June 15, 2012
Salish and Kootenai Tribes celebrate 30th birthday of wilderness
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana celebrated the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness. The decision to establish the 93,000-acre wilderness was the...
Gladys Widdiss, Aquinnah Wampanoag elder, passes away at 97
Gladys A. Widdiss, an elder of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts, died on Wednesday. She was 97. Widdiss led her tribe from 1978 to 1987. Her tenure culminated with...
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe leader faces recall over trust settlement
Gary Hayes, the chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado, was an honored guest at the White House in April but it looks like some people back...
FEMA supports bill to recognize disaster declarations from tribes
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is backing legislation to allow tribes to request disaster declarations from the federal government. Under the Stafford Act, only states can request declarations. FEMA believes...
Public airs concerns about 'cultural boundary' for Mohegan Tribe
A public hearing on a housing development became the focus of complaints about the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut. The 120-unit project would located on property that belonged to Uncas, who...
Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nation debate settlement to water rights
Leaders of the Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation are debating a settlement that will resolve a long-running water rights dispute. The settlement secures water for both tribes from the...
Memorial service held for BIA firefighter killed in the line of duty
Memorial services were held on Thursday for a Bureau of Indian Affairs firefighter who died in the line of duty. Anthony Polk, 30, was a member of the San...
Editorial: 9th Circuit's decision in Karuk Tribe's case defies logic
"It's not often we find ourselves agreeing with anything coming from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but criticism of the court written by one of its judges in...
Carri Jones makes history as first woman to run Leech Lake Band
Carri Jones made history as the first woman to be elected chair of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota. Jones defeated incumbent chair Arthur “Archie” LaRose by just...
Turtle Talk: Fixing the land-into-trust decision for Michigan tribes
"Congressional action to correct the Supreme Court’s decision in Carcieri v. Salazar would cost American taxpayers nothing and would be an enormous win for Michigan tribes and the Michigan economy....
Native Sun News: National Geographic will feature Oglala stories
The following story was written and reported by Evelyn Red Lodge, Native Sun News Correspondent. All content © Native Sun News. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA –– Countless times the Lakota...
Economist: Penobscot Nation aims for rebirth of namesake river
"The Penobscot river takes its name from the Penobscot nation, the American-Indian tribe whose ancestral lands lie along its banks. It is the largest river in Maine and the second-largest...
Charles Kader: Subsistence economies threatened in US, Canada
"Amid touted economic recovery at the federal government level, Indian country remains underwater in terms of sustainable growth in all but a few isolated pockets of capital markets within the...
Senate Indian Affairs Committee questions IRS audits into tribes
Yellow Bird Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, testifies at Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. June 14, 2012. Photo Courtesy Sen. Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota). The Internal Revenue...
Oglala Sioux Tribe requests information about suspicious deaths
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is asking federal authorities for more information about dozens of suspicious deaths on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Many of the cases involve members...
Social worker charged in Eastern Cherokee case back on the job
A North Carolina social worker who has been charged in connection with the case of a young member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is back on the job....
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