February 25, 2011
Federal eagle repository deals with backlog of 6000 requests
The National Eagle Repository in Colorado responded to more than 3,000 requests for eagle feathers and eagle parts last year. But that still wasn't enough to reduce the backlog. The...
Oneida Nation leader heads to Los Angeles to promote filming
Oneida Nation leader Ray Halbritter is headed to Los Angeles to attend the Academy Awards and to promote central New York as a filming location. Halbritter said filming could provide...
Steven Newcomb: Indians and reptiles in Supreme Court law
"Metaphorically speaking, the term “reptile” is a strange association to make with the original Indigenous Peoples of the forest. In technical terms, this metaphor works by carrying the characteristics of...
Wiyot Tribe holding 20th annual Indian Island Candlelight Vigil
The Wiyot Tribe of California hosts the 20th annual Indian Island Candlelight Vigil on Saturday. The vigil honors the victims of the February 26, 1860, massacred on Indian Island. Nearly...
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community faces loss of office
The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community of Minnesota will lose its office and gathering space unless it can come up with the money to buy the property. The unrecognized tribe...
Santa Fe Indian School fires basketball coach in losing streak
Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico has fired its longtime boys basketball coach. Ernie Rodriguez coached the Braves for the past 12 years. But the team's been on a...
Cheyenne River Sioux man charts new territory with new post
Leroy "J.R." LaPlante, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, starts his new job as Secretary of Tribal Relations in South Dakota next Tuesday. LaPlante, an attorney, was one...
Navajo Nation president urged to reject lease for power plant
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly is being urged by a former rival to veto a lease for a coal-fired power plant on the New Mexico portion of the reservation. Shelly,...
Navajo Nation man opens front door to White House for tribes
Charles Galbraith, a member of the Navajo Nation, began his new job as Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs earlier this month. Galbraith, a former federal...
Dorgan calls Cobell attorney fee request for $223M 'shameful'
Retired Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) is "angry" over the $223 million that the attorneys for the Indian trust fund lawsuit are seeking from a federal judge. Dorgan, the former...
Remains of 11,500-year-old Native child uncovered in Alaska
Research published in today's issue of Science details the discovery of the remains of an 11,500-year-old Native child in Alaska. The child was about three years old and was cremated...
Editorial: Lawyers the true beneficiaries in Indian settlements
"The way I see it Elouise Cobell’s intentions were that of receiving what was owed. Is this truly the case in this case, with the lawyers pocketing large sums of...
Opinion: Arvo Mikkanen qualified to serve on federal judiciary
"Three weeks ago, President Obama nominated Arvo Mikkanen for the position of U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He is an extraordinarily qualified candidate. That is why...
APRN: Chickaloon Tribe worried about coal mine development
"The Chickaloon tribe is taking its concern over a proposed mine in the Mat Su Valley to an international audience. The Athabascan community near Palmer is opposed to a coal...
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