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Blog: Former Redskins player wants Indians to change name (05/21)
A former Washington Redskins defends the team's controversial name: While the current round of Redskins name-change stories may have run its course, I promised several readers that I would be...
Filed Under: National
Washington Post: Mitsitam Cafe at NMAI is a 'dining oasis' (05/17)
The Mitsitam Cafe at the National Museum of the American Indian is one of the picks for The Washington Post's Spring Dining Guide. The cafe offers Native foods from...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition | Sports
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...
Filed Under: Opinion
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...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
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...
Filed Under: Health | Law | National
Health care reform law includes limited definition of 'Indian' (05/13)
The Affordable Care Act requires all Americans to obtain health insurance but a key provision exempts American Indians and Alaska Natives who receive care through the Indian Health Service. But...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
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...
Filed Under: Law | National
BIA and NMAI host exhibit in honor of Indian Country officers (05/10)
The Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Artesia, New Mexico. Photo Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Museum of the American Indian...
Filed Under: National | Sports
Poll shows overwhelming support for keeping 'Redskins' name (05/03)
An Associated Press-GfK poll shows widespread support for the controversial Washington Redskins professional football mascot. About 79 percent support keeping the name, which is considered offensive to Native Americans. That's...
Filed Under: Politics | Sports
D.C. Council to take up resolution against 'Redskins' mascot (05/01)
David Gross, a member of the D.C. Council, plans to introduce a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins professional football team to eliminate its mascot. Grosso, an independent who...
Filed Under: National
SDPR: Trail of Hope for Indian Housing returns to reservation (04/25)
South Dakota Public Radio reports on the Trail of Hope for Indian Housing: Security concerns created by the Boston Marathon bombing and the contaminated letter issue in Washington, D.C. didn’t...
Filed Under: National | Politics
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to Interior Department in DC (04/23)
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to employees at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., this morning. Obama last visited DOI shortly after President Barack Obama took office in 2009. She...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Tribal organizations meet for budget briefing in Senate building (04/22)
Eight major tribal organizations are hosting a budget briefing this afternoon to call on Congress to honor its promises in Indian Country. The National Congress of American Indians, the Affiliated...
Filed Under: National
SDPR: Oglala Sioux Tribe raises awareness for Indian housing (04/17)
South Dakota Public Radio reports on the Trail of Hope for Indian Housing: The sun is just starting to rise above the horizon as I make my way toward the...
Filed Under: National
Trail of Hope for Indian Housing finishes journey to US Capitol (04/17)
Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on their way to Washington, D.C., with the housing unit. Photo from Facebook. The Trail of Hope for Indian Housing has arrived in...
Blog: Former Redskins player wants Indians to change name (05/21)
A former Washington Redskins defends the team's controversial name: While the current round of Redskins name-change stories may have run its course, I promised several readers that I would be...
Filed Under: National
Washington Post: Mitsitam Cafe at NMAI is a 'dining oasis' (05/17)
The Mitsitam Cafe at the National Museum of the American Indian is one of the picks for The Washington Post's Spring Dining Guide. The cafe offers Native foods from...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition | Sports
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...
Filed Under: Opinion
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...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
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...
Filed Under: Health | Law | National
Health care reform law includes limited definition of 'Indian' (05/13)
The Affordable Care Act requires all Americans to obtain health insurance but a key provision exempts American Indians and Alaska Natives who receive care through the Indian Health Service. But...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
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...
Filed Under: Law | National
BIA and NMAI host exhibit in honor of Indian Country officers (05/10)
The Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Artesia, New Mexico. Photo Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Museum of the American Indian...
Filed Under: National | Sports
Poll shows overwhelming support for keeping 'Redskins' name (05/03)
An Associated Press-GfK poll shows widespread support for the controversial Washington Redskins professional football mascot. About 79 percent support keeping the name, which is considered offensive to Native Americans. That's...
Filed Under: Politics | Sports
D.C. Council to take up resolution against 'Redskins' mascot (05/01)
David Gross, a member of the D.C. Council, plans to introduce a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins professional football team to eliminate its mascot. Grosso, an independent who...
Filed Under: National
SDPR: Trail of Hope for Indian Housing returns to reservation (04/25)
South Dakota Public Radio reports on the Trail of Hope for Indian Housing: Security concerns created by the Boston Marathon bombing and the contaminated letter issue in Washington, D.C. didn’t...
Filed Under: National | Politics
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to Interior Department in DC (04/23)
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to employees at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., this morning. Obama last visited DOI shortly after President Barack Obama took office in 2009. She...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Tribal organizations meet for budget briefing in Senate building (04/22)
Eight major tribal organizations are hosting a budget briefing this afternoon to call on Congress to honor its promises in Indian Country. The National Congress of American Indians, the Affiliated...
Filed Under: National
SDPR: Oglala Sioux Tribe raises awareness for Indian housing (04/17)
South Dakota Public Radio reports on the Trail of Hope for Indian Housing: The sun is just starting to rise above the horizon as I make my way toward the...
Filed Under: National
Trail of Hope for Indian Housing finishes journey to US Capitol (04/17)
Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on their way to Washington, D.C., with the housing unit. Photo from Facebook. The Trail of Hope for Indian Housing has arrived in...
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