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August 31, 2006
Chickasaw Nation business buys building for $7.8M
The Chickasaw Nation's economic development enterprise purchased a building in Norman, Oklahoma, for $7.8 million. Chickasaw Nation Industries will use the 66,000-square-foot building to house employees. Some will be transferred from other offices but CNI expects to make 100 new...

Column: Young Natives wrong to challenge 'Redskins'
"The latest legal move against the Washington Redskins is just an ultra, ultra-liberal initiative full of political correctness and out of step with what is going on in Indian country. In the battle over eliminating American Indian-based team nicknames, we...

Harjo: Sen. 'Macaca' Allen no stranger to racial gaffes
"Sen. George F. Allen is a candidate who wants Virginians to send him back to the Senate in November and to the White House in 2008. All he had to do during recess was go to a few fund-raisers, football...

Alaska Native village buys farm to restore bison
The Stevens Village tribal council dedicated a farm that will be used to restore and raise a small herd of bison. The Athabaskan tribe bought the 2,000-acre farm in 2004 with a federal loan. The farm is home to a...

Bolivia's first Indian president faces challenges
Evo Morales, the first Indian president of Bolivia, remains highly popular eight months after taking office but he faces some challenges as the honeymoon wears off. Morales, an Aymara coca farmer, fulfilled campaign promises to nationalize the country's oil and...

Guilty conviction for death of Navy SEAL at Fort Peck
A federal jury convicted a 24-year-old man of voluntary manslaughter for the fatal stabbing of a Navy SEAL on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Gerald Littlehead Jr. was acquitted of the more serious charge of second-degree murder. He was...

Makah man restores totem pole carved by father
Frank Smith Jr., a member of the Makah Nation of Washington, is giving a makeover to a totem pole carved by his late father. Smith said his father, Frank Sr., carved the pole in Port Orchard in the 1980s....

Data shows high rates of Native violence in Farmington
Native Americans are more likely to be victims of murder, rape and kidnapping in Farmington, New Mexico, according to statistics released by the Farmington Police Department. From 2000 to 2006, 11 out of 17 murder victims were Native. All the...

Oneida Nation in court again over tax assessments
The Oneida Nation of New York is asking a state appeals court to drop 14 tax assessment lawsuits. The tribe filed the lawsuits in July 2005 after being hit with tax bills by several municipalities in Madison County. In the...

Navajo Nation to march in Farmington on Saturday
Members and leaders of the Navajo Nation will hold a march in Farmington, New Mexico, on Saturday to remember the victims of racial violence. Tribal leaders acted after the beating death of a Navajo man by three white males and...

More than a dozen seek Oglala Sioux presidency
More than a dozen people are running for president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Incumbent Alex White Plume faces 13 challengers. Cecelia Fire Thunder, who was ousted as president, is one of them. Fire Thunder was elected...

University said to drop 'Chief Illiniwek' as mascot
Chief Illiniwek, the controversial mascot of the University of Illinois, is said to be on his way out as an official school symbol. Sources told The Chicago Sun-Times that the chief will appear at the football season opener and...

Makah Nation faces emergency as water nearly out
The Makah Nation of Washington only less than two days' worth of water in its storage tank. The tribe can tap into the Waatch River in order to keep the supply at current levels. But should the river drop, the...

Former Coyote Valley leaders make court appearance
Seven former leaders of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians made their first court appearance on Wednesday after being charged with 39 counts of theft, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The seven former leaders are accused of using tribal...

Judge delays Abramoff sentencing again
Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff remains free for another 90 days in order to cooperate with federal investigators. Abramoff was due to appear in court on September 6 but U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle in Washington, D.C., pushed the status...

Bush renominates Myers for federal court judgeship
President Bush has renominated former Interior solicitor William G. Myers for a seat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Tribal and Indian leaders unanimously opposed Myers when he was picked the first time. Their campaign against him helped...

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