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This rare photograph by an unknown photographer shows the ill-fated Cheyenne chief, Black Kettle, and a number of his associated at Camp Weld, on the outskirts of Denver. They had assembled there on September 28, 1864, for a peace council with Governor Evans and Colonel John M. Chivington, commander of the District of Colorado. Some of the identifications are uncertain. Pictured in the front row, kneeling, from left are: Major Edward W. Wynkoop, commander at Fort Lyon and later agent for the Cheyennes and Arapahoes; Captain Silas S. Soule, provost marshal, later murdered in Denver. Pictured in the middle row, seated, from left, are: White Antelope (or perhaps White Wolf), Bull Bear, Black Kettle, One Eye, Natame (Arapaho). Pictured in the back row, standing, from left are: Colorado militiaman, unknown civilian, John H. Smith (interpreter), Heap of Buffalo (Arapaho), Neva (Arapaho), unknown civilian, sentry. Another identification states that Neva is seated on the left and the Indian next to Smith is White Wolf (Cheyenne).
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Native History: Sand Creek Massacre Devastates Tribes, Intensifies Warfare

By Carol Berry
Russell Means seems to look down on a young viewer in this painting by Bob Coronato that depicts Means with the upside-down U.S. flag in a universal signal of distress, in this case of the plight of Indian people. Means undertook the role of a Lakota patriot, advocating for his people and seeking to perpetuate his language and culture. His achievements are to be honored in a Russell Means Library on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
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Four-Day Ceremony in Denver Marks Russell Means’ Final Honoring

By Carol Berry
Those participating in a Free, Prior and Informed Consent-themed conference at the University of Colorado Law School included (from left) John Echohawk, head of the Native American Rights Fund; Rick Williams, retired president and CEO of the American Indian College Fund, and Walter Echo-Hawk, who gave an evening lecture and signed his book, In the Light of Justice: The Rise of Human Rights in Native America and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The conference, conducted by the American Indian Law Program and the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment, was held on November 1, the start of American Indian Heritage Month.
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Laws Needed to Enforce U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Legal Experts

By Carol Berry
AIM and Idle No More members hold up signs and march in a protest against the use of the slur "redskin" at the Washington Denver NFL game this weekend.
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'Redskins' Are Set to Lose as Public Awareness Grows

By Carol Berry
Other sections of the Keystone XL pipeline. The Texas portion, known as the Gulf Coast Pipeline, is nearly complete.
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Southern Leg of Keystone XL Near Completion as Opponents Lose Last Legal Battle in Texas

By Carol Berry
A plea deal? Not quite yet.
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High-Dollar Damages May Threaten Plea Deal in Running Wolf Case

By Carol Berry
Ellen and Arthur Brady are shown at their home on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Montana. They were in the Cheyenne camp along Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado at the time of the massacre in 1864 of Cheyenne and Arapaho people.
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Government Seeks to End Claims From 1864’s Sand Creek Massacre

By Carol Berry
Virginia Allrunner, Cheyenne, 81, said Idle No More will have to remain vigilant to protect the earth and to uphold “our Indian way of life.” An elder and long-time activist, she has turned her attention to INM and its possibility of constructive change.
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Idle No More Solidarity Day in Denver Targets Oil Spills

By Carol Berry
Flooding at St. Vrain River in Weld County, Colorado, on September 13 caused concerns about possible oil spill contamination.
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Colorado Floods Changed Landscape, Wrought Environmental Damage

By Carol Berry
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Utes Boycott Town to Protest Racial Profiling, Harassment by Cops

By Carol Berry
Flood-damage homes in Boulder, Colorado, on September 14.
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Colorado Natives Recount Harrowing Escapes as Floods Recede, Head to Nebraska

By Carol Berry
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Boycott! Racial Profiling by Cops Angers Ute Indian Tribe

By Carol Berry
Professor Emerita Elizabeth Cook-Lynn spoke to attendees at the Pathways to Respecting American Indian Civil Rights conference in Denver, where she presented the keynote address opening the event that drew more than 350 people. Her writing and teaching center on the “cultural, historical, and political survival of Indian Nations” and she believes that “writing is an essential act of survival for contemporary American Indians.”
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Science Says 'Past is Present' for Traumas Endured in Indian Country

By Carol Berry
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Judges Cite Tribes as ‘Once-Sovereign Political Communities’

