January 23, 2009
Linda Grover: Beauty in the names of Native people
"Here in Onigamiising, from time to time, I am asked what is the appropriate name to call the indigenous people of North America. There is more than one answer to the question, and not all of us answer it in...
Charles Trimble: The 51st state for Indian Country
"In an online article, Mark Charles proposed the concept for a 51st state representing Indian country in the U.S. Congress. It is an interesting concept that has been considered before, as far back as the late 1800s when the leaders...
Editorial: An Indian policy for modern realities
"We need an Indian policy that reflects the long-term goals and needs of Indian peoples and clarifies a future within the United States. For the last century or so, Indian policy has been the product of presidential and Congressional campaigns...
Cuthand: Learn from Obama's Indian outreach
"We are living in a time of profound change. Native Americans are gaining access to public policy and the levers of power. On one hand, they want social change such as improved living conditions, health services and education, just like...
IHS denies pending closure of Rosebud Sioux hospital
The Indian Health Service says it won't be closing a hospital that serves the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota A spokesperson said the agency is "struggling" to fund the Rosebud Comprehensive Health Care Facility. But there are no plans...
South Dakota court bars search by tribal security guards
Security guards hired by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe are subject to the unreasonable search provisions of the Indian Civil Rights Act, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. As agents of the tribe, the court said the guards...
Larry EchoHawk up for assistant secretary job
Larry EchoHawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, is being considered for the assistant secretary for Indian affairs post under President Barack Obama. In 1991, EchoHawk became the first Native American elected to a statewide office. He...
Jodi Rave: Indian Country seeks $3.58B stimulus
"Acoma Pueblo Gov. Chandler Sanchez of New Mexico busily moved from meeting to meeting in the Hart and Russell Senate office buildings on Thursday, joining dozens of other tribal leaders who were lobbying for economic stimulus plan projects in their...
Kevin Abourezk: Sisters protect Wyandotte cemetery
"Luis Moro understands the concept of a trail of tears. Born in Cuba around the time the Communist Party and Fidel Castro were ascending to power, Moro left as a child with his mother for Mexico City and then to...
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