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April 24, 2012
History: Public health official praised Indian medicine men
"Even in such enlightened times as the 1940s, many people must have been confused by the rituals of Native Americans or perhaps thought them backward. The United States Public Health...

US Attorney takes on more Saginaw Chippewa crime cases
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan says it has been prosecuting more and more crime cases on the Saginaw Chippewa Reservation. Between 2006 and 2008, only two...

Editorial: Indian victims deserve more timely investigations
"A 2010 study by the Government Accountability Office found that U.S. Attorneys across the country are just as likely to decline prosecution allegations from Indian country as they are to...

Norman Deschampe: Trust fund bill fair to Chippewa bands
Norman Deschampe is president of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, which is based in Cass Lake, Minnesota. Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee will mark up H.R. 1272, the Minnesota Chippewa...

Oglala Sioux family sues law enforcement for fatal shooting
The family of Christopher Capps, who was a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is suing law enforcement in South Dakota for his death in May 2010. Capps, 22, was...

Obama administration seeks dismissal of recognition case
The Obama administration is asking a federal judge to dismiss a federal recognition lawsuit filed by the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut. Government attorneys say the tribe has failed...

First Nation seeks better policies after boy wanders away
Leaders of the Fisher River Cree Nation in Manitoba are seeking improved policies after a three-year-old boy wandered away from a daycare center on the reserve earlier this month. Stephanie...

Coushatta Tribe aims to preserve language for generations
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is offering classes in the Koasati language. The tribe started working with elders to develop a writing system for the language. The goal is to...

Tribes uncover ancestral remains by solar site in California
After discovering ancestral remains near the site, two tribes are asking the Obama administration to stop a solar energy project in southern California. The Colorado River Indian Tribes and the...

Alaska Natives excluded from tribal jurisdiction in VAWA bill
S.1925, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, includes landmark provisions to recognize tribal authority over non-Indian offenders but the measure leaves out of a significant state: Alaska....

White House reaffirms support for tribal provisions in VAWA
The White House reaffirmed its support for S.1925, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, in a statement that highlighted the tribal provisions of the measure. "Rates...

Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux woman helps her community
The following story was written and reported by Kirk Dickerson, Native Sun News Staff. All content © Native Sun News. Bernice Spotted Eagle sits at a table in her kitchen...

Magazine: Study confirms a dental crisis in Indian Country
"Research has discovered a dental crisis occurring in many Native American tribes. A study shows that 90% of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation residents in South Dakota had at least one...

Kumeyaay Nation sues university to repatriate ancestors
The Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee of the Kumeyaay Nation is suing the University of California to reclaim ancestors that were removed from the school's San Diego campus in 1976. The...

BET: United Nations official opens mission on Native issues
"The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples launched the first-ever investigation into the human rights status of the nation’s nearly 2.7 million Native Americans on Monday....

In These Times: Lakota activists take on Keystone XL plan
"Several hundred miles north, Native American activists on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota took their own stand against tar sands oil. On March 5, about 75 Lakota Indians...

Lise Balk King: UNDRIP an big marker for indigenous rights
"An oft-heard criticism of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is that it’s an “aspirational” document, one with no teeth, enforceability or bearing in law, and thus...

Brandon Sazue wins election as Crow Creek Sioux chairman
Brandon Sazue Sr. won election as chairman of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Sazue served as chairman from 2008 to 2010. He lost by 11 votes to...

Opinion: Helping tribes get a fairer shake from government
"One of the most interesting aspects of my work is my involvement with American Indians. Back in the 1980s, an attorney friend of mine asked if I would talk to...

Derek Bailey, Grand Traverse chairman, ends US House bid
Derek Bailey, the chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, has ended his campaign for Michigan's 1st Congressional District. Bailey was seeking the Democratic nomination for...

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe accepts $42.6M in trust settlement
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado settled its trust mismanagement lawsuit with the federal government for $42.6 million. Chairman Gary Hayes took part in an announcement at the...

Turtle Talk: Supreme Court's questions in Indian law cases
"Chief Justice Roberts once said his goal as an oral advocate was to get the Court to ask his side the fewest questions. Presumably, the more questions a side gets...

Arthur LaRose: Trust fund bill a threat to tribal sovereignty
Arthur “Archie” LaRose is the chairman of Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. This year, Congress held two hearings on legislative proposals to distribute a 1999 federal court settlement of $20...

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