Charles Trimble: A deadly time for our tribal allies in Canada (December 31, 2012)

Several weeks ago I was sent a link to an ominous report from the First Nations Strategic Policy Counsel, dated June-October 2012. It puzzles me that I haven’t read anything about it in Indianz.com or on other blogs, nor in...

Marc Simmons: Column on To'Hajiilee drew most comments (December 31, 2012)

"My sketch of the history of the Tó Hajiilee Navajos, until recently known as the Cañoncito Navajos, brought the most responses of any column this year. Those are the people whose reservation is west of Albuquerque and north of Interstate...

CFPB: Protecting your share of Cobell settlement from fraud (December 31, 2012)

"Hundreds of thousands of Native Americans started getting the first payments last week as part of a long-awaited settlement with the federal government over its management as trustee of Individual Indian Money Accounts. The settlement, commonly known as Cobell v....

Steven Newcomb: Taking Indian land away from Indian people (December 31, 2012)

"In 1987, while I was staying at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawai’i, I had a strange dream. In my dream I encountered several priests from long ago who were wearing grey hooded robes. One of them...

Suzan Harjo: 2012 Hall of Fame and Mantle of Shame Awards (December 31, 2012)

"HALL OF FAME: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for winning second terms by a whopping 332 electoral votes to 206 for Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, confounding most of the Democrats’...

Tim Giago: 'Wiping away the tears' after Wounded Knee 1890 (December 31, 2012)

Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © Unity South Dakota It was just six days after the horrible massacre of nearly 300 Lakota men, women and children at Wounded Knee and the news was spreading not only...