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November 10, 2005
Cason rejects recognition for Abenaki Nation
Jim Cason, the associate deputy secretary at the Interior Department and the acting assistant secretary for Indian affairs, has denied federal recognition to the Abenaki Nation of Vermont. According to...

Tribes dispute local power over trust land decisions
Indianz.Com Listening Lounge:Introduction - 9:29 - 1.62MB Panel I - 32:28 - 5.57MB | Q&A - 54:55 - 9.42MBPanel II - 12:24 - 2.15MB | Panel II - 14:54...

Yale honors Henry Roe Cloud, first Indian graduate
The Alumni Association at Yale University held a program in honor of Henry Roe Cloud, the first Native American graduate at Yale. Roe Cloud was a member of the...

Former Comanche official convicted of two rapes
Melvin Ray Kerchee, the former secretary-treasurer of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, was sentenced to 10 years after being convicted of the rapes of two young girls. Kerchee, 57,...

Another homicide on Leech Lake Reservation
There's been another homicide on the Leech Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota. Michael James Littlewolf, 20, was found unconscious on Sunday. He died on Monday of closed head trauma injuries....

Canada to replace all homes on First Nation
The Canadian government will replace all 26 homes on the Kwicksutaineuk First Nation in British Columbia. All the homes on the reserve, located on Gilford Island, are infected by mold....

Playwright explores Black and Indian identity
William Yellow Robe, a playwright of Native and African-American ancestry, explores ethnic identity in his new play, "Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers." The play follows the story of Craig Robe,...

Pacific Grove museum hosts Indian art market
The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History in Monterey, California, is hosting the 11th annual American Indian Art Market. The market was started by Black Eagle, a Shoshone artist originally...

Identities of Navajo homicide victims confirmed
The identities of the victims in a triple homicide on the Navajo Nation have been confirmed. All are three young Navajos. Bobby Wayne Fulton, 20, and Lars Yazzie, 18,...

Management plan helped protect sacred site
The Hoopa Valley Tribe of northern California drafted a management plan that protects one of its most important sacred sites. The Integrated Resource Management Plan created a buffer zone around...

Tribal leaders discuss concerns with police in Duluth
Five tribal leaders met with the police chief and mayor in Duluth, Minnesota, to discuss their concerns with police treatment of Native Americans. Erma Vizenor, the chairwoman of the White...

Police to investigate treatment of Native actor
Police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, are investigating the treatment of Native actor who was handcuffed and thrown into a police cruiser. Gregory Odjig, an Odawa from Ontario, is in Saskatoon to...

Column: How Yavapai Nation defeated dam
"When Congress authorized the Central Arizona Project in 1968, one of the projects in the package was Orme Dam. It was to be a flood control and storage dam built...

Naragansett Tribe's lobbyist cancels TV show
Guy Dufault, a lobbyist for the Naragansett Tribe, has canceled the paid TV show in which he claimed he had the "stuff" to bring down Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri...

Newberry College hosts forum on Indian mascots
A forum on Indian mascots drew a crowd at Newberry College on Wednesday. The South Carolina school is on the NCAA's list of schools with hostile and abusive mascots....

Two universities get rid of 'Indian' nicknames
Two more universities have dropped their use of Indian imagery after their nicknames were deemed hostile and abusive by the NCAA. Carthage College in Wisconsin is going from the "Redmen"...

Western Shoshones lose bid to halt Yucca Mountain
MAP: Tribes located near Yucca Mountain site. Leaders of the Western Shoshone Nation say they won't give up their fight against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada....

GOP removes ANWR drilling from budget measure
House Republican leaders have agreed to remove drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the budget in order to avoid a mutiny among moderate Republicans. At least 22 moderates...

Abramoff sought $9M to set up meeting with Bush
Jack Abramoff asked the president of Gabon for $9 million in order to set up a meeting with President Bush, The New York Times reports. On July 28, 2003,...

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