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March 23, 2005
Details emerge on tragedy at Red Lake Reservation
An update on the latest developments involving the fatal shootings on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota. A photo of Jeff Weise at age 9. • Star Tribune: Red Lake...

Indian Country reacts to deadly reservation shooting
Tribal nations across the country sent their support to the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota on Tuesday after a deadly tragedy that left 10 dead and more than a dozen...

Lynch says she thinks of Piestewa 'all the time'
Former Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch joined the family of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, at a ceremony in Arizona on Tuesday. Lynch said she thinks...

Some Native corp shareholders oppose land swap
Some shareholders of Doyon Ltd., an Alaska Native regional corporation, are opposing a proposed land swap with the federal government. The shareholders passed a non-binding advisory motion against the swap....

Tribal members want school named for late chief
Members of the Puyallup and Makah tribes drummed and chanted in support of naming a school in Washington after the late Puyallup tribal chief Robert Satiacum. The Federal Way School...

Opinion: Above all, this is a tribal nation tragedy
"Just three days ago, I wrote an article for the St. Paul Pioneer Press about the need for good stories to be reported about our communities, in particular the need...

Tribal Member: My reservation will never be the same
"After hearing of Monday's Red Lake shootings, I didn't know which reservation school it was or who had been shot. My mother is a secretary at the Ponemah Elementary School,...

Editorial: Solidarity with the people of Red Lake
"The Red Lake families' grief is our grief, to a powerful extent. Their pain is our pain. And our comfort, we do hope, will be theirs. Much is being made...

Editorial: Tragedy at Red Lake unites all in grief
"What happened at Red Lake High School on Monday afternoon was not an Indian tragedy. It was a human tragedy, potent in its ability to unite as well as hurt....

Memorial service scheduled for Oregon tribe's chief
A public viewing and memorial service have been scheduled for James Lott, Sr., the elected chief of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon....

Column: Media gets crash course in sovereignty
"In one bloody and awful day, the reservation got more attention than at any time in its 116 years. And some of it was from people who seemed annoyed at...

Native rapper boasts of experience with gangs
A 24-year-old Native rapper who has spent time behind bars says he is proud to associate with Native gangs. "I'm not going to deny it. I love gangs," Robin Favel...

Report suggests drop in salmon due to Native fishing
A government report is being accused of anti-Native bias for suggesting that extremely low runs of salmon are due, in part, to First Nation fishing. Canada's Commons fisheries committee released...

Natives accused of being gang members banished
Two people suspected of being involved with Native gangs have been banished from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba. The First Nation kicked out the pair after their names appeared...

Column: Sacred pipe ceremony begins the healing
"The answer to mayhem is simple. It's the pipe. Before a ceremony at the State Capitol Tuesday, Ona Kingbird, a Red Lake Ojibwe, a teacher and an elder, talked only...

Tribe finds money to keep Si Tanka University open
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is planning to set aside $1.2 million in loans and grants to keep Si Tanka University open until the end of the...

Ken Wahpecome, Kickapoo veteran, dies at 70
Kenneth Wahpecome, a Navy veteran and member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, died March 14 in Chula Vista, California, from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. He was 70. Wahpecome was...

Creek veteran awarded Medal of Honor passes on
Ernest Childers, a Creek Nation veteran who was awarded the Medal of Honor for service in World War II, died March 17 after suffering strokes. He was 87. Childers grew...

BLM, drilling firm try to close hearing in tribe's case
The federal government and a drilling company tried unsuccessfully on Monday to close a hearing in a lawsuit brought by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana. The Bureau of Land...

Wild horse sanctuary proposed on Crow Reservation
A wild horse sanctuary is being proposed on the Crow Reservation in Montana. The Crow Tribe and rancher Merle Edsall signed a letter of intent to buy 4,000 wild horses...

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