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April 16, 2012
Column: Don't ignore tragedy of suicide in Indian Country
"Last week’s sad death of Daffodil Princess Alexandria Cole will fall into the numbers that health experts use to alert us to risks. It will be swept into the statistics...

The Hindu: Suicide too common among reservation youth
"Elyssa Sierra Celine tried to kill herself last spring. As if it was her turn to do it. Within two years of her moving to the Pine Ridge native American...

Column: Native offender didn't get off easy for his crimes
"According to critics — which includes just about everyone, it seems — Del Louie got away with assaulting bus driver Charles Dixon thanks to Louie’s aboriginal ancestry. So there are...

Native News Network: On campaign trail with Derek Bailey
""What do we tell pregnant women, who are nursing, and our children about eating fish out of Lake Michigan?" asked Congressional candidate Derek Bailey to a group of supporters at...

Colby Tootoosis: Going back to real indigenous leadership
"The leadership style of the Indigenous was based on character, merit, and faith. The 1800’s highlighted and demonstrated the foremost examples of this leadership. It brought out the most historic...

Alabama county cites Carcieri in bid to tax Poarch Creeks
A county in Alabama claims the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar opens the Poarch Creek Band of Indians to taxation. The decision restricts the land-into-trust process to...

Consultation schedule set for Indian education agreement
The Interior Department and the Education Department will hold consultation sessions in May and June to discuss a draft memorandum of understanding on Indian education. The two departments plan to...

Sho-Ban leader joins Vice President Biden at VAWA event
Devon Boyer, a council member for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho, will join Vice President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to push for passage of the Violence...

Ho-Chunk CEO to speak at Federal Reserve Board summit
Lance Morgan, a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, will be a featured speaker at a Federal Reserve Board summit on May 1. Morgan serves as chief executive officer...

People: Navajo Nation leaders visit 'The Lone Ranger' set
"A bare-chested Johnny Depp welcomed gift-bearing visitors from the Navajo Nation while filming The Lone Ranger in the remote Monument Valley on Thursday. Dressed as Tonto, the actor shared the...

Saginaw Chippewa Tribe prepares to open big water park
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan is set to welcome the first visitors to the Soaring Eagle Waterpark and Hotel. The 45,000-square-foot water park and a 244-room hotel will have...

Federal Circuit revives case over 'bad men' treaty clause
The federal government could be held liable for a drunk driving incident in which two members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe died Calonnie Randall, 26, and Robert Whirlwind Horse, 26,...

Supreme Court set for hearing in self-determination case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hold arguments in Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, a self-determination case, on Wednesday. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act authorizes tribes and Alaska Native...

Ruth Roessel, Navajo educator and writer, passes on at 77
Ruth Roessel, a member of the Navajo Nation, died on Friday. She was 77. Roessel was born and raised on the reservation. Her experience at a Bureau of Indian Affairs...

Daisy Blackbird, an original Chickasaw enrollee, passes on
Daisy Hawley Blackbird, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, died on Thursday. She was 109. Blackbird was born on January 18, 1903, when Oklahoma was still Indian Territory....

Review: Yellowstone creation story in 'Empire of Shadows'
"For an American, a visit to a national park in another country can be disorienting. Where are the Winnebagos? The air-conditioned visitor center? The paved roads? If you venture...

Dean Chavers: Heroes from Indian Country and elsewhere
"Despite being controversial, Richard Oakes remains one of my heroes. Richard was the undisputed leader of the Alcatraz occupation; he started it all. I wrote a chapter in a forthcoming...

Letter: Groups in Tennessee lack connection to real tribes
"The subject this time is tribal recognition in Tennessee. The issue failed again this session, thankfully sent away to summer study. The truth as you should know it is that...

Native Sun News: Film looks at uranium in Indian Country
The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman, Native Sun News Health & Environment Editor. All content © Native Sun News. Elisha Yellow Thunder, left, and Debra White...

Vincent Shilling: Racial profiling also affects Indian people
"On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a self-proclaimed neighborhood watch leader, as he returned from a nearby store where he had bought...

Dan Jones: Why you don't see Indian people on television
"Seen any Indians on TV lately? Probably not, and you’re not likely to. Here’s why: The FCC has allowed the American television Industry, which I like to call “a content...

Tim Giago: Dulaney was named 'Waonspekiye' or teacher
Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © 2012 Unity South Dakota The first I ever heard of Professor William I. Dulaney was in 1983 when I received...

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