March 21, 2011
University student newspaper to apologize for powwow article
The Union Weekly, a student newspaper at California State University, Long Beach, will issue an apology for an article that ridiculed a powwow and its participants. On Sunday, the American...
Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee hearing April 1
The Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will hold its second hearing of the 112th Congress on Friday, April 1. The hearing will focus on energy development in Indian...
Utah tribes still worried about rail station near ancestral site
Tribes in Utah celebrated in August 2009 when the state halted construction of a train station near a sacred site. The deal protected a 3,000-year-old village where artifacts have been...
Opinion: New law to save 'Fighting Sioux' is unconstitutional
"Passage of the legislation to require UND to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo has put the State Board of Higher Education in a historic quandary. It must now capitulate to...
APTN: Escort promised millions from First Nations water deal
"A former senior advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper was lobbying Indian Affairs to land water contracts potentially worth millions of dollars for an Ottawa-based water company that employed his...
Fort Peck Tribes still struggling with high rate of youth suicide
The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Montana drew national attention last year when five children committed suicide and 20 more attempted suicide. The Indian Health Service declared the...
Review: Not just Navajos and Cherokees in 'Frybread Queen'
"When it comes to depictions of America’s indigenous peoples, most audiences carry the heavy baggage of celluloid stereotypes and other cultural tropes, which the Native Voices at the Autry strives...
Opinion: Montana lawmakers try to hinder tribal bison efforts
"The Montana Legislature is considering numerous bills concerning bison in an astounding level of disrespect to the tribes of this state. Senate Bills 144, 207 and 212 and House Bill...
S.E. Ruckman: Indian beneficiaries look for answers on Cobell
"To Eddie Jacobs, the Cobell case is personal. He is not just an Individual Indian Monies (IIM) account holder with a number, he said. His grandpa was one of many...
Navajo Nation sees big jump in number of new HIV diagnoses
The number of new HIV cases on the Navajo Nation has more than doubled in the last decade. In 2000, the Indian Health Service saw about 15 new diagnoses a...
Yvette Roubideaux: IHS is part of national HIV/AIDS strategy
This Sunday, March 20, marked the 5th observance of National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is set aside to acknowledge that HIV continues to threaten the health and...
Members of Crow Tribe vote to ratify water rights settlement
Members of the Crow Tribe of Montana overwhelmingly voted to approve a water right settlement that was signed into law by President Barack Obama last December. The unofficial tally was...
Charles Trimble: St. Patrick's Day at an Indian boarding school
As I write this column it is St Patrick’s Day, and it brings to memory my days at Holy Rosary Mission Indian School back in the 1940s and early 1950s....
Native Sun News: Cowboys & Indians features Phillip Whiteman
The following story was written and reported by Ernestine Chasing Hawk. All content © Native Sun News. LAME DEER, Montana — Northern Cheyenne Horseman Phillip Whiteman Jr. appears in the...
Charlie Galbraith: Stopping rise of HIV/AIDS in Indian Country
"HIV remains a highly stigmatized condition. It is a serious medical condition and people still die of AIDS. Nonetheless, we have highly effective treatments for people living with HIV and...
Wambli Sina Win: Don't take your elders, holy men for granted
On a day like no other, a red sun set upon a sweat lodge ceremony which was ending. An old Lakota holy man stepped outside of a humble sweat lodge....
Vi Waln: It's starting to feel like spring at Rosebud Reservation
It is starting to feel like spring. The meadowlarks are back on the Rosebud. Many people look for the robins as the harbingers of early spring. I always listen for...
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