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June 07, 2006
High rates of violence seen among Natives in Canada
About 40 percent of Native people in Canada have been the victims of violent crime, and nearly 25 percent of Native women have been suffered domestic violence, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday. Native people were more than three times as...

Independent Native News being taken off the air
Independent Native News, a daily news program focusing on Indian issues, is being taken off the air due to funding woes at host radio station KUAC in Alaska. KUAC has seen a drop in state and federal funds. The station...

Montana teen charged with attempted murder
A 15-year-old Montana boy was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly assaulted another 15-year-old boy with a hockey stick. Johnny Allen Washee Jr. pleaded not guilty to the deliberate homicide of a boy identified as C.H. The boy...

Few details on police incident at housing complex
Few details are being released about an incident of alleged police brutality at an Indian housing complex in Minneapolis. Two longtime lieutenants are on leave for a May 26 incident in which a man was allegedly hit and placed in...

Wisconsin tribes to contribute to center in Milwaukee
Three Wisconsin tribes are expected to make substantial contributions to the proposed Indian center in Milwaukee. The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe, the Oneida Nation and the Ho-Chunk Nation will make the donations after an unrelated lawsuit over gaming compacts...

Saginaw Chippewa Tribe to construct senior center
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan is breaking ground on a $15 million senior center on Friday. The 64,000-square-foot facility will contain 32 assisted-living housing units and eight other units for elders. A health and fitness wing, a garden...

Federal Trade Commission: Authentic Indian art
The Federal Trade Commission and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board are providing tips to help consumers buy authentic Indian art. "The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 makes it illegal to advertise or sell any art or craft...

Native youth to make films on the 'fly' for festival
A group of 35 Native youth, ages 13 to 18, are making four films on the "fly" for the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival. The youth are part of Native Lens, a project mostly funded by the Swinomish Tribe. They...

Tulalip Tribes graduate large class from high schools
Leaders of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington say more graduates than ever are finishing high school. The tribe held a banquet last week in honor of 52 high school graduates. Of 38 graduating American Indians in the Marysville School...

Oneida Nation third largest employer in Green Bay
The Oneida Nation is the third largest employer in the Green Bay area, according to data compiled by the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. The tribe employed 2,944 people in 2005 and continues to grow. In 2004, the tribe...

North Carolina tribes make health care a priority
Tribal leaders in North Carolina met over the weekend to address health care issues and disparities facing the 100,000 Indians who call the state home. American Indians in North Carolina are more likely to have diabetes, high blood pressure and...

Crow woman not the first on Montana regents board
Janine Pease, a member of the Crow Tribe, is not the first Native American appointed to the Montana Board of Regents. The Billings Gazette said Colleen Conroy, also Crow, was appointed in 1993 by former governor Marc Racicot (R). She...

Conference focuses on Native people with disabilities
The Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation is holding its midyear conference in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. The group's goal is to help Native Americans with disabilities with employment, health and other issues. It encourages cooperation among tribes and state agencies....

Alaska Native troops called up for service in Iraq
For the first time since World War II, Alaska's National Guard troops from remote Native villages are being called up for duty. In the Yupik Eskimo village of Kongiganak, with just 386 people, six men are headed to Iraq. "When...

Rep. Pombo easily beats off GOP primary challenger
Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), the powerful chairman of the House Resources Committee, easily won the Republican primary on Tuesday. Early returns show Pombo with 62 percent of the vote compared to 32 percent for Pete McCloskey, a former Congressman who...

Wives of DeLay, Doolittle part of Abramoff probe
The wives of outgoing Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and Rep. John Doolittle (R-California) are of interest to investigators in the Jack Abramoff probe. Investigators are looking at a retirement account set up for Christine DeLay by Edwin Buckham, a...

Sen. Burns wins primary, faces Democrat Jon Tester
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana), one of the figures under scrutiny in the Jack Abramoff scandal, easily won the Republican primary on Tuesday. He will face Democrat Jon Tester, a farmer. As chairman of the Senate Interior Appropriations subcommittee, Burns was...

Opinion: Native Hawaiian recognition 'racist'
"The U.S. Senate is scheduled to begin debate as early as tomorrow on the misleadingly named Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (S.147). The proponents of this bill, some motivated by seemingly benign purposes and others by a desire...

Eastern Pequot chairwoman to address USET conference
Marcia Flowers, the chairwoman of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, will address the United South and Eastern Tribes conference today. Flowers is seeking support for the tribe's recognition bid. After losing a ruling before the Bureau of Indian...

Osage Nation Chief Jim Gray wins re-election
Jim Gray easily won re-election as chief of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma, beating out a field of five candidates. Gray won 57.38 percent of the vote. He will serve his second term as chief, having led the tribe through...

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