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April 17th, 2013
Written by Michelle Rindel... in race relation news, Spotlight, Feature Stories, Race and Education, Native American with 0 Comments
Native American Tribes Use Technology To Save Languages
LAS VEGAS (AP) - In a conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of new apps.
But these are no Silicon Valley techies in town for one of the city's massive electronics shows. Many are from far-flung American Indian reservations, and their high-tech...
February 21st, 2013
Written by Monika Scislows... in race relations news, Spotlight, Feature Stories, Race and Education, Socialization with 0 Comments
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish language experts launched a campaign Thursday to preserve the challenging system of its diacritical marks, saying the tails, dots and strokes are becoming obsolete under the pressure of IT and speed.
The drive, initiated by the state-run Council of the Polish Language, is part of the UNESCO International Mother Language Day. The campaign's Polish name is complicated...
January 22nd, 2013
Written by Janet McConnaug... in race relations news, Spotlight, African-American, Feature Stories, Socialization, Latest News with 0 Comments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The "baby dolls," an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African-American community, are on again.
The troupes of women strutting and prancing in bonnets, garters, and skimpy or short, ruffled dresses on Fat Tuesday also are being spotlighted in a new book and museum exhibit that trace their history and modern rebirth.
When the predominantly African-...
January 14th, 2013
Written by Peter Enav - As... in race relations news, Spotlight, Race and Education, Latest News with 0 Comments
DAKANUA, Taiwan (AP) — Her eyes lit bright with concentration, Taiwanese linguist Sung Li-may leans in expectantly as one of the planet's last 10 speakers of the Kanakanavu language shares his hopes for the future.
"I am already very old," says 80-year-old Mu'u Ka'angena, a leathery faced man with a tough, sinewy body and deeply veined hands. A light rain falls onto the thatched roof of the...
January 2nd, 2013
Written by Kristi Eaton - ... in race relations news, Spotlight, Oppression and Privilege, Race and Religion, Latest News, Native American with 0 Comments
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The country's largest rural, nonprofit hospital system is hiring two traditional Native American healers to train medical staff in the Dakotas and Minnesota in an effort to better serve the American Indian patient population.
Sanford Health is in the process of hiring a Lakota/Dakota and an Ojibwe to serve as consultants as part of a three-year $12 million Center for...
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