October 13, 2011
Audio: SCIA hearing on crisis created by land-into-trust ruling
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this afternoon to discuss the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. The Obama administration supports a "clean"...
Blog: Childrens' mass burial ground found at boarding school
"In a story that is almost too horrific to believe, what looks to be a childrens' mass burial ground has been discovered around the Mohawk Institute Indian residential school...
Obama orders speedy review of Navajo Nation water pipeline
President Barack Obama placed the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project in New Mexico on his list of 14 infrastructure projects to be expedited through the federal government. The pipeline is...
WeNews: Limited funding hindering Tribal Law and Order Act
"The passage of a U.S. law last summer was intended, in part, to curb violence against American Indian and Alaskan Native women. But underfunding and legal limitations have made it...
ABC News: Oglala Sioux boy aims to be first Indian president
"Twelve-year-old Robert Looks Twice appears to be the quintessential all-American boy. He is the quarterback of his school’s football team, student council president and one of the top students...
Shakopee Tribe submits land-into-trust request for 124 acres
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota has submitted a land-into-trust application for 124 acres, The Shakopee Valley News reports. The tribe submitted the application to the Bureau of Indian...
Redding Rancheria announces result of tribal council election
The Redding Rancheria of California held a tribal council election on October 1. Jason Hart retained his seat as chair of the tribe. Jack Potter Jr. will serve as vice...
Some tribes turn to DNA tests to help determine membership
Some tribes are using DNA tests to help determine membership, Indian Country Today reports. The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin approved the use of DNA through its constitution. That led to...
MSU Mag: Educator ensures Indian students get a Head Start
"For Laura Massey, sitting down with a writer for a magazine interview is nothing new. After all, the early childhood education professor in Montana State University's College of Education, Health...
Students: Christopher Columbus was murderer of many tribes
"We should not continue to celebrate Christopher Columbus with a national holiday in his honor. Columbus was selfish and a liar. Before Columbus and his crew left to find a...
Opinion: Another view on the Cherokee Nation Freedmen flap
"During the summer weeks, we were given a barrage of radio, TV, newspaper and sign advertisements for various candidates for “Tribal” or “nation” government chief elections. In some cases, the...
Supreme Court won't take Santa Clara Pueblo immunity case
The U.S. Supreme Court last week denied a petition in Reed v. Guiterrez, a sovereign immunity case. Peggy Reed sued Santa Clara Pueblo and one of its employees, Robert Gutierrez....
Native Sun News: Keepseagle litigation settled after 11 years
The following story was written and reported by Karin Eagle Baca. All content © Native Sun News. Back row L-R Class Counselors David Franz and Christine Webber, Gene Cadotte, Tex...
Steven Newcomb: A tribal perspective for Occupy Wall Street
"Greetings on Colonization Day, I begin by prayerfully remembering our free and independent ancestors, the Lenape and all the Original Nations and Peoples of this vast Turtle Island (Mother Earth),...
Bill John Baker certified as winner of Cherokee Nation election
It's official -- Bill John Baker will be the new principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Following a three-day counting process, the Cherokee Nation Election Commission certified the...
Turtle Talk: Cherokee Nation court inflames Freedmen dispute
"The real question becomes, then, will the vote tally seeming to favor Bill John Baker be sufficient to make irrelevant the votes of the descendants of the Cherokee Freedmen, hopefully...
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