July 25, 2011
Editorial: Compromise should put end to protests at sacred site
"Maybe they can now rest in peace. In what developed into an emotional controversy literally spanning thousands of years, wisdom finally prevailed in the effort to link the needs of...
Mark Trahant: Dental aide program is about self-determination
Conan Murat, a dental health therapist, and Isaiah Anvil, a dental hygienist, treat a patient at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., clinic in Bethel, Alaska. Dental health therapists are mid-level...
Phyliss Anderson: Confidence in a new Mississippi Choctaw vote
Phyliss J. Anderson is a council member and candidate for chief of Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Everything Will Be Okay Wow…How did we get here and where do we...
Blog: Squaxin Island woman heeds the call of native blackberry
"Sally Brownfield, a member of the Squaxin Island Tribe, grew up picking berries on her family's land in Kamilche, Mason County. For Coast Salish tribes, berries are an important food...
Turtle Talk: Indian law marginalized as schools consider futures
"There is an enormous amount of discussion lately about the future of law schools (for a representative thread of discussion, see here). No doubt there appears to be a major...
The Dominion: First Nations worried about Keystone XL pipeline
"First Nations and environmental representatives from Canada are ratcheting up the pressure against the oil sands by taking their campaigning to the United States. In late May, a delegation headed...
Attorney General Eric Holder heading to Pine Ridge Reservation
Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to South Dakota this week to meet with tribal leaders and to visit the Pine Ridge Reservation. On Wednesday, Holder will be at the...
Tribes and First Nations taking part in 2011 Paddle to Swinomish
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community of Washington is hosting hundreds of paddlers from tribes in the U.S. and First Nations in Canada this week. Starting today, more than 100 canoes...
Joe Crittenden wins election as deputy chief of Cherokee Nation
Joe Crittenden was certified as the winner of the deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Crittenden defeated Chris Soap in a run-off on Saturday. Both candidates are sitting...
Native Sun News: Petition challenges uranium at Navajo Nation
The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman. All content © Native Sun News. PART I In the first international human rights complaint ever filed over an action...
Mary Pember: Art playing a central role for strong tribal nations
"Over the 4th of July I watched an Oneida boy dressed as a wedge of Swiss cheese march down the road, and I wondered, “What is art and how important...
TMZ: Dave Chappelle apologizes to Seminole Tribe for bad show
"24 hours after BOMBING during a stand-up performance at an Indian casino in Florida, Dave Chappelle has issued an apology to the tribe ... claiming it's not the first...
Charles Trimble: Hitman takes aim at Oglala Sioux Tribe leaders
I’ve read with interest over the past several weeks Jeffrey Whalen’s criticisms of the Oglala Sioux tribal government. I’m not certain, but it seems to me that Jeffrey Whalen is...
Wambli Sina Win: Make your stand to preserve Indian bloodlines
This is one of the most ancient and sacred of Lakota origin stories, parts of which have been revealed to certain Lakota Thunder Dreamers, the Heyoka who were holy men....
News Watch: Indigenous people ignored in debates about Arctic
"Alona Yefimenko is descended from Chukchi and Even reindeer herders in Ayanka, Kamchatka, Russia. We met up with her earlier this summer in Iceland, where she participated in the Seventh...
Duane Champagne: Role of women lost in modern tribal society
"The significant role that women played in many Native American communities is often forgotten. While recovering culture includes seeking to restore songs, ceremonies, stories, and traditional knowledge, women should play...
Al Jazeera: FBI looking into allegations of anti-Indian hate crime
"One May night in Fernley, Nevada, Native American Johnny Bonta got into a fight. It was a bad fight- one in which Bonta was knocked unconscious with a bat, had...
Cedric Sunray: Tribal leaders no strangers to sex controversies
"Infidelity is a gateway to the acceptance of female marginalization in indigenous society. Time after time we see relationships maintained with the men who dominate their lives after reports of...
Jodi Rave: Milestone as judge approves $3.4B Cobell settlement
"In a crowded federal courtroom near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on June 20, the first person to testify was Elouise Pepion Cobell, a member of Montana's Blackfeet Tribe....
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