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Critics of a 75-year-old YMCA program that uses American Indian themes to foster bonds between parents and children say the program demeans Indian cultures.
Andrea Barnwell, who is of Ojibwe descent, complained to the YMCA about the La Grange Indian Guides and Princesses after seeing a flier about an informational “powwow.” By John Keilman UPDATED ...
The South Lake YMCA is planning a recruitment powwow for children ages 3 to 11 at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 for its Indian Guides program at Jenkins Auditorium, Montrose Street, downtown Clermont. Indian Guid… ...
Re “Indian Guides: Promoting Recreation, or Racism?” on April 30: I read with interest Daniel Yi’s story on the YMCA Indian Guide/Princess program. It’s a shame Vernon Bellecourt of the ...
The argument proffered by the Tribune (“When sensitivity goes too far,” Editorial, Nov. 4) that the end of Y Indian Guides means a loss of positive exposure to Native American culture b… ...
FESTIVAL TIME … Members of the Indian Valley Family YMCA visit the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire on Summer Youth Day Aug. 2. Attending boys and girls were transformed into squires and maiden… ...
As part of Gurupoornima Celebrations 2013, the Pandit Motiram Narayan Sangeet Vidyalay (PMNSV) is organising a 13-hour continuous programme on Indian music at t ...