March 9, 2009

Tim Giago: Announcing the Native Sun News (March 9, 2009)

Please note a correction to the email addresses for reaching Native Sun News. Some would say I am crazy, but I think what is needed...

Alexie recalls struggles at off-reservation school (March 9, 2009)

Author Sherman Alexie faced discrimination when he attended a school off the Spokane Reservation in Washington. Alexie, who is Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, was...

Fox News: Miccosukee Tribe on 'bridge to nowhere' (March 9, 2009)

"SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Tonight, Ainsley Earhardt takes a closer look at one of the provisions in the omnibus spending bill. It is a proposed...

Winnebago Yankee treats family to Disney vacation (March 9, 2009)

A family from Lincoln, Nebraska, was treated to a vacation at Disney World by New York Yankees player Joba Chamberlain, a member of the...

Road to Recognition: Lumbee Tribe continues push (March 9, 2009)

The Fayetteville Observer is running a series on the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and its efforts to win federal recognition. Tribal leaders first petitioned...

Film targets breast cancer among Native women (March 9, 2009)

The American Cancer Society has produced an 11-minute film and a series of public service announcements to draw attention to breast cancer among Native women....

Charles Trimble: Facts and truth of Wounded Knee (March 9, 2009)

The Tim Giago / Bill Means exchange over who were the real victims of the AIM occupation of the village in 1973 – otherwise known...

Editorial: Cherokee Nation returns to its roots (March 9, 2009)

"Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation once hosted "The Return of the Rain Seed,” featuring music and dance from India. The tribe has encouraged its high school students...

Protesters hit Dry Creek Band over disenrollment (March 9, 2009)

Members of the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians held a protest on Sunday to call attention to a disenrollment dispute within the California...

GovExec: Alaska Native firms 'out in the cold' (March 9, 2009)

"When the Senate's longest serving Republican member, Ted Stevens of Alaska, lost his seat in November's election, critics acrossthe divides likely let out a...

Abramoff scandal brings another indictment (March 9, 2009)

A former staffer to Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) was indicted on Friday in connection with the Jack Abramoff scandal. Fraser C. Verrusio was charged with...

Dorgan says no quick fix to land-into-trust ruling (March 9, 2009)

Don't expect Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) to rush through a fix to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. Dorgan, the chairman...

Opinion: Mission to Native village comes with price (March 9, 2009)

"To bestow its charity, the fundamentalist Christian organization brought in its celebrity evangelist, Franklin Graham, along with Gov. Palin, Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell and the...

Tribute: Navajo soldier walked in multiple worlds (March 9, 2009)

"Casual acquaintances of the late Harvey Begay probably never guessed that the mild-mannered Navajo jeweler was a driven combat aviator in another life. Begay...