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January 17, 2006
Opinion: Politicians now giving money back to tribes
"Political contributions from Indian tribes soaked in gambling revenues have increased exponentially in recent years, from a mere $2,000 in 1999 to more than $7 million in 2004. But the...

Editorial: Judge's decision on sacred site was right
"Near the end of a thoughtful, 62-page decision [PDF] affirming the right of a ski area near Flagstaff to use reclaimed water to make snow is an observation that underscores...

Arrests made in gang-related shooting in Rapid City
Police in Rapid City, South Dakota, have arrested five people in connection with a gang-related shooting that has an Indian mother afraid to return home. Dania Stranger Horse and her...

Guilty plea in murders of Crow Reservation women
The only person charged in connection with the murders of two women on the Crow Reservation in Montana pleaded guilty last week to lying to investigators. Moses Kalani Rising Sun,...

Jodi Rave: Sen. Burns ignored Cobell, tribal issues
"Now, some of Montana's prominent tribal leaders are using the same language to describe Burns' role in representing their tribes and thousands of individual American Indian landowners. "The senator...

Yellow Bird: Winter is the time for storytelling
"Now is the time for storytelling, the elder grandmothers and grandfathers would say. When snow is falling and the earth is covered with cold, it is time to tell stories...

Tim Giago: Bush started Iraqi war over 'dark lie'
"When one serves in the military it seems we do not question the reasons we are at war. We only do our duty and try to serve as best we...

Letter: McCain and Dorgan under attack for probe
"It was the courage of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., that publicly exposed the Abramoff corruption. As I watch the Abramoff scandal unfold in Washington, I...

Navajo woman prepares for Miss USA pageant
Onawa Lacy, a member of the Navajo Nation, is getting ready to compete in the Miss USA pageant after winning the Miss New Mexico title in October 2005. Lacy,...

Passamaquoddy leader Melvin Francis killed in crash
Melvin Francis, the governor of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, was killed on Friday when his pickup truck collided head-on with a tanker truck. He was 60. Francis...

Louis Jourdain sentenced to juvenile rehabilitation
Louis Jourdain, the only person charged in connection with the March 21, 2005, shootings on the Red Lake Reservation, was sentenced to up to a year at a private...

Rare bat colony discovered on Cherokee Nation land
The Cherokee Nation is saving a colony of endangered Ozark big-eared bats recently discovered on tribal land. A tribal forestry specialist came across the colony while doing an appraisal for...

Hastert may face scrutiny over ties to Abramoff
With two colleagues -- Bob Ney and Tom DeLay -- wounded by the Jack Abramoff scandal, House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) may be the next Republican leader to face...

Sen. Clinton calls House under GOP rule a 'plantation'
At a ceremony to honor Martin Luther King Jr., Sen. Hillary Clinton blasted President Bush and the Republican Party, saying GOP leaders are running the House like a "plantation."...

Rep. Ney trying to convince DOJ he is not guilty
REPRESENTATIVE #1 Ohio Congressman Bob Ney. Photo © The Hill. • Rep. Bob Ney | House Administration Committee Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) has been furiously trying to convince the...

Committee vote on Alito nomination delayed
Under an agreement between Republicans and Democrats, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote next Tuesday, instead of today, on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. Alito's confirmation hearing...

Opinion: Get rid of 'insulting' Indian mascots
"Before the New Year, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Burmaster sent a letter to 39 Wisconsin school districts asking them to reconsider their American Indian mascots, logos and nicknames....

Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place lacks funding
South Dakota's Congressional delegation are lobbying President Bush to ensure that the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place is included in the upcoming budget. Congress authorized $18 million for the project but...

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