Science versus the sacred: studying native remains at UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is home to the country’s second largest collection of human skeletons outside of a graveyard, about 12 thousand total. Some are thousands of years old. The University has unearthed and...
View ArticleOne hundred years with Ishi, the "last wild Indian" of North America
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the public debut of a man called Ishi. Ishi was Native American, aYana from the Deer Creek area, about 150 miles northeast of Berkeley. And for the past century...
View ArticleToday on Your Call: What is life like on Native American reservations today?
On today's Your Call, we’ll speak with David Treuer, author of Rez Life, an examination of Native American reservation life, past and present. A United Nations special rapporteur recently recommended...
View ArticleToday on Your Call: What is the state of Native American Media?
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View ArticleHear Here: Carolyn Brandy's mysterious dream
Caroyln Brandy started playing the conga drum in the late 1960s. “It was something that women didn’t really do back in those days,” Brandy says. “You...» E-Mail This
View ArticleThe Spiritual Edge: Native American sweats out trauma of the past
It’s intense in a sweat lodge. You enter a round structure, about five feet high at the center, and sit down on the earthen floor. Then the flap of...» E-Mail This
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