Charles Trimble: Going back to boarding school for a reunion (May 17, 2010)
On June 4th and 5th, I will attend a reunion of all-classes at Red Cloud Indian School. It was Holy Rosary Mission when I graduated...
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Dean Chavers: A conspiracy to deny voting rights to Indians (May 17, 2010)
"There is a conspiracy abroad to keep Indians out of the voting places. It keeps Indians from voting, and keeps Indians from winning elections. White...
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Alaska Native village concerned about offshore development (May 17, 2010)
An Alaska Native village is trying to stop Shell Oil from drilling in the Chukchi Sea. Village residents say development will threaten subsistence whaling and...
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Bill seeks to expedite leasing process for tribal development (May 17, 2010)
The Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership (HEARTH) Act seeks to help tribes speed up housing and commercial development on their reservations. The bill...
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Northern Cheyenne man gets prison for kidnapping, assault (May 17, 2010)
A man from the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for kidnapping and assaulting the mother...
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Tohono O'odham Nation arrests ten for large drug operation (May 17, 2010)
The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona arrested 10 people in connection with a large drug operation on the reservation. The tribe led the investigation....
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee shows new look on website (May 17, 2010)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee just debuted a new look on its website. The new design features quick links to the committee's most recent...
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Navajo chapter in New Mexico suffers another youth suicide (May 17, 2010)
Another youth committed suicide in a small Navajo Nation community in New Mexico, the fifth case in just two months. Four teens took their lives...
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Supreme Court bars life terms in non-murder juvenile cases (May 17, 2010)
Juveniles who have not committed homicide cannot be sentenced to life prison sentence, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today. By a 5-4 vote, the court...
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Indian law group wants to brief Supreme Court pick on tribes (May 17, 2010)
The National Native American Bar Association wants to meet with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan to brief her about tribes, tribal issues and Indian...
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Al Jazeera: Cherokee Nation keeps language going at school (May 17, 2010)
"At a primary school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Native American nation is fighting hard to keep its ancestral language alive for a new generation....
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White Earth Chair: Tribal leaders are stable, credible, ethical (May 17, 2010)
"It is appalling that a letter like the one written by Ray Bellcourt in the May 8 Becker County Record was printed for your readers....
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MPR: Ojibwe fishing a testy issue despite high court decision (May 17, 2010)
"It's been more than a decade since the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe in a landmark hunting...
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Supreme Court declines to hear Lummi Nation trespass case (May 17, 2010)
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Sharp v. US, a trespassing case involving the Lummi Nation of Washington. A group of homeowners on...
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Mark Trahant: IHS not threatened by health reform litigation (May 17, 2010)
"Passing health care reform was easy. Sure it was a legislative mess: It was too slow, too fast, too many pages and too short on...
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Supreme Court affirms criminal provision of Adam Walsh Act (May 17, 2010)
The federal government can continue to detain "sexually dangerous" inmates even after they complete their prison terms, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today. A provision...
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Opinion: Respect Ojibwe off-reservation treaty fishing rights (May 17, 2010)
"I have been excited to read recent media accounts of the off-reservation treaty rights that Leech Lake and White Earth Ojibwe tribal members are working...
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Shooting leaves Oneida man dead, nephew in intensive care (May 17, 2010)
An Oneida Nation man was killed and his nephew was seriously injured in a bizarre shooting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Danny John, 29, was shot and...
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Tim Giago: Innocence lost at boarding school on reservation (May 17, 2010)
I wrote, several years ago, that I was a recovering Catholic. Well, my recovery is complete and I have recovered, but the transition was a...
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Bradford: Saginaw Chippewa man battles 'fictitious' Indians (May 17, 2010)
"Two decades of fighting corruption on his Indian reservation and challenging the fictitious Natives who have infiltrated his tribe has not slowed down Gary Sprague,...
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