March 17, 2011
Blackfeet veterans serve as honor guard for last WWI veteran
Five members of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana served as the honor guard for the funeral of Frank Woodruff Buckles, who was the last surviving veteran of World War...
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe seeks $4M for a number of projects
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington is hoping to raise more than $4 million for various projects on the reservation. One of the biggest is a facility to house...
Eastern Cherokees consider taking child services from county
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians might start its own child welfare service in response to the death of a girl who was in the care of Swain County, North...
RCMP's fatal shooting of First Nations man under investigation
The RCMP has called in an outside agency to investigate the fatal shooting of a man on the God's Lake First Nation in Manitoba. Paul Leonard Duck, 52, was carrying...
Editorial: First Nations forced to suffer inadequate fire service
"There are more fires and more fire deaths proportionately on Manitoba First Nations than anywhere else in the province, but there's no evidence that the grim statistics, like the negative...
NMAI Blog: Choctaw Nation helped Ireland during 1847 famine
"The Choctaw people have a history of helping others. Only sixteen years after their long, sad march along the Trail of Tears, the Choctaws learned of people starving to death...
Members of Crow Tribe set for vote on water rights settlement
Members of the Crow Tribe of Montana will vote this Saturday on a water right settlement that was signed into law by President Barack Obama last December. Some landowners on...
Opinion: Tribes weren't included in 'Fighting Sioux' settlement
"I suppose we can forgive Donald Bruce Beard’s lack of knowledge in his letter. His letter came from Banning, Calif., a long way from what really happened in North Dakota....
North Dakota governor signs bill to protect 'Fighting Sioux' nick
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) signed into law a bill to save the "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo at the University of North Dakota. The North Dakota Board of...
Navajo Nation loses $1.25M for failed egg farm on reservation
The Navajo Nation lost $1.25 million on a failed egg farm, money the tribe probably won't ever get back. Diné Poultry Products Inc. proposed a $12 million egg farm on...
Letter: Protect Apache territory from oil and gas development
"For hundreds of years the Mescalero Apache people roamed freely across the Southwest. They left little evidence of their presence, being likened by some to "mist on the land." Otero...
MPR: Prairie Island Tribe worried about safety at nuclear plant
"The earthquake and tsunami in Japan the disaster they caused at a nuclear power plant there are raising questions about the safety of Minnesota's two nuclear power plants. Xcel...
Column: Remembering the big fish legends of Cherokee people
"When a fisherman in the Smokies region receives a sudden strike from a huge fish that breaks his line or maybe even drags his tackle away before he can react,...
Vincent Armenta: Chumash Tribe united in choosing leadership
"When voting members of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians cast their ballot in the tribal government election on March 3, the vast majority voted in favor of unity...
Valerie Taliman: Series on crimes against Native women, girls
"One day after memorializing the lost lives of 600 Native women, victims of a notorious sex predator spoke for the first time in front of the British Columbia Provincial Court....
BIA rejects federal recognition for factions from Juaneno Band
The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a final determination that denied federal recognition to two factions of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians of California. The BIA issued two separate...
US Attorney in North Dakota hosts listening session with tribes
Tim Purdon, the U.S. Attorney for North Dakota, held a tribal listening session on Wednesday. Purdon wants to improve public safety in Indian Country. He has assigned an assistant federal...
Editorial: Chumash Tribe should forego land-into-trust process
"A sensitive local issue has come up again, and we expect many people, like a community with a sensitive tooth, to flinch this time and every time it’s touched upon....
Lawyers in Cobell case discuss $3.4B settlement in Oklahoma
Attorneys for the Indian trust fund lawsuit were in Oklahoma this week to discuss the $3.4 billion settlement to the case. Most beneficiaries will receive $1,000 for the Historical Accounting...
Native Sun News: Rival students heckle Indian player at game
The following story was written and reported by Ernestine Chasing Hawk. All content © Native Sun News. From left, St. Thomas More seniors Katy Freidel, Alayna Ackerman, Lauryn Weber, Theresa...
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