September 28, 2012
Fact Checker: Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren and Indian claim
"Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has focused his campaign’s attention back on the self-proclaimed Native American heritage of his Democratic challenger, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, who listed herself as...
Turtle Talk Poll: Results show support for same-sex marriages
"The poll was here, and the results are in. The most votes we’ve ever had for a Turtle Talk poll — 344 votes. Yes: 268 votes (78 percent) No: 50...
KUOW: Northwest tribes seek full review of coal exporting plan
"Dozens of Indian Tribes from around the Northwest came together Thursday to call for a full environmental analysis of proposals to export coal from up to five ports in Oregon...
Native Sun News: Indian author a part of South Dakota book fest
The following story was written and reported by Evelyn Red Lodge, Native Sun News Correspondent. All content © Native Sun News. Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Michael Lawson Cook-Lynn, Lawson featured at this...
Paula Peters: There's a Cherokee princess in everyone's family
"Growing up American Indian, I wish I had a quarter for everyone who gushed to me about being "part Indian," because I'd have enough money to open my own casino....
Mark Trahant: Indian voters are invisible in election year polls
"American Indians and Alaska Natives don’t count. Oh, sure, after Election Day, in a few counties, states and regions, there will be accounts about how Native American voters tipped the...
Steven Newcomb: Anti-Indian federal law lacking in legitimacy
"Let me be crystal clear: The anti-Indian, federal Indian law idea-system has no legitimacy when viewed from the perspective of our original existence as the free and independent nations and...
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe accused in federal tobacco investigation
The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma and an Indian-owned business on the Seneca Nation in New York have been targeted as part of a multi-state federal investigation into tobacco sales. Federal...
Census report shows 1.4M people claim mixed Indian ancestry
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows 1.4 million Americans claim mixed Native American and White ancestry. The 2000 Census marked the first time that people were able...
Letter: Boarding schools left legacy of abuse in Indian Country
" For more than a hundred years, Native American children were forced into federally financed boarding schools in an effort to assimilate them. Great numbers of those children subsequently suffered...
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