February 1, 2011
First Nations protest against development ends with police warning
A First Nations protest against a housing development ended today after police threatened to lay charges. The protest began when two men chained themselves to a tree in the Beaver...
Veterans Affairs establishes Office of Tribal Government Relations
The Department of Veterans Affairs has created a new Office of Tribal Government Relations. The office will assist American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian veterans. "There is a long,...
Morongo Band woman enjoyed meeting with Obama at White House
Marigold Linton, a member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians in California, met President Barack Obama last week to collect her Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics,...
Quechan Nation seeking preliminary injunction against solar project
The Quechan Nation is preparing motion for a preliminary injunction in its case against the Interior Department. The tribe says Secretary Ken Salazar failed to consult the tribe about the...
Wesleyan University working to comply with NAGPRA after 20 years
Wesleyan University in Connecticut is still working to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, more than 20 years after it became law. The university completed its...
Man from Navajo Nation pleads not guilty to murder charge in Utah
A man from the Navajo Nation has been charged with murdering his cousin. Federal prosecutors say Harris Joe Thinn, 23, stabbed Orlando Thinn, 22, to death on December 11, 2010....
ProPublica: Alaska Native corporations giving work to outside firms
"When Alutiiq Manufacturing Contractors won a $28 million stimulus contract to replace windows at a federal building in Boston, it wasn't just a win for Alutiiq Natives on Kodiak Island....
Letter: Don't celebrate Kansas statehood - a holiday on stolen land
"It’s 2011 and thus it’s the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War and Kansas statehood. In 2011, we have vehicles with stars in bars plates in areas that were...
Filmmaker puts finishing touches on 'Moonhair' with all Indian cast
Jack "Happy" Feder is putting the finishing touches on Moonhair, a film with an all Indian cast. Moonhair is fiction but is loosely based on Blackfeet legends. Harold Ernest Gray,...
Communities seek to modify Navajo Nation water rights settlement
Two communities in New Mexico, along with thousands of residents, want to modify the Navajo Nation water rights settlement. President Barack Obama signed the settlement into law in 2009. It...
Echo Hawk decision allows ouster of dozens from San Pasqual Band
Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk has issued a decision in a membership dispute within the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians of California. Echo Hawk ruled that descendants of Marcus...
Ray Cook: A bit of censorship in Tim Giago's rewrite of NAJA history
It now appears Tim Giago is dappling in a bit of censorship himself with his rewriting of the Native American Journalist Association history. As every decent journalist knows, with...
Woodard: HUD grant aims to boost Pine Ridge Reservation economy
"Oglala Lakota community leader, Nick Tilsen, envisions a vibrant future for his people. He sees elements of that transformation already in place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. However, they...
Authorities holding back details into death of Cowichan teenage girl
An autopsy has confirmed that Tyeshia Jones, who was an 18-year-old member of the Cowichan Tribes of British Columbia, was murdered but authorities aren't releasing details of the crime and...
Investigation continues in deaths of three from Yankton Sioux Tribe
Authorities in North Dakota say they haven't identified a suspect in the murders of three people from the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Jolene Zephier, 38, and two of her children, Dylan...
Chief of Muscogee Nation to veto resolutions affecting tribal courts
Leaders of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma continue to feud over the tribe's court system. The National Council passed resolutions to remove Judge Patrick Moore, Attorney General Marcy Moore and...
KUOW: Tulalip woman and son upset with prosecution in tribal court
"In 2008, a Tulalip man named Michael Bradley was arrested. He was charged in federal court with raping his 7–year–old great–niece multiple times. Jay Stansell was the federal public defender...
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