September 19, 2011
Ernest House, former Ute Mountain Ute chairman, passes at 65
Ernest House Sr., a former chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado, died in a motorcycle accident on Saturday. He was 65. House was returning home from a...
Mark Trahant: A new era of contraction coming to Indian Country
It’s nearly impossible to know when a new political era has begun for certain. Congress enacted House Resolution 108 on August 1, 1953, officially beginning the era of tribal termination....
Clint Halftown appealing BIA ruling on Cayuga Nation leadership
Clint Halftown is fighting a Bureau of Indian Affairs decision that says he is no longer the federally recognized representative of the Cayuga Nation of New York. Halftown was ousted...
Washington Supreme Court to hear suit over tribal gas compact
The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear Automotive United Trades Organization v.State, a case over tribal gas tax compacts. The Automotive United Trades Organization represents non-Indian gas stations. The...
Omaha Tribe facing millions of dollars in damages from flooding
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is facing millions of dollars in damages due to flooding from the Missouri River. Families from about two dozen homes on the reservation evacuated and...
Cousins claim to be the rightful chairman of Yankton Sioux Tribe
Two men who are first cousins are claiming to be the rightful leader of Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Thurmond Cournoyer was elected chairman on September 1. But Robert...
Sen. Reid supports Congressional Gold Medal for Elouise Cobell
A bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund case, has gained a few more supporters. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada),...
Gyasi Ross: Sharing all those 'small stories' from Indian Country
"She triumphed over apathy. See, nobody cared whether she ultimately won or lost. Nobody cared if she showed up late for school, or if she even went to school at...
Editorial: Removal of dams a step towards return of Elwha River
"A celebration decades in the making launches the removal of two dams on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park. Saturday's gathering of dignitaries at the Elwha Dam is a...
Opinion: Cherokee Nation expels a racial minority from the rolls
"The idea that a 21st-century sovereign nation would expel a racial minority that had been part of it for a century and a half seems outrageous. Yet this is precisely...
S.E. Ruckman: Making plans for $3.4B Cobell settlement payout
"Sometimes words just stick together and a phrase is born. Online digging says that centuries ago coining a phrase was usually for promotional purposes. Suddenly the words “Cobell warming” stuck...
Vi Waln: Seeking more accountability from Indian Health Service
I understand that the Rosebud Comprehensive Health Care Facility will see a new Chief Executive Officer come aboard soon. I heard the name of the administrator mentioned at a recent...
Tim Giago: Beau LeBeau teaches us about the other 'good meat'
The video is called “Good Meat” and the tagline says it is “a look at one man’s struggle to maintain a traditional Native diet on a modern Reservation.” “Good Meat”...
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