July 20, 2012
Living Earth Festival at NMAI features Native cooking contest
The third annual Living Earth Festival at the National Museum of the American Indian features a cooking competition between two Native chefs. Rob Kinneen (Tlingit) and Jack Strong (Siletz) will...
Cherokee Nation authorizes $180K in contributions to politicians
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma authorized about $180,000 in political contributions, The Tulsa World reports. The money will be split between Democrats and Republicans. Of the amount, $30,400 was spent...
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs plans hearing
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will hold a hearing next Tuesday, July 24, on three bills. The bills are: • H.R. 726, To amend the Grand...
The Atlantic: How tribes lost nearly all of aboriginal territories
"Everybody knows that Europeans took a lot of land from Native Americans, but this animated GIF by Tumblr user sunisup gives a great sense of just how fast the people...
Native Sun News: Crazy Horse Memorial offers cultural education
The following story was written and reported by David Arredondo, Native Sun News Summer Journalism Intern. All content © Native Sun News. Harriet Brings, Oglala Lakota, strings a woman’s breastplate...
Ruth Hopkins: Growing up on a reservation without technology
"Every now and again, I suffer from bouts of technology fatigue. I remember a simpler time. When I was a kid growing up on the rez, we didn’t have cell...
PBS: Communities affected by climate change plan for the future
Watch Native American Communities Plan for Climate Change Future on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. "HARI SREENIVASAN: Our series on Coping With Climate Change has included multiple examples...
Senate Indian Affairs Committee discusses environment change
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing on Thursday to discuss how changes in the environment are affecting American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities. Native people often...
Hundreds expected at naming ceremony of sacred white bison
Hundreds of people are expected to attend a naming ceremony for a sacred white bison that was born in Connecticut. At least one family from the Oglala Sioux Tribe is...
Nasa Tribe in Colombia promises harsh sentences for suspects
The Nasa Tribe in Colombia is putting four suspected rebels on trial. The rebels allegedly belong to FARC, a guerrilla group. Tribal elders say the suspects have attacked several people....
Oglala Sioux Tribe declares drought emergency for reservation
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has declared a drought emergency for the Pine Ridge Reservation. President John Yellow Bird Steele cited record heat and a lack of rain,...
KVNO: Battling alcohol problems in the border town of Whiteclay
'In the first part of our series Battling Alcoholism in Whiteclay, we visited the small Nebraska town on the border of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Four...
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