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Native Americans put digital spin on traditions amid virus

Native Americans put digital spin on traditions amid virus

By /April 10, 2020 /Local News

ASHLAND, Wis. (AP)-Native Americans across the U.S. are organizing online and social-distancing powwows and posting videos of dances as a way to offer hope and spiritual support during the coronavirus pandemic. Over the weekend, jingle dress dancers and singers on the Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin gathered in a casino […]

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Longtime NCAI member, volunteer Juanita Daugomah Ahtone dies

Longtime NCAI member, volunteer Juanita Daugomah Ahtone dies

By /October 17, 2019 /Local News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Juanita Daugomah Ahtone, a longtime National Congress of American Indians member and volunteer, has died. She was 91. Indian Country Today reports that Ahtone, who was Kiowa, died at home Wednesday in Carnegie, Oklahoma. Ahtone’s father was a founding member of the National Congress of American Indians, the […]

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