March 19, 2012
Eagle found near DC train station ends up in repository
A bald eagle that was found near a Washington, D.C.,-area train station has found its way to the National Eagle Repository in Colorado. The eagle had been injured when a...
Fronteras: Tribes fight wind project on archeological sites
"Several Native American tribes in the Southwest are fighting a large wind farm planned near the town of Ocotillo, in Imperial County, CA. The tribes say there are more than...
Supreme Court won't accept tribal domestic violence case
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition in Shavanaux v. US, an Indian Country domestic violence case Adam Ray Shavanaux, a member of the Ute Tribe of Utah, was...
DOI extends comment period for Cobell land consolidation
The Interior Department has extended the comment period on a plan to implement the land consolidation portion of the Indian trust fund settlement. The Cobell Land Consolidation Program Draft Plan...
Lawsuit urges BIA to intervene in Pala membership dispute
A federal judge is holding a hearing on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by former members of the Pala Band of Mission Indians of California. The tribe has disenrolled more...
Q&A with Richard Milanovich, late Agua Caliente chairman
The Palm Springs Desert Sun published excerpts of an August 3, 2011, interview with Richard Milanovich, who was the longtime chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of...
Monument to Crazy Horse unfinished after decades of work
Korczak Ziolkowski began sculpting a monument to Crazy Horse, the legendary Lakota leader, in 1947 and the huge undertaking remains unfinished after decades of work. Ziolkowski died in 1982 but...
Man from Yurok Tribe on journey to build traditional village
Willard Carlson Jr., a member of the Yurok Tribe of California, is leading an effort to build a traditional village near a sacred site on the reservation. Carlson, 59, came...
Famous South Dakotans: Billy Mills won an Olympic medal
"A young man born in Pine Ridge became the second Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. WHO: Billy Mills BORN: June 30, 1938, in Pine Ridge. BACKGROUND: Mills...
Monique La Chappa: Campo Band seeks to tap wind power
"Wind power is making a difference. As a local source of clean energy, it reduces our dependence on foreign oil while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Wind power creates American...
Native Sun News: Charlie Rooks an Indian business success
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy, Native Sun News Editor. All content © Native Sun News. For over two decades, Charlie Rooks, Oglala Lakota, has helped...
Blog: Why Johnny Depp as Tonto matters in Indian Country
Photo from Jerry Bruckheimer on Twitter "It's been a week or so since the original photos of Johnny Depp as Tonto have surfaced, and the internet has been abuzz...
Alma Ransom: Tekakwitha was a holy person for Mohawks
"It seems like no one realizes that Tekakwitha lived a full life of learning and practicing our traditional culture and knew how to survive before she became a Catholic. There...
Ruth Hopkins: Adventures in living away from reservation
"I moved away from home two months ago for work. For the past six years, I’d been living on the Lake Traverse Reservation of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate where I...
Editorial: Still seeking justice in abuse of Alaska Native girl
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski isn't taking "I don't know" for an answer. Why did the federal government drop the sex crimes case against former Veco chief Bill Allen? Why did the...
Jodi Rave: Don't ask faculty candidates about being Indian
"If you’re looking for American Indian faculty at the University of Montana, look really hard. If you look to UM administrators for answers, you’re looking at a taboo subject. Montana...
Tim Giago: Newspaper business should take a look at past
Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © 2012 Unity South Dakota When radio appeared on the national scene in the early 1900s speculation began about its impact...
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