Indian Forum: THE MAIN EVENT
Week fit for a King: parades, forums, services
The question King Week '93 aims to answer is "Where Do We Go From Here? Nonviolence: Learning It, Living It, Teaching It." As it marks its 25th anniversary, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change celebrates what would have been the 64th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday - and the eighth federal holiday on Jan. 18 -with ecumenical services, seminars, tributes, award ceremonies, entertainment and a nationally telecast...
AMERICAN INDIAN FORUM,
FOCUSES ON RACISM IN SPORTS
By American News Sports Staff The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media is set for 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. Paul."The purpose of the forum is to bring awareness and understanding to the use of American Indian names, logos and mascots as identities for sports teams," said Vernon Bellecourt, president of the national coalition that is sponsoring the event. "(We want) to gain commitments from members of the media to...
Indian Forum: Indian Meaning
Shazaaye Puebla's explanation of the name "Indian" (Forum, May 11) was the most charming and most useful folk etymology I have ever seen. Well written, not so well researched. For a myth to be a myth, at least one person has to believe it. Whoever said Columbus thought he was in India? It's the sort of idea that could catch on irreversibly, like the myth that Columbus was out to prove the world was round.But no, natives did not eat salted...
Indian Forum: Russia, India "to treble trade by 2010"
Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 16 March: Russia and India plan to "triple trade turnover between the two countries and raise it to 10bn dollars by the end of 2010," official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Kamynin said today on the occasion of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's two-day official visit to India. This year, Kamynin said, a special investigation group will be set up to draw up...
Indian Forum: `EDUCATION SUMMIT' GOAL: TO FORM LEARNING'S FUTURE//LEGISLATORS, ACTIVISTS HOPE FOR PLAN TO RAISE TEST SCORES
St. Paulites can help shape the future of their public schools during the city's first-ever ``Education Summit,'' from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today at Arlington High School, 1495 Rice St.Legislators and community activists who organized the session are hoping to come up with an action plan for the 42,400-student district that can help raise eighth-grade basic skills test scores and the number of students meeting the state's new graduation...