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  1. American Indian

    American Indian may refer to Native Americans in the United States Indigenous people of the Americas Indian American Americans in India With a hyphen, India United States relations , e.g., an Indo American treaty disambig eo Indiano th ...   more details



  1. Indian American

    Indian to avoid confusion with Indigenous peoples of the Americas American Indian . History The term ..., American Indian and East Indies East Indian were and are commonly used. American Indian is still ... by far the largest Indian American population of any metropolitan area in the United States. As of August .... At least seventeen Indian American enclaves characterized as a Little India location Little India have emerged in the New York metropolitan area. Other metropolitan areas with large Indian American ... Jersey is 17.75 Indian American the highest percentage of any municipality in the United States. ref ... name autogenerated1 The Indian American Centre for Political Awareness. ref ref https www.cia.gov ... title ref Socioeconomic Education According to the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, there are close to 35,000 Indian American Physician doctors . ref cite web url http www.usinpac.com ... title ref Economics According to the 2000 U.S. Census , Indian American men had the highest year round, full time median earnings 51,094 , while Indian American women had a median income of 35,173. ref ... World Cup . Many metropolitan areas with high Indian American populations now have ... a number of Indian Christian s in mainstream American churches. ref cite web url http www.garamchai.com ... 2010 07 17 ref The Indian Christian Americans have formed the Federation of Indian American ... in the United States and Canada. FIACONA estimates the indian american Christianity in India ... A Merry Indian American Christmas ref The large Parsi people Parsi community is represented ... Indian American is also an umbrella label applying to a variety of views, values, lifestyles ... title Indian American Scholar Susan Koshy Probes Interracial Sex year 2005 publisher INDOlink url http ... laws , a Eurasian mixed ancestry Eurasian daughter born to an Indian father and Irish American ... 1790 Following American independence from the British, Indian immigrants began entering the independent ...   more details



  1. American Indian Museum

    An American Indian Museum is a museum that focuses on the history, culture and arts of North American native peoples. Specifically, it may refer to National Museum of the American Indian , Washington D.C. Iroquois Indian Museum in Howes Cave, New York Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evaston, Illinois Autry National Center Southwest Museum of the American Indian Southwest Museum of the American Indian , in Los Angeles, California Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico disambig ...   more details



  1. American Indian Quarterly

    infobox journal title American Indian Quarterly cover editor Amanda J. Cobb discipline American Indian studies language abbreviation publisher University of Nebraska Press country U.S.A. frequency quarterly history openaccess license impact impact year website http www.nebraskapress.unl.edu product American Indian Quarterly,673174.aspx link1 link1 name link2 link2 name RSS atom JSTOR OCLC 45629413 LCCN 2001 212072 CODEN ISSN 0095 182X eISSN boxwidth American Indian Quarterly is an academic journal devoted to the indigenous peoples of North and South America. See also Journal of Indigenous Studies AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Law Centre Journal of Aboriginal Health Oceania journal Native American studies Center for World Indigenous Studies Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas Category University of Nebraska Lincoln Category Native American studies American Indian Quarterly Category Area studies journals ...   more details



  1. American Indian Movement of Colorado

    One source date April 2010 Primary sources date April 2010 The American Indian Movement of Colorado Colorado AIM is a breakaway branch of the American Indian Movement . The Colorado AIM came to nationwide public attention in 2005 because of the national attention focused on Ward Churchill , who serves on the Leadership Council of the organization. Russell Means , another well known Native Americans in the United States Native American activist serves on its American Indian elder Elders Council. Recent activism in Colorado has centered on protests against the Columbus Day parade , held annually in Denver, Colorado Denver . Colorado AIM supports Ward Churchill and maintains an http coloradoaim.org wardpetition.htm online petition in support of him. External links http www.coloradoaim.org Home page of the American Indian Movement of Colorado http coloradoaim.org photos1.htm Photos Category American Indian Movement Category Organizations based in Colorado ...   more details



