September 4, 2009

Blog: Suit over pipeline on Minnesota reservations (September 4, 2009)

"Less than two weeks after the State Department gave the go-ahead for a major new pipeline to carry Alberta oil sands crude into the...

Editorial: Extend deadline for 'Fighting Sioux' nick (September 4, 2009)

"Before the State Board of Higher Education decides the fate of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname, there is one final chorus of important voices that...

Editorial: Hate crime sentence sends a message (September 4, 2009)

"A stiff sentence in a Rapid City hate crime case won’t put an end to the city’s longstanding race relation issues, but the sentence will...

EchoHawk to visit Indian school in North Dakota (September 4, 2009)

Assistant secretary Larry EchoHawk will visit an Indian school in North Dakota next week, the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced on Thursday. EchoHawk will join...

Group seeks to protect Native women in Manitoba (September 4, 2009)

Native groups have formed a partnership with the government in Manitoba to protect women in the province. The Manitoba Action Group on Exploited and Vulnerable...

Native youth walk 2000 miles from Canada to DC (September 4, 2009)

Native youth from Canada are walking 3,000 miles from Manitoba to Washington, D.C., in hopes of meeting with President Barack Obama. Participants in the...

Mohawk First Nation discusses more border issues (September 4, 2009)

The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne met with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to discuss border issues. U.S. officials have blocked two lanes on the...

IHS starts work on Navajo Nation hospital complex (September 4, 2009)

The Indian Health Service broke ground on a $150 million hospital complex on the Navajo Nation. The 10-bed Kayenta Health Center in Kayenta, Arizona,...

Workshop focuses on suicide among Native youth (September 4, 2009)

The Native HOPE (Helping Our People Endure) program visited a high school on the Navajo Nation to help Native youth address suicide and related...

Editorial: Obama should back Tribal Law and Order (September 4, 2009)

"The high levels of violent crime on the nation’s Indian reservations are not acceptable. Action is necessary. The Obama administration last week announced a new...

Editorial: North Dakota tribal refinery has promise (September 4, 2009)

"No new oil refineries have been approved in the United States since 1976. But last week, three federal agencies issued a final environment impact statement...

MPR: DOJ grant helps Native women flee violence (September 4, 2009)

"The federal government is giving economic stimulus funding to a Minneapolis program that helps American Indian women and their families flee domestic violence. The Department...

Editorial: Tribes use stimulus for justice programs (September 4, 2009)

"Some terrible statistics loom over the lives of indigenous women: They are more than twice as likely as non-Native women to be victims of sexual...

Former DOJ official tied to Abramoff investigation (September 4, 2009)

A former Department of Justice official accepted gifts from Jack Abramoff and his associates but is unlikely to face charges, according to attorneys for a...