By Carol Berry
Cherokee Principal Chief Bill John Baker: “The Cherokee Nation is still fighting for Baby Veronica even though the Supreme Court of the United States said it wasn’t an ICWA case.”
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Cherokee Nation Still Fighting and Praying for Baby Veronica

By Carol Berry
Native middle-school students tightened wheels and batteries, although some still came off before they reached the finish line.
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Little Shop of Physics—Colorado Middle Schoolers Learn Science Skills

By Carol Berry
A carrier of the eagle staff for the annual Sand Creek Massacre Memorial Run took a moment to reflect at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site near Eads, Colorado, where ceremony was conducted before young runners started out on their three-day journey to the state capitol.
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Sand Creek Descendants Seek Reparations for 1864 Massacre

By Carol Berry
Joshua Running Wolf pleaded guilty to theft from the Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce.
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Lies, Betrayal, & Embezzlement: Chamber of Commerce Head Pleads Guilty

By Carol Berry
M. Kalani Souza, Native Hawaiian, head of the nonprofit Olohana Foundation, played the guitar for attendees of the Rising Voices of Indigenous People in Weather and Climate Science Workshop July 1 – 2 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He is also with the Federal Emergency Management Agency , University of Hawaii, where he is national director of population centers, working on Native community capacity for climate change.
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Science vs. Traditional Knowledge in Climate Change: Can't We All Just Get Along?

By Carol Berry
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Utes Say State and County Police Are Violating Their Borders

By Carol Berry
New eagle rules are imminent.
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New Rules Make it Easier for Natives to Get Eagle Feathers

By Carol Berry
The Garden of the Gods is part of the Ute homeland and is still used for ceremonies by the Ute people.
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Celebrating Sacred Places in Colorado

By Carol Berry
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Native-Themed License Plate Could Allegedly Promote Pantheism

By Carol Berry
Coonskin cap-wearing “Denver Boone,” a longtime University of Denver mascot, was ousted from that role 15 years ago, although he continued as an informal DU image over the years among loyal fans. Denver Boone has been officially excluded from a process now underway to select a DU mascot that would be acceptable and appropriate to the full student body known as the “Denver Pioneers.”
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The New West Confronts the Old West at a Colorado University

By Carol Berry
NaturesArtMelbourne items currently for sale include this hawk prayer fan for $21.67. The feathers of eagles, hawks, falcons and other birds are being sold or exported from the Australian shop in a practice that Paul Benton and the Native American Forum Thread Group question as possibly illegal or culturally inappropriate. The shop sells through Etsy Inc., a major e-commerce website, which has threatened Benton with suspension of his own account if he does not stop making unwanted contact with the shop’s owner.
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Etsy Feather Controversy Goes International

By Carol Berry
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Pueblo's Rules Take a Back Seat in Bald Eagle Case

By Carol Berry
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Bruce Ignacio Named to Business Committee by Northern Utes

By Carol Berry
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Tribes Look to Casino and Scarce Water for Income

By Carol Berry
The History Colorado Center in downtown Denver with the bison sculpture titled "On the Wind."
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Sand Creek Massacre Exhibit to Close for Tribal Consultation

By Carol Berry
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Northern Ute Tribal Enrollment May Rise, Pending Election Could Lower Blood Quantum

By Carol Berry
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Supreme Court Rejects Ward Churchill Appeal Without Comment

By Carol Berry
Juanita Plenty Holes, a member of the tribal council of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of southwestern Colorado, achieved college success as a single parent with five children and a full-time job. She is flanked by her daughter, Danita, 13, and her son Waylon, 28, who, with another son, Jesse, 27 (not shown), encouraged her and helped her achieve her goal when the other family members were younger. Behind Waylon is Elijah, 14, and next to him is Joseph, 16.
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Making Higher Education a Family Effort and Priority

By Carol Berry
Colorado Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia, chairman of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs (CCIA), took part in a photo opportunity with Ute royalty who came to Denver to extend tribal greetings at the Denver March Powwow but also attended a CCIA meeting March 21, where the possibility of increasing tribes’ revenues through an all-Indian rodeo was among topics discussed. The young royals, from left, Jazmin Carmenoros, 11, Jr. Miss Southern Ute; Yllana Howe, 9, Little Miss Southern Ute; and Tauri Raines, 5, Little Miss Southern Ute Alternate.
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Young Utes Get Red Carpet Greeting at Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs Meeting, All Native Rodeo Discussed