  1. American Indian Scouting Association

    Infobox WorldScouting type organization name American Indian Scouting Association image American Indian Scouting Association.png image size caption headquarters location country United States f date 1956 founder members chiefscouttitle chiefscout owner Boy Scouts of America br Girl Scouts of the USA website http www.amerindscouting.org The American Indian Scouting Association AISA is a joint venture of the Boy Scouts of America BSA and the Girl Scouts of the USA GSUSA , whose goals are To help adults who are responsible for administration as well as troop leaders to develop their talents through Scouting to better serve American Indian youth To help youth recognize their talents and capabilities through Girl Scouting or Boy Scouting and to serve their communities To exchange ideas about successful Girl Scouting and Boy Scouting programs for American Indian youth To help youths of all tribes and cultures learn by association to appreciate the wide differences of people of Indian heritage The AISA began as a committee of concerned Boy Scout scoutmasters in 1956 and was sponsored by the BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs in Los Alamos, NM. Its goal was to advise and assist in reaching a maximum number of American Indian youth and leaders with a quality Scouting program. Girl Scout leaders began to participate in 1964, and in 1969, GSUSA assigned a national advisor at the request of Indian ... in the interest of American Indian youth. AISA holds an annual seminar, which began in 1957, is run by a volunteer steering committee and is hosted by a local tribe or Indian community designed to attract both Indian and non Indians to foster understanding of Indian culture and Scouting. Highlights ... http aisa.scoutreachbsa.org BSA American Indian Scouting Association website http www.scoutingmagazine.org ... issues 0603 d news.html 49th American Indian Boy Scouting Girl Scouting Seminar Category Associations related to the Boy Scouts of America Category Girl Scouts of the USA Category Native American organizations ...   more details



  1. American Indian Philosophy Association

    The American Indian Philosophy Association AIPA is an organization whose purpose is to promote and further the study of philosophy philosophical issues that affect Indigenous peoples of the Americas American Indigenous people. External links http www.csub.edu awaters aipa aipa.html AIPA website Category Philosophy organizations Category Native American organizations ...   more details



  1. American Indian Exposition

    Unreferenced date September 2009 The American Indian Exposition , held annually during the first full week in August at the Caddo County Fairgrounds in Anadarko, Oklahoma , is one of the oldest and largest intertribal gatherings in the United States. Sponsored by fifteen tribes Apache , Arapaho , Caddo , Cheyenne , Comanche , Lenape Delaware , Fort Sill Apache , Iowa tribe Iowa , Kiowa , Osage Nation Osage , Otoe tribe Otoe Missouri , Pawnee people Pawnee , Ponca , Sac and Fox Nation Sac & Fox , and Wichita tribe Wichita , representatives from up to fifty other tribes participate in any given year. The Exposition began with the All Indian Fair first held in 1924. In 1935 it was incorporated as the American Indian Exposition with the stated purpose of promoting and retaining Indian cultural life, handicrafts, arts, crafts, and farming and livestock skills by providing a yearly showcase . The Exposition features a week long program of dance contests, parades, pageants Indian Princess, Prettiest Baby , sporting events horse racing, All Indian golf, bowling, etc. , as well as arts and crafts contests. The fairgrounds also provides camping accommodations for the participants. Nearby is the Southern Plains Indian Museum ,the American Indian Hall of Fame , and Indian City USA . External links http www.americaslibrary.gov cgi bin page.cgi es ok parade 1 Library of Congress http www.loc.gov bicentennial propage OK ok s inhofe4.html Anadarko Indian Expo http www.anadarko.org Default.aspx?tabid 442 Anadark Chamber of Commerce http digital.library.okstate.edu encyclopedia entries A AM005.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture American Indian Exposition Category Native American topics Category Oklahoma culture Category Culture of the Western United States Category Caddo County, Oklahoma ...   more details



