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January 12, 2012
Corine Fairbanks: Apathy and egotism infect Indian Country
"American Indians suffer the highest suicide rate of any ethnic minority in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. The suicide rate among Native youth in...

Tsawwassen First Nation plans mega-mall in British Columbia
The Tsawwassen First Nation announced plans for a large mall near the BC Ferries terminal. The project includes an indoor mall with 17 retailers and 1.2 million square-feet. Plans also...

Kevin Abourezk: Native youth listen to Wounded Knee judge
"As the old judge spoke, the 17-year-old girl's eyes watered. Bianca White thought of her great-great-grandmother lying on that frozen ground, a victim of a massacre of more than 300...

Woman offers information in Little River disappearance case
There's a new development in the case of a member of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians of Michigan who went missing over 15 years ago. Vincent Adamczak...

Former St. Regis Mohawk leader sentenced for drug charges
Philip H. Tarbell, a former chief of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York, was sentenced on a drug charge. Tarbell pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to...

At least 5,100 claims filed for share of Keepseagle settlement
At least 5,100 claims have been filed as part of the the $760 million Keepseagle settlement for discrimination at the Department of Agriculture, The Weekly Alibi reports. A significant number...

KPBS: Housing development approved over tribal objections
"The Meadowood development at the junction of Interstate 15 and State Route 76 will build 800 new homes in the rural San Luis Rey river valley. Several Indian bands protested...

NPR: Tom Perrelli to step down from Justice Department post
"Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli will leave the third highest-ranking post at the Justice Department in March after nearly three years managing a bustling portfolio that has run the gamut...

Native Sun News: The tribal connection to Igloo military site
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy. All content © Native Sun News. The mostly still-standing prisoner-of-war holding barracks at the U.S. Army’s former Black Hills Ordnance...

Editorial: Prairie Island Tribe lives in shadow of nuclear threat
"At 3:53 a.m., a worker discovers bleach is leaking from a 500-gallon bleach tank. (The bleach is important because it cleans the water used in the reactor’s vital cooling system.)...

Robert Chanate: Native escape from confusing sweat lodge
"When we accepted an invitation to the sweat lodge we had no idea that white people were going to be going in with us. The directions given to me and...

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe charges former officials for theft
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts is charging three former leaders for theft. Former chairman Glenn Marshall, former vice chairman Shawn Hendricks and former secretary Desiree Hendricks-Moreno served on the...

Tribes benefiting from another provision in health reform law
Tribal employees will be able to join the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program thanks to a provision in the Affordable Care Act. The Office of Personnel Management is educating tribes...

Another Crow Creek Sioux official indicted for bribery scheme
Another official from the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has been indicted in connection with a bribery scheme that ensnared the former chairman. Loren “Rocky” Fallis, a tribal...

Ruth Hopkins: Lakota science connected to spiritual beliefs
"Before Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton, the Lakota studied astronomy. Many indigenous peoples did. They were natural scientists. What sets indigenous “ethnoastronomy” apart from mainstream western astronomy is native...

Fred LeRoy, former chairman of Ponca Tribe, passes on at 63
Fred LeRoy, a former chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, died on Wednesday. He was 63. LeRoy served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps. After returning home, he...

Supreme Court allows religious exception in employment law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday for the first time recognized a “ministerial exception” to federal laws that bar discrimination in the workplace. In a unanimous decision, the court said...

Turtle Talk: Updates on Indian law cases and Supreme Court
"No real surprises here, with the Court granting two cases — Salazar v. Patchak and Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter. If past history is any indicator, there is a likelihood...

Late chair's memorial removed from Nottawaseppi cemetery
Leaders of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi voted to remove a memorial to the chairwoman Laura Spurr from the tribal cemetery, Indian Country Today reports. Spurr, who died...

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