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Appeal planned in Arapaho eagle shooting case (January 29, 2007)

Federal prosecutors have filed a notice of appeal in the case of Winslow Friday, a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe who was arrested for shooting an eagle on the...

Navajo Nation reaches interim rights-of-way deal (January 29, 2007)

The Navajo Nation has reached an interim deal with El Paso Natural Gas Co. over rights-of-way on the reservation. Negotiations have been ongoing for several years. The tribe has asked...

Tribal meth legislation introduced in Congress (January 29, 2007)

The 110th Congress is considering four bills that would address the methamphetamine crisis in Indian Country. S.267 and H.R.545 would ensure tribes receive funds for three anti-meth programs. S.85 is...

Jemez Pueblo drum group up for another Grammy (January 29, 2007)

Black Eagle, a drum group from Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, has been nominated for another Grammy. The group, compose of 14 members of the Yepa family, has been...

Senate committee to consider BIA nomination (January 29, 2007)

The stalled nomination of Carl Artman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs will be revived this week in an attempt to fill the long-vacated position. Artman, a member of...

Nebraska tribes make suicide prevention a priority (January 29, 2007)

At its quarterly meeting on Friday, the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs agreed to make suicide prevention a top priority and to seek a state task force on the issue....

Hopi woman touted as next US Attorney for Arizona (January 29, 2007)

Diane Humetewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, could be the first Native woman in history to serve as U.S. Attorney. But that all depends on President...

Tim Giago: Writing helped heal wounds of abuse (January 29, 2007)

Why do some children survive abuse by growing stronger while others whither and die as the result of alcoholism, drugs, suicide or even as murderers at the hands of an...

Bill seeks Indian for South Dakota parole board (January 29, 2007)

South Dakota Rep. Tom Van Norman, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, introduced a bill in hopes of placing an Indian on the state Board of Pardons and...

Navajo Nation Council speaker mistakenly arrested (January 29, 2007)

Lawrence T. Morgan, the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council, was mistakenly arrested by tribal police on Thursday due to outdated information in a computer system. Morgan was pulled...

Bill would bar new liquor licenses by Bear Butte (January 29, 2007)

A Democratic group of lawmakers in South Dakota introduced a bill to ban new liquor licenses within four miles of sacred Bear Butte. HB1227 would exempt business within the boundaries...

Mille Lacs Band hopes to provide for future (January 29, 2007)

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota is one of the few tribes nationwide to offer a pension program for its members. Band executive Melanie Benjamin announced the...

Delay in residential school abuse settlement (January 29, 2007)

Appeals and cross-appeals have delayed resolution of the $1.9 billion residential school abuse settlement in Canada. Several judges have approved the deal to provide payments to all former residential school...

Column: Respecting Sitting Bull's gravesite (January 29, 2007)

• New York Times Slideshow "Here, on a snow-dusted bluff overlooking the Missouri River, rests Sitting Bull. Or so it is said. Stand before the monument and see the...

Column: Public in denial about Indian mascots (January 29, 2007)

"On Facebook, the popular, student-driven social Web forum, a University of Illinois undergraduate began a group late last year called 'If They Get Rid of the Chief I'm Becoming...

Opinion: Indian mascots send wrong message to kids (January 29, 2007)

"Native American mascots and 'nicknames' are damaging to the self-identity, self-concept and self-esteem of Native American people. The vast majority of Native American Indians oppose the use of their image...

Drug raid on Lac du Flambeau Chippewa Reservation (January 29, 2007)

Tribal, local and state law enforcement authorities issued 25 arrest warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking on the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa Reservation in Wisconsin. The...
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