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June 20, 2005 U.S. Supreme Court vacancy impacts tribal rights All eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court this month for the possible resignation of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. In ailing health due to thyroid cancer, Rehnquist, 80, is... Native woman wants to put half-million to good use Katherine Gottlieb, an Alaska Native woman who is the Alaska's first recipient of the MacArthur Fellow award is still deciding how to spend the $500,000 that comes with the... New Mexico tribe celebrates return of sacred land Picuris Pueblo in northern New Mexico celebrated its purchase of a sacred site that was used for mining. Tribal members long used the Oglebay Norton site to collect mica clay... Native Vision draws hundreds to annual camp An estimated 750 American Indian students representing 30 tribes are attending Native Vision, the annual sports and life skills camp, in New Mexico. The students get to meet and learn... Navajo ballet dancer gives farewell performance After 24 years with the New York City Ballet, Jock Soto, a Navajo/Puerto Rican ballet dancer gave his farewell performance on Saturday. Soto was born in Gallup, New Mexico, and... Column: Shinnecock Nation took too long to sue "Tragic victims, casino operators or somehow both? That question came to mind last week when the Shinnecock Indian tribe filed a lawsuit to reclaim some 3,600 acres of land in... Column: Shinnecock Nation only seeks a future "A full 365 years since white interlopers set themselves, their locks, stocks and barrels on East End sand, a remnant of the Shinnecock tribe today is demanding that what belonged... Markers to pay tribute to Cheyenne warriors New markers will be dedicated on Saturday in honor of four Cheyenne warriors who died at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. The young warriors are known... Navajo First Lady serves as MADD spokesperson Navajo Nation First Lady Vikki Shirley is serving as a spokesperson for a Mothers Against Drunk Driving program that targets Indian Country. Shirley and her husband Joe Shirley Jr.... Montana finally provides funds for Indian education The state of Montana will spend $4.4 million over the next two years to fulfill the state's constitutional requirement to teach about Indian culture and history in public schools. Of... Oglala Sioux Tribe secures $38M loan from tribe The Oglala Sioux Tribe has secured a $38 million loan from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota. The tribal council voted 14-2 on Friday to approve the loan agreement,... Comanche Chair: Tractor rides, rodeos and powwows Powwows are coming into the mainstream of American culture, says Wallace Coffey, the chairman of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. "I've been saying it for years, culture in America is... DOJ pressured witness in tobacco industry case A Department of Justice political appointee who once worked for a tobacco company pressured a witness in the tobacco industry case to change his testimony, The Washington Post reports. Harvard... NYT Book Review: 'Little House' for Indian Country "In the early 1930's, Rose Wilder Lane, a journalist and an editor, persuaded her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, to chronicle her childhood in a pioneering family of the 1860's... BIA hopeful says he won't bring 'baggage' to the job Ron Volesky, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, is a Democrat but that isn't stopping him from seeking a job within the Republican Bush... White House told DOI to pay attention to Abramoff The White House told Interior Department political appointees that they "had to pay attention" to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, former Bureau of Indian Affairs official Wayne Smith says. Up until... Reed's story on Tiguas doesn't match Abramoff's Republican activist Ralph Reed's story about his efforts to close the Tigua Tribe's casino in Texas contradicts the one told by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Reed, a close friend... Mark Trahant: Readers offer junk mail solutions "I am still learning because as soon as my junk mail column was posted on the Internet, I started began hearing "solutions" from readers who had their own ideas about... Opinion: Native nations controlling destinies "Around the West, Native American nations are recapturing control over their lives, communities, tribal lands and heritage. Examples of this trend include: The Southern Utes in southwest Colorado are trying... Letter: It's time for immigrants to pack up and go home "I read with interest Mr. Clay's letter expressing his wish that the immigrants should go home and I felt compelled to write to say that I agree with Mr.... |
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