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November 13, 2006
Lame-duck session provides window for Indian health
Update: The joint hearing has been postponed. The committee will announce a new date. The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is making one final push to reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. With Congress back in Washington for a lame-duck...

Navajo Nation hosts indigenous uranium summit
The Navajo Nation is hosting the Indigenous World Uranium Summit later this month in Window Rock, Arizona. Topics include the tribe's ban on uranium mining, passed after decades of exposure to radioactive elements and waste caused numerous health problems for...

White Earth camp passes on wild rice traditions
A couple on the White Earth Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota started a camp to pass on tribal rice harvesting traditions. The weeklong camp teaches kids how to provide for themselves. "A long time ago, we did this as a...

New Mexico opens offices at three IHS facilities
The state of New Mexico has opened offices at three Indian Health Service facilities. The offices will help tribal members enroll in federal programs like Food Stamps and Medicaid. The first locations are the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock;...

Editorial: One year after meth-related murders
"Just over one year ago, three people lost their lives — execution style — at the Hogback Chapter House. It was a senseless way to die. Three lives gone in the blink of an eye, leaving behind fathers, mothers, a...

10th Circuit dismisses Prairie Band fuel tax case
Correction: The case is over the fuel tax, not the car tags. The earlier posting incorrectly stated the car tag case was dismissed. That one is still pending. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's string of bad luck in the courts...

DOJ to appeal ruling in Arapaho eagle killing case
The Department of Justice won't give up its fight to prosecute a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe who killed an eagle for religious purposes. The U.S. Attorney in Wyoming filed a notice of appeal after charges were dismissed against...

Column: Indians don't care about UND nickname
"In 1930, UND adopted a more formidable name -- the Sioux -- and its teams later became the Fighting Sioux. In 1968, says Johnson, the Grand Forks Herald reported that a delegation from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation traveled to...

Tulalip Tribes hunt on logging company's land
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington entered an agreement with a California logging company to allow hunting on the company's land. Members can check out the keys to tens of thousands of acres owned by the Sierra Pacific Industries. "There are...

Oklahoma tribes not thrilled about centennial
Oklahoma turns 100 years old in 2007 but Oklahoma tribes aren't rushing to say Happy Birthday. Tribal leaders associate statehood with the loss of their lands. Reservations were opened up to non-Indians through "land runs" that are still celebrated today....

Column: Alaska Natives abuse minority contracting
Ed. Note: Harry C. Alford is the President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. "For each program designed to implement Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (affirmative action), there are attempts to front or commit fraud and abuse...

Narragansett Tribe worried about burial sites
The Narragansett Tribe wants more study of a proposed housing subdivision on the Connecticut-Rhode Island border. Historical Officer John Brown said there is a likelihood of burial grounds on the 75-acre site. He said there would be Narragansett, Mohegan or...

Late Yavapai leader to jon Women's Hall of Fame
Patricia McGee, the late former chairwoman of the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe, is being inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame. McGee is widely hailed as a groundbreaker in economic development, gaming and education. "She helped her tribe achieve some economic...

Judge grants injunction for 'Fighting Sioux'
A judge granted a preliminary injunction against the NCAA to allow the University of North Dakota to continue using its "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo. The decision, issued Saturday, means the school can host a playoff football game pending...

Viewpoint: Life as an Indian cabbie in Grand Forks
"As an American Indian, I love driving a cab because more than anything else in the world, I like being appreciated and needed - so that's the place where I will always go. Although I am sensitive to racism because...

Tim Giago: Taking stock of Election Day 2006
Posted by request of Tim Giago, Nanwica Kciji. © 2006 Native American Journalists Foundation, Inc. How many of you breathed a deep sigh of relief when the last political advertisement gradually faded from the screen of your television set? What...

Yellow Bird: Indian women in leadership roles
"It may be surprising to some, but political parties such as Democratic and Republican are not part of Plains tribes' way. I say Plains tribes because many tribes involved in megacasinos are aware that political parties can help or...

Jodi Rave: Native veterans are the unsung heroes
"Who's your hero? Most of us know someone we admire and respect, someone we put on a pedestal. These days, as a nation, we have tens of thousands of new heroes to celebrate. These are the men and women who...

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