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Tennessee women’s basketball icon Pat Summitt dies at 64Tennessee women’s basketball icon Pat Summitt dies at 64

patsummitt (PHOTO BY EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAGES) Tennessee Lady Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt shouts to her team during their game against the Stanford Cardinal at Maples Pavilion on December 20, 2011 in Palo Alto, California.


Cleveland Cavaliers beat Golden State Warriors: NBA finals Game 7 – as it happened


Former NBA center and Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Sean Rooks’ death may have been due to heart disease

Sean Rooks

(Photo: John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports)


New Orleans Pelicans’ Bryce Dejean-Jones died on Saturday from a gunshot wound

New Orleans Pelicans' Bryce Dejean-Jones died on Saturday from a gunshot wound.

 


Huskies beat Syracuse 82-51 in women’s basketball championship

UConn NCAA victory

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Student says man grabbed his sweatshirt

Firefighter charged for incident at basketball game


Tristan Wilmott, 14, has rare condition that limited his growth

Hillsborough freshman defies the odds on the basketball court

 


1. Misty Copeland – I Will What I Want

2. African American Oscar Winners

3. Bessie Coleman –First Female African American Pilot

4. Bro. Abraham Bolden – First African American Secret Service Agent

5. Madame CJ Walker – First African American Female Self Made Millionaire

6. African Presence in Ancient America before Columbus

7. Biddy Mason, Los Angeles First African American Millionaire

8. Jackie Robinson – The First African American Baseball Player In The MLB

9. Clifton “sweetwater” Nathaniel – First African American

10. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Donald Trump: America’s African President

 

 


1. Don’t Wait for the White World to Catch Up

2. Revenant Actor Forrest Goodluck On Playing Leonardo DiCaprio’s Son

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Forrest Goodluck and Leonardo DiCaprio at the New York Premiere of “The Revenant”

3. Juneau Kicks Off Campaign Breaking Fundraising Record

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Denise Juneau is a candidate for Congress in Montana.

4. Native Cooking: All About Herbs

Saffron Harvesting Iran Wikipedia
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Farmers are seen here harvesting Saffron in Iran. Because the herb has to be hand-harvested it is one of the most expensive.

5. Scared and Spied On Under Harper, Why Child Advocate Didn’t Give Up

via The Tyee
Cindy Blackstock, Gitksan First Nation, fought tenaciously for nine years to get equal funding for indigenous children on reserves as executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.

6. After 2015 Performance, Artist Frank Waln Mocked by CT High School’s ‘The Rez’ Twitter Account

Melinda Jane Myers Photography/ Twitter screen capture
Frank Waln was criticized this week on Twitter by students of a West Hartford High school cheering section who call themselves ‘The Rez’

7. After Mascot Ban at CT High School – Parent Designs ‘F*ck You’ Finger Headdress T-Shirt

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After a mascot ban, an angry parent and Conard Chieftain high school alumni created a t-shirt with an image of a Native American man in a headdress with an emblem of a ‘f*ck you’ middle finger hidden in the medallion

8. Nine First Nations Unite With Declaration Against LNG Tankers in B.C. Salmon Waters

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The nine allied tribes of Lax Kw’alaams supported by several other First Nations, pose for a photo after the signing of the Lelu Island Declaration, Saturday January 23. Chief Yahaan (Don Wesley) holds up the declaration for all to see.

9. Burns Paiute Tribe Responds to Oregon Militia Video

Screen capture from Bundy Ranch video

10. Supreme Court Rules Against Menominee Tribe, Denies Cert on NAGPRA Claim

The Supreme Court recently ruled against the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin and declined to hear arguments in a NAGPRA case involving 12 Kumeyaay tribes.