August 24, 2012
Marc Simmons: Navajo Code Talkers won overdue recognition
"Not longer ago, I heard a radio announcement that another of the now-famous Navajo Code Talkers of World War II had died. Flags were being lowered to half-mast throughout the...
Reply for Kimberly Craven's Cobell appeal due September 21
A petition to review the $3.4 billion Cobell trust fund settlement is moving with the U.S. Supreme Court. Kimberly Craven, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate in South Dakota, lost...
Sen. Conrad loses confidence in Spirit Lake Nation leadership
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) no longer has confidence in the leadership at the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation and will press the Obama administration to take over social services on...
Editorial: Don't let politics harm children on Spirit Lake Nation
"When it comes to improving child protection on the Spirit Lake Sioux reservation, this much is clear: Partisanship doesn’t help. It’s an understandable reflex for lawmakers, whose lives in the...
Judge in Texas allows taking of land for Keystone XL Pipeline
A judge in Texas is allowing TransCanada to take land from a ranching family for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. Julia Trigg Crawford and her family rejected an offer of...
Rosebud Sioux Tribe 'holding breath' over sale of sacred land
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is taking a cautious approach after an auction for a sacred site in the Black Hills was canceled unexpectedly on Thursday. The tribe...
Chase Iron Eyes: Help protect a sacred site stolen from tribes
"Right now, The Oceti Sakowin (comprising the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota People, and also referred to as the Great Sioux Nation) is battling against the clock to save Pe’ Sla,...
Opinion: Sacred site within Black Hills still at risk of being sold
"An amazing idea took hold in the last few weeks. People from around the world decided that they could do something to right a terrible wrong that has existed for...
Kevin Abourezk: Activists call for return of Black Hills to tribes
"Activists rallying at the state Capitol on Thursday called for the return of the Black Hills to the Lakota people and for support of a planned march to Whiteclay on...
Analysis: Mitt Romney energy plan a boon for western states
"By proposing to end a century of federal control over oil and gas drilling and coal mining on government lands, Mitt Romney is making a bid for anti-Washington voters in...
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