  1. American Indian opera

    American Indian opera is a sub genre of music of the United States American music . It began with composer Zitkala Sa Gertrude Bonnin 1876 1938 , also known as Zitkala Sa Red Bird in Lakota language Lakota . Bonnin s own Yankton Sioux heritage informed both her libretto and music for her opera The Sun Dance , a grand opera composed with Mormon musician William F. Hanson . ref Hafen, P. Jane, edit 2001 . Dreams and Thunder Stories, Poems and The Sun Dance Opera. University of Lincoln Press, pg. xiii. ref Significance Unlike the American Indianist attempts at creating operas with American Indian themes see selected list below and written by non Indians, Bonnin s opera, which premiered in 1913, was the work of an American Indian woman of musical advancement. ref Warburton, Thomas, edit 1999 . The Sun Bride A Pueblo Opera. A R Editions, Inc. pg. xi ref After teaching music and studying violin at Boston s New England Conservatory New England Conservatory of Music , Bonnin worked with Hanson to compose an American Indian opera. She performed and transcribed Sioux melodies to which they would add harmonies and lyrics. ref Warburton, pg. 126 ref Because American Indian melodies were an exclusively oral enterprise, the transition from Indian to western grand opera was, according to Warburton ... American Indian singers and dancers into the opera. ref name w127 The importance of Bonnin for American Indian grand opera cannot be underestimated. Few if any American Indian operas on American Indian themes, using indigenous performers, have been composed by American Indians since her era. This Yankton .... American Indian Quarterly 25.4 2001 579 603. Eleanor Everest Freer Freer, Eleanor Everest ... University, Denton. American Indian opera by American Indian composers Bonnin, Gertrude, and Hanson ... reflist Category American Indian music Category Opera by nationality ... works based on Native American themes. ref Catherine Parsons Smith, An operatic skeleton on the western ...   more details



  1. American Indian Dance Theatre

    American Indian Dance Theatre is a professional performing arts company presenting the dances and songs of Native Americans in the United States and the First Nations of Canada . The group was founded in 1987 and includes members from many different tribal backgrounds. In 2006 American Indian Dance Theatre joined a multicultural consortium called the Cultural Roundtable at the Los Angeles Theatre Center , created to bring multicultural theatre to audiences in the Los Angeles Theatre Center venues in downtown Los Angeles . Other performance groups belonging to the Cultural Roundtable include the Latino Theater Company , Playwrights Arena , Robey Theatre Company , Culture Clash performance troupe Culture Clash and Cedar Grove OnStage . Films American Indian Dance Theatre. Vol. 1, Finding the Circle 1996 . Originally produced in 1989 as a segment of the PBS television series Great Performances .... Directed by Merrill Brockway. Phoenix, Arizona Canyon Records & Indian Arts. Presents a variety of Indian dances, performed on stage and at various international powwows. Includes Native American .... A production of WNET for the Great Performances Alliance. Phoenix, Arizona Canyon Records & Indian Arts. A presentation of various Native American Indian dances performed with Native American ... www.americanindiandancetheatre.com American Indian Dance Theatre official site http video.google.com videoplay?docid 8269504015699997926 Video of AIDT http performingarts.ufl.edu events 2007 american indian dance Information on AIDT http www.thenewlatc.com THE NEW LATC Official Site Portal Dance Category American Indian music Category Contemporary dance Category Dance companies in the United States ... grass, men s traditional and fancy, women s fancy shawl , plains snake and buffalo dance. American Indian Dance Theatre 1996 . Dances for the New Generations . Originally produced in 1993 as a segment ... in Canada Category Native American organizations Category 1987 establishments in the United States dance ...   more details



  1. American Indian horse

    nature of the American Indian horse results in a range of historical origins. Its earliest origin ... by the conquistador s in the 16th century. The American Indian Horse Registry, established ... to distinct Native Americans in the United States American Indian tribe horses Class M horses ... straight legs. See also Mustang horse List of horse breeds References http www.indianhorse.com American Indian Horse Registry http www.redoaktree.org indianhorse index.htm American Indian Horse Equine state collapsed Category Horse breeds fr American Indian Horse sv American Indian Horse ... follow a distinct bloodline that follows back to specific Indian tribes Class P is reserved for ponies of Indian type. Breed characteristics There is no single characteristic typical of this type, because the American Indian Horse Registry has not just one single breed or stock but is rather a group that has developed over time in the Americas from Spanish stock. At the most general, the American Indian Horse stands between 13 and 15 Hand length hands high and comes in any colour from solid ...   more details



  1. American Indian Pidgin English

    American Indian Pidgin English AIPE is an English language English based pidgin spoken by Native Americans. It is mentioned in World Englishes , by Andy Kirkpatrick page 56 as one of many factors influencing American English . Category English based pidgins and creoles ...   more details



