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Tribes receive slaughtered Yellowstone bison (04/25)
Tribes in Montana, Michigan, North Dakota and Wyoming are among those that have received meat from slaughtered bison that wander out of Yellowstone National Park. More than one-third of the Yellowstone herd has been killed this winter. That's left over...
Joe Kennedy addresses Navajo Nation Council (04/25)
Former U.S. Congressman Joe Kennedy, the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, addressed the Navajo Nation Council on Wednesday. Kennedy discussed a wide range of topics, particularly renewable energy. In 1979, he founded Citizens Energy, a non-profit...
Spirit Lake Nation dedicates waste station (04/25)
The Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota dedicated a $2.2 million solid waste transfer station on Thursday. The station means the tribe won't have to haul waste 13 miles away to Devils Lake. The reservation's dump closed back in 1997....
Pueblo settles case over ceremonies at ski resort (04/24)
Nambe Pueblo has settled a lawsuit over ceremonies at a ski resort in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico. The tribe initially sued to stop the construction of a chairlift at Ski Santa Fe. That didn't happen but...
Yankton Sioux parents file suit over hog farm (04/24)
Parents of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota filed a lawsuit in federal courts on Wednesday aimed at stopping a hog farm in Charles Mix County. The Head Start Concerned Parents want Long View Farms to comply with environmental...
Arrests made at Yankton Sioux hog farm protest (04/23)
South Dakota state police arrested 17 members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe who are protesting a hog farm in Charles Mix County. The 17 were charged with disorderly conduct for blocking a Bureau of Indian Affairs road that leads...
Yankton Sioux Tribe hosts meeting on hog farm (04/22)
The Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota hosted a meeting on a controversial hog farm under construction in Charles Mix County. Several hundred people attended the meeting, The Yankton Press and Dakotan reported. Many of them were tribal members...
Makah judge won't dismiss illegal whaling case (04/21)
A judge for the Makah Nation of Washington has refused to dismiss charges against three men who hunted a gray whale without tribal or federal approval. Frankie Gonzales, Theron Parker and William Secor Sr. pleaded guilty in federal court to...
Yankton Sioux Tribe sues to block hog farm (04/18)
The Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota went to court on Thursday to try to block the construction of a hog farm in Charles Mix County. The tribe has been protesting the Longview Farms operation all week. Tribal members...
House subcommittee examines Indian water rights (04/17)
The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, held a hearing on Wednesday to examine Indian water rights settlements. Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-California), the chairwoman of the subcommittee, said only 21 water rights claims have been resolved since...
Yankton Sioux Tribe continues hog farm protest (04/17)
The Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is continuing to protest a proposed hog farm in Charles Mix County. Tribal leaders and members say the operation would harm the environment. Long View Farms wants to house 3,350 sows and...
Ceremony for slaughtered Yellowstone bison (04/16)
Chief Arvol Looking Horse led a ceremony on Tuesday to honor more than 1,200 bison that have been slaughtered after they wandered out of Yellowstone National Park. The Buffalo Field Campaign and the Seventh Generation Fund organized the event....
Arrests made at Yankton Sioux protest of hog farm (04/16)
South Dakota state police made a handful of arrests at a protest by the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Tribal members are opposing a hog farm in Charles Mix County. They are blocking a Bureau of Indian Affairs road that provides...
Comment period on Alaska Native swap extended (04/16)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended the comment period on a controversial Alaska Native land swap. Doyon Ltd., an Alaska Native regional corporation, wants to give 150,000 acres to FWS in exchange for 110,000 acres within the...
Yankton Sioux protest against hog farm continues (04/15)
The Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota continues to protest a hog farm under construction in Charles Mix County. The tribe won a tribal court order that bars Longview Farms of Iowa from the reservation. Protesters plan to block...
New Mexico tribes share environmental concerns (04/15)
Tribal and state officials met for the fourth annual Tribal Environmental Summit in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Monday. Tribal leaders said their biggest concern was waste contamination from septic tanks. They were also worried about the environmental impacts of...
EPA approves Lac du Flambeau Band water authority (04/15)
The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians will be able to run its own water program under the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Wisconsin tribe was given approval for its standard program under the Clean...
North Dakota tribe blocks clean energy meeting (04/14)
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota blocked tribal members from using a community building for a presentation on renewable energy, Indian Country Today reports. Kandi Mossett, a tribal member who works with the Indigenous Environmental Network, planned...
Yankton Sioux to block access to hog farm site (04/11)
Members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota plan to block access to a hog farm under development in Charles Mix County. Starting today, the protesters will erect a blockade on a Bureau of Indian Affairs road. BIA Road...
Absentee Shawnee Tribe awarded $156K grant (04/11)
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma will use a $156,466 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up and develop a contaminated site. The old Lillard Pipe Supply site is in Tecumseh. The tribe hopes to open two businesses...
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