August 14, 2012
Bison herd grows on Fort Peck Reservation amid legal dispute
A legal disputes continues over bison that the Yellowstone National Park transferred to the Fort Peck Tribes of Montana. The tribe accepted 61 bison from the park. Some of the...
Federal charges added in case of $1M theft from Yurok Tribe
The primary suspect in the theft of nearly $1 million from the Yurok Tribe of California is now facing federal charges. Roland Raymond, 49, was a forestry director for the...
Chicago mayor eliminates all funding for urban Indian center
The once-thriving American Indian Center of Chicago has lost all of its city funding. The center received $45,000 last year. But Mayor Rahm Emanuel eliminated all funds this year for...
Al Adams, Alaska Native former state lawmaker, passes away
Albert "Al" Adams, a former state lawmaker who represented Alaska Native and rural interests, died on Monday. He was 70. Adams served in the state House and the Senate between...
Otoe-Missouria Tribe defends online payday lending business
The Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma says its online lending business provides help people in need. The tribe launched American Web Loan in February 2011. “The financial services offered by the...
Couple wants rehearing in ICWA case of Cherokee Nation girl
A non-Indian couple is asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to rehear an Indian Child Welfare Act case. On July 26, the court affirmed a decision to return custody of...
Umatilla Tribes work to boost lamprey runs in Columbia River
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon are using a $100,000 grant to increase runs of lamprey in the Columbia River. Tribal members have eaten the eel-like...
Wyoming county offers fire truck for sweat lodge ceremonies
Officials in Natrona County, Wyoming, are providing a fire truck for a weekly sweat lodge ceremony. The county has imposed a fire ban but officials agreed to park a truck...
BIA holds first in a series of listening sessions for sacred sites
The Bureau of Indian Affairs held the first listening session on sacred sites in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Monday. According to the Associated Press, about four dozen tribal leaders and...
USDA Blog: Bringing fresh food to the Crow Creek Reservation
"Hunkpati Investments, Inc., serving the Crow Creek Reservation in Fort Thompson, South Dakota offered the visiting South Dakota USDA Rural Development State Director, Elsie M. Meeks and others, a...
Widow of Pojoaque Pueblo officer still fights for compensation
The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case involving a police officer for Pojoaque Pueblo who died while saving a 12-year-old boy from drowning. Kevin...
Editorial: It's here already-the annual Santa Fe Indian Market
"Santa Fe summers have a rhythm of their own — a lazy Memorial Day weekend and quiet June, followed by a busy July with the opening of The Santa Fe...
Editorial: Confirm Kevin Washburn as BIA's Assistant Secretary
"The nomination of Kevin Washburn, dean of The University of New Mexico School of Law, to be assistant secretary of Indian Affairs in the Obama administration hands the Senate a...
Opinion: On going 'Native' at naming ceremony for white bison
"If this were The Onion, the headline would be something funny like MIDDLE-AGED WHITE WOMAN FINDS GOD IN LAKOTA SWEAT LODGE. But it’s Indian Country Today Media Network and I...
Chukchansi Tribe reportedly removing another 100 from rolls
The Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of California is reportedly removing more people from its rolls. Sources told The Fresno Bee that 100 people are being kicked out. "It's...
T. Lulani Arquette: Indigenous people can't forget their history
"Over the years, when discussing Indigenous history and many of the injustices perpetrated upon the Native peoples who populate what is now Hawai’i, Alaska and the continental U.S., I’ve often...
NPR Photos: The light and dark on the Pine Ridge Reservation
"In 2005, photographer Aaron Huey set out to do a project on poverty in America. "I literally found Pine Ridge because it was just another poverty statistic," he recently...
DOI issues management plan for petroleum reserve in Alaska
The Interior Department proposed a management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement authorizes energy development on about half of the 23...
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