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May 9, 2012
Jicarilla Apache woman identified as girl in photo from 1987
A member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation reclaimed a photo that was taken in 1987 after it was published on the front page of The Farmington Daily Times on...

Town offers apology for spraying herbicide on historic mound
A leader in Franklin, North Carolina, says the town should apologize to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for spraying weed killer on the Nikwasi Indian Mound. The herbicide killed...

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe distributes trust fund to its members
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado will distribute trust fund payments to its members. Each adult will receive $2,000 and each minor will receive $1,000. The money is...

10th Circuit hears arguments in Northern Arapaho Tribe case
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held oral arguments on Monday in a taxation lawsuit filed by the Northern Arapaho Tribe. The tribe says the state of Wyoming and Fremont...

MSU News: Project touts healthy water on Crow Reservation
"Although local, state and federal officials visited Wyola and Lodge Grass schools in April to emphasize the importance of clean drinking water and to offer free well testing, members of...

Editorial: Cabazon Band must meet state standards at plant
"If the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians continues to allow Western Environmental Inc. to treat tainted soil in Mecca, it should insist the plant meets the high standards set by...

Charlie Galbraith: Four Bands CDFI to join White House summit
"On May 10, 2012, Tanya Fiddler will join leaders from states, cities, organizations, businesses and other communities to highlight their work and focus on the financial empowerment of all Americans....

Duane Champagne: Common ground on Indian Country justice
"In this country, all citizens are equal under the law—in theory. In Indian country, however, the courts, police and incarceration facilities are multicultural, multiinstitutional and multijurisdictional. That cuts both ways....

Editorial: Moapa Band deserves protection from power plant
"The stated mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is “to protect human health and the environment.” Unfortunately, it’s failing miserably as its mission relates to the tiny Moapa...

MPR: Red Lake Nation receives $750K grant for youth projects
"Young people on the Red Lake Indian Reservation will soon have new places to exercise and hangout with friends. The Red Lake Nation this week received a $750,000 community development...

Nature: War of words in research on Native language in Brazil
"It wasn’t long after his translation of the Gospel of St Mark failed to interest the Pirahã tribe members he was trying to convert to Christianity that Daniel Everett,...

Native Sun News: Boys and Girls Club at Pine Ridge celebrates
The following story appears in the current issue of the Native Sun News. All content © Native Sun News. SuAnne Big Crow PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA –– A 20th anniversary...

DOI rule claims authority to regulate fracking on reservations
Oil and gas companies that drill on public and Indian lands will be required to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known...

America's Wire: Native Americans push for their voting rights
"While New Mexico’s minority populations are no strangers to attempts to limit their voting rights, its Native American residents continue to add registered voters to the rolls. These voters may...

Letter: Anheuser-Busch responds to controversy at Whiteclay
"We care about the tragic problems of tribal members on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and are greatly concerned about alcohol abuse there and anywhere. When our products become associated...

NYT History: The end of the standoff at Wounded Knee in 1973
"On May 8, 1973, members of the militant American Indian Movement who had occupied the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee surrendered to federal agents after a 10-week standoff. The...

10th Circuit affirms conviction in former Pueblo leader's case
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the criminal conviction of Linda Diaz, the former lieutenant governor of Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico. Diaz was convicted of leaving...

ICT interview with James Anaya, Special Rapporteur from UN
"Indian Country Today Media Network spoke with Anaya about his recent tour and the importance of advancing UNDRIP—the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples—in the United States....

Peter d'Errico: Indigenous rights declaration deserves a name
"One of the most significant declarations ever to emanate from the United Nations, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is belittled—mocked, almost—by the acronym so often used to...

Editorial: Tribes in Oklahoma are doing pretty well, thank you
"James Anaya, who investigates the rights of indigenous people on behalf of the United Nations, recently visited Oklahoma to take testimony from American Indian tribal officials. The event supposedly focused...

Dry Creek Rancheria agrees to provide $2M for road projects
The Dry Creek Rancheria of California plans to share up to $2 million in Indian Reservation Roads funds with Sonoma County, The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports. The money will be...

Robinson Rancheria evicts families from housing development
The Robinson Rancheria Pomo Indians of California evicted five families from a tribal housing development, according to news reports. The families were evicted for failing to pay housing fees, attorney...

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