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

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

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/2011/10/08/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/2011/11/17/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/2011/11/21/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

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

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

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/2012/06/07/usda-study-taxing-or-increasing-cost-of-sugary-beverages-can-lower-obesity-rates-116876 A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) study, ?Measuring Weight Outcomes for Obesity Intervention Strategies: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,? has found that increasing the price of sugary drinks by 20 percent wouldContinue 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

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/2012/03/09/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/2012/02/18/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