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March 28, 2012
Blog: Fraternity apologizes for Cowboys and Indians party
"An unusual event will take place today on the University of Denver campus -- one prompted by another unusual event. At 4 p.m., students and administrators will gather near a...

Maple for Final Four floor harvested by Menominee Nation
The maple wood used for the floor of the Final Four tournament was harvested by the Menominee Nation in Wisconsin. The tribe has a long history in the timber industry....

Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in negotiations over water
The Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation are in negotiations over their water rights in southeastern Oklahoma. A federal judge granted a 60-day stay in the tribes' case, The Oklahoman...

Blackfeet Nation man pleads guilty over mother's murder
A man from the Blackfeet Nation of Montana pleaded guilty in connection with the death of his mother. Mark Saint Storm Heavy Runner, 44, admitted he killed his mother 71-year-old...

Editorial: Allow transfer of bison to Montana reservations
"The story of Yellowstone National Park's bison has taken so many twists and turns, followed by more twists and turns, again and again, that everyone involved may be a little...

KCAW: Sitka Tribe bringing attention to 'excessive' fishing
"The commercial herring fleet remains on two-hour notice today. Aerial and vessel surveys north of town showed little change in herring activity on Tuesday. No samples were taken Tuesday, but...

Blackfeet Nation brings fracking technology to reservation
The Blackfeet Nation of Montana has signed an agreement with a company to treat and recycle water from hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. Ecosphere Technologies Inc. will offer its...

Penobscot Nation hires economic development executive
The Penobscot Nation of Maine has hired a new executive for its economic development enterprise. Matthew Novick will help Penobscot Indian Nation Enterprises improve its federal contracting business and help...

Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs hearing
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will hold a field hearing in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Thursday, April 5. The hearing takes place at the Fairbanks North Star...

Doug George-Kanentiio: On Audrey Shenandoah's passing
When Onondaga Nation Clanmother Audrey Shenandoah-Gonwaiani passed into the spirit world on March 15 not only her family and community mourned but the entire Haudenosaunee Confederacy was cast into sorrow....

Duane Champagne: Decades later, Vine Deloria resonates
"In his groundbreaking 1969 volume Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, Vine Deloria Jr. wrote a now famous critique of anthropologists. He argued that they—as well as academics...

San Manuel Band chooses Carla Rodriguez as new leader
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in California will swear in a new leader next month. Carla Rodriguez was elected chair. She will begin her term on April 16....

Non-Indians accused Sauk Suiattle Tribe of discrimination
Eight former employees are suing the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe of Washington. The employees say they were fired because they are not Indian. "There had been talk for some time that certain...

APTN: Courts must consider Native offender's background
"The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a loud and clear message and that is – if judges don’t take into account an aboriginal person’s history at sentencing – they’re...

Jake LaMere: The call to action on Trayvon Martin tragedy
"It seems that we all can be lost on what a “call to action” really entails. As a society, we are pulled in various directions, the amount of information which...

Gabe Galanda: Interior's land consolidation plan a disaster
"This month the U.S. Department of Interior issued a draft proposal regarding its implementation of $1.9 billion in Indian land consolidation monies authorized in the Cobell settlement. The proposal, which...

Leslie Lohse named Woman of the Year by state lawmaker
Leslie Lohse, the treasurer of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, has been named 2012 Woman of the Year for California's 2nd District by Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R). Lohse has...

Native Sun News: Activists plan Keystone XL hunger strike
The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman, Native Sun News Health & Environment Editor. All content © Native Sun News. U.S. President Barack Obama promoted the Keystone...

In the Loop: BIA's regional director goes missing in action
"Nature might abhor a vacuum, but so do many at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. There’s griping that the bureau’s eastern Oklahoma office has been leaderless for more than two...

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