Editorial: Navajo Nation leaders in desperate need of credibility (October 26, 2010)
"The two candidates squaring off for a seat on the Navajo Tribal Council representing six small chapters in San Juan County both have experience and...
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KUOW: Lummi Nation secures emergency $3M fishermen grant (October 26, 2010)
"Federal officials announced emergency aid to the Lummi Nation outside of Bellingham yesterday. The $3 million grant aims to help Lummi fishermen who have been...
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Bill approves Alaska Native corporation project in national park (October 26, 2010)
A bill in the 111th Congress authorizes a micro-hydroelectric project and land swap within Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The Kantishna Hills Renewable...
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Sen Manuel Band donates $100K to program for college tuition (October 26, 2010)
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians donated $100,000 to a tuition program at San Bernardino Valley College in California. The money will be used...
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Turtle Talk: Indian interests faring worse under Supreme Court (October 26, 2010)
"The Constitutional Accountability Center issued a report (here is the press release, and here is the report) suggesting that the Roberts Court has dramatically altered...
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Editorial: Time for Arizona to pull the plug on affirmative action (October 26, 2010)
"Affirmative action wasn't meant to be a perpetual-motion machine. The policy served an important purpose, making up for missing opportunities in education and the workplace....
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Man sentenced to 30 years for child sex abuse in North Dakota (October 26, 2010)
A North Dakota man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and failure to...
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Editorial: Alaska Federation of Natives takes stance on election (October 26, 2010)
"Give state Sen. Al Kookesh credit for honesty. He said last week that the decision of the Alaska Federation of Natives to forgo a forum...
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Indian students in Minnesota pulled out of class for wearing red (October 26, 2010)
More than two dozen Indian students were pulled out of class for wearing red to a public school on the Leech Lake Ojibwe Reservation in...
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Police investigate alleged sexual assault at Haskell University (October 26, 2010)
Authorities in Lawrence, Kansas, are investigating an alleged sexual assault at Haskell Indian Nations University. A 25-year-old male student was arrested in connection with the...
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Coal-fired power plants on Navajo Nation rank as top polluters (October 26, 2010)
Two coal-fired power plants on the Navajo Nation rank among the largest polluters in the U.S. The Four Corners Power Plant ranks number one while...
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Larry Echo Hawk: Obama is restoring the trust in Indian Country (October 26, 2010)
"It is difficult to believe that we are already nearing the halfway mark of President Barack Obama’s first term in office. I have been honored...
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Fort Peck Tribes receive IHS report about suicide among youth (October 26, 2010)
The Fort Peck Tribes of Montana will continue efforts to prevent suicide among young after receiving a series of recommendations from the Indian Health Service....
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Philadelphia chooses two Indian authors for 'One Book' project (October 26, 2010)
The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has chosen books from two Indian authors for its literacy project. One Book, One Philadelphia is encouraging residents to read...
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BLM extends public comment on Agua Caliente land deal again (October 26, 2010)
The Bureau of Land Management is giving the public even more time to comment on a land swap with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla...
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Paper asks candidates about reform of Alaska Native contracts (October 26, 2010)
The Fairbanks Daily News Miner asked the candidates for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House about proposed reforms in the federal contracting program for...
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Sen. Murkowski might buck the odds and win write-in campaign (October 26, 2010)
Not since 1954 has a write-in candidate won a seat in the U.S. Senate, but Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) could make history and pull...
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Letter: Verify citizenship before participating in state elections (October 26, 2010)
"I am a native Kansan, as well as a member of the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, one of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy....
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Quechan Nation sues after potential exposure to viruses at IHS (October 26, 2010)
The Quechan Nation has filed a lawsuit against the Indian Health Service after tribal members were potentially exposed to deadly viruses at a hospital in...
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Seneca Nation contributes $220K to New York Republican Party (October 26, 2010)
The Seneca Nation donated $250,000 to the New York Republican Party. The money will be used for state Senate races. It won't go to GOP...
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Opinion: New 'Indian fighter' targets Native contracting program (October 26, 2010)
""We don't want your 'direct payments.' We don't want your welfare. We want self-sufficiency," said Lance Morgan, CEO of Ho-Chunk, Inc., a 16-year-old, 1,000-employee company...
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