September 29, 2011
Santa Clara Pueblo working to address flooding and fire issues
Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a multi-year study to address flooding and fire issues. The tribe and the agency...
Mississippi Choctaw detention center guard accused of assault
A member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians who works as a guard at a detention center has been charged with assaulting an inmate. Kristen Willis is charged with...
Montana man admits to distributing meth on Crow Reservation
A Montana man pleaded guilty to to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on the Crow Reservation. Cody Michael Beard, 21, said he sold meth on the reservation daily for about six...
Former residential school employee charged for abusing boys
A former employee of a residential school in Saskatchewan has been charged with abusing boys as young as three years old. Paul Leroux, 70, was a a dormitory supervisor at...
Royalty checks linked to rise in drugs and crime on First Nation
Young members of the Samson Cree First Nation of Alberta are spending their royalty checks on drugs, leading to a rise in crime and gangs on the reserve, The Epoch...
USDA Blog: Rosebud Sioux Tribe still keeping traditions in mind
"I had the honor and pleasure to tour the Rosebud Sioux Nation in South Dakota. The vast land of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate is rich in natural resources. Tribal leaders,...
Editorial: Get the message -- it's time for 'Fighting Sioux' to go
"One of the definitions of stupidity is making the same mistake over and over again. That characterization fits a shrinking, but noisy, cabal of North Dakotans who won’t accept the...
Vincent Armenta: Chumash Tribe shares facts about land plans
"If you didn't attend "You Heard the Fiction, Now Hear the Facts," a Chumash public meeting held on September 16, you missed an opportunity to listen to a tribal chairman,...
Employee of Quechan Nation due in court on weapons charges
An employee of the Quechan Nation is due in court today after being arrested for making threats at a tribal office. Andrew Lawrence Paddock is facing 25 counts of weapons...
Coeur d'Alene Tribe plans to discuss hunting rights with county
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe plans to talk with Benewah County, Idaho, about hunting rights within reservation boundaries. The tribe asserts hunting rights on Indian and non-Indian land on the reservation....
City approves road name change at request of Morongo Band
The city council in Banning, California, voted 5-0 to change the name of a road at the request of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Fields Road will now be...
Oneida Nation ends negotiations with county on biomass plant
The Oneida Nation has ended talks with Brown County, Wisconsin, over an agreement to accept trash at its biomass facility. Oneida Seven Generations Corp. still plans to build the 60,000-square-foot...
Native Sun News: Indian inmates sue over ban on tobacco use
The following story was written and reported by Evelyn Red Lodge. All content © Native Sun News. SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA -- Native American inmates at the South Dakota Department...
Oglala Sioux Tribe reaches settlement to end telecom dispute
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has reached a settlement with Alltlel. The tribe and the company were battling it out in tribal court and federal court over sovereign...
Mohawk reservation used for marijuana and ecstasy smuggling
The St. Regis Mohawk Reservation in New York is a hotbed of drug smuggling activity, according to the Department of Justice. As much as 20 percent of the high-potency marijuana...
Appeals delay payments in $3.4B Indian trust fund settlement
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has set the briefing schedule for challenges to the $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian trust fund lawsuit. Briefs are due October 17 and...
VOA: Tens of thousands protest for indigenous rights in Bolivia
"Thousands of Bolivians have taken to the streets in cities such as the capital, La Paz, angry about the government's recent crackdown on indigenous protesters who opposed a planned...
New Yankton Sioux chair asks cousin not to come to ceremony
The incoming chairman of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota will be sworn into office on Friday but he doesn't want his first cousin to come to the ceremony....
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