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July 13, 2011
Boy's shooting death on Alberta reserve shocks First Nations
The drive-by shooting of a five-year-old boy on the Samson Cree First Nation in Alberta is sending shock waves across Canada. An autopsy confirmed that Ethan Yellowbird, the grandson of...

Column: Boy's death a wakeup call to change Native relations
"In this place, with its overflowing garbage bins and ramshackle homes and as many people as rez dogs wandering the rutted roads and with approximately the same wary exhaustion, it...

Interview with attorney Elliott Levitas about Cobell settlement
Between The Lines interviews attorney Elliott Levitas about the $3.4 billion settlement to the Cobell trust fund lawsuit. "ELLIOTT LEVITAS: Even though the trust had been in existence since about...

Top executive of Chugach Alaska Corp. announces resignation
The chief executive officer of Chugach Alaska Corp., an Alaska Native regional corporation, resigned on Monday. Ed Herndon left to "pursue other career opportunities," The Anchorage Daily News reported. No...

Mobile store offers healthy food options for Pueblo residents
Residents of Kewa Pueblo in New Mexico don't have to travel too far for fresh produce thanks to an initiative that's bringing healthy food to the reservation. MoGro visits the...

Canoe discovered by Alaska Native village up to 500 years old
A canoe discovered near the Alaska Native village of Kasaan may be 500 years old. The canoe was found on land owned by Sealaska Corp., an Alaska Native regional corporation....

San Carlos Apaches only allowed to ride on top of railroad cars
In 1912, members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe were allowed to ride the railroad but only on top of boxcars or flatcars, The Eastern Arizona Courier reports The tribe...

Democracy Now: Leonard Peltier now in solitary confinement
"Supporters of the imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier are condemning a decision by prison authorities in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to send him to solitary confinement in late June for two...

Column: New York targets smugglers of tribal tobacco brands
"Leave cigarette smugglers alone. That's pretty much the message that went out last week from the New York State Department of Taxation to its investigators. A two-page e-mail from Peter...

The Street: NAFCC defends payday lenders in Indian Country
"The Native American Fair Commerce Coalition (NAFCC) describes itself as an advocacy group comprising "like-minded tribes and tribal members that are committed to protecting the sovereign rights of Native Americans...

Cherokee Nation's top court orders hand recount of all ballots
The Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ordered a hand recount of all of the ballots that were cast in the principal chief's race. The court already ordered...

Supreme Court decision impacts land-into-trust process at BIA
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar has affected the land-into-trust process for all tribes, a top Bureau of Indian Affairs official said on Tuesday. The decision states...

Jeromy Sullivan: Canoe Journey a celebration of tribal culture
"This July, more than 100 canoes from Indian nations across the region will embark on the yearly tribal Canoe Journey. Canoeing has been a part of the Native way of...

Senate Indian Affairs Committee business meeting and hearing
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a business meeting and oversight hearing tomorrow. The committee will consider the nominations of Cynthia Chavez Lamar, Barbara Jean Ells and Debra Downing...

Choctaw Nation awarded $20M to build equipment for military
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is supporting the U.S. military with one of its businesses. Choctaw Defense was recently awarded a $20 million contract to produce equipment for the U.S....

1st Circuit upholds most convictions for Passamaquoddy theft
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the convictions and sentences of two men who were accused of stealing from the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township in Maine. Robert L....

Opinion: Bill creates 'ethnic' government for Native Hawaiians
"After failing for 11 years to get the ill conceived Akaka Bill approved by Congress, the State of Hawaii has passed its own ethnic restrictive bill for a separate indigenous...

NCAA won't budge on North Dakota's 'Fighting Sioux' nickname
The NCAA isn't budging from its view that the "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo at the University of North Dakota is "hostile" and "abusive" to Indian people. But that isn't...

Native Sun News: Wildfire damages sacred sites in New Mexico
The following story was written and reported by Kate Saltzetein. All content © Native Sun News. LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO — The Las Conchas fire has raged in New Mexico...

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