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Opinion
Column: Tribes support New Mexico horse slaughtering plant (05/14)
Columnist on the use of horse meat in Indian Country: The most ironic argument against a slaughterhouse for unwanted horses is that the noble animal is a western icon, a...
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment
Book Review: Origin of Apache wars in 'The Wrath of Cochise' (04/24)
A review of The Wrath of Cochise: The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars: Second Lt. George Bascom was “a fine looking fellow” and a gentleman, a...
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment
Review: Books revisit dark chapter of US history with Apaches (04/22)
Fergus W. Bordewich reviews two books about Apache leaders Cochise and Geronimo for The Wall Street Journal: In essential ways, both Indians and white Americans see their common past as...
Filed Under: Environment | Law
Supreme Court hears water suit that affects Oklahoma tribes (04/22)
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments tomorrow in Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board, a state agency, doesn't want to sell water to...
Filed Under: Opinion
Marc Simmons: Scalping found among some New Mexico tribes (04/08)
Marc Simmons on the practice of scalping among tribes in New Mexico
Filed Under: Law | Recognition
Nonrecognized tribe in Texas sues over seizure of eagle feathers (03/13)
Leaders and members of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas are suing the federal government over the seizure of eagle feathers at a powwow. An agent from the U.S. Fish...
Filed Under: Environment | National
USDA Blog: Arthur Blazer discusses sacred site efforts at NCAI (03/11)
Arthur “Butch” Blazer, a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe of New Mexico who serves as Deputy Undersecretary at the Department of Agriculture, spoke to the National Congress of American...
Filed Under: Opinion
Marc Simmons: Spanish official harsh on tribes in New Mexico (03/11)
Historian Marc Simmons on the crimes of an early Spanish Colonial governor: Who today knows the name of Diego de Peñalosa? Very few people, I suspect, even though he was...
Filed Under: Opinion
Marc Simmons: Army used 'talking mirrors' to find Geronimo (02/25)
"During the last campaign against Geronimo in 1886, the U.S. Army introduced a heliograph system for the rapid transmission of messages across the Southwestern deserts. The heliograph was a small,...
Filed Under: National
Texas man who claims Apache heritage told to cut hair for job (01/16)
A Texas man who says he has Apache heritage could lose his job for keeping his hair long. Art Poore works as a VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio. Employment...
Filed Under: World
Authorities ax case against 'Apache' man in United Kingdom (08/22)
A United Kingdom man who claims to live as an Apache won't face a trial for allegedly violating wildlife laws. The 60-year-old man goes by the name Mangas Coloradas, who...
Filed Under: Environment | Sports | World
Yellow Bird Indian Dancers ask rain to stay away for Olympics (07/27)
The Yellow Bird Indian Dancers, an Apache dance group from Arizona, performed a "no rain" dance for the 2012 Olympic games in London. London has seen a record-breaking amount of...
Filed Under: Opinion
Jay Tavare: Elbys Onea Naiche Hugar was the last of her breed (07/17)
"In American history, there have been many icons that we know about, but also a few most of us have never heard of who have had an impact on so...
Filed Under: Opinion
Editorial: Bald eagles in Arizona deserve special protection (05/02)
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seems bound and determined to minimize protections for Arizona’s growing — but still fragile — population of bald eagles. What a strange spectacle. What...
Filed Under: World
Man in United Kingdom: 'An Indian in a white man's body' (04/23)
The British media has tracked down another man who is obsessed with Indian culture. Dennis Grinsted, 72, said he was named an honorary Apache by a tribe in Arizona. He...
Column: Tribes support New Mexico horse slaughtering plant (05/14)
Columnist on the use of horse meat in Indian Country: The most ironic argument against a slaughterhouse for unwanted horses is that the noble animal is a western icon, a...
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment
Book Review: Origin of Apache wars in 'The Wrath of Cochise' (04/24)
A review of The Wrath of Cochise: The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars: Second Lt. George Bascom was “a fine looking fellow” and a gentleman, a...
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment
Review: Books revisit dark chapter of US history with Apaches (04/22)
Fergus W. Bordewich reviews two books about Apache leaders Cochise and Geronimo for The Wall Street Journal: In essential ways, both Indians and white Americans see their common past as...
Filed Under: Environment | Law
Supreme Court hears water suit that affects Oklahoma tribes (04/22)
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments tomorrow in Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board, a state agency, doesn't want to sell water to...
Filed Under: Opinion
Marc Simmons: Scalping found among some New Mexico tribes (04/08)
Marc Simmons on the practice of scalping among tribes in New Mexico
Filed Under: Law | Recognition
Nonrecognized tribe in Texas sues over seizure of eagle feathers (03/13)
Leaders and members of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas are suing the federal government over the seizure of eagle feathers at a powwow. An agent from the U.S. Fish...
Filed Under: Environment | National
USDA Blog: Arthur Blazer discusses sacred site efforts at NCAI (03/11)
Arthur “Butch” Blazer, a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe of New Mexico who serves as Deputy Undersecretary at the Department of Agriculture, spoke to the National Congress of American...
Filed Under: Opinion
Marc Simmons: Spanish official harsh on tribes in New Mexico (03/11)
Historian Marc Simmons on the crimes of an early Spanish Colonial governor: Who today knows the name of Diego de Peñalosa? Very few people, I suspect, even though he was...
Filed Under: Opinion
Marc Simmons: Army used 'talking mirrors' to find Geronimo (02/25)
"During the last campaign against Geronimo in 1886, the U.S. Army introduced a heliograph system for the rapid transmission of messages across the Southwestern deserts. The heliograph was a small,...
Filed Under: National
Texas man who claims Apache heritage told to cut hair for job (01/16)
A Texas man who says he has Apache heritage could lose his job for keeping his hair long. Art Poore works as a VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio. Employment...
Filed Under: World
Authorities ax case against 'Apache' man in United Kingdom (08/22)
A United Kingdom man who claims to live as an Apache won't face a trial for allegedly violating wildlife laws. The 60-year-old man goes by the name Mangas Coloradas, who...
Filed Under: Environment | Sports | World
Yellow Bird Indian Dancers ask rain to stay away for Olympics (07/27)
The Yellow Bird Indian Dancers, an Apache dance group from Arizona, performed a "no rain" dance for the 2012 Olympic games in London. London has seen a record-breaking amount of...
Filed Under: Opinion
Jay Tavare: Elbys Onea Naiche Hugar was the last of her breed (07/17)
"In American history, there have been many icons that we know about, but also a few most of us have never heard of who have had an impact on so...
Filed Under: Opinion
Editorial: Bald eagles in Arizona deserve special protection (05/02)
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seems bound and determined to minimize protections for Arizona’s growing — but still fragile — population of bald eagles. What a strange spectacle. What...
Filed Under: World
Man in United Kingdom: 'An Indian in a white man's body' (04/23)
The British media has tracked down another man who is obsessed with Indian culture. Dennis Grinsted, 72, said he was named an honorary Apache by a tribe in Arizona. He...
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