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September 6, 2012
CBC News: Dying for an Education - The case of Charlie Wenjack
CBC News has published a special report about the Charlie Wenjack, a Native boy who died in 1966 while attending a residential school in Ontario. He was 12 years old...

IPR: Citing treaties and history, Ojibwe tribes oppose wolf hunts
"An animal that’s a symbol of the wild, and once nearly exterminated, has repopulated the upper Great Lakes region. In fact, the gray wolf exceeded recovery goals, times ten, over...

Brenda Golden: Sacred eagle staff desecrated by local officers
"Brothers and Sisters of Oklahoma and the World, Please note and take action on the ridiculous treatment of our indigenous people in Oklahoma and the red-neck mentality toward our esteemed...

IRS affirms per capita payouts from trust settlements not taxable
Tribal members across the nation won't have to pay federal income taxes on their share of trust fund settlements, the Internal Revenue Service has determined. A number of tribes that...

Oneida Nation wins lawsuit over local taxation of trust property
A federal judge has sided with the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin in a taxation dispute. The tribe sued the village of Hobart for imposing storm water management fees on trust...

Letter: Chumash Tribe tries to skirt laws with land-into-trust bid
"I read the recent commentary from Tribal Chairman Armenta, and wonder why whenever the current laws or procedures concerning tribal reservation expansion don’t fit their desires or needs, he claims...

Strip club on Crow Creek Sioux Reservation seeks liquor license
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota will receive tax revenues from the sale of liquor at a strip club within reservation borders, The Mitchell Daily Republic reports....

Democratic National Convention includes 161 Native delegates
Some 161 American Indian and Alaska Native delegates are attending the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Indian Country Today reports. The delegates come from South Dakota, North Dakota, Washington, California, Montana,...

Republican who criticizes stimulus received funds from stimulus
Markwayne Mullin, the Republican candidate for Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional district, has repeatedly criticized the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act but he benefited from stimulus funds, the Associated Press reports. Two...

Editorial: Muscogee Nation tobacco compact a true compromise
"When the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the state of Oklahoma reached agreement on a tobacco compact, both sides won. The agreement settled seven years of litigation and wrangling over the...

Robert Horton: A long overdue apology to all indigenous women
"This is a sincere and long-overdue apology to the Anishinaabekwe and to all indigenous and First Nation women. From the bottom of my heart, it is with truth, a humility,...

Investigation continues into death of child on Spirit Lake Nation
Federal authorities continue to investigate the death of a two-month-old infant on the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation in North Dakota. Debra Kay Anderson-Dogskin was found dead on July 7. The...

Hopi Tribe increases sentencing under Tribal Law and Order Act
The Hopi Tribe of Arizona is one of the few in Indian Country to take advantage of expanded criminal sentencing under the Tribal Law and Order Act. The tribe updated...

Denise Juneau discusses Indian issues during 2012 DNC speech
YouTube: Denise Juneau at the 2012 Democratic National Convention Denise Juneau, the Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction, addressed the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. Juneau is a...

Native Sun News: Elders from Oglala Sioux Tribe continue protest
The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman, Native Sun News Health & Environment Editor. All content © Native Sun News. Among the elders on Day Four of...

Video: Indian Law Resource Center for reauthorization of VAWA
YouTube: VAWA Video, Indian Law Resource Center, 1491s The Indian Law Resource Center released a video on Wednesday in support of a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women...

10th Circuit enforces hard 90-day deadline in lawsuit against DOI
A group of energy companies failed to sue the Interior Department within 90 days, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday. On February 4, 2009, Secretary Ken Salazar...

Indian delegates offer ways to test Elizabeth Warren's ancestry
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, took center stage at the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night but didn't address her claims of Indian ancestry....

AP Travel: Experience tribal cultures on road trip to Four Corners
"A road trip to the Four Corners region of the Southwest offers a window into Native American culture, from ruins older than any other man-made structure in the U.S., to...

Suzan Harjo: Tribal identification cards must be accepted at polls
"Native Nations’ IDs are both evidence and exercise of sovereignty, and they should stand on their own as validators of tribal citizens’ rights to vote in tribal, federal or state...

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