April 12, 2011
ASU News: Heard Museum preserving Native art and culture
"The Metro Light Rail has become a part of Valley culture, and one stop takes passengers to a place where centuries of Southwest culture are preserved. The Central Avenue and...
Panel discusses effects of Supreme Court's Montana decision
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Montana v. US was the subject of a panel at the University of Montana on Monday. The case began when the Crow Tribe asserted...
Turtle Talk: Reviewing Indian law cases at the Supreme Court
"Since the 1986 Term, the Supreme Court has granted review in 68 Indian law cases. [Warning, this is a preliminary study, and the numbers below are subject to change, but...
Column: People of Nisga'a Nation to make the journey home
"There are Nisga’a people living in southern British Columbia who are as disconnected from their language, traditions and cultural heritage as I am from the four European homelands of my...
Southern Ute man sentenced as a habitual violence offender
Christopher Romero, a member of the Southern Ute Tribe, is the first person in Indian Country in Colorado to be sentenced under a new federal law fro habitual domestic violence...
College won't let plaintiff in Freedmen lawsuit speak at forum
Marilyn Vann, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit over the status of the Freedmen within the Cherokee Nation, wasn't allowed to speak at a forum on Freedmen issues at...
Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw Nation assert rights to water
The Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation are asserting their ownership of Sardis Lake in southeastern Oklahoma. The lake was created from water that was originally controlled by both...
Wambli Sina Win: Heyoka, a man taller than his own shadow
From the south, up above, a threatening mass of dark thunderclouds moved swiftly towards the direction of a Lakota camp. A storm coming from the South was much feared by...
Large crowd for Yakama Nation meeting on Cobell settlement
Attorneys for the Indian trust fund lawsuit were on the Yakama Nation in Washington on Monday to explain the $3.4 billion settlement to the case. More than 300 people turned...
Mark Trahant: Bringing stories of abuse in Alaska into the light
Sunrise over the village of St. Michael, Alaska. The abuse of children here by Catholic priests and other church workers impacted a generation of young people. Photo by Mark...
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