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May 03, 2005
Opinion: Lewis and Clark not welcome at Fort Peck
"This week as the Lewis and Clark re-enactors enter the state of Montana and the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, serious dialogue on their legacy needs to be put on the...

Hearing into Indian trust fund security sees delay
Internet Vulnerability Documents: OIG Memo 1 | OIG Memo 2 | OIG Findings | Internet Security Systems (ISS) Report An evidentiary hearing into the Interior Department's computer systems fell...

Mohegan Tribe considers purchase of golf course
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is in discussions to purchase a golf course, The Norwich Bulletin reports. The tribe is eyeing the Pautipaug County Club, a members-only golf course and...

McCain hearing stacked with recognition critics
Six witnesses from Connecticut who have been critical of the federal recognition process are expected to testify at an upcoming Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on the subject, The New...

Marquette University to decide on 'Warriors' name
The Marquette University will announce a decision this week on whether to revive its old "Warriors" nickname. The school changed to the Golden Eagles in 1994 after 40 years of...

Judge allows Trump lawsuit against Eastern Pequots
A superior court judge in Connecticut is allowing Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation to go forward, ruling that the tribe and its members are not protected...

Mankiller: All the Indians 'probably at Wal-Mart'
Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be elected the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, says she's no longer surprised by the questions people ask her. "Where are all the...

Student project on Code Talkers finds a home
A student project on the Navajo Code Talkers has found a permanent home at the Navajo Nation's Monument Valley Park. Students at Wingate High School produced "Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers,...

Civil Rights office for 60 reservations to close
A key U.S. Civil Rights Commission office that oversees 60 reservations and investigated discrimination against American Indians is being closed. The office in Denver was responsible for the report that...

Gravely ill Native boy needs costly medication
A gravely ill Native boy who suffers from a rare disease doesn't have any money to pay for his costly medication. Mackenzie Olsen, 10, was receiving an experimental drug called...

Navajo president calls gay marriage ban intrusive
A bill to outlaw same-sex marriages on the Navajo Nation is an unwarranted intrusion of government into persona; lives, Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. said in vetoing the measure...

Domestic violence said to increase on reservation
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado has seen a rise in the number of domestic violence cases, according to the local Bureau of Indian Affairs agent. Supervisory special agent...

Navajo farmers hope wet season will help crops
Farmers in the Four Corners area of the Navajo Nation are hoping the recent wet season will lead to an abundance of crops this fall. The Navajo Agricultural Products Industry,...

Winnebago Tribe's AllNative brand keeps growing
What started off as a small business for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has turned into a $10 million company and numerous spin-offs in the office product, marketing and government...

Oglala vice president to speak at hemp gathering
Alex White Plume, the vice president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, will speak at the fifth annual Black Hills Hemp Hoe Down on Friday. Citing the Fort Laramie Treaty of...

Agua Caliente Band joins Clean Cities partnership
In what was described as the first tribal-industry partnership of its kind, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has joined a Clean Cities effort to bring environmentally-friendly transportation to...

Eastern Cherokee Band starts gardening program
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has started a gardening program to preserve the North Carolina tribe's agricultural heritage. Gardening has long been a way of live for the...

Protesters stage sit-in at University of Hawaii
Students and faculty at the University of Hawaii have staged a sit-in at the interim president's office, saying a proposed Navy research center will harm Native Hawaiians. The sit-in has...

More Congressional travel linked to Abramoff
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff paid for some of the travel expenses incurred by aides to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and to two Democratic congressmen, the Associated Press reports....

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