  1. American Indian College Fund

    Image American Indian College Fund logo.gif thumb right The American Indian College Fund is an nonprofit organization that helps Indigenous peoples of the Americas Native American students, providing them ... scholarships for American Indian students and also provides support for other needs at the Tribal .... The American Indian College Fund made higher education, knowledge, and the enhancement and enrichment of culture more accessible and available for Native American students located in more rural ... assembled at the old American Indian Bank in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 1981 ref Paul Simon ... for the American Indian began. Since then, the number of tribal colleges and universities has ..., and Wisconsin and served more than 250 American Indian Nations from every geographic region in the United ... The American Indian College Fund teamed up with Portland, Oregon based advertising agency partner ... on the reservation to help their people. The campaign builds awareness for the preservation of American Indian culture and history through tribal colleges. Richard B. Williams, the Fund president and CEO, says, The American Indian College Fund video is unique opportunity to see a very important ... Thinking Indian at Tribal Colleges Category Aboriginal universities and colleges Category Native American ... activities. History and Mission During the Civil Rights Acts and Native American self determination ... in failed federal education policy and improve education for Native American students and future generations. During this time of change and growth, tribal colleges and universities were born. The American Indian College Fund was launched in 1989 and raised funds from private sector sources to provide ... to Denver, Colorado in 2002. The idea for an Indian college fund was first proposed by Jan Crull Jr ... gain a valuable education to help fight the poverty and unemployment within Indian Country ..., located on the reservation and established specifically for the Native American students that wished ...   more details



  1. National Museum of the American Indian

    Infobox Museum name National Museum of the American Indian image National Museum of the American Indian.JPG ... Gover publictransit website http www.nmai.si.edu National Museum of the American Indian The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum operated under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution ... Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , which opened on September ... started the Museum of the American Indian and his Heye Foundation in 1916. His collection became part ... Museum of the American Indian DC 2007.jpg thumb left National Museum of the American Indian seen ... Museum of the American Indian is home to the collection of the former Museum of the American Indian ... of the American Indian, Heye Foundation and directed it until his death in 1957. The Heye Foundation s Museum of the American Indian opened to the public in New York City in 1922. The collection ... content.cfm?id 1096409661 National Museum of the American Indian reviews Ceremonies were .... National Museum of the American Indian. retrieved 13 March 2009 ref Directors Kevin Gover is the director of the Smithsonian Institution s National Museum of the American Indian as of Dec. 2, 2007 ... in Tempe, an affiliate professor in its American Indian Studies Program and co executive director of the university s American Indian Policy Institute. Gover, 52, grew up in Oklahoma and is a member ... Gover Named Director of Smithsonian s National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution ... title no title American Indian image file image size image caption editor Eileen Maxwell editor title ... the American Indian , which focuses on a wide range of topics pertaining to Indian County. American Indian won the Native American Journalists Association s General Excellence awards in 2003 and 2002 ... subpage.cfm?subpage support&second membership&third magazine American Indian Magazine. National Museum of the American Indian. retrieved 13 March 2009 ref See also Portal District of Columbia Always ...   more details



  1. American Indian Defense Association

    The American Indian Defense Association AIDA was an organization founded in 1923 by social worker John Collier , that fought to protect religious freedom and tribal property for Native Americans in the United States . ref name TMR http si.unm.edu bern 2003 lisam lis tl tl.htm Article about The Merriam ... Pueblo showed John Collier the poor living conditions in American Indian communities. In response to what he saw, Collier founded the American Indian Defense Association. For the next decade Collier headed Indian reform efforts, and in 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Collier as the new commissioner of Indian Affairs. ref name HMCollier http www.historymatters.gmu.edu d 5058 Historymatters.gmu.edu John Collier Promises to Reform Indian Policy URL last accessed 2006 11 18 ref Almost immediately Collier tried to change the government s direction by revitalizing American Indian life and culture. American Indian culture American Indians culture had been stripped away by measures ... and the Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioners who enforced them overwhelmed American Indian culture ... education of young American Indians. The allotment process was halted and further losses of Indian ... Critics of the American Indian Defense Association complained that Collier had not obtained ... us. But John Collier fight for us with the Indian Defense Association and he save us. Now, he look ... A Taos Pueblo Tries to Sell the Indian New Deal URL last accessed 2006 11 18 ref 10px Indian Reorganization Act To put these reform ideas into law, the United States Congress passed the Indian ... 3 of that act it was to restore to tribal ownership the remaining surplus lands of any Indian ... www.infca.org tribes IRA.htm infca.org The Indian Reorganization Act, June 18, 1934 URL last accessed ... of women in some tribes. Still, two thirds of the nation s American Indians tribes voted to participate ... Native American law Category Native American organizations Category Native American history Category ...   more details



