA Job Fair
Denver, Colorado
Location: TBD
Greetings!
The National Native American Law Students Association will hold their annual Job Fair this year in Denver, Colorado.
NNALSA invites you to join us for this distinct opportunity to meet and interview with a diverse group of Indian Law-focused law firms, government and tribal agencies, [...]

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Ask Elouise
July 7, 2010
Dear Indian Country
This is the twelfth letter in a series of open letters that I’m sending to Indian Country. The purpose of this letter is to update you about the settlement and to answer your most relevant questions.
As I reported in the last letter, the House of Representatives voted to pass the [...]

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July 6, 2010,
Washington, DC- Colin Kippen has been selected by the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) board of directors to serve as its new Executive Director.  He will undertake the leadership of NIEA, the largest Indian education organization. 
NIEA was incorporated in 1970 as a membership-based organization with a mission to “support traditional Native cultures and [...]

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