Monday, February 28

Blue Indians: John Trudell's latest CD

02-28-2000

Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country

Blue Indians: John Trudell's Latest CD

John Trudell's worlds are his arrows, and they touch deeply. The pain, the
insanity of life and also peace and caring are reflected beautifully in
this newest CD release, Blue Indian. Produced by Jackson Brown, it "is
literally about the technical world as an industrial reservation. This time
everyone plays the part of the Indian with their range of feels and
attitudes," states Trudell. With his usual challenging attitude, Trudell
delves deep into raw human emotion, moves to hot bluesy tunes, to
melancholy, ...

Tuesday, February 15

LaDuke/Nader announce second presidential run: Challenging presidential politics as usual

02-15-2000

Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country

LaDuke/Nader announce second presidential run: Challenging presidential
politics as usual

Many people, I believe are disenfranchised from the voting process. I
believe that people died for the right to vote in this country, and that is
one of the ways to make things right, said Winona LaDuke, an Ojibway
Anishinaabe from the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota.

In 1996, LaDuke ran with Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader as
his vice presidential running mate. To the joy of many, LaDuke has once
again been asked by Nader to ...

Jim Thorpe, memories by his daughter Grace Thorpe

02-15-2000

Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country

Field and Track, Football and Baseball great: Grace Thorpe talks about her
dad

Wathahuck (Bright Path) of the Thunder Clan of the Sac and Fox, became an
incredible Olympic Athlete. He was also known as Jim Thorpe. Thorpe is the
only American athlete ever to excel at three major sports; track and field,
football and baseball. The Associated Press voted him "Athlete of the First
Half of the Century" almost fifty years ago.

King Gustav V of Sweden said, "You, Sir, are the greatest athlete in the
world," when he awarded two gold medals to Jim Thorpe ...

In memory of Jim Thorpe, a song, Bright Path

02-15-2000

Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country

In memory of Jim Thorpe, a song, Bright Path

Last fall, at the native American Music Awards, Jack Gladstone from the
Blackfeet Nation started the evening by singing a beautiful song honoring
Jim Thorpe, the most famous Indian Athlete in U.S. history. While he sang,
a video of Thorpe's life created by ESPN was played on large screens
throughout the auditorium.

Gladstone talked of how he came to be a singer and songwriter. "The focus
of my career is to chronicle the mythology, the legend, the lore and the
history of our peoples. When I was growing ...