HONORED INDIAN: ANDRE FAST HORSE

Posted on January 9, 2009 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Andre Fast Horse: President of Indian Students Against Images Degrading Sacred Traditions of Our People (I. S.A.I.D. S.T.O.P.)
Andre is Oglala Sioux from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He is a senior at Central High School in Omaha, NE. He enjoys running, drawing and skateboarding in his free time. He runs track […]

HONORED INDIAN: MARSHALL BASS

Posted on November 25, 2008 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment

 
Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Marshall Bass. Marshall is a proud enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. He is the youngest child of Vincent and Karen Bass.  He is 23 years of age and currently a junior at Haskell Indian Nations University located in Lawrence, Kansas.  He is studying Business Administration.  […]

IN HONOR OF OUR VETERANS

Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment

Honor Indian Institute honors the approximately 169,000 American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Tribal members serve in the military at the highest rates per capita of any racial or ethnic group. There are about 23.7 million veterans overall in the U.S.

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HONORED INDIAN: RACHAEL MENDOZA

Posted on February 21, 2008 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 4 Comments

Rachael Mendoza is an enrolled member of the Siksika Nation, which is part of the Blackfoot Confederacy which also consists of the Piikani and Kainaiwa of southern Alberta and the Blackfeet in the State of Montana….

HONORED INDIAN: CAROLYN K. FISCUS, a.k.a. “BIG MOMMA LIME JONES”

Posted on February 1, 2008 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 2 Comments

Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Carolyn K. Fiscus or “Big Momma” as she is affectionately known by her students and colleagues at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She is a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and she currently resides on her family farm in rural Iowa near the Omaha reservation….

HONORED INDIAN: CARLOS ZENDEJAS

Posted on January 21, 2008 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Carlos Zendejas is an enrolled member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Carlos graduated from Brigham Young University in April 2007, from the Marriot School of Business with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing Management….

HONORED INDIAN: LYNN “SMOKEY” HART

Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Lynn “Smokey” Hart was born to a Yankton Sioux mother and black father. He was placed in a foster home at 3 days old. He was adopted at age 13 and grew up in Watertown, SD. After graduation from high school, he joined the U.S. Marines. While in the marines, he took up rodeo bull riding….

IN HONOR OF ELMER BLACKBIRD

Posted on November 26, 2007 - Filed Under MASCOTS THAT HONOR, HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Elmer Blackbird died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Elmer Blackbird was born Feb. 16, 1921, the son of Charles Blackbird and Suzette LaFlesche. He was the great-grandson of Chief Joseph LaFlesche, one of the last principal chiefs of the Omaha Tribe….

HONORABLE MENTION: DIANE HUMETEWA

Posted on November 16, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Diane J. Humetewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, for her nomination as the U.S. Attorney for Arizona. President Bush sent her nomination to the Senate yesterday….

IN HONOR OF: HOLLIS D. STABLER

Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment

Hollis Dorian Stabler, a member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska who fought in World War II, died on Monday, Veterans Day. He was 89. He fought in a number of battles in WWII and earned the Purple Heart, the French Freedom Medal, Bronze Star, American Medal, the Combat Infantry Medal and other awards….

HONORED INDIAN: DR. JESSILINE ANDERSON

Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Dr. Anderson is a member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. She has been actively involved in the provision of mental health services and working with the Native American population for over twenty-six years….

HONORED INDIAN: MERRILL YESSLITH

Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 2 Comments

Merrill Yesslith is an enrolled member of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone tribe. He is a third year law student at the Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark School of Law. During law school, Merrill served as President of the Native American Law Students Association, Historian of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, and Lead Editor of the BYU Journal of Public Law….

IN HONOR OF OUR VETERANS

Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment

Honor Indians Institute honors the approximately 169,000 American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Tribal members serve in the military at the highest rates per capita of any racial or ethnic group…..

HONORABLE MENTION: WINONA LaDUKE

Posted on November 8, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Honor Indians Institute honors Winona LaDuke for her efforts to educate and inspire Indian people to take responsibility for their lives. Ms. LaDuke visited the University of Nebraska – Omaha on Tuesday, Nov. 6th….

HONORED INDIAN: MEREDITH SCHRAMM

Posted on November 2, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment

Meredith Schramm is a member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. She is Secretary for Honor Indians Institute. She received her BS degree in Exercise Science with an emphasis in Physical Education teaching K-12, at Brigham Young University in 2005….

HONORED INDIAN(S): ISABELLA AND CHARLENE

Posted on October 30, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Isabella (Bella) and Charlene (Charley) are affiliated with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Both cuties are the granddaughters of Ed and Monica Zendejas of Honor Indians Institute….

HONORED INDIAN: BROOKTYNN ZENDEJAS

Posted on October 24, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Brooktynn Zendejas is a member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. She is currently in her third year of law school at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Brooktynn is the Managing Editor of BYU Law School’s Journal of Public Law. She is also the Student Bar Association’s Vice President of Activities….

HONORED INDIAN - KATHY WARREN

Posted on October 18, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment

Kathy Warren is an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. She was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has also lived in El Paso and Ft. Worth Texas where she joined the Air Force. Kathy spent 8 years as an Intelligence Analyst, which is how she found her way to Omaha, Nebraska….

HONORED INDIAN - BRADY DeSANTI

Posted on October 11, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment

Brady DeSanti was born in 1978 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He is an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa tribe in Hayward, Wisconsin. Brady was adopted as a child, and he was raised in a non-Indian family. He gained most of his knowledge about Native peoples and their diverse histories from books….

HONORED INDIAN - THE HONORABLE JUDGE DAROLD J. MCDADE

Posted on September 24, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

The Honorable Judge Darold J. McDade, a member of the Te-Moak band of the Western Shoshone Nation of Nevada, was appointed to the State of Utah, Fourth District Court in July 2007 by Gov. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. He graduated from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1990….

CALL FOR PAPERS

Posted on September 6, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

I would like to thank all those that helped get the website up and running, specifically, my son Carlos Zendejas and my wife Monica. Our objective is to teach and expose people to the good and positive things that Indian people are doing, but rarely get noticed or recognized. Usually, we hear and read about […]