October 11, 2011
Letter: UND's athletic teams marginalized by 'Fighting Sioux'
"A magnifying glass would have helped to find and read in the Minneapolis Star Tribune the score of last Saturday’s football game between the Division I Football Championship Series-bound UND...
Suzan Shown Harjo: Some poems appropriate for Columbus
"I wrote this poem in 1990, as we were starting The 1992 Alliance, a national coalition that promoted Native Peoples and histories during the build-up to the Columbus Quincentenary. As...
Woman suspected of involvement with Aquash murder dies
Theda Clarke, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who was suspected of being involved in the murder of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, died on Saturday....
Los Coyotes Band lease for training center not filed with BIA
The Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians never submitted a lease for a controversial military training center to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, The San Diego Union-Tribune...
Moapa Band sues to stop expansion of landfill at power plant
The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit on Monday aimed at stopping the expansion of a landfill at a power plant next to the...
BIA won't accept former Army property for Ho-Chunk Nation
The Bureau of Indian Affairs won't acquire a portion of an old U.S. Army site for the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. The BIA said it would cost too much money...
Intoxication case for Navajo school board leader dismissed
A Navajo Nation judge dismissed a public intoxication charge against the president of a school board on the reservation. Central Consolidated School District Board President Matthew Tso was charged after...
Doug George-Kanentiio: Iroquois people reclaim sacred land
When Skennenrahawi, the Peacemaker, walked among the Iroquois over 800 years ago his plan was to create the world's first united nations entity dedicated to the idea that human beings...
Opinion: Include Indigenous People's Day in your celebration
"Until I was living in New Jersey, I had no idea that Columbus Day, which commemorates Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas, could be such a big deal. My son...
S.E. Ruckman: Keystone XL Pipeline impacts Indian Country
"This past month, I saw news stories that seemed to echo from the comic books of my past. At a recent meeting of the United Nations (UN), leaders of small...
Opinion: David Petite, Ojibwe innovator, is a true inspiration
"David Petite has a very simple view on the immigration issue raging in the United States. “You are all immigrants,” he says with a smile. “We didn’t invite any of...
MPR: Wild rice at issue for another mine project in Minnesota
"The controversial Polymet mining project proposal near Hoyt Lakes on the Iron Range has been under environmental review for years, in part because of the potential for sulfuric acid to...
Monique Vondall-Rieke: Columbus Day and who came first?
"On the eve of what most Americans celebrate as “Columbus Day” I found myself turning to the History Channel to watch “Who Really Discovered America?” I was instantly upset by...
Michell Hicks: A report for the Eastern Cherokee community
"Doyu ulihelisdodi agiwonihisdi hi gvnigesv igvndii. Several weeks have passed since my last One Feather letter and I wanted to update everyone as to what I have been involved with....
No action from Supreme Court on Oneida Nation's land claim
For the third week in a row, U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take action on the long-running Oneida Nation land claim. The justices this morning released another order list...
Witness list for SCIA hearing on fix for land-into-trust 'crisis'
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing this Thursday to discuss the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. In February 2009, the court...
Tribal leaders in Washington DC for Tribal Unity Impact Week
Tribal leaders are in Washington, D.C., this week to press three major issues before the U.S. Congress. As part of the first Tribal Unity Impact Week, tribes are seeking to...
Cherokee Nation without HUD funds amid Freedmen dispute
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma still doesn't have access to $33 million in federal housing funds. The Obama administration blocked the release of the money after the tribe removed...
Opinion: Urban Outfitters is obsessed with 'Navajo' fashions
"A search for “Cherokee” on the Urban Outfitters website reveals 1 result. A search for “Tribal”: 15. A search for “Native”: 10. “Indian”: 2. But Navajo? 24 products have...
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