June 10, 2011
Appeals court backs CRIT court in battle with non-Indians
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in a dispute involving the Colorado River Indian Tribes and non-Indians who leased land on the reservation. In a unanimous per...
Supreme Court to weigh petitions in four Indian law cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will be considering petitions in four Indian law cases next month. On June 16, the justices will consider Miccosukee Tribe v. Kraus-Anderson Construction, a tribal court...
Native woman who died in Nigeria finally buried on reserve
A Native man who died in Nigera was finally buried on the Okemasis First Nation in Saksatchewan on Monday. Debra Pine traveled to Nigeria to meet a man she married....
Sherman Alexie: Writing helps youth to fight their monsters
"Recently, I was the surprise commencement speaker at the promotion ceremony for a Seattle alternative high school. I spoke to sixty students, who’d come from sixteen different districts, and had...
Turtle Talk: Indian law rulings in Wyoming and Utah courts
"We’ll do two today, since these states have fewer cases. Wyoming is another state with no intermediate appellate court. Utah will be our first with an intermediate appellate court. First,...
Blog: Photographer at home among Inupiat people in Alaska
"To many Americans, Wasilla, Alaska, seems like a very distant corner of the national map. For the photographer Bill Hess, 60, it is just the starting point. He has spent...
Gila River Indian Community donates $225K to city program
The Gila River Indian Community donated $225,000 to the city of Glendale, Arizona, for the From The Heart program. The program helps poor children, families and senior citizens. The tribe's...
Omaha Tribe evacuates families in preparation for flooding
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska has evacuated 54 families from their homes on the reservation in preparation for flooding from the Missouri River. The evacuation took place near Macy, a...
Editorial: Challenges face new Haskell University president
"The naming of a new, permanent president is great news for Haskell Indian Nations University. After almost two years without a full-time president on campus, the school is in serious...
Paiute Tribe hosts 31st annual federal restoration powwow
The Paiute Tribe of Utah hosts the 31st Anniversary Paiute Restoration Gathering this weekend. The federal government terminated the tribe in 1954. Nearly half of the tribal membership died and...
Indian language preservation program receives $90K grant
The organizers of the "Oklahoma Breath of Life — Silent no More" program have received a $90,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue their efforts. The program is...
Parents seek answers on school's Indian education program
Parents in Minnesota say they are being kept in the dark about a public school district's Indian education program. Funding for the St. Francis School District 15 program was suspended...
Members of Miccosukee Tribe refuse to evacuate from fire
Some members of the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida refused an order to evacuate for a fire that threatened their homes. "A U.S. Army could never get us out and Hurricane...
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