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AlisonOwings

  1. For Native American Women, Scourge of Rape, Rare Justice nyti.ms/LppjAN My intervus w/ Native women in INDIAN VOICES underscore this. 7:56 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  2. Former Sen. Byron Dorgan letter points out Pine Ridge Indian Res. more complex, and hopeful, than many reports. nyti.ms/J2gOvo 8:47 AM May 18th via Tweet Button
  3. Great story about Native brass bands, and documentary about them "Sousa on the Rez" - mohavedailynews.com/articles/2012/… via @MohaveDailyNews 8:52 AM Feb 20th via Tweet Button
  4. Book buyers, book readers, book writers: the Authors Guild is taking on the role of David vs. the Goliath of Amazon. tinyurl.com/86zkbsy 4:37 PM Feb 18th via web
  5. Board president of the Native American Journalists Association resigned, saying the group is in "financial ruin." !? pantagraph.com/news/national/… 9:42 AM Nov 17th, 2011 via web
  6. Amer. Indian Film Festival of San Francisco (@AIFF36) starting soon: great movies in lineup, like "Shouting Secrets" See you there? 9:36 AM Nov 3rd, 2011 via web
  7. The Associated Press: Native American leader Elouise Cobell dies at 65 google.com/hostednews/ap/… Sad day for us all, in and out of Indian Country 11:10 AM Oct 17th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  8. Check this video out -- Intervention: Don't Know Much About Indians #4 youtube.com/watch?v=61GD-A… via @youtube Compelling and important, say I. 8:55 AM Sep 19th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  9. Read and Listen to 'Indian Voices' - Trumbull, patch.com/B-qrF A great and accurate review, and many thanks. 9:25 AM Aug 25th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  10. NW Journey to Reconnect With Am. Indian Ways - nytimes.com/2011/07/25/us/… Great event, desc. in Indian Voices 4:23 PM Jul 25th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  11. Summer Reading Includes Critical Indian Histories As Well As Smart Indian Voices | Mark Trahant | newwest.net/topic/article/… #books #indianz 8:08 AM Jul 19th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  12. Maui's cultural icon Charles Ka'upu dies; sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/… via @sfgate Am in shock; last interviewee for Indian Voices, and perfect. 12:21 PM Jul 15th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  13. On this date, who asked Congress to "renounce, repudiate, and repeal" the termination policy against tribes? Nixon's the one! July 8, 1970 3:03 PM Jul 8th, 2011 via web
  14. Rational Americans urged to comment on blog (huff.to/jrnGDv) to counter the scaries. (I'm "treasonous"?) #July4 #Declaration 2:41 PM Jul 4th, 2011 via web
  15. Yikes! My HuffPost piece re 3 words in Declar. of Independence ("merciless Indian savages") sparking nearly 2,000 comments, so far. 10:00 AM Jul 3rd, 2011 via web
  16. Hello Chicagoans! Come support the American Indian Center fundraiser 6pm Thurs June 2 2:05 PM May 28th, 2011 via web
  17. Native Americans Change Profile Pictures To Protest Use of "Geronimo" in Bin Laden Mission mashable.com/2011/05/06/ope… @alisonowings 8:18 AM May 13th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  18. Bin Laden Ain’t No Geronimo | Indian Country Today Media Network.com indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/05/bin-la… Quite an essay, esp. last paragraph #Geronimo 4:25 PM May 11th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  19. Native Americans slam Geronimo codename for Osama | abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipin… More ignorance than racism? @AlisonOwings 8:59 AM May 6th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  • Name Alison Owings
  • Location Mill Valley, CA
  • Web http://alisonowin...
  • Bio Alison Owings is the author of three oral-history based books, including the just released Indian Voices: Listening to Native Americans.
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