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May 31, 2012
KYUK: Alaska Native corporation cancels shareholders' meeting
"Calista’s board of directors canceled its June 2 shareholder meeting in Goodnews Bay through a resolution vote May 15. Chairman Art Heckman did not return a call to KYUK for...

South Dakota's highest court backs conviction in Aquash murder
The South Dakota Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of John Graham for the 1975 murder of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. Graham, a Native man from...

Blog: Bad decision against Kickapoo Tribe in water rights dispute
"A poor and disconcerting judicial decision on local legislative immunity came down on May 24 from the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Kickapoo Tribe v. Black. The...

Haskell University leader avoiding newspaper over investigation
Haskell Indian Nations University President Chris Redman has indefinitely postponed a meeting with The Lawrence Journal-World as the paper looks into an investigation of falsified student-athlete test scores. Redman has...

Review: 'Crooked Arrows' offering little more than generic drama
"Movies featuring Native American heroes apparently are required to have their main characters hook up with their animal spirits and/or reconnect with their heritage before they can actually accomplish heroic...

Charlie Galbraith: Celebrating year of Let's Move! Indian Country
"Tomorrow, June 1, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. EDT, the White House will host a panel discussion of leaders who have contributed to the progress of the First Lady’s Let’s Move!...

Navajo Nation spelling bee champ fails to advance in DC contest
The top speller on the Navajo Nation competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., this week. Aarish Raza, 13, is from Chinle, Arizona. He attends Chinle Junior...

MSU News: Deadline approaches for Native student scholarships
"The Department of Native American Studies at Montana State University in Bozeman has a number of $1,000 scholarships available to incoming Native students. Walter Fleming, director of the MSU Department...

Boulder Weekly: Tribes feel connection to sacred Valmont Butte
"As we approach the conclusion of the Ghosts of Valmont Butte series, we’re going back to the beginning. Back to the first people who used the butte — not as...

Column: What's in a name? -- New policy affects Indian mascots
"Sometimes political correctness supercedes logic. Which is precisely what has happened with the Oregon Board of Education's recent decision to prohibit Native American-themed nicknames at our state's high schools. The...

Judge agrees to shut down First Nations smokeshop in Manitoba
A judge in Manitoba ordered the closure of a First Nations-owned smokeshop. The judge granted a temporary injunction to the province, which has raided the Dakota Chundee Smoke Shop several...

Column: Pine Ridge Reservation is drowning in Whiteclay alcohol
"Just six hours from Denver is the town of Whiteclay, Neb. Its population: about 12. Yet in 2010, this tiny town sold 465,000 gallons of beer, enough for nearly 5...

Snoqualmie Tribe looking to discuss results of membership audit
The Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington has called a general membership meeting on June 23 to discuss the results of an enrollment audit. The tribe has gone through three genealogists in...

Lise Balk King: Rapid City -- one of the worst places to be Indian
"In western South Dakota, it’s all about perception. If you are Indian, or appear to be Indian, you are routinely judged by the color of your skin regarding the content...

White Mountain Apache man linked to a string of sexual assaults
A member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe has been indicted for assaulting nine girls and women on the Fort Apache Reservation in Arizona. Jefferson Gatewood, 48, is a registered...

Winnebago Tribe breaks ground on first Educare on a reservation
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska broke ground on the first Educare in Indian Country. The $10 million facility will provide a preschool and daycare services on the reservation. It will...

Native Sun News: A brief but extraordinary life for Sisseton teen
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy, Native Sun News Editor. All content © Native Sun News. Wakanda Gonsalves, front center, dedicated her life to her academic...

Winnemem Wintu Tribe requests privacy for a sacred ceremony
The Winnemem Wintu Tribe of California is asking the U.S. Forest Service to close a section of McCloud River for its coming-of-age ceremony. The agency, however, isn't sure it can...

Santa Ynez Band adds to enterprise with purchase of third hotel
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of California announced the purchase of a hotel. The 71-room Hadsten House Inn is the third hotel in the tribe's enterprise. The purchase...

Elizabeth Warren defends self-identification as Native American
Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, said she identified herself as Native American when she worked at two Ivy League law schools. Warren, who grew up...

NYT Blog: Lawsuit continues over bison on Montana reservations
"The legal battle continues over the fate of a herd of wild bison that are roaming the plains of northern Montana for the first time in more than a century....

No tribes are taking advantage of expanded criminal sentencing
Tribes so far aren't taking advantage of expanded criminal sentencing under the Tribal Law and Order Act, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. The law allows tribes to...

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