April 4, 2012
Cowlitz Tribe concerned about impact of Army Corps project
The Cowlitz Tribe of Washington is opposing an U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project on the Toutle River. The Army Corps wants to raise the spillway at a dam to...
Native Sun News: Standing Rock Sioux chairman still in office
The following story was written and reported by Karin Eagle, Native Sun News Staff Writer. All content © Native Sun News. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Charles Murphy Standing Rock...
Bill to recognize six groups in Tennessee narrowly advances
A bill to recognize six groups in Tennessee advanced by a 5-4 split on Tuesday. The Senate State and Local Government was tied 4-4 before Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R)...
Secretary Salazar visits Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota on Tuesday. Salazar toured energy development sites on the Fort Berthold Reservation, where oil production has...
Two Navajo candidates running for New Mexico Senate seat
Two members of the Navajo Nation are campaigning for New Mexico Senate District 3. Democrat John Pinto is the incumbent. At 87, he's the oldest member of the state Legislature,...
Billy Frank: Stop water pollution from damaging salmon runs
"Scientists have seen adult coho salmon dying within 24 hours of returning to some polluted urban streams in Western Washington. In some cases, 60 to 90 percent of the coho...
Blog: Lakota activists launch hunger strike against Keystone
"In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline—and all tar sands...
Transgendered Native woman vies for Miss Universe Canada
Jenna Talackova, a member of the Lake Babine First Nation, will compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant after all. Talackova was told she didn't qualify because she wasn't born...
Kevin Abourezk: Oglala Sioux Tribe amends Whiteclay lawsuit
"The Oglala Sioux Tribe claims four beer stores in a small Nebraska town that collectively sell nearly 5 million cans of beer a year have created a public nuisance on...
Erma Vizenor wins re-election as leader of White Earth Band
Erma Vizenor won re-election as chair of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Indians in Minnesota. Vizenor won 55.4 percent of the vote. She defeated Kenneth M. Coleman, who had...
Oliver Semans: A needless death in criminal justice system
"As a Lakota, I was taught to respect life and death. Living on the reservation, death is all too common. From young to old, we have all felt the pain...
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