Catawbas’ planned casino belongs in their own state
From an editorial Tuesday in the (Greensboro) News & Record: The Catawba Indian Nation’s interest in opening a casino in North Carolina might be meant to gain political support for a gambling...
View ArticleTop ten Native American sites in Georgia
Related topics Native Americangeorgia Advertisement November is Native American Heritage Month, and what better way to celebrate than to visit one of the many sites in Georgia where Native American...
View ArticleN.C. gov. opposed to Catawba casino proposal
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Friday that he has strong concerns about a Native American tribe’s plans to build a gambling casino on land along a busy interstate highway in that...
View Article4 attractions to see in Catawba County
The Catawba County Historical Association oversees four diverse sites, each a worthwhile destination offering something different, yet each providing a look into the history of this Mecklenburg County...
View ArticleCatawba Indians eye NC for casino project
KINGS MOUNTAIN For years, the Catawba Indian Nation has been wrestling with South Carolina officials over its bid to build a gambling casino that could generate millions in revenue and create...
View ArticleCatawbas eye N.C. for casino project
KINGS MOUNTAIN (AP) — For years, the Catawba Indian Nation has been wrestling with South Carolina officials over its bid to build a gambling casino that could generate millions in revenue and create...
View ArticleSC to recognize its eighth tribe as Native American heritage, history month...
Chief Ralph Oxendine’s Cheraw Indian ancestors concealed their identity when they came to South Carolina. But, this week, the Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians will become the state’s eighth recognized...
View ArticleNC lawmakers wary of casino pitched by SC’s Catawbas
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC — For years, the Catawba Indian Nation has been wrestling with South Carolina officials over its bid to build a gambling casino that could generate millions in revenue and create...
View ArticleNative American activist, museum curator Horse Capture dies at age 75 in...
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Native American activist, curator and professor George Horse Capture has died in Great Falls. He was 75. Horse Capture, a member of the Gros Ventre tribe, died April 16 of kidney...
View ArticleWVU Native American Studies Program seeks volunteers for hands-on...
(Source: West Virginia University) The West Virginia UniversityNative American Studies Program, Moundsville's Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex, of the West Virginia Division of Culture and...
View ArticleWas the Okefenokee Swamp once a Native American Venice? (Photos)
Few people are aware that the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Georgia contains at least 74 Indian mounds. Only a few mounds on the swamp’s edge have been briefly excavated by...
View ArticleN.C. governor opposed to Catawba casino
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Friday that he has strong concerns about a Native American tribe’s plans to build a gambling casino on land along a busy interstate highway in that...
View Article>Native American activist Horse Capture dies
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Native American activist, curator and professor George Horse Capture has died in Great Falls. He was 75. Horse Capture, a member of the Gros Ventre tribe, died April 16 of...
View ArticleNative American activist Horse Capture dies
GREAT FALLS, Mont. Native American activist, curator and professor George Horse Capture has died in Great Falls. He was 75. Horse Capture, a member of the Gros Ventre tribe, died April 16 of kidney...
View ArticleNew Exhibit Opens at MOAH, Antelope Valley: Crossroads of Native American...
In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) is showcasing an exciting new exhibit entitled Antelope Valley: Crossroads of Native American Trade....
View Article06.05.13 New exhibition! Fire & Earth: Native American Pottery from New...
(Source: Fairfield University) June 27, 2013-October 3, 2013 Bellarmine Museum of Art Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT For hundreds of years, the native inhabitants of the American Southwest have...
View ArticleUSC Lancaster opens native American studies center
LANCASTER, S.C. The University of South Carolina Lancaster is set to open a new center dedicated to...
View ArticleUSC Lancaster's new center highlights Native American Studies (University of...
By USC Lancaster Communications, DRYSF@mailbox.sc.edu This fall USC Lancaster'sNative American Studies Program will open the doors to a new center dedicated to the university's Native American pottery...
View ArticleUSC-L Native American Studies Center holds worlds largest Catawba pottery...
LANCASTER If you want to know the historical significance of Catawba Indian pottery, listen to what Brent Burgin said on Friday and what hes repeated dozens of times to his students: When the...
View ArticleLongtime tribal leader dead at 87
Fred Sanders, a former vice chief for the Catawba Indian Nation and an ardent supporter of Native American rights, died Thursday at the age of 87 after a battle with cancer. Early Fred Sanders was a...
View Article>Learn the True History of Cherokees at Smithsonian's National Museum of the...
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians partnering on historic event April 3-5. Tahlequah, OK (PRWEB) February 20, 2014 For the first time in intertribal history, the Cherokee Nation and...
View ArticleTake part in Cherokee Days without traveling to Washington D.C. (Cherokee...
(Source: Cherokee Nation) TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Those who cannot make it to Washington, D.C., for Cherokee Days at the National Museum of the American Indian can still take part in the historic event by...
View ArticleBest places to experience Native American culture
April 15, 2014 -- Updated 0554 GMT (1354 HKT) The Denver Museum puts on the Friendship Powwow and American Indian Cultural Celebration (pictured), which celebrates its 25th year in September 2014....
View ArticleUnanswered questions in Tennessee's ancient past
Until the 1790s the Tennessee River had a Maya Indian name. The Nashville area was the home of an advanced indigenous culture that disappeared before the arrival of European settlers. When...
View ArticleNatural and cultural influences reflected in Native American Indian artworks
COLUMBIA, SC — There are lessons in culture, tradition and history to be learned from the art of Native Americans, and McKissick Museum will celebrate those lessons over the coming year in its exhibit...
View ArticleCatawba Indian Nation craft fair is Saturday
CATAWBA INDIAN NATION — The annual Catawba Indian nation craft fair that features pottery and baskets...
View ArticleMuseum unveils redesigned Caddo Indian collection
Longview residents celebrated the Gregg County Historical Museum’s 30th anniversary Thursday by debuting a redesigned display of Caddo Indian artifacts. A reception for the museum’s birthday in the...
View ArticleMuseum unveils redesignedCaddo Indian collection
Longview residents celebrated the Gregg County Historical Museum’s 30th anniversary Thursday by debuting a redesigned display of Caddo Indian artifacts. A reception for the museum’s birthday in the...
View ArticleLearn the True History of Cherokees at Smithsonian's National Museum of the...
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians partnering on historic event April 3-5. Tahlequah, OK (PRWEB) February 20, 2014 For the first time in intertribal history, the Cherokee Nation and...
View ArticleUnraveling the true Cherokee history
Digging deeper into the early Colonial Era history of the United States is producing more questions than answers. It is one of hundreds of dilemmas facing Native American researchers today. The three...
View ArticleFar-reaching Native American artists exhibit opens at USC’s McKissick
COLUMBIA, SC — A trail-blazing, year-long exhibit of more than a dozen different kinds of Native American artwork in Southeastern states opens Friday, Aug. 8, at the McKissick Museum on the University...
View ArticleCatawba potter's miniatures 'will live forever'
CATAWBA INDIAN RESERVATION, S.C. No other group on this earth of 7 billion people makes pottery the way the Catawba Indians of York County make it. Using clay hand-dug from Catawba River banks, Catawba...
View ArticleNative American Heritage Month opens with coastal event
What better way to start Native American Heritage Month than to head to the coast for the Waccamaw Indian People Arts Festival & Pauwau Saturday and Sunday? The event celebrates the tribe’s history...
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