July 9, 2012
Column: Quileute Tribe welcomes even more visitors after Twilight
"Five Quileute boys emerge from a phalanx of drummers. Barefoot and bare-chested, they wear black cloaks and wolf headdresses, and dance, crouch and crawl within the center of a large...
Santa Clara Pueblo waits on federal funds a year after major blaze
Sen. Tom Udall (far right) speaks with Kris Schafer (far left), Army Corps of Engineers, and Santa Clara Gov. Walter Dasheno (middle). Photo Courtesy Santa Clara Pueblo. Officials in...
Kesner Flores: Border-control bill an affront to tribal sovereignty
"There are dozens of tribal nations with lands along the U.S. borders. Our families, sacred sites and cultural treasures and traditions are based here, and protecting this heritage is critical...
Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation faces scrutiny over child welfare woes
State and federal officials are sounding alarms about child welfare services on the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation in North Dakota. The state has cut funding for 31 tribal children who...
IPR: Michigan court overturns convictions for helping treaty hunter
"The Michigan Court of Appeals says it was legal for hunting guides to help with an off-season bear hunt in Emmet County back in September of 2010. The guides were...
Interview with David Yeagley, the conservative Comanche activist
"In this second part of a unique post-interview question-and-answer session, Dr. David Yeagley — the great grandson of Comanche dignitary Bad Eagle — shares his views. **** Question: What is...
Opinion: End the cycle of violence within Saginaw Chippewa Tribe
"Anthony Bennett sits in the Bay County Jail, accused of beating and abusing the son of his girlfriend and awaiting formal charges that he killed and disposed of him....
Review: David Treuer shares his Ojibwe-Jewish history in 'Rez Life'
"American Indian reservations account for 2.3 percent of the country’s land. Indian gambling revenues are $14 billion annually, and male life expectancy among Indians is 64 years. Acoma Pueblo...
The Long View: Series on history of the Cowlitz Tribe in Washington
"The concept of defining sharp boundaries in order to set off the territory of one group from that of another is typical of Anglo-Americans, but it is a foreign concept...
Review: Joy Harjo journeys to the four directions for 'Crazy Brave'
"Readers familiar with Joy Harjo's poetry, or, better, who have experienced her live performances, will recognize a familiar cadence and overarching mythic quality in the voice she creates for...
Opinion: Charting for a better future in Minnesota-Dakota relations
"Fifty years after the Civil War's brutal 1863 bloodbath at Gettysburg, veterans from both the Union and the Confederacy came in goodly numbers to a battlefield reunion. Accounts at the...
Native Sun News: Tribes hit by big cuts in energy assistance fund
The following story was written and reported by Evelyn Red Lodge, Native Sun News Correspondent. All content © Native Sun News. PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA –– Due to federal budget...
Opinion: Republicans add insult to injury on VAWA reauthorization
"Rape in Indian country has recently become the subject of partisan campaign fodder and, even worse, systemic racism in Washington, D.C. It is time to set the record straight on...
Cedric Sunray: Three R's - Reservations, revisionism and rhetoric
"“…the guys on the real reservations have no concern about federal recognition. They already have it.” As opposed to what, “fake” reservations? On June 28, this statement was e-mailed by...
Tim Giago: Chris Rock was telling the truth on Independence Day
Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © Unitysodak1@knology.net Comedian Chris Rock sent out a tweet that went, “Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren’t free but...
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