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April 27, 2011
Judge questions banks selected for Keepseagle settlement
A federal judge is questioning the selection of banks that will hold settlement funds for the Keepseagle case over discrimination at the Department of Agriculture. The plaintiffs have identified five...

Tsi Akim Maidu Tribe ready for opening of cultural center
The Tsi Akim Tribe of California is hosting a grand opening for its language and cultural center this Saturday. The tribe will use the center to educate the public about...

Fundraiser for Menominee woman suffering from cancer
Ralphj Hannie, a member of the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin, has been told she only has a year to live due to ovarian cancer, but she's still eager to fight,...

Cherokee Nation expands distribution and fulfillment firm
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is expanding its distribution and fulfillment business with a move to an industrial park. The business has outgrown its building in Tahlequah, the capitol of...

Autopsy for death of Eastern Cherokee girl still not public
Authorities in North Carolina still haven't released the result of an autopsy into the death of a 15-month-old girl who was a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians....

Native Sun News: Earth Day symposium recognizes artists
The following story was written and reported by Aly Duncan Neely. All content © Native Sun News. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA — Tuesday night, April 19 at Skullets, a young...

Stephanie Woodard: Indian abuse victim shares her story
"From the late 1800s until the 1970s, the federal government compelled Native parents nationwide to send their children to boarding schools designed to assimilate them. Many of the institutions were...

Stoney Nakoda chiefs launch investigation into colleague
Two chiefs of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation in Alberta have launched an investigation into another tribal leader. Chief David Bearspaw of the Bearspaw Band and Chief Bruce Labelle of...

Oscar Kawagley, Alaska Native scholar, passes at age 76
Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, a leading Alaska Native scholar, died on Sunday. He was 76. Kawagley was Yup'ik, though he preferred the term Yupiaq. He was the first Yupiaq to...

Red Earth Festival celebrates 25th birthday in Oklahoma
The Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival is turning 25 this year. The event began in 1986. It now attracts more than 12,000 participants and 27,000 attendees and has an...

Opinion: Supreme Court decision in Tohono O'odham case
"Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation, No. 09-846. The Court, by a vote of 5-2-1 (Justice Kagan recused) reversed the decision of...

Gila River woman is latest to plead guilty for drug dealing
A member of the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona pleaded guilty in connection with a cocaine distribution ring on the reservation. Christine Marie Jackson, 36, admitted that she sold...

State audit questions Haliwa-Saponi Tribe grant request
The Haliwa-Saponi Tribe made an inaccurate request for a state grant, according to the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor. In January 2010, the state-recognized tribe submitted a request...

Supreme Court changes the game for tribal trust litigation
Tribes won't be able to pursue trust management lawsuits in separate courts under the U.S. Supreme Court decision in US v. Tohono O'odham Nation. More than 90 tribes have filed...

Marcus Levings: Set the record straight on tribal spending
"Please accept my formal response to the Tribune story published April 9 to set the record straight regarding the transition team report as produced by the election campaign supporters of...

Hopi Tribe removes treasurer after year-long suspension
Leaders of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona removed Treasurer Russell Mockta from his post, nearly a year after he was first suspended. After a hearing that lasted 17 hours, the...

Pechanga Band says quarry mine will destroy sacred site
The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians joined opposition to a controversial quarry mine in Riverside County, California. Chairman Marc Macarro spoke at a public hearing last night on Liberty Quarry....

Opinion: AIM threats shuttered Fort Laramie in Wyoming
"I arrived at the entrance to the park just after opening time on a mild mid-January day and encountered a grim, tense park official with a high-powered rifle and holstered...

Opinion: Tribes coming up with defamation law standards
"People slander each other everywhere—without regard for territorial boundaries. But the legal treatment of such speech differs drastically depending on whether tribal or non-tribal laws apply. Tribal courts sometimes treat...

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