September 13, 2012
Former US Attorneys support Kevin Washburn for BIA post
Five former U.S. Attorneys, including two tribal members, are supporting Kevin Washburn to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. Washburn, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, served as a federal...
Spirit Lake Nation social service director was in foster care
The new social services director for the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation of North Dakota remembers what it's like to be torn from a home. “I was 4 years old, the...
Deadline nearing for claims in residential school settlement
Former students have until September 19 to file claims for a share of Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. The settlement was structured into two components. The Common Experience Program offered...
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes share in per caps
Members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana waited in long lines to receive a $10,000 per capita payout on Wednesday. Each of the tribe's approximately 7,580 members...
Fronteras: Most kids in juvenile detention center are Indian
"The high school dropout rate for American Indians is almost twice the national average. Educators in Flagstaff, Ariz., have tried to turn that trend around. And they’ve had some success...
Tribes in Kansas meeting at Native Nations Law Symposium
Tribes in Kansas will meet for the 12th Annual Native Nations Law Symposium tomorrow. The Kickapoo Tribe is hosting this year's meeting. The featured speaker will be Jodi Gillette, the...
Turtle Talk Tournament: Greatest federal Indian law cases
"Here is the next batch: (3) Ex parte Kan-Gi-Shun-Ca (Crow Dog) (109US556) vs. (14) Bryan v. Itasca County (426US373) (16) Winters v. United States vs. (11) McClanahan v. Arizona State...
Native Sun News: Native monument proposed in Rapid City
The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy, Native Sun News Editor. All content © Native Sun News. Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, below, would like to see Halley Park, above,...
SCIA to consider three bills before land-into-trust hearing
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a business meeting this afternoon prior to a hearing on the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Carcieri v. Salazar and Salazar v. Patchak....
Witness list for House hearing on taxation and per capitas
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs holds a hearing tomorrow discuss taxation of per capita payments. Individual Indians across the nation are benefiting from millions of dollars...
Haskell University put on probation for problems with athletes
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has placed the men's and women's athletic programs at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas on probation. Details are scarce but the NAIA website...
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