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"Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures,
crafting their own future"
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9 August) was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994, to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995 – 2004).
In 2004, the Assembly proclaimed a Second International Decade, from 2005 – 2015, with the theme of “A Decade for Action and Dignity.”
The focus of this year’s International Day will be Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures, crafting our own future.
This theme highlights the need for preservation and revitalization of indigenous cultures, including their art and intellectual property. It can also be used to showcase indigenous artists and cooperatives or businesses who are taking inspiration from indigenous peoples' customs and the indigenous communities who may have participated or benefited from this.
It is also a reminder of the responsibility of individuals as consumers, to understand that there is a story and a personal experience behind every piece of cloth, textile or artwork from an indigenous individual or community.
At UN Headquarters on 9 August, there will be a special event focusing on intellectual property in relation to indigenous designs, as well as best practices for protecting indigenous arts and crafts.
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Maryland formally recognizes 2 American Indian groups
ANNAPOLIS — For the first time in Maryland’s history, two American Indian groups indigenous to the state were formally recognized in executive orders by Gov. Martin O’Malley on Monday.
Today is a day of recognition,” O’Malley said. “It is a day of reconciliation, and
it is a day of arrival — a day 380 years in the making, a day made possible only
by the kindness, the forgiveness, the goodness of the Piscataway people of this beautiful
place that we now call Maryland.”
The Piscataway Conoy Tribe includes two entities, the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy
and Sub-
Tribal officials thanked the governor. Mervin Savoy, tribal chair of the Piscataway
Conoy Confederacy and Sub-
“So sorry they weren’t here to see this, but they are dancing in heaven,” Savoy said, noting the importance of creating a sense of identity to motivate the young.
The ceremony follows a process established by the General Assembly to formally recognize American Indian tribes, bands or clans.
According to the census, Maryland has 23,162 Native Americans living in the state, and 58,000 people who identify themselves as having American Indian heritage. State law requires that petitioners document that the group has been identified as part of a continuous Native American community from before 1790 until the present and is indigenous to Maryland.
More than $17 million in potential funding may now become available to the state
and the Piscataway in education, minority business contracting, housing and public
health, according to the O’Malley administration. Recognition also means the Maryland
Commission on Indian Affairs will be able to assist in getting federal funding for
the re-
Before recognition, the Maryland Historical Trust had to consult with out-
RAPID CITY, S.D. – President Barack Obama’s promise to mend the century’s long estranged relationship between the federal government and South Dakota Indian Tribes took another step forward last week.
Carla Wensky / AP Photo / Powell Tribune Crow tribal elder Grant Bulltail leads a group of Native Americans and other area residents in a prayer at a Crow pipe ceremony at the base of Heart Mountain, between Powell and Cody, Wyo., on June 11, 2011.
Assistant Secretary-
CAMINADA HEADLAND, La. (AP) – Cleanup after the BP oil spill has turned up dozens
of sites where archaeologists are finding human and animal bones, pottery and primitive
weapons left behind by pre-
Weavers think a tapestry of simple stripes can display just as much complex work and detailed information as a complicated pattern.
The Brazilian government sent security forces to a remote area near the border with Peru
JUDGE APPROVES $3.4B COBELL SETTLEMENT
Navajo woman chosen as vice chair of New Mexico commission
The site is just a few miles southwest of Riverton, the ninth-
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The Tucson Unified School District has banned its Mexican American Studies program
and a number of books including Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years, which includes
pieces by various Native American authors including Suzan Shown Harjo, Buffy Sainte-
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Abbey Lincoln was an incredible person. As a singer, writer, poet, visual artist, actress, great philosopher and singer she gave her heart and soul. I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with her on several occasions. We had quite a conversation about honoring the Ancestors. She talked about her African and Native blood. I heard stories shared by my son Marc and Michael Bowie who was Abbey's bass player for many years. They both had a close bond with her. Marc was her musical director for about 10 1/2 years. He traveled around the world with her. Abbey was a deep thinker and had seen much in her years from childhood and through her years as an entertainer. Her life experiences during the civil rights era is reflected in some of her music. She is someone whom I will always remember and honor. The works of her art will always be with us. Here's to you Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), better known by her stage name Abbey Lincoln.
Abbey Lincoln