July 2, 2009
Opinion: Free speech may hurt Ward Churchill
"Should Ward Churchill be: A) Reinstated as a tenured professor at CU. B) Given so-called front pay in lieu of reinstatement. Or . . . C) Sent packing with...
Salazar pushes for quick action on land-into-trust
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is pushing for quick action to resolve the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, tribal leaders were told on Monday. The decision places doubts...
San Juan Southern Paiute leader pleads guilty
Evelyn James, the vice president of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona, pleaded guilty to stealing tribal funds, money laundering and making false statements. James was indicted last...
Hearing focuses on Standing Rock public safety
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a field hearing on Wednesday to discuss law enforcement on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Chairman Ron His Horse Is Thunder said the tribe...
San Carlos Chair: Members of Congress ignore tribe
"United States Arizona Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl as well as U. S. Representative Ann Kirkpatrick who represent the highest offices in the state of Arizona also took an...
Editorial: Cherokees of Alabama and recognition
"‘You’re born what you are, the Creator made you." So said Bobby "Red Hawk" Sterling, chief of the group Cherokees of Alabama, when discussing whether his group should have the...
Letter: Saginaw Chippewa membership dispute
"You should be concerned who's a member of any Indian tribe with a casino. When Donald Trump said "Those don't look like Indians to me" trying to expose "new tribes,"...
Charles Trimble: McDonald's not a bastion of racism
"I sometimes think there is a massive conspiracy to wear Indians down and drive us to despair, insanity and death. Every time we find ourselves happy about something – the...
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