February 28, 2011
House Resources Committee holds hearing on Interior budget
The House Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing this Thursday, March 3, on the fiscal year 2012 budget request for the Interior Department. The hearing will take place at 10:00am...
Charles Trimble: Taking a lesson from reader Rodney Little Bird
The responses I get from readers offset the sometimes drudgery of meeting a weekly deadline as a columnist. Some are critical of my stands on any subject, some are complimentary,...
Mark Trahant: Tribes tested by budget cuts to Indian programs
This week represents, perhaps, the most important week of lobbying for tribal nations since the end of the termination era. At a variety of meetings in Washington, D.C., including the...
Former Sen. Dorgan to start Center for Native American Youth
Former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) will announce the launch of the Center for Native American Youth today in Washington, D.C. The center, a new program at the Aspen Institute,...
Tribal leaders head to Washington for NCAI winter conference
Hundreds of tribal leaders are in Washington, D.C., this week for the National Congress of American Indians winter session. The meeting starts today. Highlights include former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North...
Smithsonian Mag: The Cherokee Nation versus Andrew Jackson
"John Ross made an unlikely looking Cherokee chief. Born in 1790 to a Scottish trader and a woman of Indian and European heritage, he was only one-eighth Cherokee by blood....
Beverly Jensen: Shinnecock Nation exercises free speech right
"We wrote an article for a tribal publication that wound up putting us on that collision course. The first thing we did was to voice a protest. The article was...
NPR: Oregon tribes return to tradition with Montana bison hunt
"The tribes of the Umatilla reservation in northeast Oregon are hunting bison in southern Montana for the first time in more than a century. It's part of an effort to...
Vi Waln: Questions remain about $3.4B Indian trust settlement
I believe there are many Indian people who still have unanswered questions about the Cobell Settlement. We now know that certain Individual Indian Money (IIM) account holders will receive a...
Kim Teehee: Collaborating with tribes to build a brighter future
"At the second White House Tribal Nations Conference on December 16, 2010, President Obama, numerous Cabinet Secretaries, and many senior Administration officials met with tribal leaders to continue delivering on...
Doug George-Kanentiio: An opportunity for New York governor
Governor Andrew Cuomo has an ideal opportunity to create a new relationship with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, one built on partnership, mutual respect and an affirmation of the unique status...
Tim Giago: Walking away from the editor's desk after 30 years
A retiring lawyer takes down his shingle, a boxer hangs up his gloves, and an old soldier never dies; he just fades away. So what happens to a newspaper editor...
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