Column: Indian votes played big role in Montana (November 23, 2006)

"Now that the noise from the general-election spinmeisters has settled down to a dull roar, it’s time to look at where Jon Tester managed to pull off his slender victory over three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont. As with...

Opinion: Sacred grounds of the Haudenosaunee (November 23, 2006)

"Last year, I ambitiously sought to explore every trail in Ithaca. On one of those hikes, right around the corner from my house, I stopped to read a historical marker that stood at the trail head. Like a small tombstone...

Two brothers, ages 2 and 4, missing at Red Lake (November 23, 2006)

Hundreds of people are searching for two brothers, ages 2 and 4, who went missing on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota. Tristan Anthony White, 4, and Avery Lee Stately, 2, disappeared from their yard on Wednesday morning. It's...

Harjo: Thanks for protectors of sacred places (November 23, 2006)

"As people gather in our great lands to give thanks for the bounty of this time, I am grateful that two threatened sacred places are protected - Medicine Lake and Topock Maze in California - even if one of them...

Opinion: Downfall of top Navajo housing official (November 23, 2006)

"Perhaps the most important tribal expert and national leader on Indian housing, Navajo Housing Authority CEO Chester Carl, was suspended by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for accepting gifts worth thousands of dollars from a contractor doing...