December 3, 2009
Employment: Graton Rancheria Senior Accountant
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria is seeking a Senior Accountant with a strong understanding of accounting theory and practice, federal grant compliance and reporting, federal OMB circulars and...
Buddhist nun leads strike for reburial of ancestors
A Buddhist nun is leading a four-day hunger strike to seek the repatriation of remains held by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley in California. Jun...
Native community mourns loss of Mitch Demientieff
Mitch Demientieff, an Athabascan leader from Alaska, died on Tuesday. He was 57. Demientieff was elected mayor of Nenana when he was 18 and was elected president of the...
Hearing scheduled over alcohol sales in Whiteclay
Nebraska lawmakers will hold a hearing on December 11 to look into alcohol sales in Whiteclay, a town near the Pine Ridge Reservation. Only 14 people live in Whiteclay. But...
Schedule for upcoming tribal consultation meetings
The Interior Department held the first tribal consultation session on a new government-to-government policy in Alaska on Wednesday. Tribes are being asked about the Interior's existing tribal policy and how...
Montana tribe sponsors Indian business conference
Margo Gray-Proctor, a member of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma, delivered the keynote at the Indian Business Development Expo in Montana on Wednesday. Gray-Proctor was a police officer for 17...
Obituary: Maisie Shenandoah, Oneida clan mother, 1932-2009
MAISIE SHENANDOAH July 12, 1932 - December 2, 2009 Wolf Clan Mother - Oneida Nation Haudenosaunee Confederacy Surrounded by her loved ones, Mary “Maisie” Shenandoah, YakolihunyΛni, “She Teaches,” has passed...
Audit looks at sexual assault against Native women
Mending the Sacred Hoop and the Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault, along with local law enforcement agencies, released a report that looked into the treatment of Native...
Pueblo leader set to go to trial for fatal hit-run case
A leader of Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico suffered a setback in a fatal hit-and-run case. Lt. Governor Linda Diaz, 52, is accused of striking Phillip Espinosa, 31, along...
Navajo Nation upgrades Monument Valley offerings
The Navajo Nation is getting ready to welcome more visitors to the Monument Valley Tribal Park. The tribe remodeled the visitor center at the park to displays, an observatory and...
Cowlitz Tribe to debut senior housing development
The Cowlitz Tribe of Washington will host an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony for a senior housing project today. The $5 million development features 32 units. But so far, only...
Passamaquoddy Tribe receives ANA language grant
The Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine recently received a $73,329 grant from the Administration for Native Americans. The tribe will use the money, along with other funds, for a $125,000 language...
Letter: Let's get rid of offensive and racist mascots
"I wanted to applaud The Vindicator for printing an editorial from the Los Angeles Times, “‘Redskins’ is wrong” on the Nov. 28 editorial page that culminated with the line, “The...
Doctor: IHS plagued by lack of adequate resources
"The Federal government runs three systems: The VA, the Military system, and the Indian Health Service. My expertise is number three. How the Indian Health service is run is important,...
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe fails to block IRS land auction
A federal judge refused to halt an Internal Revenue Service auction of 7,100 acres owned by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. The auction is set to take...
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