Alaska Native leaders worried about recent spike in youth suicide (July 15, 2010)
Alaska Native leaders hope to get their communities talking about suicide prevention following the deaths of at least nine young people in the last...
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Woman charged after child dies inside hot van in SIPI parking lot (July 15, 2010)
A 27-year-old woman has been charged with child abuse resulting in death after leaving her two-year-old daughter inside a hot vehicle at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic...
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Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute loses its accreditation (July 15, 2010)
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, a Bureau of Indian Education school in New Mexico, has lost its accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. SIPI lost its...
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Human Rights Panel: County mistreatment of Coeur d'Alene Tribe (July 15, 2010)
"To the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners: The Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations Executive Committee on behalf of the Board of Directors is...
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Native youth project exposes racial animosity in town in Ontario (July 15, 2010)
The town council in Alberton, Ontario, rejected a proposed Native youth group home after residents made racially-charged claims against the project. Council members deny being...
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Iroquois lacrosse team hopeful despite another setback on travel (July 15, 2010)
The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team defaulted on the first game of the World Lacrosse Championships after the British government refused to allow members to travel...
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Editorial: Go slow on development in petroleum reserve in Alaska (July 15, 2010)
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced last week that he will open 1.8 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve in northern Alaska to oil and...
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Tohono O'odham Nation submits brief in immigration law dispute (July 15, 2010)
The Tohono O'odham Nation filed a brief in a lawsuit challenging SB1070, Arizona's controversial anti-immigration law. The tribe says the law will likely lead to...
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Logan Davis: FEMA trailers a benefit to Turtle Mountain Chippewa (July 15, 2010)
"I have been watching the news coverage of the FEMA travel trailers that are being donated to the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribal members with interest....
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Opinion: Most 'Indian' mascots aren't offensive or discriminatory (July 15, 2010)
"A few months ago, Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill into law that allowed school superintendents to ban American Indian mascots if residents found them...
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Northwest tribes press commission over cleanup at nuclear site (July 15, 2010)
Tribes in Idaho, Oregon and Washington pressed the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future to ensure the cleanup of the Hanford nuclear waste site...
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Figure in Abramoff scandal scheduled for another trial in October (July 15, 2010)
Kevin Ring, an associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, will go to trial for a second time this October. Federal prosecutors say Ring showered...
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Man claims Hoka Hey money will be used for Pine Ridge projects (July 15, 2010)
A man who is not a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe said funds from the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge will be used for water...
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Justice Department releases reports on stimulus grants to tribes (July 15, 2010)
The Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Justice has released two audit reports that look into stimulus grants awarded to tribes. One...
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Quapaw Tribe to use former school for law enforcement complex (July 15, 2010)
The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma is making plans to boost law enforcement on its lands. The tribe made a winning bid of $20,000 for a...
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Janice Boswell: Moving the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes forward (July 15, 2010)
Janice Prairie Chief-Boswell is the Governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. The 3rd Legislature of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes concluded their...
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Column: Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team takes on world powers (July 15, 2010)
"Twenty-three men waited five days. For five days they stood ready to do battle on a field for their nation, but were at risk...
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Doug George-Kanentiio: Iroquois abandoned by British -- again (July 15, 2010)
A couple of weeks ago I gave a lecture at the Nor'wester in Williamstown, Ontario entitled "How the Mohawks Saved Canada". The presentation was meant...
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