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November 15, 2005
Vine Deloria Jr., giant in Indian Country, dies at 72
Vine Deloria Jr., a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who was one the nation's most influential scholars, died on Sunday. He was 72. As best-selling author, Deloria spoke...

Abenaki Nation seeks aid for recognition effort
The Abenaki Nation of Vermont will ask the state for money to continue its federal recognition bid. Chief April St. Francis Merrill says the tribe deserves the same amount of...

Navajo Nation seeks more control over education
Citing lack of results from the state and federal governments, the Navajo Nation is taking more control of the education of Navajo children. The Navajo Nation Council passed the Sovereignty...

Ron Allen to receive Buffett Award for leadership
Ron Allen, the longtime chairman of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, is being awarded the 2005 Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership. Allen is being recognized for work to promote sovereignty,...

Fourth suspect in Navajo homicides still at large
The FBI is confident Michael Johnson, the fourth suspect in a triple homicide on the Navajo Nation, will be captured and brought to justice. Johnson, 26, pictured at right,...

Deputy accused of abusing Muckleshoot girls
Denny Gulla, a sheriff's deputy in King County, Washington, is being accused of abusing young girls, including at least three cases on the Muckleshoot Reservation. Wadena George was 14 when...

Joe Garcia, Pueblo leader, ready to take on NCAI
When he won the National Congress of American Indians election this month, Joe Garcia became the second Pueblo leader to serve as president of the nation's largest inter-tribal organization....

Morongo Band to make largest turkey donation
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians continues its Thanksgiving tradition this year by donating 6,000 turkeys to nonprofits in southern California. The tribe began donating the turkeys yesterday and will...

Bill would add 991 acres to Pechanga Reservation
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California) is sponsoring a bill that would add nearly 1,000 acres to the Pechanga Reservation. The bill would transfer a total of 991 acres from the Bureau...

Study: Reservation counties rank lowest in health
The two least healthy counties in Wisconsin are home to three reservations, according to a new study from the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among the 72...

Ralph Reed cites cooperation with McCain's probe
Conservative Republican activist Ralph Reed says he is cooperating with Sen. John McCain's probe into disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Reed's name has surfaced several times at McCain and the...

Supreme Court pick Alito proud of conservative views
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. called himself a strong conservative in a newly released document from his days in the Reagan administration in the 1980s. In seeking...

Norton lobbied on Shinnecock Nation recognition
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) asked Interior Secretary Gale Norton to ignore a federal judge's decision to declare the Shinnecock Nation an Indian tribe. In a letter, Schumer said...

Ex-White House official claims 'set-up' over Abramoff
The lawyer for a former White House official claims he is the victim of a "set-up" in the probe over disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. David Safavian, a former White House...

Opinion: Pombo a Republican in the DeLay mold
"Arctic natives and caribou got a reprieve last week when some House Republicans refused to go along with adding Arctic Refuge oil drilling to the budget reconciliation bill. Conservationists...

Opinion: Tom DeLay should step aside to help GOP
"If Tom DeLay survives his legal battles and returns as House majority leader, it will in large measure be because the conservative base was not willing to throw him...

Tim Giago: Indians never forced religion on others
"News commentator Bill O’Reilly says that 85 percent of Americans are Christians and therefore majority rules. There was a time not so long ago when the American Indian was in...

Yellow Bird: Laughing is a gift from the Creator
"As I was thinking about Indian humor, I realized it is different than the humor of our non-Native peers. At times when I've been in a non-Native group, something a...

Editorial: Some access needed for Red Lake trial
"Compromise is a principle that can applied to court procedures as well as politics. It ought to be applied in the matter of public information about the trial of Louis...

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