Most Americans, though they may recognize – when they pause to give it a moment’s thought – that Europeans conquered the people native to this continent as part of the process of establishing the United States and other nations, and they might grudgingly concede, in their need to retain a fierce pride in their national […]
Obama Stimulates Native Americans
It is less than half what the the NCAI requested, but RedClout continues to feel hope over news that the the Senate is including in the $819 billion economic stimulus package already passed by the House $2.8 billion for tribes, for housing, health care, education, and infrastructure, among other categories. More here. AJA
Apache Chronicles
Douglas Miles, subject of our previous post, wil be exhbiting his work at the Dada Contemporary gallery in Tucson, AZ, 439 N. 6th Avenue, opening reception this coming Saturday February 7 from 6-8 p.m. The Apache Skateboard Team will perform. AJA
People of San Carlos II
Douglas Miles is Apache. He is an artist. He is an entrepreneur. He is a skateboard crew leader. He is an activist and “community organizer,” of a kind. (Photos by Brendan Moore: www.BrendanMoorePhoto.com) Can he be any one of those things alone? Or, for most people, must every role he takes on be encountered only […]
The Lone Butte Nine
Imagine a former deputy assistant and White House liaison to the American Indian community in the Clinton administration who in her 60s takes a job as a low paid security guard at one of Phoenix’s best high schools in order to enable her grandchildren to attend. Imagine she discovers physical abuse and terrible educational neglect […]