MASHPEE — When Danielle Hill heard March 27 that her tribe’s reservation would be taken out of trust, she felt upset and resentful. She wanted to find someone to blame. Instead, she decided to light a fire and pray. Hill held a Facebook Live event and invited tribal members to stop by in solidarity while maintaining social distance. “We had that fire going for 20 days, all day and all night,” Hill said. “And people did come over.” “This would be a time in any
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Brown University has voted to rename what used to be called Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day. 
1. Native American Holidays and Traditions
2. The History of the Soyaluna
4. 11 Recommended Books: Retired Teachers Donate Hundreds of Books to Red Lake Nation College
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Ruth and Leo Soukup posing with the 700 books they donated to Red Lake Tribal College discuss who “snagged” who when they met at Ponemah in 1979 as teachers.
5. Climate Change and the Seventh Generation: Navajo Environmentalist Ann Marie Chischilly at COP21
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Ann Marie Chischilly, executive director of the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)
6. Recovering Ancestors and the Sacred
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“The human rights issue of repatriation is not limited to the United States, and extends internationally, which has been recognized by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.”
7. Judging ‘Indian Character’ in Nebraska v. Parker
8. Native American Christmas
9. Native American Night Before Christmas (2006)
10. O Holy Night – Sung by Rhema Marvanne
1. 12 Awesome Rock Your Mocs Photos From Around the World
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Rock Your Mocs took place all over the world in 2015.
2. USDA Seeds Grassroots Economic Development in New Mexico
3. Little Mortgage Lending in Any of SD Reservation-Only Counties
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4. Akwesasne Man Who Alleged Mishandling by Canadian Border Agents Walks On
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Antoine Delormier and his wife, Donna Delormier, in September after he alleged being dragged from his vehicle and pinned face-down on the pavement by Canadian border guards while trying to get himself to the hospital. Antoine Delormier died on November 24 at age 67.
6. The Hub – Native American Indian TV Show
7. Where are the mainstream TV shows about American Indians?
8. ‘Saints & Strangers’: The Real Story of That First Thanksgiving?
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Raoul Trujillo as Massasoit, center and Kalani Queypo as Squanto, right, in National Geographic Channel’s two-night movie event “Saints & Strangers.”
9. Epic Native American Music – Cherokee Tribe
10. Native American Indians Spiritual Vocal Shamanic Music
1. The Anti-Disenrollment Chorus Sings, Part 1
2. Photo: NMAI New York Screened MTV’s ‘Rebel Music’
3. Department of Justice Sides With Natives, Files Lawsuit Against SD for Discrimination
4. ‘A Place to Stand’: Baca’s Astonishing Life Story In Theatres
Alysa Landry
“A Place to Stand,” a documentary by the same name as Jimmy Santiago Baca’s memoir is playing in select theaters.
5. ‘Drill Them to Hell and Back’ Billboard Spurs Outrage in Indian Country
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A billboard, which depicts a dark-haired woman lying on her back next to a pile-driver states “Screwpiles, We Drill them to Hell and Back,” has caused outrage in Indian country.
6. Fighting Racism at Yale: Native Students Push for Dialogue
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Yale University students and supporters participate in a march across campus to demonstrate against what they see as racial insensitivity at the Ivy League school in New Haven, Connecticut on November 9, 2015.
7. The High Life: Expansion of Viejas Casino & Resort Wows Guests
Diana Saenger
8. Mashantucket Pequot Flag Flew Over CT Capitol for Heritage Month
Christina Rose
Mashantucket Chairman Rodney Butler and Wayne Reels, Mashantucket Director of Cultural Resources, stand before the Connecticut State Capitol, where the Pequot Flag flew for the first time in history from November 2 to 9 for Native American Heritage Month.
9. Flute Music: Meditation Music for Shamanic Astral Projection, Healing Music
10. Rain and Native American Flutes
