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Home > News > More Headlines May 27, 2011 Interview: Lee Tiger, Miccosukee, on health and wellness "In the 1960s and '70s, Lee Tiger performed with Steve Winwood, the Allman Brothers and other rock legends. Tiger says he was able to avoid the hard drugs that destroyed... Opinion: Just say no to Alaska Native corporation land bill "The Sealaska land exchange is being touted as jobs bill. Indeed, Sealaska does provide local employment -- about 400 jobs by one estimate. Unfortunately, most of the jobs in the... Haskell University anticipates new president 'very soon' After more than a year without a president, Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas expects to have a new leader "very soon," a spokesperson said. Ten people were reported to... Special prosecutor searches Navajo Nation financial offices A special prosecutor hired by the Navajo Nation Council searched two offices of the Navajo Nation government, The Navajo Times reports. Alan Balaran obtained a warrant in tribal court to... Native Sun News: Spill affects Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman. All content © Native Sun News. Disastrous flooding has hampered cleanup of toxic waste from Keystone 1 Pipeline spill of... Salish and Kootenai Tribes issue warning about flooding The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana are warning people about flooding. The mountain snowpack is at near-record levels. The tribe is worried this will lead to flooding and... Seneca Nation leader discusses tobacco tax at UN forum The Seneca Nation has a treaty right to regulate trade and commerce free of state interference, a tribal leader told the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The 1794... Southern Ute Tribe hosts ceremony to honor all veterans The Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado will honor all veterans on Memorial Day. About 100 tribal members have served in the U.S. military since World War I, elder Roderick Grove... Secretary of Tribal Relations calls for more open dealings South Dakota's first Secretary of Tribal Relations hopes to forge more open relationships in Indian Country. Leroy "J.R." LaPlante, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, was appointed to... Opinion: Indigenous people revitalizing their languages "In the beginning, the different entities in Creation were given their own languages for communication—birds, animals, fish, for example. The Human Beings too were given their own languages to communicate... Members of Crow Tribe crowd shelter to escape flooding Nearly 400 members of the Crow Tribe of Montana are staying at a shelter off the reservation as the state deals with the worst flooding in decades. The American Red... History: FBI helped solve 13 Osage murders in early 1920s "On this day, May 27, in 1921, a hunting party in Oklahoma discovered the body of Osage Indian Anna Brown, the first of several murders traced to wealthy cattleman Bill... APRN: House hearing for Alaska Native bill stirs passions "Congressman Don Young is known for his hot temper, but at a hearing Thursday on the Sealaska Lands Bill, his words were directed at a visiting Alaskan. The controversial bill... Review: 'Meek's Cutoff' represents a new type of Western "Trudging along in creaky covered wagons, mile after spine-jarring mile, day after wind-burned day, through arid alien landscapes, toward an uncertain, hardscrabble future — no wonder our pioneer ancestors were... Agua Caliente Band announces plan to erect wind turbines The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of California announced plans for a wind farm. The tribe plans to erect two wind turbines on 83 acres of its land near... St. Regis Mohawk Tribe questions union's hiring practices The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe says its members aren't being hired for jobs at a Superfund remediation project because they don't belong to a union. As part of a settlement... Wampanoag student makes history as Harvard graduate Tiffany Smalley, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts, made history when she graduated from Harvard College on Thursday. Smalley is the first Wampanoag to receive an undergraduate... Column: Pollution hits Indian and non-Indian communities "Many of us believe St. Clair County has an abnormally high cancer and illness rate. But the U.S. and Canadian governments tell us that's not true. Don't be silly ...... Man from Taos Pueblo questions tribe's taking of property A man from Taos Pueblo in New Mexico says the tribe took property from him without just compensation. Meko Concha says the tribe exercised eminent domain to seize the former...

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