By Carol Berry
Edward Nichols, president and CEO of History Colorado, spoke with Terry Knight, a cultural leader of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, at a meeting March 22 of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs. The commission has been asked to help foster negotiations between the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and History Colorado in a conflict over consultation for the Sand Creek Massacre exhibit at the History Colorado Center.
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Lack of Tribal Consultation Leads to Conflict at a Denver Museum

By Carol Berry
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Native Presence Grows on Colorado College Boards

By Carol Berry
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Chaske Spencer: A Native Actor Who Left Addiction Behind

By Carol Berry
Gary Farmer (left), Cayuga, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, and part of his Round Dance circle stepped slowly to a hand-drum beat as they supported Idle No More in a teach-in March 1 at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where sponsors included Oyate and the Native American Law Student Association.
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Gary Farmer: Idle No More, 'Consumerization,' Mining Fallout and Indian Humor

By Carol Berry
Former Denver Broncos wide receiver Mark Jackson held the microphone as Greg Shortman, Assiniboine, sang the Veterans Song after the Presentation of the Colors at Denver Indian Center’s 30th anniversary celebration March 1 at Denver Art Museum. Shortman is a veteran and center board member.
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Relocation Brought Collaboration: Denver Indian Center Celebrates 30 Years

By Carol Berry
Colorado Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia, chairman of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs (CCIA), recorded some of the points made at a joint meeting of Ute tribal leaders, a bipartisan Tribal/Legislative Caucus of the Colorado General Assembly, and the CCIA and talked to attendees about the provisions of an existing statute governing the CCIA that likely will be revised during the current session.
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Urban Indians May Benefit From Colorado Law's Changes

By Carol Berry
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U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal Roundup for February

By Carol Berry
The crowd at a climate rally in downtown Denver February 17 numbered up to 500 at its height. The rally was in solidarity with a climate event that drew thousands in Washington, D.C. and in at least 15 states and it included a protest against the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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Colorado Idle No More Won't Back Down, Rallies Opposing Keystone XL Pipeline

By Carol Berry
Four women who attended the Gathering to Protect the Sacred from the Tar Sands and Keystone XL January 23-25, 2013: from left, Tantoo Cardinal, First Nations Cree, film and television actress; Debra White Plume, Oglala Lakota, of Owe Aku (Bring Back the Way; Faith Spotted Eagle, Yankton Sioux tribal elder and a Gathering organizer; and Casey Camp, Ponca Nation, political and environmental activist.
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Tribal Members Sign Treaty Calling for an End to Alberta Oil Sands Development and Keystone XL

By Carol Berry
S. James Anaya, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, before his public address January 24 on “Reconciliation in the United States in Light of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” He spoke at the University of Colorado Law School, American Indian Law Program, in Boulder. (Photo by Carol Berry)
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Anaya Urges Presidential Support for Apology

By Carol Berry
Josh Running Wolf was arrested January 7 by Denver police on allegations of check forgery and the theft of at least $20,000 from his former employer, according to Denver County Court records.
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Former Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce President Under Investigation for Theft and Forgery

By Carol Berry
David Boxley, Tsimshian (nearest the totem pole), and his dance troupe, Git Hoan, performed traditional Native dances at the unveiling of the totem pole he carved for the Native American Center at Fort Lewis College, in Durango, Colorado on January 16. (Photos courtesy Fort Lewis College)
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Dancing to Celebrate Totem Pole's Unveiling

By Carol Berry
Gary Hayes, Ute Mountain Ute Chairman
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Ute Mountain Ute Hunters and Anglers Gain Access to Brunot Area

By Carol Berry
Youth carrying the Cheyenne flag at a past Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run. This year’s run will end at a Busby, Montana gravesite of Cheyenne ancestors whose remains were repatriated from a U.S. Army facility. (Photo courtesy Conscious Alliance)
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Outbreak Run Recognizes Historical Tragedy, Offers Contemporary Hope

By Carol Berry
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The Navajo Nation Seeks to End a Mining Lawsuit

By Carol Berry
This totem pole, carved by David Boxley, Tsimshian, of Alaska, will be unveiled in a Totem Pole Raising Ceremony at the Native American Center, at Fort Lewis College, in Durango, Colorado. (Photo courtesy Native American Center, Fort Lewis College)
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Fort Lewis College Obtains Totem Pole to Represent Alaska Native Students

By Carol Berry
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Police Arrest Five at Metro Denver’s Third Idle No More Round Dance

By Carol Berry