I would love to spend a semester as an undergrad teaching in a Native American reservation. Is there a program out there that will enable me to do this?

Hello, I am Native American. I grew up on a rural reservation near the Four Corners Region. Northern Arizona University has a large student population of Native Americans and teachers who often work with Native American students in the Four Corners Region. Here are some links. I work now in the southeastern USA as an engineer. But I recently returned to Arizona and hiked up Mt. Humphrey with a local teacher who studied at NAU. She said she had taught a lot of Navajo students. The teacher was white but did have some Apache ancestry (1/16). Most of the Navajos are still registered as 4/4.

http://www2.nau.edu/~jar/IndianLinks.html

Historically, many Native Americans were killed off by smallpox or other diseases after 1492. The remnants largely intermarried with European colonists. So there is only a small percentage of full-blooded Native Americans left, and most of them are in the Four Corners Region. If you go to Oklahoma, most of the "Native Americans" are part white with Caucasian features. It’s the same way in the midwest or east coast. For example, Heather Locklear is part Lumbee from North Carolina but looks white. The Four Corners region still has many tribal communities where the indigenous language is still spoken.

I have friends who volunteered for a year and taught on the Navajo Reservation. But they were Catholic and used the Catholic Network of schools on the reservations. This was their link.

http://socialconcerns.nd.edu/

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has a good website. I applaud you for your desire to teach on a reservation. I left years ago but never forgot my heritage. The best way for me to socialize off the reservation has been through basketball. That sport is very popular on the reservations.

http://www.bie.edu/Educators/index.htm

Made a reservation months ago and I forgot which hotel it was. I’ve checked for a confirmation email and couldn’t find one. Contacted the credit card company for the credit card I used for the reservation and they don’t show there being a hold on my account. What should I do? The reservation is for 8/5/11.
Yes, I know the city. There is no way I can possibly contact every hotel and ask if I have a reservation there.

Did you make the reservation online only? If so the suggestion to check your browser history is a good one.

Did you by chance call the hotel? If so, you should be able to check your phone records from around the time the reservation was made and figure it out that way.

Generally, a credit card is not charged for reservations until the day of your check-in, when you sign for it. (They usually only charge you if you are there, unless a deposit was required.) Sorry to say, but calling around to the hotels may be the only way to get out of paying a missed booking fee.

They grabbed all scriptures, images and institutions of Hinduism and then made 100% reservation for themselves for all posts in Hindu religious institutions.

PLEASE COME TO TAMIL NADU INDIA AND FIND FOR YOURSELF THE STATE OF AFFAIRS PREVAILING HERE FOR THE BRAHMINS
YOU ARE WRONG IN YOUR ASSUMPTIONS

My friend had a great-grandmother who was full blooded cherokee, and he wants to learn about the cherokee ways. Would a reservation be willing to teach him and accept him if he had proof of her heritage?

if he has proof, then he should enroll first. most natives won’t teach just anyone about their heritage.

Just wondering if it is necessary to get a reservation in advance for the Borghese Gallery. I would like to go there with my father while we are on business trip to purchase some art gallery (if it is possible) but if not, that is fine as well.

Thank you in advance.

To be able to access the Borghese Gallery at a time that suits you it would be better to book in advance. Admission is limited to only 360 people every two hours, so you could easily miss out.

http://www.galleriaborghese.it/info-en.htm

I’m flying on USAirways today on a business trip with a colleague. We are both listed on the same reservation. I tried to check in online, just for myself, but it seemed to only be able to check in us both at once, which I don’t want to do because I will not see him before the airport, wasn’t planning on seeing him until we get to the gate area, actually. If we check in at the airport instead of online, do we have to check in together?

No, you don’t have to check in together. I’ve checked in at the airport without my dad and they allowed it.

Have a great trip

What is the percentage of blood required to join the Eastern Cherokee reservation?

Lemon is 100% correct. And we don’t use percentages for blood quantum… The first requirement is having an ancestor listed on the Baker Roll, If you can’t prove that then blood quantum doesn’t come into play at all….

Hello. I am trying to book on the tgv-europe site an overnight train from Paris to Venice. The price comes up as 55euros. I was wondering if that price includes the reservation/seat/couchette supplement fee, or if I have to pay the reservations separately. If I do have to pay them separately, where can I pay the resevations?
Thanks. Any help appreciated.

The 55euro fee is for 2nd Class travel and includes the reservation fee and a couchette berth. On the selection page, select the 55euro booking and on the next page you’ll see the carriage number (Voiture) and a number followed by Couchette Milieu and that’s your berth number. The couchette could be in a 6 berth cabin.

Okay, so if a Native American lives on a reservation and was born there, but then they leave it, can they become an American citizen after the seven year period and vote?

Also, Native American reservations count as sovereign nations, so what laws of the U.S. DO apply there?

A "Native American" born in the U.S. would be a U.S. citizen. A North American Indian born in Canada would be a citizen of Canada.

North American Indians born in Canada with 50% Indian blood can immigrate to the U.S. very easily.

The Jay Treaty, signed in 1794 between Great Britain and the United States, provided that American Indians could travel freely across the international boundary. The United States has codified this obligation in the provisions of Section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as amended. Native Indians born in Canada are therefore entitled to enter the United States for the purpose of employment, study, retirement, investing, and/or immigration.

In order to qualify under Section 289 of the INA, eligible persons must provide evidence of their American Indian background to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (DHS/CBP) officer at the intended Port of Entry.

Does anyone know how I can achieve this? Preferably an Apache reservation in Arizona. How might I go about contacting any organizations? Thanks to everyone in advance.
My apologies, I meant coming-up summer.

THE M.A.S.H. UNIT IN CASA GRANDE GOES OUT TO 2 DIFFERENT RESERVATIONS A FEW TIMES A MONTH… YOU MIGHT GIVE PASTOR JERRY A CALL OR LALO. THIS IS A HUGE MINISTRY THAT LITERALY TAKES SEMI TRUCKS FULL OF FOOD INTO THE SURROUNDING INDIAN COMMUNITIES. THEY DO NOT CHARGE YOU TO HELP… THEY ONLY ASK THAT YOU COME WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. USUALY EVERYONE MEETS AT THE IST NAZARENE CHURCH PARKING LOT & CAR POOLS TO THE RESERVATIONS. MANY ARE ONLY 10 MINUTES OUT OF TOWN… WISH I STILL HAD THEIR PHONE NUMBER, BUT THEY ARE LISTED.

CASA GRANDE IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES EAST OF PHOENIX ON THE 10 TOWARDS TUCSON