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Native American Activist Russell Means dead at age 72
Russell C. Means, the charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive the warrior image of the American Indian in the 1970s with guerrilla-tactic protests that called attention to the nation's history of injustices against its indigenous peoples, died on Monday, October 29, 2012, at his ranch in Porcupine, S.D., on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was 72.
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As we go to the election polls today to cast our votes, it's amazing to me to realize that while native americans have volunteered to fight in every US war since the American Revolution, they weren't considered US citizens until 1924, four years after women were granted the right to vote! Still, american indians were not allowed to vote in many states until after the Civil Rights Act was passed in the mid1960s and some southern states, such as Georgia, continued to illegally deny american indians the right to vote until the 1970s! |
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I hope you aren't taking your right to vote today for granted,
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If you are looking for information on a particular subject related to native americans or arts and crafts, submit your question to our popular Mailbag column. While we can't answer every question, we do pick the most interesting ones to feature and answer each week on our website.
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How many native americans have played major league baseball?
~Submitted by Oz McConathy
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Jacoby Ellsbury was the first Navajo to play in the major leagues and is one of the most recent baseball players with Indian ancestry. Louis Sockalexis is usually credited with having been the first full-blood native american to play major league baseball. Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox),is perhaps the best-known Native American player of the 20th century as he excelled in multiple sports. Read more: In all, only forty-seven full blood Indians have played in the baseball major leagues since 1897.
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Origins of Native American Heritage Month (November) Generally thought to be a relatively recent phenomenon created by Congress, the roots of Native American Heritage Month go back over a century. It was Native Americans, themselves, who first promoted national recognition of their heritage. The Boy Scouts of America then became their political ally.
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From the American Revolution to Operation Enduring Freedom, native americans have served the United States with valor and honorThroughout November, the nation will celebrate National American Indian Heritage Month. This year's theme is "Serving Our People, Serving our Nations: Native Visions for Future Generations." On Nov. 11, Americans also will celebrate Veterans Day. Through these two observances, Americans can celebrate not only the significant contributions of American Indians and Alaska natives to our heritage and culture but also their contribution to this country's defense.
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