Friday, October 29, 2010

NewsDaily: Humans mastered tool making earlier than thought

NewsDaily: Humans mastered tool making earlier than thought: "A group of prehistoric people mastered a difficult and delicate process to sharpen stones into spears and knives at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a report."

Friday, October 22, 2010

The Associated Press: Expansive Native American exhibit opening in NYC

The Associated Press: Expansive Native American exhibit opening in NYC: "Ancient stone projectiles created miles from where the original rock was quarried highlight the intent of a monumental new exhibition on Native American Indians: to offer a hemispheric survey of tribes as dynamic interconnected societies."

Thursday, October 21, 2010

USDA Awards Native Americans Millions In Discrimination Suit : NPR

USDA Awards Native Americans Millions In Discrimination Suit : NPR: "The United States Department of Agriculture has agreed to pay $680 million in damages to thousands of Native American farmers who say they were denied farm loans"

Friday, October 15, 2010

Cancer Is Probably Man Made Caused By Pollution And Diet

: "Why was cancer detected in only one in a few hundred Egyptian mummies? Why is there such scarce reference to cancer in ancient Greek or Egyptian texts? A study carried out by researchers from the University of Manchester, England and published in Nature suggests that cancer, especially cancer among children and young adults is not simply due to our living longer these days - it must be a man-made disease."

Read more: Cancer Is Probably Man Made Caused By Pollution And Diet

Native Americans plan to block work in protest at Glen Cove Shellmound area - Vallejo Times Herald

Native Americans plan to block work in protest at Glen Cove Shellmound area - Vallejo Times Herald: "If the bulldozers come to the Glen Cove Shellmound area, the city can expect the local Native American community and its supporters to chain themselves to trees or otherwise 'peacefully but effectively seek to block' the work, an activist said Thursday."

Monday, October 11, 2010

Indian diabetes treatment addresses diet, exercise

Indian diabetes treatment addresses diet, exercise: "Urban Indian health clinics in South Dakota are incorporating exercise and meal planning into their diabetes treatment to combat the prevalence of the disease among Native American residents."