September 22, 2011
Maine apologizes to Penobscot Nation for inspection on buses
Maine officials apologized to the Penobscot Nation for entering the reservation and conducting inspections of buses without notice. On September 10, the state Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit inspected nine buses...
Mike Raccoon Eyes: Mixed-blood Indians can't ignore heritage
"Cherokee culture was steeped deeply into the great Meso-American pyramid temple cities as early as 800 AD. When the Olmecs, Toltecs, Mayans and Aztecs were moving from north to south...
Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on TLOA
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this afternoon on the Tribal Law and Order Act. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on July 29, 2010. Federal...
Judge approves order for Freedmen vote in Cherokee election
A federal judge on Wednesday approved an agreement to allow the Freedmen to vote in the Cherokee Nation principal chief election Saturday. The order from Judge Henry Kennedy states that...
Pokagon Band heralds 17th anniversary of federal recognition
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians in Michigan will celebrate the 17th anniversary of its federal recognition. The tribe was restored to recognition by an act of Congress in August...
Interview with Tonya Carroll, the outgoing Miss Cherokee 2010
"Tonya Carroll has served the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians this past year as one its official ambassadors – Miss Cherokee 2010. During her reign, she has attended numerous events...
UA News: Arlinda Locklear on Indian law and 'judicial activism'
"The first American Indian woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court will deliver this fall’s Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community. Arlinda Locklear...
Review: Ho-Chunk Nation in photos in 'People of the Big Voice'
"Wisconsin Historical Society Press entered my radar over the past year due in part to the ability of the Internet to increase visibility, but also because of the organization’s...
Review: 'Diary of a Part-Time Indian' contains message of hope
"Arnold Spirit Junior has never had much luck in life. He was born with too much cerebral spine fluid in his skull (or as he puts it 'water on...
Crosscut: Quileute Tribe asks for land to escape tsunami threat
"The Quileute Indian Tribe in La Push is hopeful that it is one step closer to relocating away from the tsunami danger zone. Last Thursday (Sept. 15) Quileute members testified...
NYT Blog: Tuscarora Nation's corn heritage survives centuries
"In July, I visited a cornfield that gave survival a new meaning. It was on the Tuscarora Reservation, just northeast of Niagara Falls, N.Y. A modern commodity corn farmer...
Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux man loses manslaughter appeal
The following story was written and reported by Evelyn Red Lodge. All content © Native Sun News. MINNEAPOLIS , MINNESOTA –– An Oglala Sioux man was unsuccessful in his appeal...
Editorial: Province working to protect a site of Blackfoot history
'The Alberta government is to be congratulated for acquiring 1,000 hectares of land near Milk River and adding it to Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park, a protected area 100 kilometres southeast of...
Woman returns two pieces of history to the Coeur d'Alene Tribe
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Idaho recently recovered two pieces of its history. A woman said a stone mortar and pestle were kept by her husband's family for more than...
Phyliss Anderson prepares for Mississippi Choctaw inauguration
Phyliss J. Anderson, the newly elected leader of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, will be sworn into office on October 4. Anderson will take the oath of office at...
Opinion: Neighbors aren't buying Chumash Tribe's story on land
"To be fair, I went to hear what the Chumash tribe wanted the public to hear about taking their 1,400 acres via the fee-to-trust process last Friday and afterward,...
Opinion: Wes Studi shilling for developers of controversial mine
"As much time as we spend watching movies, it's easy to believe that actors take jobs because they identify with some part of a film. The wool was ripped from...
Sarah James: Caribou protection vital for survival of the Gwich'in
"This year is the 50th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking the people of Anchorage about a new management...
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