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April 19, 2011
HUD awards $61M for housing and jobs in Indian Country
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $61 million in grants to tribes and tribal housing organizations. The money comes from the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program. It...

Slate: Translating the Cayuse language in 'Meek's Cutoff'
"In Kelly Reichardt's much-lauded new film Meek's Cutoff, set in 1845, a small band of pioneers get lost in barren, arid plains on their way to the Willamette Valley. Eventually,...

Editorial: Indian mascots a worthy issue for examination
"Rep. Charles Graham’s House bill that would establish a panel to study the use of American Indian mascots by public schools in this state was recently deemed the “Bad Bill...

Energy Department hosts tribal leaders for summit in May
The Department of Energy is inviting tribal leaders to a summit next month. The DOE Tribal Summit takes place from May 4-5 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia....

Choctaw Nation provides assistance to victims of tornado
The Choctaw Nation is providing food, water, health services and other assistance to victims of a tornado in Tushka, Oklahoma. The April 14 storm destroyed 149 homes and caused damages...

Dean Chavers: Indian veterans rarely honored for service
"Indians have fought in every war the United States has had since the American Revolution. They have enlisted in higher numbers than the general population, and have served valiantly. But...

Joe Valandra: Preparing Indian warriors for bigger battles
"About 140 years ago, my Lakota Grandfathers and their allies won a great victory in a battle over the U.S. Seventh Cavalry at the Greasy Grass River (Little Bighorn) in...

DOJ intervenes in protest for development at sacred site
The Department of Justice is mediating a dispute over development at a sacred site in northern California. A group called Sacred Sites Protection and Rights of Indigenous Tribes is occupying...

First Nations in Manitoba bearing brunt of massive floods
Almost 700 people in Manitoba have been evacuated from their homes due to major flooding, with most coming from First Nations. Of the evacuees, 576 have come from the Peguis...

Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs Committee field hearing
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a field hearing in Wyoming tomorrow. The hearing will examine deferred maintenance and management issues at the Wind River Irrigation Project. In 2006,...

Supreme Court yet to issue ruling in Tohono O'odham case
The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a ruling in US v. Tohono O'odham Nation, a trust case. The justices heard the case on November 1, 2010. Their ruling...

Turtle Talk: Supreme Court report card in Indian law cases
Turtle Talk has posted an Indian law report card for the U.S. Supreme Court. The report card covers every Indian law and Indian law-related case since 1986, when the late...

Table Mountain Rancheria still interested in county's park
The Table Mountain Rancheria is still interested in running Lost Lake Park for Fresno County, California. The idea came up a couple of years ago and died amid opposition. But...

Survivors of abuse meet for HOPE Conference in Montana
Survivors of child abuse met last week in Montana for the second annual HOPE Conference. This year's theme was "Child Sexual Trauma in Indian Country: Past, Present and Future." Attendees...

Cankdeska Cikana Community College gets $300K grant
The Cankdeska Cikana Community College in North Dakota has received a $300,000 grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota. The college will use the money for a library...

Crosscut: Frontline breaking 'The Silence' on clergy abuse
""The Silence," a Frontline PBS documentary on sexual abuse in the village of St. Michael, Alaska, opens with scenes of one kind of silence. It is the vast silence of...

Pointe Au Chien Tribe sues BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
The Pointe Au Chien Tribe of Louisiana has sued BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The tribe says the spill destroyed its land,...

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe closes a part of lake to visitors
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada has closed access to a part of Pyramid Lake. The tribe is closing the area due to vandalism at a sacred site. "The...

Former Soboba Band chairman sentenced in bribery case
Robert Salgado, the former chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians of California, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison on bribery and tax evasion charges. Salgado, 68,...

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