News tagged with american indians
Feds say Wyo. tribe's bald eagle permit a first
(AP) -- A federal permit allowing the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming to kill up to two bald eagles for religious purposes is the first of its kind ever issued to an American Indian tribe, a U.S. Fish and ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Black-white marriages increased rapidly since 1980, study finds
A new study of interracial marriages in the United States since the 1980s suggests that the racial boundary between blacks and whites continues to break down – but is not yet close to disappearing.
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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NW tribes drive effort to save primitive fish
(AP) -- As long as American Indians have lived in the Pacific Northwest, they have looked to a jawless, eel-like fish for food.
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Professor explores Two-Spirit literature in Northwest native groups
Western culture's grappling with homosexuality and alternate genders isn't strictly limited to the United States, but is also prevalent in many Native American and native Alaskan groups -- or native nations. That issue is ...
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Aug 24, 2010 |
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Medicine wheel model for nutrition shows promise for control of type 2 diabetes
American Indian populations experience significant nutrition-related health disparities compared to other racial and ethnic groups within the US. American Indian adults have the highest age-adjusted rates ...
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Sep 09, 2009 |
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Report finds troubling health trends in California's Asian, Pacific communities
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report by UCLA researchers reveals higher-than-average rates of cancer, childhood obesity and diabetes, and an alarmingly high population of the uninsured, among California's Asian American, Native ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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