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Consultation sessions set on NAGPRA issue (April 11, 2007)

The Interior Department is holding three consultation sessions next week to discuss a sensitive issue under the Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act. NAGPRA was created so individual Indians,...

Shakopee Tribe donates furniture to tribes (April 11, 2007)

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community of Minnesota is donating eight floors of furniture to several tribes and an urban Indian organization. The furniture comes from one of the tribe's hotels,...

Blackfeet Nation water deal draws complaints (April 11, 2007)

A proposed water compact between the Blackfeet Nation and the state of Montana drew criticism at a public meeting on Tuesday. The deal would settle a long-running dispute over...

Belcourt to receive honorary doctorate from UM (April 11, 2007)

Gordon Belcourt, the executive director of the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Montana. Belcourt, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, was...

Freedmen protest removal at BIA office in Oklahoma (April 11, 2007)

Descendants of the Cherokee Freedmen and their supporters protested outside of the Bureau of Indian Affairs regional office in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The Freedmen say the BIA isn't doing anything...

Opinion: Time to end Columbus Day in Colorado (April 11, 2007)

"One hundred years ago this month, Colorado Gov. Henry Buchtel signed Columbus Day into law, making Colorado the first state in the country with such an annual holiday. This 100th...

Inquest hears of Native teen's suicide in Manitoba (April 11, 2007)

The inquest into the suicide of a 14-year-old Native girl who was forced into the sex trade resumed on Tuesday. Tracia Owen was described as "a little sweetheart" who helped...

Mashantucket Pequot man dies in car accident (April 11, 2007)

Michael Daggett, a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, died on Monday after crashing his car into a stone wall. Daggett was a cousin of chairman...

Mattaponi Tribe, city settle reservoir lawsuit (April 11, 2007)

The Mattaponi Tribe and the city of Newport News, Virginia, settled a lawsuit over a planned reservoir. The tribe sued the city, saying the proposal violated a 1677 treaty. A...

Ousted Hopi chairman sues council to regain post (April 11, 2007)

Ben Nuvamsa, the former chairman of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, is trying to get his job back. Nuvamsa filed suit against several members of the tribal council. He...

Husband suspected in death of Navajo weaver (April 11, 2007)

The estranged husband of Anita Tsosie, an award-winning Navajo weaver, has emerged as suspect in her death. Tsosie, 48, was found dead at her home in Colorado on Monday....

BIA office in Palm Springs criticized by landowners (April 11, 2007)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Palm Springs, California, moves too slow, Indian landowners say Larry Olinger, a member of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, said it...

House sets hearing on Lynch, friend of Piestewa (April 11, 2007)

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has scheduled an April 24 hearing in which the rescue of Jessica Lynch, a friend of slain Hopi soldier Lori Piestewa,...

House committee hits Gonzales with first subpoena (April 11, 2007)

The House Judiciary Committee issued its first subpoena in the investigation over the firings of several U.S. Attorneys. The subpoena, issued to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, demands new and...

Tim Giago: Racism and hypocrisy over Imus (April 11, 2007)

Let’s talk about racism and hypocrisy today. Several years ago I received a phone call from my friend Frank LeMere, a Native American activist. He advised me to tune into...

Jodi Rave: Doctrine of Discovery and Indians (April 11, 2007)

"The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was not the $15 million land deal of the century, despite “99 percent” of teachers and historians saying and writing so, law professor Robert Miller...
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