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Ray Cook: Native leaders should put people first not politics (05/17)
Ray Cook on tribal leadership: Too often we simply accept that tribal governments (as opposed to our traditional governments) have elected representatives—presidents, chiefs, chairmen or CEO’s and so forth. They...

Chukchansi Dispute: Rival factions fight it out in the media (05/16)
A leadership dispute continues within the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of California. Reggie Lewis claims to be the rightful leader of the tribe. He says the results of...

Indian parents air complaints about child welfare system (05/16)
The Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit opened on Wednesday with heartbreaking testimony from parents and grandparents whose children were taken from their homes. Several speakers said they worked...

Peter d'Errico: Ignorance can't be an excuse for genocide (05/16)
Peter d'Errico discusses genocide in Guatemala, Canada and the United States: In Guatemala, the High Risk Court concluded a trial of former military dictator José Efrain Ríos Montt. The court...

Cedric Sunray: Cherokee Nation places sovereignty at risk (05/16)
Disenrollment, Baby Veronica, and countless other issues all share the common denominator of being brought to the proverbial card table of contention by none other than the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

Alex Alvarez: Allow eagle feathers at high school graduation (05/15)
Alex Alvarez, a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, says Indian students in Alabama should be allowed to wear eagle feathers during graduation ceremony: On May 1, the...

Column: Virginia tribal leaders aren't offended by 'Redskins' (05/15)
Columnist says leaders of Virginia tribes who are fighting for federal recognition aren't offended by the Washington Redskins: What matters is how American Indians feel about an NFL team using...

Suzan Harjo: Racism wins every time when put to the public (05/15)
Suzan Shown Harjo, who was the lead plaintiff in the first trademark challenge to the Washington Redskins, tackles a poll that showed support for the controversial mascot: The AP-GfK poll...

Opinion: 'Redskins' name reminds us of America's ugly past (05/15)
Barbara Reynolds on the Washington Redskins controversy: When I heard Redskins’ owner Daniel Snyder recently I couldn't stop thinking of Alabama’s segregationist Governor George Wallace. Synder’s recent use of the...

Opinion: There's still time to respond to Agriculture Census (05/15)
The following is the opinion of Ralph Paige, Rudy Arredondo, Zachary Ducheneaux and Brian Thomas. We represent thousands of African American, Hispanic and Native American farmers in the United States...

Duane Yazzie: School district must listen to Navajo concerns (05/14)
Duane "Chili" Yazzie, the president of the Shiprock Chapter on the Navajo Nation, airs concerns with the Central Consolidated School District in New Mexico: I made a scene at the...

Column: Tribes support New Mexico horse slaughtering plant (05/14)
Columnist on the use of horse meat in Indian Country: The most ironic argument against a slaughterhouse for unwanted horses is that the noble animal is a western icon, a...

Albert Bender: Cobell trust fund payments far from adequate (05/14)
Albert Bender on the inadequacy of the $3.4 billion Cobell trust fund settlement: This past December, $1,000 checks were sent to thousands of Native American accountholders for money of which...

Steve Russell: Make gun owners liable for misuse of firearms (05/14)
Steve Russell on gun control: The NRA told us that background checks would do no good at all. Okay, lets take them at their word. Make gun owners share both...

New Yorker: Washington 'Redskins' appear to live on forever (05/13)
Ian Crouch on the controversy over the Washington Redskins: Over the past half century, hundreds of high-school and college athletic programs, facing opposition from students or simply coming to their...

Mark Trahant: Republicans put target on Indian health care (05/13)
The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote Thursday to repeal the Affordable Care Act (including the permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act). House Majority...

Vi Waln: Teachers put Indian students' mental health at risk (05/13)
Vi Waln on teachers who are affecting the well-being of Indian students: There is one teacher at a local middle school whose behavior was recently brought to my attention. He...

Ryan Dreveskracht: Another threat to bison and tribal rights (05/13)
Ryan Dreveskracht on anti-tribal bison bills in Montana: Since the 19th Century, the plight of the North American bison has paralleled the way of the indigenous people of Buffalo Country...

Blog: How to pronounce the 'unique' name of Coquille Tribe (05/10)
Another post on the pronunciation of the name of the Coquille Tribe in Oregon: A few mornings ago, the entertainment took the form of a couple different types of misspeaking....

Gyasi Ross: Some advice for the graduating classes of 2013 (05/10)
Gyasi Ross offers some advice to the graduating classes of 2013: I planned to go to Haskell’s graduation ceremony. I love Haskell, and my big brother Ernie was kind enough...

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