  1. Association on American Indian Affairs

    Infobox protected area name Association on American Indian Affairs abbreviation AAIA established 1922 ... url http www.indian affairs.org The Association on American Indian Affairs AAIA is a non profit organization promoting the welfare of Native Americans in the United States American Indians and Alaska Natives . AAIA is the oldest Native American Indian advocacy group in the United States, and has helped create the Indian Child Welfare Act , helped preserve Native American lands, and continues to improve the quality of life for Native Americans in the United States ref http indian affairs.org about about aaia.htm ref . Mission The mission of AAIA is to promote the welfare of American Indians and Alaska ... z316q159f ref . The Association on American Indian Affairs was started in New York in 1922 as the Eastern Association on Indian Affairs while trying to assist a group of Pueblo people who were fighting ... affairs.org about aaia history.htm ref Programs The Association on American Indian Affairs offers various ... is a federal law that seeks to preserve Native American families and keep American Indian children that must be placed out of the home with American Indian families, whenever possible. The United States ... congressional hearing Hearings on problems that American Indian families face in raising their children ... scholarships aaia scholarships.htm ref . Summer camps The Association on American Indian Affairs supports ... on American Indian Affairs produced the first rapping rap song ever recorded in the Dakotah ... on american indian affairs aaia ref . In the case of the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, AAIA helped create .... Repatriation The Association on American Indian Affairs worked closely with Congress and other Indian advocates during the creation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ... American Indian nation, clan, or family, and to educating the public about the importance ... Indian Affairs Category 1922 establishments Category Native American organizations Category Non ...   more details



  1. American Indian Movement

    Image Flag of the American Indian Movement.svg right 300px thumb Flag of the American Indian Movement. The American Indian Movement AIM is a Native Americans in the United States Native American activist organization in the United States . In October 1973 the American Indian Movement gathered its forces ... harassment. ref name Miner Miner, Marlyce. http moh.tie.net content docs AIM.pdf The American Indian ... efforts on the plight of the American Indian, and NCIO s formation would launch an undivided, Government ..., economic development, and education for all Indian people. ref http www.aimovement.org American Indian ... The Longest Walk was an American Indian Movement led spiritual walk to support tribal sovereignty and bring ... supporters. The traditional American Indian elder elders led the Walk into D.C. to the Washington Monument ... pieces of legislation, American Indian political prisoners, forced relocation at Big Mountain, Navajo Nation etc. Some well known non Indian supporters included American boxer Muhammad Ali , American ... the ensuing week of arrival, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act was passed. President ... of over 100 American Indian nations, also had other Indigenous Peoples such as Maori from Aotearoa ... s secret wars against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement , Boston, MA South .... ref cite web url http www.mnhs.org library tips history topics 93aim.html title American Indian ... StreetMedics, American Indian Opportunities and Industrialization Center one of the largest Indian job ..., an American Indian, Raymond Yellow Thunder, was murdered by two white men, Leslie and Melvin Hare .... The Rhetoric of American Indian Activism in the 1960s and 1970s. Communication Quarterly 2000 pp. 120 .... He was charged with second degree manslaughter. In protest of the charges, a group of American Indian ... the extremely high drop out rate among American Indian students and lack of cultural programming ... the International NGO conference and presents testimony to the United Nations. AMERICAN INDIAN ...   more details



