January 19, 2012
First Tribal Leader Education Roundtable set in South Dakota
The first in a series of Tribal Leader Education Roundtables will be held tomorrow in Rapid City, South Dakota. Tribal leaders are meeting with officials from the Education Department and...
Non-Native offender denied parole after aboriginal hearing
A non-Native offender was denied parole after a three-hour hearing led by a Native elder on Wednesday. Gregory Bromby, who was born in Haiti, had to face the father of...
Lac La Ronge Indian Band votes to banish three on reserve
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band of Saskatchewan has banished three people, CBC News reports. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson won't say why the people were removed. "They are acting in a...
Stanley Crooks wins re-election as leader of Shakopee Tribe
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota reported the results of its recent business council election. Stanley R. Crooks won re-election as chairman. He will serve another four years. Charlie...
Opinion: Kateri Tekakwitha could have been 'spiritual hybrid'
"Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) was a Mohawk woman born in, what is now, New York State. She is becoming a Catholic Saint. She was proselytized into self-imposed virginity. The population of...
Richard Gomez: Chumash Tribe shows care for environment
"Our tribe has long had cultural and spiritual ties to the Santa Ynez Valley. Our ancestors since time immemorial have lived, worked and relied on this land. We take great...
Native Sun News: Retired FBI agent takes on Peltier and AIM
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy. All content © Native Sun News. Leonard Peltier has almost incomprehensibly built a steady, loyal troop of backers from all...
L'Oreal ad touts singer Beyonce's Native American heritage
A L’Oreal ad featuring singer Beyonce touts her "Native American" heritage. The TrueMatch line of cosmetics promises to match a person's skin tone. In the case of Beyonce, the ad...
Ray Cook: Don't trade sovereignty for 'political assimilation'
"The Haudenosaunee, as a general rule and certainly as governments, do not participate in another government’s election processes. Those are not sovereign acts. In that paradigm, it is bad strategy...
Obama blames GOP for rushed ruling on Keystone XL permit
President Barack Obama rejected a permit for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline on Wednesday, blaming Republicans for forcing him to make a decision under a "rushed and arbitrary deadline." Obama...
Chris Eyre to run film department at New Mexico university
Chris Eyre, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, will lead the film department at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design in New Mexico. Eyre is best...
NPR: Tarahumara Tribe faces a food crisis in remote Mexico
"This week, reports have started to filter out of the remote northern mountains of Mexico that the Tarahumara indians are facing hunger. The indians were immortalized by the book Born...
Opinion: Land-into-trust wasn't intended for 'wealthy' tribes
"The U.S. government created tribal annexation to get poor tribes off the welfare rolls, not to get rich tribes off the tax rolls. Supervisor Doreen Farr’s recent commentary disclosing the...
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