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March 25, 2011
Google supports Cherokee written language in search engine
You can now search Google using the Cherokee Syllabary, the written Cherokee language. Translators from the Cherokee Nation worked with the company to add the language and a special Cherokee...

Two men charged over theft from Gila River Indian Community
Two members of the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona have been indicted for stealing more than $32,000 from the tribe. Franklin Joseph Jackson Sr., 62, of Bapchule, and Lloyd...

Native Sun News: Pipeline proposal back to the drawing board
The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman. All content © Native Sun News. WASHINGTON, DC — Calling for more public input, the Obama Administration sent TransCanada Corp.’s...

Blog: Koch Oil caught stealing from reservations in Oklahoma
"Just what is this Koch Industries? Should it be called a "company?" If so we need to re-think the idea of what a company and a business is supposed to...

Al Jazeera: Fort Peck Tribes battle to restore bison in Montana
"In the remote northeast corner of Montana on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Robert Magnan has built a fence. Stretching nearly 42 kilometers across more than 2,000 hectares of Montana's...

Utah governor says Indian Affairs official was 'insubordinate'
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) says he won't apologize for firing Forrest Cuch, the longtime director of the Division of Indian Affairs. Herbert says he fired Cuch for being "insubordinate."...

Indian teenaged girl charged as adult for stabbing in Wyoming
A 17-year-old Indian girl from Wyoming is being charged as an adult for a stabbing incident earlier this month. Allyson SixFeathers is charged with two counts of aggravated assault....

All IHS areas undergoing review over management concerns
The Indian Health Service is conducting a review of all of its area offices in response to management concerns at the Aberdeen area, Director Yvette Roubideaux said. The Aberdeen area...

Editorial: IHS bars media from tribal meeting in South Dakota
"U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the Indian Health Service, met this week with tribal leaders from an eight-state region. IHS Director Yvette Roubideaux attended the meetings,...

Pueblo business helps to raise money for family struck by fire
A Pueblo business owner is helping raise money for a fellow entrepreneur whose family lost everything in a fire on Tuesday. Susie Dominguez, 77, is known at Laguna Pueblo and...

Organizers cancel World Indigenous Nations Games in Canada
The World Indigenous Nations Games have been canceled. The games were to take place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2012. But organizers weren't able to secure government funding and they ran...

Iowa judge recognizes Mewskwaki officers as law enforcement
Peace officers for the Meskwaki Tribe are recognized under Iowa law as law enforcement, a judge ruled last week. Judge Ian Thornhill said the definition of law enforcement in Section...

Valerie Taliman: Series on crimes against Native women, girls
"At 5:15 on a cold, rainy morning, two women enter the Sacred Circle, pour steaming cups of hot coffee, and move quietly to a corner to speak with Skundaal, a...

Coeur d'Alene Tribe receives $500K Indian housing block grant
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho has received a $500,000 Indian Community Block Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The tribe will use the money to renovate...

Oglala Sioux activist being held without bond for elder protest
Duane Martin Sr. of the Strong Heart Warrior Society is being held without bond in connection with a protest against the elderly meals program of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of...

US Attorney in Montana holds first Indian Crime Unit meeting
Mike Cotter, the U.S. Attorney for Montana convened the first meeting of the Indian Crime Unit on Thursday. Cox created the unit last October. Federal and tribal prosecutors will work...

Press conference to announce settlement in Indian abuse suit
A press conference is being held this morning to announce a $166.1 million settlement for victims of abuse by Jesuit priests on reservations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington....

Council at Lumbee Tribe fires administrator hired by chairman
The council for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina voted unanimously to fire the tribe's administrator as part of a dispute with Chairman Purnell Swett. Swett hired Rose Marie Lowry-Townsend...

Diane Humetewa named advisor for Arizona State University
Diane Humetewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe, has been named special advisor for American Indian Affairs. at Arizona State University. Humetewa, who was the first Indian woman to serve...

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