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January 17, 2012
Non-Native offender will receive an aboriginal parole hearing
A non-Native offender will receive an aboriginal parole hearing in Canada on Wednesday, a decision that has angered the father of the victim. Gregory Bromby, who was born in Haiti,...

Man claiming to be Apache charged for wildlife law violations
A man claiming to be Apache has been charged with violating wildlife laws in the United Kingdom. The 60-year-old man goes by Mangas Coloradas, the name of an Apache...

Opinion: A history of Ute Tribe in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico
"Long ago, Ute Indians originally came north into the desert of what is now southeastern California and southwestern Arizona. Then they spread north and east until, about 800 years ago,...

PhotoBlog: Shots of America's past, including Indian Country
"Photojournalist Andrew Lichtenstein is documenting sites important to America's past, with the idea that what he finds there reflects on what's important to people in the present. Bear Butte,...

Opinion: Introducing Flandreau Santee Sioux youth to buffalo
"This is one project I’d love to see the animal activists try to attack. For years, the Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe in South Dakota maintained a herd of bison on...

Letter: Tribe's 'Fighting Sioux' committee a big waste of time
"Do the actions of the Spirit Lake Tribe’s Committee for Understanding and Respect serve the interests of the University of North Dakota? During 2009, after Standing Rock disallowed further use...

Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee sets hearing
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will hold a hearing on Wednesday, January 25. The subcommittee will consider two bills. The first is H.R.2467, the Bridgeport Indian...

South Dakota governor responds to NPR's ICWA investigation
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) said NPR's investigation into Indian Child Welfare Act cases was inaccurate and biased. Daugaard said he didn't learn anything useful from the series, which...

Valerie Taliman: Report outlines trafficking of Native women
"A new report, “Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota,” offers personal insights into the growing problem of sex trafficking of Native women. Based on...

Review: Taking another look at Custer in 'Custer's Last Stand'
"It’s too bad reality television didn’t come along about a century earlier than it did. There might never have been a Battle of the Little Bighorn because George A. Custer...

NAGPRA regulation prompts universities to take some action
A new regulation is prompting universities and institutions to take action regarding "culturally unidentifiable" remains in their collections. The rule was finalized in 2010, some 20 years after the Native...

WKAR: Boarding school survivors share their stories with film
"Starting in the late 19th century, tens of thousands of Native American children were taken from their reservations to Indian Boarding Schools. The goal was to assimilate Native Americans by...

Opinion: Sit down and resolve Arvo Mikkanen nomination flap
"I have consistently railed against Republican senators who hold up President Barack Obama's judicial nominees for no good reason. For example, I haven't shut up about the lingering candidacy of...

New Thing: Ski resorts ask Indian dance groups to bring snow
Photo © The Sierra Sun Some ski resorts are being accused of desecrating sacred sites but others are seeking Indian Country's help in bringing more snow. In Utah, the...

Supreme Court won't be hearing non-Indian business dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined a petition in K2 America Corporation v. Roland Oil & Gas, a case affecting two non-Indian businesses. K2 America Corporation, a non-Indian business, filed...

Supreme Court refuses to take up Amerind immunity dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined a petition in Malaterre v. Amerind Risk Management, a sovereign immunity case. Amerind Risk Management Corporation was chartered by three tribes and provides insurance...

Mexicans give food and clothing to Tarahumara communities
Mexicans are sending food and clothing to Tarahumara communities amid a harsh winter and a claim of mass suicides. Conditions in the remote mountains where the Tarahumara live have always...

Charles Kader: Mohawk man charged for 'stealing' homeland
"Kanaretiio, identified in New York court documents as 51-year old William Roger Jock, serves as the Bear Clan representative of the Men’s Council of the Akwesasne Kanienkehaka Kaianerehkowa Kanonhsesne, or,...

Ernie Stevens: Indian Country honors civil rights champions
"Through Reverend King’s vision, we know that our people should be measured not by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character. It is also important...

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