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  2. American Indian Center - Wikipedia

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    The American Indian Center (AIC) of Chicago is the oldest urban American Indian center in the United States. [1] It provides social services, youth and senior programs, cultural learning, and meeting opportunities for Native American peoples. For many years, it was located Uptown and is now in the Albany Park, Chicago community area. [2] [3]

  3. Gathering of Nations - Wikipedia

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    [17] [18] [15] In May 2017, the Gathering of Nations, Limited parted ways with the University of New Mexico, not only affecting the location of future pow wows, but also ending the Gathering of Nations Scholarship Fund. Part of the proceeds earned at the pow wow went toward the fund, which helped pay for students to attend the University. [19]

  4. Powwow - Wikipedia

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    A powwow (also pow wow or pow-wow) is a gathering with dances held by many Native American and First Nations communities. Inaugurated in 1923. Inaugurated in 1923. Powwows today are an opportunity for Indigenous people to socialize, dance, sing, and honor their cultures.

  5. Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper ... - AOL

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    At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with ...

  6. Native American newspapers - Wikipedia

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    It reported community news like births and weddings while also publicizing the Indian Center's activities. [16] The American Indian Center in Chicago published numerous newsletters including the Chicago Warrior and American Indian Center News; it inspired other urban Indian centers to follow suit. [17] Many urban newspapers of this period also ...

  7. American Indian Movement - Wikipedia

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    1988 – Elaine Stately Indian Youth Services (ESIYS) developed to create alternatives for youth in Minneapolis as a direct diversion to gang-involvement of Indian youth. Fort Snelling AIM annual Pow Wow: AIM establishes an annual pow-wow to recognize its 20th anniversary at Fort Snelling in Minnesota. The event becomes the largest Labor Day ...

  8. Willard LaMere - Wikipedia

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    A member of the Ho-Chunk nation, LaMere moved to Chicago in 1937 and became well-respected leader in Chicago's American Indian community. [2] In the early 1950s, Kurt Dreifus of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Chicago convened a meeting of concerned “businessmen, university professors, welfare agency officers, clergymen, etc.” as a Citizens Advisory Board to the BIA.

  9. Adventures of Pow Wow - Wikipedia

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    The cartoon features the pre-adolescent Native American boy Pow Wow, as well as the tribe's medicine man, and a Native American girl who is a friend of Pow Wow's. [2] The cartoons often center on Pow Wow's discovery of an animal, hurt or otherwise, and his attempts to protect the forest and wildlife from various threats. When Pow Wow needs help ...