  1. American Indian Library Association

    The strong American Indian Library Association AILA strong is an affiliate of the American Library Association ... in the United States. ref Frequently asked questions. 2008, November 2 . American Indian Library Association ... to American Indians. The individuals who attended the meeting represented a number of Indian ... Service for American Indian People, in which Charles Townley served as the first chair. Additional ... must pay 10. Membership includes a subscription to the American Indian Libraries Semi Annual Newsletter ... 2 . American Indian Library Association. Retrieved November 28, 2008, from http www.ailanet.org membership .... ref Constitution. 2008, November 2 . American Indian Library Association. Retrieved November 28 ... Roy s Retaining Cultural Identity in a Transformed Future the American Indian Library Association Response to ALA Goal 2000, as excerpted onto the AILA s official website, the American Indian Library .... 2008, November 2 . American Indian Library Association. Retrieved November 28, 2008, from http ... prominent and notable. Program ul li strong American Indian Library Association Book Ring strong ... ref li ul Awards ul li strong American Indian Youth Literature Awards strong li These AILA awards are also ... literature award. 2008, November 2 . American Indian Library Association. Retrieved November 28 ... development that has resulted in specific and extraordinary service to the American Indian Library ... Indian people. ref Honoring our elders. 2008, November 2 . American Indian Library Association. Retrieved ... ref in order to encourage librarianship among American Indian students. One reason for the award is the idea that there needs to be American Indian library professionals to help ... American Indian perspectives in those institutions that mandate how people are taught and what they learn. ref McLaughlin, M. 2005, October 21 . The need for American Indian librarians. Native ... for the scholarship award, an individual must be either an American Indian or an Alaska Native ...   more details



  1. Indian Summer (American band)

    Unreferenced date November 2009 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Indian Summer Img capt Image Indiansummeratashow.jpg Img size Landscape Background group or band Birth name Alias Born Died Origin Oakland, California Oakland , California Instrument Voice type Genre Post hardcore Occupation Years active 1993 in music 1993 &ndash 1994 in music 1994 Label Repercussion Records br futurerecordings Indian Summer was an early and influential United States of America American ..., both on the Future Recordings label. br Discography Note on naming Indian Summer did not name any ... in common use, both are given, separated by a slash. br br Indian Summer 7 1993, Repercussion Records Woolworm Angry Son Aren t You an Angel Millimeter Current Indian Summer split 7 with Current band Current 1993, Initial pressing on Homemade Records, reprint on Repercussion Indian Summer Orchard Current Key Embassy Indian Summer split 7 with Embassy 1994, Slave Cut Records Embassy Stepping by Embassy Said Indian Summer I Think Your Train is Leaving Speed Kills split 7 with Ordination of Aaron 1994, Inchworm Records Ordination of Aaron Battle of tippecanoe Indian Summer Black Touch the Wings of an Angel... Doesn t Mean You Can Fly Indian Summer Truman Science 1994 CD 2002, Future Recordings ... Eucalyptus double 7 1995, Tree Records Indian Summer Black Touch the Wings of an Angel... Doesn ... Has Been Plagued With Swing Kids band Swing Kids Disease Campaign Industry Slave Indian Summer Reflections ... Song Current Chairitied Ghost Dance double 7 1994, Slave Cut Indian Summer Sugar Pill From Ashes of Theme ... Indian Summer MySpace Page http www.silvergirl.com ModHerSpaceInterview.html Interview with Marc Bianchi discussing Indian Summer http www.weallinheritthemoon.blogspot.com Members of indian summer DEFAULTSORT Indian Summer Category American post hardcore musical groups Category Music of the San Francisco Bay Area de Indian Summer Band es Indian Summer it Indian Summer gruppo musicale pl Indian ...   more details



