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Guest Blog Written by Ralph Richardson (My husband) – “GEObet, Northern Bear Casino Defend Online Gaming Site in Face of Scrutiny From Canadian Government

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/geobet-northern-bear-casino-defend-online-gaming-site-face-scrutiny-canadian-government This article initially ran on Indian Country Today: GEObet, Northern Bear Casino Defend Online Gaming Site in Face of Scrutiny From Canadian GovernmentRalph RichardsonDecember 10, 2012 The aboriginal-owned GEObet Tribal Gambling Network, anContinue reading

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Rev and Interview of The Sugar Project: Modern Day Navaho Monster

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/11/19/navajo-monster-artist-shares-diabetes-focused-multimedia-installation-made-from-granulated-sugar-146394 An edited version of this post originally ran on ICTMN.com. In Chantelle Trista Yazzie?s multimedia installation The Sugar Project: Modern Day Navaho Monster, compelling images of human torsos topped with skeletal heads offerContinue reading

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Searching for the Beauty Within: Rev. of Like a Tree Without Roots

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/book-review-searching-for-the-beauty-within/2012/10/18/62bca920-18b1-11e2-8bfd-12e2ee90dcf2_blog.html This review originally appeared in The Washington Post: Posted at 09:15 AM ET, 10/18/2012Book Review: Searching for the beauty withinBy Eisa Nefertari Ulen In her debut young adult novel, ?Like a Tree WithoutContinue reading

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Tiya A. Miles: Similar Struggles Should Unite Native and African Americans in Protesting Columbus Day

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/10/09/tiya-a-miles-similar-struggles-should-unite-native-and-african-americans-in-protesting-columbus-day-138565 This interview originally appeared in Indian Country Today. Columbus? voyage to the Americas provided a direct route to the exploitation, dehumanization, and decimation of African and Indigenous peoples in the west. Whole populationsContinue reading

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Native Cry Outreach has new PSA Aimed at Native Americans Considering Suicide

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/06/watch-native-cry-outreach-alliances-gripping-psa-for-natives-contemplating-suicide-127501 Native Cry Outreach Alliance, an organization dedicated to suicide prevention within the Native American community, has produced a gripping new public service announcement (PSA) aimed at Natives who are considering taking their ownContinue reading

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A Study in Poop: Archaeological Dig Reveals Surprising Causes – and Possible Cures – for Diabetes Epidemic

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/23/study-of-remains-of-the-pueblo-reveals-causes%E2%80%94and-possible-cures%E2%80%94for-diabetes-epidemic-130651 The future health of Natives may lie in the scatological remains of the past?a vanguard study of ancient excrement has offered fresh new ways of thinking about the prevalence of diabetes among NativeContinue reading

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Guest Blog Written by Ralph Richardson (my husband) – “Canada, US, and New Zealand Indigenous Groups to Start an Aborignal-Owned Chartered Bank in Canada”

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/07/26/canada-u-s-and-new-zealand-indigenous-groups-to-start-an-aboriginal-owned-chartered-bank-in-canada-125660 A document historic in the realm of Native American and First Nations finance was signed in Winnipeg, Canada on July 17. The Aboriginal financial institution Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation (TWCC), is leading aContinue reading

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Guest Blog Written by Ralph Richardson (my husband) – “Montana Senator Sheds Light on Chippewa Cree’s Plain Green Loans”

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/27/montana-senator-sheds-light-on-chippewa-crees-plain-green-loans-74957 Because of growing restrictions on payday loans, banks and payday lenders are teaming up with American Indian businesses. Indian country offers a loophole, sovereign immunity, that shields companies from the U.S. government?s mandatedContinue reading

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Guest Blog Written by Ralph Richardson (my husband) – “The Hope Segun Foundation Targets Native Youth with Outreach Program”

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/21/the-hope-segun-foundation-targets-native-youth-with-outreach-program-63040 The Hope Segun Foundation has recently launched an outreach program that targets Native American youth. The foundation is named after its founder, Hope Segun, a 6ft 11in Nigerian who came to the UnitedContinue reading