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April 4, 2011
Paul Lumley: Treaty tribes save salmon runs on Columbia River
"The impending decision by federal Judge James Redden on the Obama administration's Columbia River biological opinion has brought out a host of theorists who have reduced salmon to a series...

Two federal court rulings on Yankton Sioux Tribe land-into-trust
Two land-into-trust applications submitted by the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota in 2004 are being litigated in two separate lawsuits in federal court. In the first case, Charles Mix...

Rep. Cole introduces fix to Supreme Court land-into-trust ruling
A third bill has been introduced to fix the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), the only Native American in Congress, introduced H.R.1291 last...

Explosion injures five in Standing Rock Sioux Reservation home
Five people, including an infant, have been injured in an explosion at a home on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The incident occurred early this morning in Fort Yates, on...

Documentary follows Shoni Schimmel, Umatilla basketball star
Shoni Schimmel, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, is the subject of Off The Rez, a documentary being shown at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival....

Mark Trahant: GOP proposal for Medicaid affects Indian Country
The national budget debate is multi-directional. Most of the story, so far, has centered on this year’s federal spending, basically how to strip dollars from a fiscal year that’s roughly...

Opinion: Indian Agriculture Act will help the poorest Americans
"Today, many rural, agricultural Tribes are looking to USDA and the next farm bill to help break this cycle by creating a private sector industry on the reservation. The National...

Supreme Court hearing in Jicarilla Apache trust case on April 20
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear US v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, a fiduciary trust case, on Wednesday, April 20. The Jicarilla Apache Nation of New Mexico sued the federal government...

Editorial: Federal charges possible over shooting of Native man
"Seattle Police Chief John Diaz might have been trying to cast an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice in a favorable light when he said he welcomed the "free...

Opinion: Why Little Bighorn Battlefield artifacts must be moved
"As I stand in the dingy basement of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument’s 1950s-era visitor center, a chill runs down my spine — not because of the temperature, but because...

Interview: Valerie Fast Horse works to bridge the digital divide
"Valerie Fast Horse, 46, is the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s director of information technology. She’s a “technological visionary,” says Chief Allan, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s chairman, “helping bridge the digital divide...

Witness list for House hearing on bill to cap Cobell attorney fees
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs holds a hearing tomorrow on H.R.887, a bill to limit attorney fees in the Indian trust fund lawsuit to $50 million....

Opinion: Taking steps to address suicide among Fort Peck youth
"Youth suicide is difficult to talk about. A recent newspaper article from the Montana Associated Press about suicides in our Fort Peck, Assiniboine and Sioux tribes and Poplar K-12 schools...

Marc Simmons: How Pueblos stayed warm during Little Ice Age
"During the severely low temperatures this past February, I began to wonder how the Pueblo Indians long ago managed to get by when they experienced even harsher conditions. A little...

Column: Pala Band radio station plays a little April Fool's prank
"From a reporter's perspective, this was a pretty good April Fools' joke that had at least one journalist (me) going for about three minutes. Written by John Fox, who runs...

Column: Fox News bloviator short on facts about tribal nations
"Chief Allan has heard it all his life. Why do you Indians get so much help? Free this, free that, a check every month. Why do you have it so...

Editorial: Time to collect tobacco taxes from tribes in New York
"Gov. Cuomo's budget anticipates income of some $130 million from the taxation of cigarette sales on Indian reservations. But he's the fifth straight governor to harbor such plans -- and...

Wambli Sina Win: Iktomi legend teaches us about human nature
We Lakota still speak of our ancestral legends and our Origin stories. Our supernaturals’ names still ring off our grandfather and grandmother’s tongue, whether in memory or in a special...

Vi Waln: Exclude yourself from the Cobell trust fund settlement
The last day for Individual Indian Money (IIM) Accountholders to exclude themselves from the Cobell settlement is almost here. You have to write a letter stating you are requesting to...

Charles Trimble: Journalist Richard LaCourse is an unsung hero
Of all the professions and disciplines that have risen to new heights in Indian Country over the last forty years, Native journalism may show the greatest advance. In the late...

Kevin Abourezk: Lance Morgan to testify at Senate 8(a) hearing
"A prominent Winnebago business leader will testify Thursday before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee about a bill that would eliminate all Alaska Native corporations from participating in a federal program...

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