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August 15, 2005
Washington tribe sues to rebury hundreds of ancestors
A Washington tribe whose ancestors were removed from an historic cemetery filed suit against the state on Friday, demanding that the remains be reburied. The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe said...

Opinion: Indian Country joins anti-gay nation
"I've long known that about half of America doesn't like gay people. It's been made pretty clear, most recently with the rejection of numerous marriage equality bills, and the approval...

NCAA still under fire as schools appeal mascot policy
Florida State University "Seminoles." The "Fighting Sioux" logo of the University of North Dakota. Two universities affected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association's new policy on Indian mascots challenged...

Editorial: No Native 'quota' on Canada's top court
"Last summer, at its annual convention in Winnipeg, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) scrapped at the last moment a resolution that appeared to call on the federal government to reserve...

Bad Eagle: NCAA doesn't care what Indians think
"Never mind what real Indians think. There has been only one national, professional survey (Peter Harris) of their thoughts, and 83 percent were not offended, even by names like the...

Man's Indian wife doesn't want mural painted over
The Indian wife of a liquor store owner in Oklahoma doesn't care if Indian people are offended by a mural painted on the building. Sheila Almond says Indians who...

Red Lake chair assesses media coverage of tragedy
Floyd Jourdain Jr., the chairman of the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota, said he was right to limit media access to the reservation after the March 21, 2005, shootings. The...

Indian mother gives up son to non-Indian couple
An Indian woman who tried to stop the adoption of her son by a non-Indian couple has changed her mind. Juanita Good Bird, a member of the Three Affiliated...

Reaction to NCAA mascot policy still rolling in
Another round of views and opinions on the new Indian mascot policy of the NCAA that bans the use of "hostile and abusive" images during post-season tournaments. SEN. MEL MARTINEZ...

Column: Genocide of Indian women continues today
"There are a hundred ways that the terror of the genocide continues to ripple through our lives, but none is more explosive than the cruel, hard fact that we beat...

Jodi Rave: Free press in Indian Country a big issue
"Publisher Tom Arviso argued a government shouldn't run a newspaper. And in an extraordinary show of support, Navajo Nation leaders agreed. The nation agreed two years ago to grant the...

Some tribes cancel concerts after Crosby testimony
Three tribes canceled concerts by Crosby, Stills & Nash due to David Crosby's recent Congressional testimony on the land-into-trust process, The New London Day reports. Crosby appeared at a...

Narragansett Tribe celebrates 330th August gathering
The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island held its annual August gathering over the weekend, a tradition that dates back hundreds and hundreds of years. No one knows exactly how long...

Tribes sign cross-deputization agreements with state
The Omaha Tribe and the Winnebago Tribe signed cross-deputization agreements with the state of Nebraska on Friday. The agreements give tribal and state police the authority to arrest offenders on...

Scanlon not on Abramoff's golf trip to Scotland
Ex-public relations consultant Michael Scanlon didn't go on a golf outing to Scotland with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), the Congressman's office said. Scanlon was...

IRS moves to collect Crow Creek Sioux Tribe debt
The Internal Revenue Service is moving to collect nearly $3 million owed by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, The Mitchell Daily Republic reports. According to former chairman...

Last Coushatta ally of Abramoff resigns from council
William Worfel, the last former ally of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, resigned from the council of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. Worfel and his former allies on the council hired...

EPA, state unaware of tribal environmental rider
Officials in Oklahoma and at the Environmental Protection Agency say they were unaware that Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) inserted a rider into the $286 billion transportation bill to limit the...

Authorities feared Abramoff would flee to Israel
Authorities moved quickly to arrest disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff out of fear he would flee to Israel, Newsweek reported in its August 22 edition. A grand jury in Miami...

Hearing to remove Leech Lake leaders cut short
A hearing to remove three leaders, including the chairman, of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe turned into a shouting and cursing match on Friday morning, The Bemidji Pioneer reported....

Mark Trahant: You write the news, you pick it
"There's an interesting Flash movie called "EPIC 2014." [Link] It's the history of news -- or the end of news -- written after the merger of every media company you...

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