July 19, 2011
NPR: Indian youth turn to media to fight silent epidemic of suicide
"According to government statistics, American Indians are 70 percent more likely to die by suicide than the general population. The high suicide rate has been called a "silent epidemic." But...
Robert Kennedy: Wind farm a threat to Wampanoag sacred sites
"Someone needs to tell the politicians in Boston and Washington that Cape Wind, the long-stalled plan to cover 25 square miles of pristine Nantucket Sound with 130 massive steel windmill-turbine...
Blog: Chocolate Fry Bread one of 100 Favorite Dishes in Phoenix
"53: Chocolate Fry Bread from The Fry Bread House For Native American cultures in the United States, fry bread, a flat dough fried in oil, varies from region to region...
Program helps public schools on Montana reservations improve
Four public schools on reservations in Montana saw their test scores improve with the help of the Schools of Promise program. The Frazer High School, Lodge Grass High School, Plenty...
Former Fort Peck investigator goes back on trial in murder case
Robert War Club, a former criminal investigator for the Fort Peck Tribes of Montana, is back on trial for murder. War Club was convicted of first-degree murder for the death...
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics marks 50th anniversary of games
The 50th annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics starts today with a special ceremony. The first WIEO was held in Griffin Park in Fairbanks in July 1961. A couple of dozen Alaska...
Village officers crack down on ingredients for home-made alcohol
Officers in Hooper Bay, a predominantly Yup'ik village in Alaska, are cracking down on the ingredients used to make home-brew alcohol. The village is dry and has banned the possession...
First Nation in Ontario evacuated over threats from major wildfire
The Keewaywin First Nation has evacuated its reserve due a major wildlfire and other Native communities are already starting to move people out as 103 fires rage in Ontario. About...
Oneida Nation to finance first feature film 'First Allies' with $10M
The Oneida Nation of New York will be financing its first feature film, to be titled "First Allies." Shooting on the $10 million production will begin this fall in New...
Opinion: James Arthur Ray another one of those plastic shamans
"James Arthur Ray is the self-help guru. He is also a Plastic Shaman. A plastic shaman is defined by Horton as someone who performs First Nations spiritual "services for profit,...
Native Sun News: One-time rivals share concerns on Indian issues
The following story was written and reported by Joseph Budd. All content © Native Sun News. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA — Two candidates who were once rivals are now working...
Blog: Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe opposed plans for development
'On one of our last days, we met with the timber company Pope Resources, which is eager to sell off thousands of acres of its private landholdings surrounding and near...
Prairie Band Potawatomi man named archbishop for Philadelphia
Charles J. Chaput, a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, has been named archbishop for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Pope Benedict XVI. Chaput is the first American Indian archbishop....
Drilling company kept oil spill a secret from Blackfeet Nation, EPA
A drilling company that failed to report an oil spill to the Blackfeet Nation and the Environmental Protection Agency could face penalties. On June 12, a pipeline broke and leaked...
Cherokee Nation launches new line of clothing for kids and infants
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has introduced new clothing lines for children and infants. Cherokee Kids is a collection of youth t-shirts while 3 Sisters Babywear offers clothing for...
Vi Waln: Wi Wang Waci a renewal ceremony for the Lakota people
Even though many Lakota people attend ceremony all throughout the year, this is the season when we pray in our most important rituals. Many Lakota are now sacrificing in the...
Steven Newcomb: Challenging the roots of federal Indian policies
"Neither the United States as a whole, nor any individual state of the United States, has a right to unilaterally impose an inferior political status upon us as Indigenous peoples,...
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