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Canku Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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Canku Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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SHAWI Or SHA-KONO |
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the moon (Month) of the FLOWERS |
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VALLEY MAIDU |
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"Crisis changes people and turns ordinary people into wiser and
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We salute- Kevin Shores In May, one veteran is going to ride over 200 miles in his wheelchair, from Moorhead
to the capital of Minnesota, St. Paul, to demand answers about Gulf War Illness. Currently there are 186 thousand
vets registered with symptoms of the Gulf War illness and thousands have died. Since the Gulf War information has
been obtained that proves that there are many unanswered questions and the government is withholding the answers.
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Geshick Joe began painting at age 19. In the late 70’s, he studied at the Art Students League in New York. While attending school, he worked at the Museum of the American Indian, where he made pen and ink drawings of the museum artifacts. After completing his studies in New York, Joe moved to the Lac La Croix reserve in Ontario, Canada, where he taught art in an elementary school.  click here |
Sugarbush Yup, we made maple syrup again. The cycle of seasons continues and we were able to
gather our share of the annual gift. I told my grandson, Aaron, the Creator must like us: we were given syrup again.
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Builder Trains Navajo Apprentices A commercial builder has entered into an agreement with the Navajo Nation to include
Navajo young people in the company's carpentry apprenticeship program. Commercial Enterprises Inc. agreed to sign
on as many as twenty-five apprentices because the company expects to do several projects on the reservation. |
After the Whale, Makah Making Points As a small town, like any other, that measures its pride through the achievements of its
youth, Neah Bay in the months since the hunt has made its mark in state sports with teams proudly called the Red
Devils. The Red Devil boys and girls basketball teams made it to the state Class B final tournament here. |
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Journey of the Sacred Hoop From April 2, until July 10 of 2000, a Hoop of 100 Eagle Feathers will be carried from
Los Angeles, California to Washington, DC on a Walk dedicated to bring healing from drug and alcohol abuse and
an ending to domestic violence in American Indian and Alaska Native communities everywhere. |
150 Youths Join Efforts to Stop Racism Tina Sawchuk admits she has never seen any blatant racism reflected in the windows
of her mostly white, middle-class Edmonton neighbourhood. But the 16-year-old high school student knew that wasn't
the case throughout her city, province and country. That prompted her to join about 150 youths criss-crossing Canada
in small groups this week in an effort to stop racism. |
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New Dawn Dancers Also Learn About Nature In their labor of love called New Dawn Native Dancers, youngsters learn the importance
of proper etiquette in and out of the pow wow arena. But, the couple doesn't stop there. They try to open up new
vistas to children who are far from reservations. |
SugarBush Native Americans were the first to discover 'sinzibuckwud', the Algonquin word for
maple syrup, meaning literally 'drawn from wood'. |
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Cherokee Festivals |
Save the Rain Forest |
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"OPPORTUNITIES" is from sources distributed nationally and includes scholarships,
grants, internships, fellowships, and career opportunities as well as announcements for conferences, workshops
and symposia. |
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Learn to say hello in different languages |
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this issue---Cree |
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hello is "ta'n(i)si ", which is pronounced tahn-si. |
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"Hello.", "Hi.", "How are
you?", "How are things?" |
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Algonquian Language family |
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In Every Issue ... |
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This Date |
Recipe: Maple
Syrup Treats |
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Story:
Spring Defeats Winter |
What is this: The River Otter |
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Bonus Story: Manabozho and the Maple Trees this issue's Web sites |
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Canku Ota is a free Newsletter celebrating Native America, its traditions and accomplishments . We do not provide subscriber or visitor names to anyone. Some articles presented in Canku Ota may contain copyright material. We have received appropriate permissions for republishing any articles. Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monetary gain to those who have expressed an interest. This is in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. Canku Ota is a copyright of Vicki Lockard and Paul Barry.
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