County on Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation is poorest in nation (December 10, 2010)
Ziebach County on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota is the poorest in the nation, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. In Ziebach County,...
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Jury convenes for second day of deliberations in Aquash murder (December 10, 2010)
Jurors reconvened for a second day to deliberate the fate of a man charged with the 1975 kidnapping and murder of American Indian Movement activist...
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Editorial: Let's hope county commissioners learned their lessons (December 10, 2010)
"Shannon County State's Attorney Jim Sword this week announced that he won't take legal action against three Shannon County commissioners who allegedly violated the state's...
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Native man urged to file formal complaint about officer incident (December 10, 2010)
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is urging a Native man to file a formal complaint with the Winnipeg police after he said officers abandoned him...
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Crow Tribe to celebrate settlement of water rights at NMAI in DC (December 10, 2010)
The Crow Tribe of Montana will hold a celebration at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., next week. The tribe is...
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Obama signs water settlement for White Mountain Apache Tribe (December 10, 2010)
President Barack Obama signed H.R.4783, the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, into law on Wednesday, resolving a water rights settlement for the White Mountain Apache...
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Congress renews Special Diabetes Program for Indians till 2013 (December 10, 2010)
Congress has renewed the Special Diabetes Program for Indians for another two years. The program expires in September 2011. Section 112 of H.R.4994, the Medicare...
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Letter: The truth about Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation jobs (December 10, 2010)
"Lisa Finley-Deville says she was terminated Nov. 3. Incorrect. In a text message to all tribal council members, she asked to be laid off, and...
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Branding of Navajo man is first case under new hate crimes law (December 10, 2010)
A new federal law is being applied for the first time in a hate crimes case in New Mexico. Three men have been charged under...
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Elders of Kiowa Tribe get together for annual payment ceremony (December 10, 2010)
The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma held its annual elder payment ceremony on Thursday. Every tribal member over the age of 65 is eligible for a...
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Opinion: Indigenous people missing from climate change debate (December 10, 2010)
"Perhaps most tellingly, all the talk of silver linings and "win-win" has failed to win over arguably the most vulnerable constituent in the REDD debate:...
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Letter: Not every Cherokee 'wannabe' can be labeled a huckster (December 10, 2010)
"I have been told that community and a sense of belonging to each other is almost universal in the Native American world, and central to...
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Narragansett Tribe still optimistic on fix to land-into-trust ruling (December 10, 2010)
The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island remains hopeful that Congress will pass a fix to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. The...
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