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Duane Yazzie: School district must listen to Navajo concerns (05/14)
Duane "Chili" Yazzie, the president of the Shiprock Chapter on the Navajo Nation, airs concerns with the Central Consolidated School District in New Mexico: I made a scene at the...
Filed Under: 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: Environment | National | Technology
KRQE: BIA wasted $10M on school distance learning system (05/13)
An ELKNet terminal. Photo from ELKNet Site Operator Training Manual. The Bureau of Indian Affairs wasted $10 million on a distance learning system, Larry Barker of KRQE-TV reports. The...
Filed Under: Environment
Mescalero Apache Nation explores for rare earth elements (05/10)
The Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico is exploring for rare earth elements on its reservation. The tribe is working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the project. Exploration...
Filed Under: Health
IHS facility on Navajo Nation aims to improve patient service (05/09)
An Indian Health Service facility on the Navajo Nation is looking for ways to improve its customer service. The Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, started a committee...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on bills (05/08)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held its first legislative hearing of the 113th Congress this afternoon. The committee considered S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act. The bill ratifies a...
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment | National
Patricia Michaels planning to show at New York Fashion week (05/06)
New York Fashion week finale look from Patricia Michaels. Photo from Project Runway website. Fashion designer Patricia Michaels of Taos Pueblo is already hard at work on a new collection...
Filed Under: Health | National
IHS continues to see rise in new HIV cases on Navajo Nation (05/06)
New HIV cases on the Navajo Nation. Image from The Farmington Daily Times. The Indian Health Service continues to see an increase in new HIV cases on the Navajo...
Filed Under: Environment | Opinion
Blog: Navajo Nation provides refuge for coal energy industry (05/06)
Emily Guerin discusses the coal energy industry on the Navajo Nation: Coal is always a hot topic on the Colorado Plateau, home to many of the mines and power plants...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Senate Indian Affairs Committee to hold hearing on two bills (05/06)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds its first legislative hearing of the 113th Congress on Wednesday. The committee will consider S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act. It ratifies a...
Filed Under: Environment
Zia Pueblo offers prayers amid worsening drought conditions (05/03)
Drought conditions in New Mexico are the worst in the U.S., with tribes across the state affected. The Drought Monitor for New Mexico shows Severe, Extreme and Exceptional drought...
Filed Under: National
Native Sun News: Miss Indian World crowned at GON powwow (05/03)
Scoring consistently well in the areas of impromptu interviews, speaking before an audience and expressing herself culturally and traditionally through writing, stage presentation and dance is what it takes to become Miss Indian World.
Filed Under: National
USDA set to approve horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico (05/01)
The Department of Agriculture is set to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico, Secretary Tom Vilsack said. USDA inspectors went to the Valley Meat Co. plant last week....
Filed Under: Business | Law
DC Circuit voids New Mexico tribe's 1996 gas business deal (04/30)
A deal between Kewa Pueblo in New Mexico and a non-Indian company is void because it was never approved by the federal government, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled...
Filed Under: National
Navajo woman crowned Miss Indian World at annual powwow (04/30)
Kansas Begaye, a member of the Navajo Nation, was crowned Miss Indian World at the 30th annual Gathering of Nations powwow. Begaye, 24, competed against 16 other young Native women....
Duane Yazzie: School district must listen to Navajo concerns (05/14)
Duane "Chili" Yazzie, the president of the Shiprock Chapter on the Navajo Nation, airs concerns with the Central Consolidated School District in New Mexico: I made a scene at the...
Filed Under: 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: Environment | National | Technology
KRQE: BIA wasted $10M on school distance learning system (05/13)
An ELKNet terminal. Photo from ELKNet Site Operator Training Manual. The Bureau of Indian Affairs wasted $10 million on a distance learning system, Larry Barker of KRQE-TV reports. The...
Filed Under: Environment
Mescalero Apache Nation explores for rare earth elements (05/10)
The Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico is exploring for rare earth elements on its reservation. The tribe is working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the project. Exploration...
Filed Under: Health
IHS facility on Navajo Nation aims to improve patient service (05/09)
An Indian Health Service facility on the Navajo Nation is looking for ways to improve its customer service. The Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, started a committee...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on bills (05/08)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held its first legislative hearing of the 113th Congress this afternoon. The committee considered S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act. The bill ratifies a...
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment | National
Patricia Michaels planning to show at New York Fashion week (05/06)
New York Fashion week finale look from Patricia Michaels. Photo from Project Runway website. Fashion designer Patricia Michaels of Taos Pueblo is already hard at work on a new collection...
Filed Under: Health | National
IHS continues to see rise in new HIV cases on Navajo Nation (05/06)
New HIV cases on the Navajo Nation. Image from The Farmington Daily Times. The Indian Health Service continues to see an increase in new HIV cases on the Navajo...
Filed Under: Environment | Opinion
Blog: Navajo Nation provides refuge for coal energy industry (05/06)
Emily Guerin discusses the coal energy industry on the Navajo Nation: Coal is always a hot topic on the Colorado Plateau, home to many of the mines and power plants...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Senate Indian Affairs Committee to hold hearing on two bills (05/06)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds its first legislative hearing of the 113th Congress on Wednesday. The committee will consider S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act. It ratifies a...
Filed Under: Environment
Zia Pueblo offers prayers amid worsening drought conditions (05/03)
Drought conditions in New Mexico are the worst in the U.S., with tribes across the state affected. The Drought Monitor for New Mexico shows Severe, Extreme and Exceptional drought...
Filed Under: National
Native Sun News: Miss Indian World crowned at GON powwow (05/03)
Scoring consistently well in the areas of impromptu interviews, speaking before an audience and expressing herself culturally and traditionally through writing, stage presentation and dance is what it takes to become Miss Indian World.
Filed Under: National
USDA set to approve horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico (05/01)
The Department of Agriculture is set to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico, Secretary Tom Vilsack said. USDA inspectors went to the Valley Meat Co. plant last week....
Filed Under: Business | Law
DC Circuit voids New Mexico tribe's 1996 gas business deal (04/30)
A deal between Kewa Pueblo in New Mexico and a non-Indian company is void because it was never approved by the federal government, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled...
Filed Under: National
Navajo woman crowned Miss Indian World at annual powwow (04/30)
Kansas Begaye, a member of the Navajo Nation, was crowned Miss Indian World at the 30th annual Gathering of Nations powwow. Begaye, 24, competed against 16 other young Native women....
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