September 8, 2011
House vote expected on land swap opposed by Arizona tribes
The House is expected to vote later this month on H.R.1904, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act. The bill authorizes a land swap between the federal government and...
PBS airing The Berenstain Bears cartoon in Lakota language
Public television networks in North Dakota and South Dakota will broadcast episodes of The Berenstain Bears in the Lakota language. The Lakota Language Consortium, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe,...
Navajo Nation Supreme Court to hold arguments at Yale Law
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court will travel to Yale Law School in November. The justices will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit over the Shiprock Home for Women and Children...
Native Sun News: Field hearing examines Indian veteran care
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy. All content © Native Sun News. Don Lounder RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA -- Native Americans have served in the armed...
Lower Elwha Klallam to auction items from removal of dams
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington is auctioning off some items from its history. The tribe is preparing for the removal of the Elwha River Dam. Items from the...
Oglala Sioux Tribe set to open $42M justice center next year
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is working on a $42 million justice center. The 93,000 square-foot Pine Ridge Justice Center will include four courtrooms, the tribal attorney general...
Incoming Mississippi Choctaw chief looks for financial stability
Phyliss J. Anderson, the newly elected leader of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, says her top priority will be financial stability for the tribe. Anderson said a "dark...
Peter d'Errico: Religion plays a role in anti-Indian court rulings
"The ugly face of the 1955 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Tee-Hit-Ton v U.S. appeared recently in Plymouth County (MA) Superior Court, in Greene v. Pacheco, et al., a case...
Crystal Willcuts: Teach our children about tolerance, not hate
"Have you noticed how much anger there is in the world? As I was driving my car one day, I found myself behind a car with two bumper stickers. One...
Opinion: Tribes living in prisoner of war camps on reservations
"There are many things we are not taught in school. For instance, did you know that there are United States prisoner of war camps on American soil? These camps have...
Samson Cree Nation seeks to evict residents with convictions
The Samson Cree First Nation of Alberta plans to evict residents who have been convicted of serious criminal offenses. Band leaders are upset with a growing wave of gang violence....
Native News: Dennis Banks sees Russell Means in New Mexico
"During the 1970s, Dennis Banks, Ojibwa, and Russell Means, Lakota, emerged as two of the American Indian Movement's most recognizable leaders. Some could argue they have been the most visible...
HUD won't release funds to Cherokee Nation in Freedmen flap
The Obama administration is withholding federal funds from the Cherokee Nation as a result of the tribe's disenfranchisement of the Freedmen. The tribe sought to draw down $33 million from...
Leech Lake Band seeks land deal to get rid of bad $2.5M loan
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Indians in Minnesota worked out a land deal to get rid of a bad loan but tribal members didn't like the idea. Former secretary/treasurer...
Editorial: Chumash Tribe should be more open about land plan
"Around the Santa Ynez Valley, there is probably no issue that gets local folks more revved up than the Chumash tribe proposing to take more land into its reservation. Tribal...
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