Salon: Miley Cyrus race-baiting with wild 'tribal' performance (June 21, 2010)

"This just in -- Miley Cyrus still cannot be tamed. And she's starting to freak us out a little. Appearing in angelic pure white,...

Delvin Cree: Turtle Mountain Band takes on toxic time bombs (June 21, 2010)

"It was almost five years ago that Hurricane Katrina took the lives of 1,836 people. Many of the survivors were given temporary housing to live...

Powwow helps kickoff NCAI mid-year conference in Rapid City (June 21, 2010)

The Sacred Sovereignty Pow Wow on Sunday, organized by the Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association, helped kick off the National Congress of American Indians mid-year...

Mark Trahant: Expanding oral health access in Indian Country (June 21, 2010)

"A philosophical question: How much medical training is needed to treat patients? Some say it’s the full course as proscribed by existing medical, nursing...

Harold Jacobs: Another unfulfilled promise for Alaska Natives (June 21, 2010)

"I remember hearing the following phrase repeated by my father, Mark Jacobs Jr., numerous times: "When a white man fights for his land he is...

Dorothy Webster, Onondaga Nation clan mother, passes at 81 (June 21, 2010)

Dorothy Webster, a clan mother of the Onondaga Nation of New York, died on Friday. She was 81. Webster held her longhouse position for...

School board meets to consider fate of controversial member (June 21, 2010)

A public school board in Washington meets tonight to consider the fate of a member whose comments have angered the Tulalip Tribes and other...

Kevin Abourezk: Omaha language professor draws complaints (June 21, 2010)

"To some, Mark Awakuni-Swetland is a culture thief, a non-Native who has built a career and benefited financially from fictitious affiliations with the Omaha Tribe...

Sen. Barrasso hopes for vote on changes to Cobell settlement (June 21, 2010)

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), the vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, is still pushing to change the $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian...

Chippewa Cree Tribe evacuates homes over flood emergency (June 21, 2010)

The Chippewa Cree Tribe evacuated about 30 families and declared a flood emergency on the Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana. A heavy rain storm...

Small tribe in Ecuador thriving with help of the 'Gringo Chief' (June 21, 2010)

The Cofan people of Ecuador are creating a new future with the help of the "Gringo Chief," the son of white missionaries who has...

Brenda Golden: Tribes still here in spite of Great White Father (June 21, 2010)

"Father ’s Day – a time to reflect and remember one’s father with sadness, gratefulness, sorrow, happiness or even soul searching. For the Native American,...

Rodriguez: Anti-immigration law spurred by manifest insanity (June 21, 2010)

"As a result of several recent draconian laws, Arizona’s image has taken a drubbing internationally. And yet, Arizona is but the spear. In reality, its...

Review: A history of Indian relations in 'Making of Minnesota' (June 21, 2010)

"Mary Lethert Wingerd's "North Country: The Making of Minnesota" is a history of the Indian experience in Minnesota, from the first encounters with Europeans...

Editorial: Fix problems in Seattle's Indian education program (June 21, 2010)

"Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson must redirect her laserlike focus and ability to make tough decisions and address problems in the Indian Education Program....

Charles Trimble: Can't really get excited about those mascots (June 21, 2010)

College World Series time is upon us here in Omaha, and we will have gone three years now without any offending mascots among the competing...