March 3, 2009
President Obama remarks at Interior anniversary
President Barack Obama at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C. March 3, 2009. Photo © NSM. President Barack Obama delivered the following remarks on the 160th anniversary of the...
Secretary Salazar remarks at Interior anniversary
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C. March 3, 2009. Photo © NSM. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar delivered the following remarks on the 160th anniversary...
Blackfeet teen meets Broncos hero John Elway
Jake Burns, a 13-year-old member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, lost his father before they had a chance to go to a Denver Broncos game. "He was completely...
Residential school survivor donates $40K to mission
An elderly Native man has donated $40,000 from his share of the residential school settlement to a shelter in Winnipeg, Manitoba. William Woodford, who is in his 80s, shocked the...
Supreme Court decision a big topic at NCAI meeting
Update: In a late addition to the schedule, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will speak at NCAI tomorrow morning, around 8:40am. He is also still on the schedule for the CERT...
Lawsuit claims failure to investigate Crow deaths
Federal authorities failed to investigate the deaths of two members of the Crow Tribe of Montana, according to a new lawsuit. Steven Bearcrane-Cole, 23, died in February 2005 during a...
Trial for Aquash murder suspects delayed again
Two men accused of murdering American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash are set to go to trial on May 12. John Graham, from the Southern Tutchone First Nation,...
Column: Navajo man reflects on life, education
"Carl Tsosie was born on the Navajo reservation in Salina Springs, Ariz., in either 1917 or 1919 — no one knows for sure, as birth certificates weren't available on...
Review: 'Tales of an Urban Indian' in New York
"Early on in “Tales of an Urban Indian,” a perfectly affable one-man show presented last year as part of the Public Theater’s first Native Theater Festival, Darrell Dennis confesses...
Former Police Officer: 'We killed' Pueblo man
A former New Mexico state police officer used a curse word to describe William Tenorio, a San Felipe Pueblo who was the fatal victim of a drunk-driving accident, The Albuquerque...
Ojibwe man's discrimination complaint dismissed
The Community Relations Commission in Farmington, New Mexico, dismissed a complaint filed by an Ojibwe man because it couldn't gather enough information about the case. James and Linda Monchamp said...
First Nations take dispute to human rights group
Canada will tell its side of the story of a First Nations land dispute before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group of British Columbia says up...
Activists to commemorate Whiteclay deaths
Tribal activists plan a special commemoration to mark the unsolved deaths of two Oglala Sioux men in Whiteclay, Nebraska. Wilson Black Elk Jr. and his cousin Ronald Hard Heart were...
Bill Means: Another view of Wounded Knee 1973
The following is the opinion of Bill Means, Oglala Lakota. Means has been with AIM since the early 1970s. Each year I have to respond to the annual negative interpretation...
Blog: Tribal court bars journalist from reporting
"A tribal court in Michigan has issued an injunction ordering a journalist not to report on issues related to “blood quantum” and qualifications for tribal enrollment. Judge Melissa Pope of...
Federal Eye: Obama plays hoops at Interior
"After attending a Washington Wizards-Chicago Bulls basketball game on Friday night, President Obama played some ball on Saturday at the Department of the Interior's indoor basketball court. "Who knew they...
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