Subject: Native American Issues

• It Takes a Tribe

  June 14, 2007

• The End of the Ward

  May 17, 2006

• The puzzling death of a DNC guest

  September 4, 2008

• Weaving a Story

  April 8, 1999

• The Hillerman Way

  July 1, 1999

• Class Dismissed

  Following the path of the shaman just got tougher at Colorado Free University.

  August 3, 2000

• Veggie Girl: Tocabe

  My roots go deep in New Mexico, so I'm fairly well-versed when it comes to Native American cuisine, and Indian fry bread and Navajo tacos are a few of my very favorite treats. So I was thrilled to hear that a new, fast-casual Native American place was opening at 3536 West 44th Avenue. Tocabe is modeled after Chipotle, but instead of tacos and burritos you can order American Indian Tacos (what we always called Navajo Tacos), Stuffed Indian Tacos, Medicine Wheel Nachos, Iko's Soup of the Day, L

  December 31, 2008

• Tocabe does Chipotle one better -- with fry bread

  April 16, 2009

• Bless This Mess

  July 31, 2008

• A New Frontier

  Anti-Columbus Day activists batten down the hatches in preparation for holiday protests.

  October 4, 2007

• Native Sons

  June 7, 2007

• Palatial Powwow

  Royalty returns to Denver for the annual native celebration.

  March 30, 2006

• Sundance Sensation

  Leonard Peltier's life hits the stage.

  March 15, 2007

• Sketches

  Brief reviews of current shows

  April 19, 2007

• Breaking the Mold

  Virginia Mattern's collection of Native American art is at the DAM.

  November 23, 2006

• Sketches

  Brief reviews of current shows

  January 18, 2007

• Glass Menagerie

  The spectacular Dale Chihuly solo sparkles at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

  June 23, 2005

• Lewis and Clark Disembark

  Denver gets a visit from a stunning retrospective on the journey of Lewis and Clark.

  May 5, 2005

• Return of the Native

  Ben Nighthorse Campbell works in silver, but his future looks golden.

  February 24, 2005

• Off Limits

  Bean and nothingness

  September 16, 2004

• Western Culture

  The CSFAC examines the Old West while its new director shakes up the place.

  November 13, 2003

• Fancy Footwork

  David Taylor Dance stomps stereotypes

  July 10, 2003

• Pop Quiz

  A small tell-all

  November 21, 2002

• Run for Their Lives

  One man goes the distance for the memory of Sand Creek.

  November 18, 1999

• Shifting Sands

  June 10, 1999

• A Blanket Indictment

  June 3, 1999

• Plane Truths

  January 28, 1999

• All Aboard

  November 26, 1998

• Sage Remington

  Return of the Native

  January 29, 1998

• Grave Reservations

  The Colorado Historical Society has collected Indian artifacts for 120 years. Now it has to give many of them back.

  July 24, 1997

• Liquid Gold

  A secret memo reveals a new compromise on the controversial Animas-La Plata Water Project.

  June 19, 1997

• Dark Days on Black Mesa

  The Hopi want one of the largest coal mines in North America to stop using their groundwater. If springs and wells dry up, their ancient culture may disappear.

  May 8, 1997

• Life's a Stitch

  April 10, 1997

• Trickle-Down Economics

  A new proposal could leave Animas-La Plata proponents high and dry.

  April 10, 1997

• Sticking Point

  Step right up and get your gen-u-wine Ben Nighthorse knife!

  February 27, 1997

• Cheyenne Autumn

  January 16, 1997

• Wade in the Water

  Governor Romer and the lieutenant governor step into the Animas-La Plata dispute.

  October 3, 1996

• Athlete, Artist, Indian Chief

  From dark horse to Nighthorse, it's been one hell of a ride for Ben Campbell.

  September 12, 1996

• Rough Waters

  The Animas-La Plata project is supposed to fulfill the government's promise to Colorado Utes. But tribal opponents worry it will leave the reservations high and dry.

  June 13, 1996

• WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

  AN INDIAN NEWSPAPER TAKES THE DENVER BUFFALO COMPANY TO TASK.

  November 8, 1995

• BIG WHEELS

  HOW THE GOVERNMENT SPENT BIG BUCKS STUDYING A SUPPOSED INDIAN MEDICINE WHEEL.

  September 27, 1995

• TRANSCENDENTAL DESECRATION

  IN SEARCH OF SPIRITUAL VIBES, NEW-AGERS RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.

  September 13, 1995

• THE WHEEL THING

  IS NOTHING SACRED? AN UNPRECEDENTED GATHERING OF THE TRIBES IN BOULDER TRIES TO DECIDE.

  July 5, 1995

• LETTERS

  August 10, 1994

• FAMILY FEUD

  DO YOU HAVE TO BE AN INDIAN TO TEACH INDIAN? A BOULDER SQUABBLE BECOMES A NATIONAL DEBATE.

  August 3, 1994

• BAD MEDICINE

  AN OVERDOSE OF SPIRITUALITY SENT KAYLA MOONWATCHER TO THE COPS FOR A CURE.RITUAL ABUSE KAYLA MOONWATCHER DREAMED OF BEING ADOPTED BY A LAKOTA MEDICINE MAN. IT TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE AN INITIATION CEREMONY.

  July 27, 1994

• CIVIL WARS

  THE FURY FLIES AS INDIAN ACTIVISTS TAKE AIM AT EACH OTHER.

  February 9, 1994

• Tocabe inspires a fry bread confessional

  Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery does Chipotle one better -- with fry bread.Like whiskey and the music of the Pogues from the Irish, tortillas from the Mexicans, prosciutto from the Italians and mother sauces and threesomes from the French, fry bread is the Native American people's proud contribution to our mutt and multicultural present, one of the most awe-inspiring culinary innovations of all time.  As a base for an entire left-hand branch of cuisine, fry bread is as important as masa,

  April 14, 2009

• Meat with meaning at Whole Foods

  Photo by Arapaho RancMany Whole Foods stores in the Rocky Mountain region are featuring a special kind of meat right now, a meat that has some meaning. Panorama Grass-Fed Meats Inc. and the Arapaho Ranch, a native American enterprise, have partnered to bring organic, grass-fed meat to you.At the Belmar Whole Foods yesterday, I got to hear all about it from Panorama CEO Mack Graves and members of the tribal council for the Arapaho Ranch, which is located in west central Wyoming. In Boulder, I am

  May 22, 2009

• Suspicious death at 8th Avenue and Navajo Street

  View Larger Map Deaths identified as suspicious by law-enforcement officials don't always prove to be so after further investigation. But I'm going to edge out onto a limb and say this description will prove to be accurate as applied to an investigation centered on the intersection of 8th Avenue and Navajo Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). After all, a woman's body was discovered in the trunk of a car last night -- a

  September 3, 2009