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Sandoval then pursued her career in engineering and completed internships with such companies as Raytheon and Boeing. President George H.W. Bush signed a joint resolution in 1990 designating November as Native American Heritage Month. [Extracted from the article]

The Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute and the WalmartFoundation have announced a nearly half-a-million dollar grant to support Nativeyouth from ages 18 to 24 participating in an emerging leaders program calledFresh Tracks. The Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute will receive$499,129.00 to support Fresh Tracks, a 3-5-day training expedition program thatbrings together participants from urban and indigenous communities for cross-culturalleadership experiences. The Center for Native AmericanYouth at the Aspen Institute will receive $499,129.00 to support Fresh Tracks, a3-5-day training expedition program that brings together participants from urbanand indigenous communities for cross-cultural leadership experiences. [Extracted from the article]

Despite what many people believe due to longstanding and inaccurateaccounts in history books and movies such as Disney's Pocahontas,the true story of Pocahontas is not one of a young Native Powhatanwoman with a raccoon friend who dove off of mountain-like cliffs offthe coasts of Virginia. According to Mattaponi oral history, little Matoaka was possiblyabout 10 years old when John Smith and English colonists arrived inTsenacomoca in the spring of 1607. Eventually, Pocahontas was converted to Christianityand took the name Rebecca. Though some historians claim Pocahontas and Rolfe married for love,it is not a certainty, as Pocahontas was never allowed to see herfamily, child or father after being kidnapped. [Extracted from the article]