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‘Love the Bread’
‘Love the Bread’
Here's a question that almost no one will agree on but everyone will love to weigh in on: Who cooks the tastiest Indian taco?  (5/13/2008)
Jacoby Ellsbury Is a Catch
Jacoby Ellsbury Is a Catch
Although the Navajo baseball player starred in last year's World Series, he's still eligible to be named rookie of the year this season. (5/13/2008)
Powwow Dreams
Powwow Dreams
After 10 hours of watching Native people and dances at the Gathering of Nations powwow, guess what you see when you fall asleep? (5/2/2008)
Leave Stereotypes at Door of Navajo Museum
Leave Stereotypes at Door of Navajo Museum
'There is a lot to learn,' says the staff cultural specialist, who travels to schools on the reservation to give presentations about Navajo culture, traditions, taboos and language. (5/1/2008)
Adam Beach: ‘Our Worst Enemy Is Us’
Adam Beach: ‘Our Worst Enemy Is Us’
The Native actor’s role on 'Law and Order: SVU' is coming to an end, but he plans to stay busy with an Internet TV show, a book and a new baby.  (4/28/2008)
Joba on the Mound
Joba on the Mound
The Winnebago pitcher with the 100-mph fastball has a family emergency, then loses his first game. Meanwhile, Yankee co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner calls the team "an idiot" for not starting him. (4/27/2008)
SLIDESHOW: Indian Gaming '08 Convention and Trade Show
SLIDESHOW: Indian Gaming '08 Convention and Trade Show
Images from the opening of 'Indian Gaming '08,' which showcases more than 500 vendors and exhibitors representing all aspects of the gaming and hospitality industries.  (4/23/2008)
NIGA and the Native Vote
NIGA and the Native Vote
As Hillary Clinton was winning the Pennsylvania primary, the tone at the Indian Gaming '08 trade show was a decidedly nonpartisan, get-out-the-vote theme. (4/23/2008)
Organizing Against Unions
NIGA workshop discusses ways that tribes can turn back bids by Teamsters and other unions to organize workers at Indian casinos.  (4/22/2008)
Gearing Up
Gearing Up
Inspired by tattoos, an Alaskan start-up company displays its line of clothing at the Indian Gaming '08 Trade Show. (4/21/2008)
Food for Thought
Food for Thought
Move over, frybread. So long, Indian tacos. On the National Indian Gaming Association's menu is the new 'modern traditional' Native American cuisine. (4/21/2008)
Chefs in Training
Chefs in Training
Four culinary arts students from Navajo Technical College participate in a mini-internship, cooking and serving food at the National Indian Gaming Association's trade show in San Diego. (4/21/2008)
Face Time
Face Time
What are the chances of this? One baby winds up in the arms of two presidential candidates—and the infant is a Crow tribal member. (4/18/2008)
Katrina, Rita and the Houma: A Nation in Recovery
Katrina, Rita and the Houma: A Nation in Recovery
SPECIAL REPORT: There’s one Katrina story that’s still news to most Americans: the plight of the United Houma Nation of Louisiana. Long after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Houma have struggled to repair their shattered lives and livelihoods. (4/15/2008)
Katrina, Rita and the Houma: ‘We Lost Everything’
Katrina, Rita and the Houma: ‘We Lost Everything’
SPECIAL REPORT: Some Houma are only now restoring their houses or still waiting for assistance. 'We lost everything, so there isn't a thing to rebuild,' one tribal member said. 'I don't think I'll ever get over it.'  (4/15/2008)
A Nation Rebuilds
SPECIAL REPORT: When the deadly hurricanes of 2005 hit Louisiana, nearly half of the members of the United Houma Nation were displaced up and down the bayou, their homes battered by winds or flooded by avalanches of water. 'Our people suffered a lot, and many people don't know that,' said the principal chief of the Houmas, who are still struggling to recover. (4/15/2008)
Houma Nation
A multimedia look at Houma Nation's history and culture. (4/15/2008)
Houma Multimedia Index
SPECIAL REPORT: Long after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Louisiana’s United Houma Nation has struggled to help repair the shattered lives and livelihoods of tribal members. (4/14/2008)
It's Official: Piestewa Peak
It's Official: Piestewa Peak
A federal panel officially renames a Phoenix mountain for the first American Indian woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military.  (4/11/2008)
Walk On
Walk On
The 157 participants in the coast-to-coast Longest Walk 2 cross Arizona and the Navajo Nation, enduring harsh weather but enjoying welcoming food and hospitality. (4/11/2008)

  • Tell us what you think about the 'Navajobama' T-shirt, and we'll send your comments to the manufacturer—and to the Obama for President campaign. (No profanities, please.)
  • A Native American gay wedding ceremony takes place at a Two Spirit gathering in Montana.
  • Omission disappoints Native Americans attending the presidential candidate's speech in Wisconsin. Others express concern over Obama's stance on Indian gaming.
  • Here's how our petite, 5-foot-4 Navajo reporter managed to elbow her way through a mob of crazed sports journalists and ask the Super Bowl superstar what he knows about Indian people. And as for that football player who looked down her blouse ...
  • Floyd Red Crow Westerman's death has left a void in Indian Country and a burden Native people must find a way to shoulder in his absence.

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