  1. American Indian Film Festival

    The American Indian Film Festival is an annual non profit film festival in San Francisco, California San Francisco . It is the world s oldest venue dedicated to Native American films and prepared the way for the 1979 formation of the American Indian Film Institute. According to the Institute, ref http www.aifisf.com history.php American Indian Film Institute Overview and History webpage ref the Festival was first presented Seattle in 1975 and moved in 1977 to San Francisco, where it remains today. In 1979, the Festival was incorporated. This festival is not to be confused by the Native American Film and Video Festival , which was founded in 1979. Recent festival winners include ref http www.imdb.com event ev0000800 overview AIFI at http www.imdb.com IMDB ref films and documentaries Barking Water , Given to Walk , Le jour avant le lendemain , Imprint film Imprint , Expiration Date film Expiration Date , Johnny Tootall , Dreamkeeper , The Doe Boy , Unbowed , Smoke Signals movie Smoke Signals , Healing of Nations , PahaSapa... The Struggle for the Black Hills directors and filmmakers Chris Eyre , Nanci Rossov , Randy Redroad , Steve Barron , Rodrick Pocowatchit , Shirley Cheechoo , Aaron James Sorensen , Rick Stevenson , Sterlin Harjo , Marie H l ne Cousineau , Madeline Ivalu , Georgina Lightning , Kevin Willmott documentarians Mel Lawrence , Peter von Puttkamer , actors Adam Beach , Jay Tavare , James Duval , Jeri Arredondo , Judy Herrera , Robert A. Guthrie , Cody Lightning , Tonantzin Carmelo , Carla Rae , Trevor Duplessis , Candace Fox , Wes Studi , Misty Upham , and Casey Camp Horinek , Winter Fox Frank , Michelle Thrush , Earnest Ernie David Tsosie III References Reflist External links http www.aifisf.com American Indian Film Institute homepage Category Festivals in California Category Film festivals in the United States Category Native American film festivals film festival stub California stub ...   more details



  1. Center for American Indian Languages

    Infobox University name University of Utah Center for American Indian Languages established 2004 type Public university Public dean city Salt Lake City state Utah country United States USA undergrad postgrad faculty alumni campus http www.map.utah.edu index.jsp Map website http www.cail.utah.edu www.cail.utah.edu The Center for American Indian Languages CAIL is a research and outreach arm of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Utah . Its mission is to assist community members in the maintenance and Language revival revitalization where possible of endangered languages , to document these languages, and to train students to do this sort of work. The Center was founded in 2004 by its present director, well known Indigenous languages of the Americas Americanist and historical linguistics historical linguist Lyle Campbell . It is located in the Fort Douglas Utah Fort Douglas part of the University of Utah campus. A library, which contains over 3,000 books and journals on languages of the Americas, ref name library cite web title CAIL Library and Computer Lab url http www.cail.utah.edu ?pageId 1661 publisher University of Utah year 2009 accessdate 2010 08 03 ref is part of the center. References reflist External links http cail.utah.edu Center for American Indian Languages University of Utah na lang stub Category Mesoamerican studies Category 2004 establishments ...   more details



  1. Native American Indian Dog

    American Indian Dog is frequently confused with others referred to as Indian dog s. Breeders say ... http www.dogbreedinfo.com nativeamericanindiandog.htm Dogbreedinfo.com Native American Indian ... American Indian Dog was removed from a home in Michigan after local authorities suspected it of being ... s Native American Indian Dog picked the baby out of his crib and carried him 150 yards away from ... or registries. ref name dogbreedinfo The American Kennel Club and United Kennel Club do not recognize the Native American Indian Dog as a breed. ref name Kentucky3 There are only six breeders of the dog ... and photographs of dogs in native American villages, as well as from stories told by Native ... 23 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The boy s father said the dog was a Native American Indian breed and said the breeder told him the dog s grandparentage as 90 percent wolf. ref name Kentucky3 ...   more details



  1. West Indian American

    Dutch West Indian 310 313 accessdate 2010 03 18 work 2008 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates publisher U.S. Census Bureau ref Grenadian Americans Main Grenadian American The number of Grenadian ... States British West Indian accessdate 2010 12 07 work 2008 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates publisher U.S. Census Bureau ref There were also 272,883 West Indian Americans classified simply ...West Indian Americans are United States Americans with origin in the Dutch language Dutch , English language ... title United States Selected Population Profile in the United States West Indian excluding Hispanic origin groups 300 359 accessdate 2010 03 18 work 2008 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates publisher U.S. Census Bureau ref Bahamian Americans Main Bahamian American There were 44,952 Bahamian Americans ... 2008 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates publisher U.S. Census Bureau accessdate 2010 03 23 ref Barbadian Americans Main Barbadian American There were 54,587 Barbadian Americans in 2008. ref name ACSb04006ancestry Dutch West Indian Americans Census Bureau figures for 2008 report 71,326 Americans under its category of Netherlands Antilles Dutch West Indian , 69,090 of them U.S. born, and 95.1 ... 12 02 publisher U.S. Census Bureau ref Haitian Americans Main Haitian American There were an estimated ... Population Profile in the United States Haitian 336 359 accessdate 2010 03 18 work 2008 American ... American Jamaican Americans numbered 949,844 in 2008. Their median age was 34.0, near the national ... 308 309 accessdate 2010 03 18 work 2008 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates publisher U.S. Census Bureau ref Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans Main Trinidadian and Tobagonian American Americans ... Profile in the United States Trinidadian and Tobagonian 314 316 accessdate 2010 03 18 work 2008 American ... Main Virgin Islander American There were 16,020 Virgin Islander Americans in 2008. ref name ACSb04006ancestry Other A subgroup of West Indian Americans identified as British West Indian comprised 84,921 ...   more details



