August 15, 2012
Turtle Talk: Rep. Paul Ryan's negative record on Indian issues
"111th Congress H.R. 3590, Permanent Reauthorization of Indian Health Care Improvement Act Rep. Ryan voted against permanently reauthorizing the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll165.xml H.R. 725, Tribal Law and...
North Dakota tribe purchases 67-acre ranch property for $1.85M
The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation of North Dakota purchased a 67-acre ranch for about $1.85 million. The Geving Ranch is within the boundaries of the Fort Berthold Reservation. The...
Sports: How Florida State University got the 'Seminoles' name
Chief Osceola riding his horse Renegade, November 4, 2006. Photo WikiPedia "Florida State University's nickname, the Seminoles, is one of the most identifiable yet controversial in college athletics. Fans,...
New Mexico Pueblo gains approval for rights-of-way agreement
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission approved a $11.25 easement agreement between Ohkay Owingeh and Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative. The tribe's reservation hosts a large concentration of the utility's lines,...
HCN: Goshute Tribe opposed to water pipeline through territory
"A water mining project that’s been a quarter-century in the making took a major step forward last week, when the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recommended approval of a plan...
Ruth Hopkins: Saving a sacred Black Hills site from auction block
"On August 25, 1,942.66 acres divided into five tracts of land located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is slated to go up for auction. In 2012, such an...
Sue Masten: WEWIN honors women leaders at annual meeting
"It’s hard to believe, but WEWIN’s (Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations) eighth annual conference is quickly approaching. WEWIN was founded to foster personal and professional growth of Native women....
Blog: Activists need help to prevent sacred site from being sold
"The sale is perfectly “legal,” but is it morally, ethically, and spiritually correct? In a race against the clock, the Sioux Nation is fighting to save Pe’ Sla, one of...
Sen. Murray still pushing for tribal jurisdiction provision in VAWA
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) said she won't support a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act unless it protects American Indian and Alaska Native women. Murry led efforts to...
County provides response in Chumash Tribe land-into-trust flap
Officials in Santa Barbara County are giving their side of a land-into-trust dispute with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. Chairman Vincent Armenta testified before the House Subcommittee on...
Prairie Island Indian Community concerned about nuclear plant
The Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota said it was troubled by operations at a nuclear power facility next to its reservation. The Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant was forced...
Cherokee Nation Council bars non-Cherokees from top positions
The Cherokee Nation Council voted 9-8 on Monday to pass a bill that requires five key positions to be filled by members of the Cherokee Nation. The bill applies to...
Gene Boshey, former chairman of Bois Forte Band, passes at 80
Eugene Boshey Sr., a former chairman of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, died on Monday. He was 80. Boshey was first elected to the tribal council...
Native Sun News: Cobell trust fund settlement moving forward
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy Native Sun News Editor. All content © Native Sun News. Charlie Colombe, a Rosebud Sioux Tribe rancher, is one of...
Tommy Thompson, HHS secretary under Bush, gets Senate nod
Tommy Thompson, a Health and Human Services Secretary under former president George W. Bush, won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Thompson wants to repeal the...
Gyasi Ross: Starting a tradition of acceptance in Indian Country
"The point, instead, is…homosexuality undoubtedly exists within our Native communities now, in 2012. Those gay and lesbian Native people also undoubtedly deserve to be treated humanely and civilly just like...
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