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October 31, 2008
Ron Allen: No longer endorsing Sen. McCain
The following was released by the Barack Obama campaign today. To My Friends in Indian Country: For the past 30 years, I have had the privilege to serve as the Tribal Chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, and for the...

Poll finds Native voters strongly backing Sen. Obama
Update: Ron Allen is no longer supporting John McCain. The story has been revised per a letter released by Barack Obama's campaign. The 2008 presidential race heads into its final stretch this weekend, with results of a poll showing Native...

The Australian: Sacred soil on the Navajo Nation
"By the time soldiers arrived, the Navajo knew their fate. They came on a cold morning, in the first week of January 1864. Silhouetted against the low winter sun, lines of cavalrymen split in two groups, fanning out along...

Sen. Murkowski won't abandon Sen. Stevens
Unlike many of her Republican colleagues, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, won't abandon Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) even though he was convicted in a corruption case. Murkowski campaigned with Stevens, who returned...

Neal McCaleb cites 'worldwide' economic woes
The global economy is in recession, former Bureau of Indian Affairs head Neal McCaleb said. McCaleb, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, spoke at the Native Business Network luncheon in Tulsa yesterday. He told tribal business executives and...

Charles Trimble: Pawnee Nation reburies ancestors
Note: An earlier version of this column was published in Indian Country Today. “Old Ones, I want to speak to you. I am Pawnee. My grandparents were Pawnees. I am Skidi and Chaui. I speak for the Pawnee people. We’re...

Ex-Rosebud officer charged with sexual abuse
A former police officer for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has been charged with sexually abusing a minor girl. Daniel Kettell, 33, was indicted in federal court on one count of abusive sexual contact. The alleged incident happened...

Little Traverse Bay Bands tightens its belt
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan is taking steps to rein in spending and cut costs amid the downturn in the economy. Chairman Frank Ettawageshik issued an executive directive to implement several cost-saving measures. The tribe...

Jodi Rave: NCAI leads voter protection effort
"The National Congress of American Indians is leading a national “election protection” measure to ensure every Native vote counts next Tuesday, with efforts ranging from phone-a-lawyer initiatives to polling place translators. “We've joined forces with a larger coalition, like the...

Jodi Rave: Tribal enrollment a touchy issue
"As Native people, we vote on issues most people would not imagine, such as determining enrollment criteria for tribal citizenship, one of the most contentious issues facing our communities today. Tribal enrollment will be on the Nov. 4 ballot when...

Column: Four Corners loses two of its own
"There is no place in America that better exemplifies the living link of past and present in the folklore of the Wild West than what still exists in the Four Corners. Communities beckon the spirit; communities such as the American...

Sen. Obama reaches out to Navajo grandmothers
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) wants elderly members of the Navajo Nation to vote, the campaign's Native vote director said. Wizipan Garriott, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, of South Dakota, hosted Navajo Grandmothers Who Vote Day at Obama's...

AFN chief disputes meddling with commission
Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine disputed suggestions that Native leaders interfered with the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada. Fontaine said AFN wants to ensure the commission carries out is mandate to report the truth...

Tim Giago: Ghost stories from South Dakota
On moonlit nights on the Pine Ridge Reservation, the Holy Rosary Mission School graveyard could be seen clearly through the tall windows of our third floor dormitory. As the moonlight reflected off of the tombstones those of us sleeping near...

Children started fire that killed two Native boys
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said a group of children playing with fire led to the deaths of two boys on the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba. The children were playing inside a shed when a fire broke out....

Paper highlights DUI death of Ho-Chunk man
As part of its Wasted in Wisconsin series, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is profiling victims of alcohol-related accidents. Bruce Mosher, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, was killed on July 13, 2003, when a driver whose blood alcohol level was...

Blog: 'Lavish' spending by Rick West at NMAI
"A long-awaited audit of expense reports for Smithsonian museum directors and governing board members is expected to be released later this year, but will not reveal the kinds of excesses found recently among other executives, the institution's inspector general said...

Pala Band wins treatment as state from EPA
The Pala Band of Mission Indians of California says it now has a "seat the table" after winning treatment as state status from the Environmental Protection Agency. The tribe's authority was recognized under the Clean Air Act. The tribe will...

Oneida Nation donated $4600 to Sen. Obama
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin donated $4,600 to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) but was unable to donate to Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona). The tribe has supported candidates of both parties. This year, however, McCain is refusing all donations from tribes....

Still no agreement on land-into-trust hearing
Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) is making a last-minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of figuring out who will represent the state in Monday's land-into-trust hearing. Carcieri wants the court to designate Theodore B. Olson, a...

Gila River Indian Community to elect governor
Members of the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona go to the polls on November to elect a leader. Gov. William Rhodes is running for re-election. His opponent is Jennifer Allison-Ray, the tribe's current lieutenant governor. Rhodes survived a recall...

Robert Moore: Tribes worked hard for IHCIA
"Indian country always has been, and always will be, united in working to ensure Native Americans are provided the health care services they were promised by the U.S. government. Recently, an inaccurate analysis appeared in Indian Country Today on the...

Spotlight: Carl McGhee, oldest Poarch Creek
The Atmore Advance interviews 91-year-old Carl McGhee, the oldest member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama. "Q: What keeps you busy these days? A: I take care of my cows. Q: What is your favorite TV...

Linda Grover: Looking forward to Thanksgiving
"Here in Onagamiising, our thoughts turn this month to the beauty of seasonal changes as the earth prepares to take her winter nap under the lovely white blanket of snow that will soon fall. As we get further into...

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