  1. List of Indian American media

    The following is a list of media with Indian American subject matter. Books Suburban Sahibs by Mitra Kalita Caste and Outcast by Dhan Gopal Mukerji The Tiger s Daughter by Bharati Mukherjee Wife by Bharati Mukherjee Jasmine novel by Bharati Mukherjee Darkness short stories by Bharati Mukherjee The Middleman and Other Stories by Bharati Mukherjee The Karma of Brown Folk by Vijay Prashad New Roots in America s Sacred Ground by Khyati Y. Joshi The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri winner of 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Divakaruni In My Own Country by Dr. Abraham Verghese The Tennis Partner by Dr. Abraham Verghese Magazines and Newspapers BIZ INDIA http www.BIZINDIA.net magazine and online newspaper Gateway to the Hyper Growth, Affluent, Well Educated and Highly Entrepreneurial Market of South Asian Businesses and Households in the USA India Abroad http www.indiaabroad.com newspaper http www.indiawest.com India West newspaper http www.khabar.com Khabar Magazine Little India magazine Little India NRI Pulse http www.nripulse.com newspaper & news portal EGO Magazine http www.egothemag.com http www.abcdlady.com ABCDlady magazine http www.indiatoday.com India Today, North American Edition has regular features such as The Overseas Indian , highlighting achievements of Non resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin Non resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin Pravasi Herald http www.pravsiherald.com online newspaper Hotel Vikas Quami Ekta http www.quamiekta.com print & online ... imdb covers all the Indian American sentiments even though it is a United Kingdom British film ... AtalntaDesi Category Indian American history Media Category Media of Indian diaspora A Category ... tt0221794 imdb American Chai 2001 http www.imdb.com title tt0264355 imdb American Desi 2001 http www.imdb.com ... Indian Cowboy 2007 http www.imdb.com title tt0254784 imdb It s A Mismatch 2006 http www.imdb.com ...   more details



  1. American Indian alcoholism

    Racial disparities in alcohol use comparison of 2 American Indian reservation populations with national ... culture Inappropriate focus on American Indian alcoholism can result in application of an Stereotypes of Native Americans ethnic stereotype to all American Indians. ref cite journal author Beauvais ... s White Fang , an American Indian Trade trader is tricked into alcoholism by another tradesman, which ... American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth. ERIC Digest. cite journal author Krause, Traci M title A potential ...Native Americans in the United States American Indians have historically had extreme difficulty with the use of Ethanol alcohol . At times, American Indians have made paupers of themselves to obtain alcohol ... ref Problems continue among contemporary Indians with 12 of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska ... American Indians is generally less than the general population, but the quantity consumed when it is consumed ... among American Indians are more common in men and among Northern Plains Indians. Alaska Natives ... view&id 4474&Itemid 33 Study 12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol Associated Press article by Mary Clare Jalonick Washington, D.C. AP 9 08 News From Indian Country accessed October 7, 2009 ... pub releases 2006 03 ace aiw031906.php American Indians with alcohol problems have more medical ..., accessed October 7, 2009 ref Indian youth are far more likely to experiment with alcohol than mainstream ... are underway to build self esteem among youth and to combat alcoholism among American Indians. ref http www.ericdigests.org pre 9221 indian.htm Fighting Alcohol and Substance Abuse among American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth. ERIC Digest. ref Genetic factors While little detailed genetic research ... alcoholism in American Indians journal Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health date Fall 1998 doi ... alcoholism in American Indians journal Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health date Fall 1998 doi ... alcoholism in American Indians journal Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health date Fall ...   more details




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