Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/17/u-s-sacred-power-co-founder-david-melton-embarks-on-nascar-venture-62716 ?Using the strengths of the Father to protect the gifts of the Mother? is the philosophy of Sacred Power Corporation, the largest Native-owned-and-operated renewable-energy systems integration and manufacturing firm in the U.S. SacredContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/10/08/why-jacoby-ellsbury-should-be-the-american-league-mvp-56841 Jacoby MaCabe Ellsbury, the first Native American of Navajo descent to reach the Major Leagues and member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, is one of those rare athletes who are good atContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/10/30/qa-with-cherokee-nascar-driver-a-j-russell-59418 A.J. Russell, a member of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, and a pioneering NASCAR driver, has always had racing pumping in his blood. At the age of 7, living in Clovis California, heContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/23/super-sophomore-tyler-bray-leads-the-tennessee-volunteers-55170 Autumn is here and with the change of the leaves and the season comes college football, and with college football comes talk of the Heisman. Who is on your Heisman watch? Is itContinue reading

This post originally appeared on IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com. A 26-Year-Old Lakota Activist Campaigns to Make Plan B Available, Affordable to Native WomenBy Eisa Ulen July 12, 2012 Sunny Clifford, a 26-year-old Pine Ridge Tribal park ranger, hasContinue reading

This post originally appeared on TheDefendersOnline.com. Legendary Footprints: The Apollo Walk of Fame Posted By The Editors | June 2nd, 2010 | Category: LDF Voices | No Comments » Print This Post By Ralph RichardsonContinue reading

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eisa-ulen/eisa-ulen-remembers-her-friend-erica-kennedy_b_1644717.html?utm_hp_ref=black-voices This article originally ran on TheHuffingtonPost.com. Eisa Ulen Remembers Her Friend, Erica KennedyPosted: 07/03/2012 12:35 am I do not want to write in the past tense. I must use the past tense notContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/05/fetal-alcohol-syndrome-rate-higher-among-american-indians-48085 A mother rouses from sleep, cradles her newborn infant and yawns. She then gets up and carries the baby, all soft and not quite ready to wail for food, into the kitchen. SheContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/09/anniversary-of-911-felt-by-indian-construction-workers-52728 Ten years ago?on the day everything changed for so many?women, children and grown men cried. Even tough men, men who worked with their hands or on big machines, men who wouldn?t ever letContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/01/peak-performance-first-nations-youth-learn-life-skills-on-the-slopes-59961 A young man in British Columbia stands on a precipice. Wind and ice and the fresh feeling of his own youthful power compel him to lean, angle and fly. He soars, twists, landsContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/17/o-b-osceola-first-native-nascar-team-owner-looks-to-open-doors-for-indian-country-62086 O.B. Osceola Jr. has warrior leadership in his blood. He is the descendant of a man who was at one time the most famous American Indian in the world, the man who ignitedContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/28/diabetics-need-to-pay-extra-close-attention-to-their-teeth-and-gums-64881 Diabetics have to watch what they eat, make sure they exercise, and, it turns out, they have to make sure they brush and floss with greater vigilance, too. There is a complex relationshipContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/12/03/the-shocking-facts-behind-the-dental-crisis-in-indian-country%E2%80%94and-a-possible-solution-65438 The Native American Oral Health Care Project reports that dental decay is 300 times more likely in the American Indian population than it is in the general U.S. population. Even more alarming, RepresentativeContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/18/new-york-city-fourth-graders-study-lenape-culture-learn-respect-97110 If most non-Natives know only Tonto, the local sports mascot, and a full-voiced ?Geronominoooo!?as their key Indian country reference points, that?s partly because television and film have been their primary educators when itContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/despite-high-incidence-of-rape-native-women-denied-right-to-plan-b-101640 Native American women face overwhelming barriers that deny them use of the emergency contraception pill known as the morning-after pill, otherwise known as Plan B, a new report by the Native American Women?sContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/05/18/a-wound-as-small-as-a-dime-improper-care-can-lead-to-death-in-diabetics-113732 For an alarmingly high number of Native Americans, a diagnosis of Type II Diabetes is the first in a series of preventable conditions that result in premature morbidity. The second is Diabetic Neuropathy,Continue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/05/24/the-twin-cities-american-indian-family-center-needs-your-vote-114683 One vote can make a world of difference for the American Indian Family Center (AIFC), a nonprofit supporting the American Indian community in the Twin Cities area by strengthening family bonds through culturalContinue reading