February 14, 2011
Obama administration cuts BIA budget request by 4.5 percent
The Interior Department has posted detailed documents for its fiscal year 2012 budget request. The Bureau of Indian Affairs request is $2.5 billion. That's $118.9 million, or 4.5 percent, below...
Jim Kent: Lakota youth journalists find success with newspaper
The following column by Jim Kent appears in the current issue of the Lakota Country Times. All content © Lakota Country Times. I've been interviewed over the years, but not...
The Atlantic: Sioux Nation says no to $1B for theft of Black Hills
"Mario Gonzalez is Oglala Sioux and Mexican and walks like he was once a linebacker. A tribal lawyer for the Sioux, Gonzalez has devoted much of his career to the...
Interview with Walter Echo-Hawk, Pawnee attorney and author
"Walter R. Echo-Hawk Jr. offices in Crowe & Dunlevy's Tulsa office and serves as of counsel in the firm's Indian Law and Gaming Practice Group. A lawyer, tribal judge, scholar...
White House OMB posts documents for fiscal year 2012 budget
The White House Office of Management and Budget has posted documents for the fiscal year 2012 budget. The Interior Department request is $12 billion. That's about the same as the...
Judge orders $20.2M restitution for tribes in Abramoff scandal
Michael Scanlon, one of the major figures in the Jack Abramoff scandal, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison and was ordered to pay $20.2 million to the tribes...
Gathering of Nations wins Grammy for Native American album
The producers of "2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance" won the award fro best Native American music album at the 53rd annual Grammys ceremony on Sunday night....
Monique La Chappa: Renewable energy benefits Indian Country
"As American Indian people, the Campo Kumeyaay Nation see ourselves as caretakers of the Earth and know we have a responsibility to help protect the environment and our sacred resources....
Blog: Cowardly Christian organization removes anti-Indian post
"Oh, did the reaction to your latest column burn a little bit too much, Bryan? Yes, if you click this link to read the piece called “Bryan Fischer: Native Americans...
David Kimelberg: Racism against Native people still acceptable
"Two disturbing developments recently hit my radar. The first was an announcement from Washington's NFL team that it's planning to change its name and logo. Okay, that seems innocuous enough....
Column: Owner of 'Redskins' team the poster boy for hypocrisy
"Dan Snyder is offended. The source of his ire is the Washington City Paper, published weekly in the nation's capital. Last November, the paper ran a less than flattering piece...
Opinion: Shoshone still forgotten in their aboriginal homelands
"Small, unnoticed things sometimes tell a big story. Every year or so, The Herald Journal’s weekend magazine editor takes all the books she’s received in the mail and puts them...
Ray Cook: Embrace the citizenship of sovereign Indian nations
"Some years ago now, the late Vine Deloria wrote that as Indians emerged from a time when survival demanded that they emphasize their distinctness, it was natural for them to...
Ricey Wild: It ain't easy being Indian and looking for a good job
"Like many Indians and Americans I have been unemployed for way longer than I thought I would be. It really sucks and I am seriously questioning the local employers' sanity....
Opinion: Payday lenders hide behind tribal sovereign immunity
"A curious situation came to the attention of regulators some five years ago as they were looking into complaints about online payday lenders. The folks who were doing the lending...
Editorial: Action needed on Muscogee Nation land-into-trust bill
"Maybe the third time’s the charm for U.S. Rep. Dan Boren. Boren reintroduced a bill for this legislative session that will place 18 acres of land in McIntosh County into...
Vi Waln: Petition seeks ouster of Rosebud Sioux Tribe chairman
Apparently, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Secretary’s office received notification of a proposed petition for the recall of our Tribal President. The version of the three page document I saw appeared...
Tim Giago: Wounded Knee occupation was serious AIM blunder
There are posters floating about and advertisements asking residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation to celebrate the “Liberation” of Wounded Knee in February of 1973. This action causes many of...
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