March 25, 2009

David Wilkins: Pondering the Great Depression (March 25, 2009)

"No economist am I – my fields of study are politics, law and history – but the present state of profound economic disrepair across Native...

Cherokee court handed lawsuit over term limits (March 25, 2009)

A lawsuit over term limits for tribal leaders has been handed to a district court of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Principal Chief Chad Smith...

Navajo Nation police deploy mobile command center (March 25, 2009)

The Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety has deployed the first mobile command center on the reservation. The $550,000 vehicle is based in Shiprock, New...

DOJ to provide $23.6M from stimulus to tribes (March 25, 2009)

The Department of Justice will distribute $23.6 million to tribes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act The law provides $20.8 million to tribes for...

Mille Lacs appeals court calls for new election (March 25, 2009)

The appeals court of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota says the tribe should hold a new election for chief executive, The Mille...

Opinion: A classic dilemma for Alaska Native villages (March 25, 2009)

"The placement of two letters in the Daily News last Thursday was very interesting. One letter spoke of training Alaska Natives so they can take...

Churchill continues testimony over university firing (March 25, 2009)

Controversial figure Ward Churchill was cross-examined for six hours on Tuesday in his wrongful termination lawsuit against the University of Colorado. Churchill admitted to plagiarism...

Jodi Rave: Undercover probe targets eagle trades (March 25, 2009)

"Darcey Anaquod, a men's traditional dancer, wears scores of eagle feathers as part of his dance regalia. He received every feather in a sacred...

NYT Blog: Salazar on Indian Country rights-of-way (March 25, 2009)

"In an interview last Friday with The New York Times, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar promised “aggressive” pursuit of renewable energy projects on public lands,...

Katherine Wade, Chickaloon clan grandmother, dies (March 25, 2009)

Katherine Wade, the clan grandmother of the Chickaloon Tribe of Alaska, died on Sunday. She was 86. Wade helped found the first tribal school...

County seeks reservation law enforcement funds (March 25, 2009)

A county in Nebraska that has claimed jurisdiction over tribal lands is asking the state to pay for the costs of reservation law enforcement....

Eastern Cherokee man appointed to state court (March 25, 2009)

Bradley Letts, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has been appointed to a superior court judgeship by North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue...

Rosebud Sioux leaders hail Roubideaux for IHS (March 25, 2009)

Leaders of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota say Dr. Yvette Roubideaux will be responsive to Indian Country as director of the Indian Health...

Senate Republican drops support for union bill (March 25, 2009)

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) said on Tuesday he won't support the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that tribes say will encroach on their sovereignty....