--- title: "This Week in Native American News - February 17, 2017" slug: this-week-in-native-american-news-february-17-2017 date: 2017-02-17 author: "Guest User" original_url: https://www.lutheranindianministries.org/news-notes/this-week-in-native-american-news-february-17-2017 section: news-notes images: ["images/51d178bc-like.gif", "images/37f6badb-google-plusone.png", "images/f203ea33-social_connect_tweet.png", "images/18cb9f9a-nan_logo.jpg", "images/3f29dd6e-color-facebook-48.png", "images/bef17570-color-link-48.png", "images/fa7346d2-color-twitter-48.png", "images/bcf2c627-382c173c-7405-473f-ae5b-219eb1cbfbbc.jpg", "images/8a39857a-2205ba5a1e8f6a410dda76d506686362.jpg", "images/a1062e26-49e772cfc3021aa9edeed323aebf7f7b.jpg", "images/2fea31fc-563b4ee56b872b13141df5992e893e82.jpg", "images/7d4c39c2-91f47bb22342fa78113597e72ad541d1.jpg", "images/3ce648c7-ef67599be6b324318a04c5068954c2eb.jpg"] --- # This Week in Native American News - February 17, 2017 Feb 17 Written By [Guest User](/news-notes?author=6839f4dcc52c4707a9ee7c66) \*|MC:SUBJECT|\* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | This Week in Native American News: [See all the stories online](https://flipboard.com/@indianministry/native-american-news-dh5rtbury) | | | | --- | | [View this email in your browser](*|ARCHIVE|*) | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | This Week in Native American NewsThe top five news stories brought to you by [Lutheran Indian Ministries](http://lutheranindianministries.org) | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | [Hip Hop Role Model -](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/653233120921517063/) Feb 17, 2017 10:54 am Hip Hop Role Model - "The parallels between growing up black and Indian are really similar, which is why so many Native kids gravitate to hip hop." Waln has rapped about the Keystone XL Pipeline, his battle with depression and the modern Native American experience and hopes to be a role model for other kids. 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Fisher, associate professor of history at Brown University. “Between 1492 and 1880, between 2 and 5.5 million Native Americans were enslaved in the Americas in addition to 12.5 million African slaves.” Read more: [www.futurity.org/...](http://www.futurity.org/native-americans-slavery-1361262-2/) [read more](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/653233120921517029/) [Like New History Lesson - on Facebook](http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6bd0fdf07982467754a1ffc63&id=a9169c5142&fblike=fblike-61f05f0f&e=[UNIQID]&socialproxy=http%3A%2F%2Fus6.campaign-archive2.com%2Fsocial-proxy%2Ffacebook-like%3Fu%3D6bd0fdf07982467754a1ffc63%26id%3Da9169c5142%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pinterest.com%252Fpin%252F653233120921517029%252F%26title%3DNew%2520History%2520Lesson%2520- "Like New History Lesson - on Facebook")   [Google Plus One Button](http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6bd0fdf07982467754a1ffc63&id=a9169c5142&socialproxy=http%3A%2F%2Fus6.campaign-archive2.com%2Fsocial-proxy%2Fgoogle-plus-one%3Fu%3D6bd0fdf07982467754a1ffc63%26id%3Da9169c5142%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pinterest.com%252Fpin%252F653233120921517029%252F%26title%3DNew%2520History%2520Lesson%2520-&gpo=gplusone-61f05f0f)   [share on Twitter](http://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F653233120921517029%2F&text=New+History+Lesson+-&count=none) | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | It's hard to fit so much news in such a small space. 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