August 20, 2012
Cedric Sunray: Poarch Band sells out after federal recognition
"A recent statement made in the press by council member Robert McGhee of the Poarch Band in Alabama, while being criticized by local county officials who felt they were being...
Column: TV news director who left job claims Native ancestry
"Let’s call it Jason’s Journey. For former Fox 21 KQDS-TV news director Jason Vincent, 32, it’s a continuum of everything he’d learned, or hadn’t learned, about cultural respect and identity,...
Opinion: Being second-class undocumented Native American
"I am among those who identify as part Native but am not officially enrolled in a federally recognized tribe. I identified as Native during the time period when there was...
Cobell critic asks Supreme Court to review $3.4B settlement
Kimberly Craven, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate in South Dakota who opposes the $3.4 billion Cobell trust fund settlement, will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her challenge....
Steven Newcomb: Civilized Indians are just really dominated
"For generations, we,, the original nations and peoples of North America, have been conditioned to think and behave in a dominated manner. This has been part of the process of...
Steve Russell: Using 'patriotism' against the first Americans
"What is this urge white Americans always have for black Americans, not to mention American Indians, to prove their “patriotism?” America, your involuntary citizens from Africa or Native America prove...
Tim Giago: The word 'honoring' should've read 'remembering'
Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © 2012 Unity South Dakota A faulty headline can change the entire focus of a news story. One year ago...
Horses fall victim to drought conditions on the Navajo Nation
Drought conditions on the Navajo Nation are taking their toll on horses. The tribe doesn't have a count on the number of abandoned and feral horses on the reservation. But...
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