April 20, 2012
Moapa Band starts 50-mile walk to protest power plant
The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians is leading a 50-mile march to protest a power plant next to the reservation. The march starts on the reservation today and ends at...
Dee Gokee-Rindal: Red Cliff Ojibwe students succeeding
"Long ago, an Ojibwe chief was teaching his grandson about life. He told his grandson, “A terrible fight is going on inside me….a fight between two wolves”. He explained further,...
FBI won't reopen investigation into Oglala Sioux deaths
The FBI said it won't reopen investigations into the deaths of 57 people on the Pine Ridge Reservation unless new information emerges, the Associated Press reported. In 2000, the FBI...
Navajo Post: Navajo voters look to presidential election
"As the 2012 Presidential Election gears up, Republicans make their way to Native America for support in rural Arizona. Former Presidential Candidate John McCain made his way to meet with...
Native Sun News: Bill seeks change in unemployment data
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy, Native Sun News Editor. All content © Native Sun News. U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-California) wants the federal government...
Native Sun News: Political cartoonist takes bow from paper
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy, Native Sun News Editor. All content © Native Sun News. Del Iron Cloud took the People’s Choice Award at the...
Delvin Cree: Powwows an important part of tribal culture
Close to 40 years ago in an area north of my hometown Dunseith, North Dakota -- which is home to descendants of the great chiefs Little Shell and Red Bear...
Letter: Get the federal government out of tribal affairs
"Why is the Interior Department managing more than 50 million acres of land that belongs to American Indian tribes. Among the tribes there are accountants and lawyers who are perfectly...
Opinion: Chumash report ignores land-into-trust issues
"Completely absent from this analysis are a number of impacts that paint an entirely different picture, and substantiate many people’s belief that this report is just an attempt to provide...
Levon Helm, singer/drummer from The Band, passes on
Levon Helm, the singer and drummer for The Band, a group formed with Mohawk singer/songwriter Robbie Robertson, died on Thursday. He was 71. Helm was part Chickasaw on his father's...
Suzan Shown Harjo: White privilege in American society
"White privilege in America first stood for wealth advantage, the provenance of white men, no matter how amassed, deserved, shared or inbred. Among its prominent symbols are oil baron J.D....
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