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White House continuing outreach with Nation-to-Nation conference with Obama

Tahlequah, Oklahoma (NFIC)

Continuing his outreach to Native Americans, President Barack Obama is hosting a first-ever Nation-to-Nation conference with hundreds of Indian tribal leaders Nov. 5 in Washington, D.C.

Leaders of all 564 federally recognized tribes are invited to the White House Tribal Nations Conference and will be given an opportunity to speak with the president and other top administration officials, according to a White House news release.

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By Mark Trahant
News From Indian Country 11-09

The idea that American Indians should be exempted from any mandate to purchase health insurance has almost become a given in the debate about health care reform.

Recently Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wrote to the National Congress of American Indians and said: – “We cannot ask Indian people to be penalized for choosing to use the Indian health care system.

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Gun in Annie Mae's Mouth - Video

This video is a compilation of public video material of investigators and members of the American Indian Movement discussing informants and the interrogation by members of AIM of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash in 1975. Portions of this clip are taken from "The Spirit of Annie Mae" by the National Film Board of Canada. The person identified as holding and/or putting a gun to the head or in the mouth of Annie Mae Pictou-Aquash is Leonard Peltier.

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Story & Photos by Kimberlie Acosta
Niagara Falls, New York (NFIC) 11-09

Jana Mashonee performing “Stay with me baby.

Hosted by Twilight star, Gil Birmingham, this year’s Nammys continued its tradition of bringing the best out of our Native American artists.

They shared their passion to a sold out crowd during October, at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino and to the world live via the internet.

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By Mike Dunham
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) 11-09

Twenty-one years ago, Alaska created a new state holiday to celebrate civil rights, Elizabeth Peratrovich Day.

It was the first that many, including Jeffery Silverman, had ever heard of the Tlingit woman who, in 1945, spurred the Alaska Legislature to pass what historians cite as the first anti-discrimination law in America.

“I knew right away it would have to be a film,” said Silverman, an Alaska filmmaker who grew up in Pennsylvania. “It’s my kind of story. Justice. Speaking truth to power. A story for the whole world.”

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