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Models strutted down the runway in traditional and contemporary designs at a sold-out fashion show in Downtown Phoenix this past weekend.
The Indigenous Community Fashion Showcase was part of Phoenix Indian Center’s 75-year anniversary celebration on March 5. Phoenix Indian Center, a nonprofit organization, serves the Indigenous community in Phoenix and is the oldest organization of its kind.
Fashion designer Rebekah Jarvey, Chippewa Cree and Blackfeet, organized and produced the show. – READ MORE, Carina Dominguez, Indian Country Today
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LOMPOC, California – Opening a bottle of wine is a journey into history. Every sip finds a story to share from the past.
Twelve years ago the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians purchased the Camp 4 Vineyard and opened up its own label, Kita Wines. A couple of years after that, the first bottles. Along the way the winery started small, earning awards and passionate fans. The Grenache Rose’ was a bestseller.
Then this email in January. “The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has made the business decision to cease production, and we will be closing our facilities in April,” wrote winemaker Tara Gomez. “There wasn’t a lot of discussion happening around Native American wines when we first started, and I am so proud to be a part of the movement happening around the world as people look toward the original stewards of the land for unique and amazing wine, beer and spirits.”
Gomez, who is a citizen of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash, was grateful for the support from her tribe, even as the operation was coming to a close. – READ MORE, Mark Trahant, Indian Country Today
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- ‘You lose a language, you lose a culture’: The recent publication of a four-volume Kalapuya dictionary and a separate ongoing effort to build an expansive digital archive have brought renewed attention to an Indigenous language that has been dead in spoken form for more than a half century
- Oklahoma, tribes tension compared to western states: ‘New Mexico case law has already established a framework for who can exercise jurisdiction over crimes committed by members of Indian tribes in Indian Country’
- A drive to save a language: Several big tech companies have expressed interest in recent years in making their technology work better for endangered Indigenous languages
- Inupiat musher set to make history in Iditarod: Apayauq Reitan will be the first trans woman to compete in the iconic sled dog race
- Instead of replacing Native American school mascot, this Colorado town is going without one
- Piscataway Conoy Tribe wants to rename Indian Head Highway
- Marvel is changing a comic book character after Indigenous people criticized it for being demeaning
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