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November 2, 2011
OPB: Tribal leaders meeting at NCAI's convention in Portland
"Native American tribal leaders from across the country are gathering in Portland this week. The annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians will cover many issues, including the...

Dean Chavers: Hate groups arise to fight tribal sovereignty
"In the 1970s, following a decade of Indian activism that started with the fish-ins in Washington, the Mohawk land occupations in New York and Canada, the formation of the National...

S.E. Ruckman: Muscogee Nation gathers around treaty tree
"It matters little to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation whether it was fair or not. They remember the signing of an 1832 treaty that removed them from their ancestral lands to...

Anthony Broadman: Roundup of Indian cases and 9th Circuit
"Tribal Courts May Impose Cumulative Terms Exceeding One Year The Ninth Circuit confirmed in August that tribal courts may render consecutive prison terms cumulatively exceeding one year for multiple criminal...

Truthout: Indigenous people taking on Keystone XL Pipeline
"As people gather to protest the greed and corruption of Wall Street in downtown Manhattan and throughout the world, the territories of indigenous peoples and nations have been the front...

Most victims of homicide in urban areas of Canada are Native
Most victims of homicide in some of Canada's urban centers are Native, CBC News reports. Last year, four of the five homicide victims in Thunder Bay, Ontario, were Native. The...

Lawmakers ask BIA to investigate Indian child welfare cases
Two House Democrats are asking the Obama administration to determine whether the state of South Dakota has violated the Indian Child Welfare Act Rep. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), the ranking member...

Navajo Nation ready to issue ID cards to 300K-plus members
The Navajo Nation will start issuing identification cards to all 300,048 of its citizens. The card will include the holder's name, photo, date of birth and Certificate of Indian Blood...

North Dakota tribe's permit for oil refinery on hold for appeal
Six members of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota are challenging the tribe's oil refinery. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a permit for the project in October....

Spirit Lake group sues NCAA over 'Fighting Sioux' nickname
Members of the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation are in court in hopes of preserving the "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo at the University of North Dakota. The Committee for Understanding...

Supreme Court declines to take up Gila River land rights suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a petition in Gila River Indian Community v. Lyon , a land rights dispute involving the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona. The...

Abramoff claims Sen. Inouye forced ouster at lobbying firm
In his forthcoming book, disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff says Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) cost him a job. Abramoff was working as a consultant for Cassidy & Associates. According to the...

Colorado River Indian Tribes set for recall of council member
Members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes are voting in a recall election today. Amanda Barrera, a council member, is on the chopping block. She is accused of providing confidential...

An 'unsettling' profile of urban Indian population in Portland
A new report looks into the social, economic and well-being of the urban Indian population in Portland, Oregon. With upwards of 40,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives in Multnomah County,...

Study looks at state of oral health on Pine Ridge Reservation
Forty percent of children and nearly 60 percent of adults on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota suffer from moderate to urgent dental needs, according to a new study....

Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee sets hearing
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs holds a hearing tomorrow on two bills. The subcommittee will take testimony on: • H.R. 205, the HEARTH Act. The bill...

CDC finds high rates of prescription abuse in Indian Country
Prescription painkiller abuse is high in Indian Country, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest overdose...

President Obama: National Native American Heritage Month
The following was issued by President Barack Obama. NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2011 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION From the Aleutian Islands to...

Kim Teehee: White House to hear directly from tribal leaders
"Today, I along with several of my colleagues in the Administration are hosting a listening session at the National Congress of American Indians convention to kick off National Native American...

Native American Contractors Association eyes new director
The Native American Contractors Association is seeking a new executive director following the departure of Jim Gray. Gray, the former chief of the Osage Nation, joined NACA in June 2011....

DOI official reaffirms support for fix to land-into-trust ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar must be overturned, a top Interior Department official said on Tuesday. Deputy secretary David Hayes spoke about the case at the...

Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux man fights Cobell settlement
The following story was written and reported by Karin Eagle. All content © Native Sun News. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA -- One Lakota man’s story and willingness to protest alone,...

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