Job Ad: Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Legislative Associate (February 19, 2010)
JOB OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: February 9, 2010 JOB TITLE: SELF-GOVERNANCE LEGISLATIVE ASSOCIATE REPORTS TO: Chief Executive Officer, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe STATUS: Exempt, Full Time with...
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Quileute Tribe mourns loss of carver and weaver (February 19, 2010)
The Quileute Tribe of Washington is mourning the loss of two important elders. Terry Jones, 54, was a carver and fisherman who was well liked...
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Northern Cheyenne man admits to killing daughter (February 19, 2010)
A man from the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the death of his 6-year-old daughter. Adrian Gary...
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Editorial: Actions must come with words of 'unity' (February 19, 2010)
"This morning, during a ceremony at the South Dakota Capitol, officials from state government and the nine Native American tribes in South Dakota will gather...
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Pueblo leader takes the stand in hit and run case (February 19, 2010)
Lt. Governor Linda Diaz of Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico testified in her hit and run trial on Thursday. Diaz, 52, repeatedly denied knowing...
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Paper gets 1948 arrest log of border town mayor (February 19, 2010)
The Gallup Independent recently obtained an arrest log that shows Gallup, New Mexico, Mayor Harry Mendoza was arrested for "aiding and abetting" the sexual...
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St. Regis Mohawk senior housing units already full (February 19, 2010)
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York has yet to break ground on a senior housing project but all of the units are already...
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Notah Begay joins golfer Tiger Woods for apology (February 19, 2010)
"Tiger Woods’ good friend, Navajo golfer Notah Begay III, was in the front row as his friend apologized for his well-publicized infidelities just minutes...
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Tribal leaders await Year of Unity in South Dakota (February 19, 2010)
Tribal leaders in South Dakota are waiting to see what the "Year of Unity" means for tribal-state relations. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Chairman Michael Jandreau...
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Column: Lawmaker offers to sue Whiteclay stores (February 19, 2010)
"Omaha Sen. Tom White has offered his solution to the Whiteclay alcohol problem: Sue the beer distributors. There is so much alcohol sold by four...
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Wampanoag man hired by wind farm developers (February 19, 2010)
A member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts has been hired by the developers of the controversial Cape Wind. Jeffrey Madison, an attorney...
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Harold Monteau: Indian preference for sovereignty (February 19, 2010)
"I recently had to help head off an attempt by a misguided non-Indian tribal attorney who told the tribe their tribal preference law was adverse...
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BIA ordered to pay $400K to former police officer (February 19, 2010)
A former Bureau of Indian Affairs officer won a $400,000 judgment against the agency for malicious prosecution Judge Justin Quackenbush said the BIA fired...
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VOA News: First Nations represented at Olympics (February 19, 2010)
"One of the Inuit people's native symbols is being used as the the logo for the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Members of the indigenous tribe...
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Young Navajo soldier killed on duty in Afghanistan (February 19, 2010)
Alejandro Yazzie, a 23-year-old member of the Navajo Nation, died while serving in Afghanistan. Yazzie served in the U.S. Marines. He died on February 16...
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GOP lawmaker expects vote on Native Hawaiians (February 19, 2010)
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington), the ranking Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee, said the House might vote next week on H.R.2314, the Native Hawaiian...
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Cherokee tribes discuss sacred site with company (February 19, 2010)
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians met with Duke Energy to discuss an electrical station near...
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Death of Puyallup man in smokehouse an accident (February 19, 2010)
The death of a member of the Puyallup Tribe of Washington in a traditional smokehouse has been ruled an accident. Romain James was 29, not...
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