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October 25, 2005
Figures show drop in Indian Country jail population
The number of Native Americans held in Indian Country detention facilities fell by 9 percent in 2003, according to a new report from the Department of Justice. As of midyear...

Native village man charged after 8-hour rampage
A resident of a rural western Alaska Native village was charged with rape, attempted murder and other crimes after an eight-hour rampage. Angelo A. Sugar, 26, faces a total...

Oklahoma tribes help state Democrats with debt
Two Oklahoma tribes donated $3,000 to the debt-ridden Oklahoma Democratic Party, The Oklahoman reports. Citing a new Federal Elections Commission report, the paper said the Chickasaw Nation gave $2,500 and...

Journalist warned not to visit Montana reservations
Rose Aguilar, a journalist who is visiting states that voted overwhelmingly for President George W. Bush, was warned repeatedly not to go to reservations, she writes in AlterNet. "You stopped...

Blackfeet Nation sends workers for relief efforts
The Blackfeet Nation of Montana has sent more than 100 tribal members to the South to aid in hurricane relief efforts and even more workers are on the way....

Lumbee chairman confident on federal recognition
Correction: Indianz.Com incorrectly removed the Eastern Band to Louisiana. The tribe is based in North Carolina. We apologize for this virtual Trail of Tears. The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina...

Conditions on First Nation called Third World
Controversy is mounting over health and living conditions on the Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario. Residents on the reserve have gone without drinking water for weeks after E. coli,...

California tribes rebuild after devastating fire
Three California tribes whose reservations were destroyed by wildfires in October 2003 are rebuilding their communities. The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians suffered the most damage. All 73 homes...

Eastern Pequots to keep fighting for recognition
The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut will continue to fight for federal recognition, tribal leaders and members say. On October 12, the Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a reconsidered...

Book Review: Virginia Indians not friendly to settlers
A new book called "Jamestown and the Birth of America" by historian James Horn says that tribes did not welcome the European settlers at Jamestown, Virginia. Washington Post reviewer...

Cabazon Band near deal over tax-exempt bonds
The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians is about to strike a deal over the tax-exempt bonds that have been challenged by the Internal Revenue Service, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports. In...

UPS to stop shipments of tobacco sold online
UPS has agreed to stop shipping tobacco products that individuals purchase online under an agreement announced on Monday with New York state attorney general Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer and other officials...

Bush draws 'red line' over release of Miers papers
President Bush said on Monday he will not release documents related to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' work at the White House. Bush said Republicans and some Democrats have...

Abramoff scandal spills over to GOP campaign
The Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal is having an effect on the Republican lieutenant governor race in Georgia -- particularly candidate Ralph Reed. Reed, the former national director of the...

Interior claims shutdown will cause 'grave injury'
Latest Document: Earl E. Devaney Memo Internet Vulnerability Documents: OIG Memo 1 | OIG Memo 2 OIG Findings | BLM Report From the Indianz.Com Archive: Interior's security weaknesses not...

Rosa Parks, icon of civil rights movement, dies at 92
Rosa Parks, the African-American woman whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man helped launch the civil rights movement, died on Monday. She was 92....

Yellow Bird: The importance of Indian names
"These days, an Indian name usually is a second name. A person's first name typically is a Christian name. My ex-husband is Hidatsa, from New Town, N.D., on the Fort...

Tim Giago: Indian newspapers revise history
"In an advertising market already proliferated by Indian newspapers in this part of South Dakota the efforts to succeed in the newspaper business are becoming extremely challenging. I expect to...

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