April 20, 2009

Staffer aided Mississippi Choctaws for Abramoff gifts (April 20, 2009)

Ann Copland, a former aide to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi), helped the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in exchange for meals, concert tickets and other...

Rosebud council member arrested for solicitation (April 20, 2009)

Michael Valandra, a council member for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, was arrested for soliciting a minor and sexual contact, KOTA-TV reports. Valandra,...

Sunday Conversation: Indian law clinic in Oklahoma (April 20, 2009)

"Q: Tell me how the resource center was started. Casey Ross-Petherick of Native American Legal Resource Center at the Oklahoma City University School of...

Curtis Campbell, Prairie Island elder, dies at 74 (April 20, 2009)

Curtis C. Campbell, a former president of the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota, died on April 12. He was 74. Campbell was one...

DC Circuit blocks offshore drilling plan in Alaska (April 20, 2009)

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday blocked an offshore drilling plan in Alaska. The court said the Interior Department, during the Bush administration,...

Strategy session on use of Indians as mascots (April 20, 2009)

Suzan Shown Harjo, the president of the Morning Star Institute, will be facilitating a strategy session on the use of Indians as sports mascots next...

10th Circuit rules in Indian Country status case (April 20, 2009)

A proposed uranium mine in New Mexico is located in Indian Country, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said on Friday. Hydro Resources Inc.,...

Commentary: No to Ward Churchill reinstatement (April 20, 2009)

"Ward Churchill has hurt Native American communities, Native American academics and Native American education. He has claimed to be someone he is not and used...

Seneca Nation donated $330K to Democrats in 2008 (April 20, 2009)

The Seneca Nation of New York donated $330,000 to Democratic committees last year, The Buffalo News reports. The tribe donated $180,000 to then-candidate Barack Obama’s...

Tim Giago: Good things and bad things come in April (April 20, 2009)

In April of 1921 Vaudevillian entertainer Al Jolson stood on the stage in Jolson's 59th Street Theatre in New York City in blackface in the...

Charles Trimble: Recalling the Burro of Indian Affairs (April 20, 2009)

The Heyoka in Lakota culture is a “contrary,” a man who does everything backward, such as walking backward, or saying things that mean the opposite...

Obama asks Cabinet to make $100M in budget cuts (April 20, 2009)

At his first Cabinet meeting today, President Barack Obama plans to ask federal agencies to make $100 million in budget cuts, The Washington Post reported....

Crow Tribe elects Cedric Black Eagle as chairman (April 20, 2009)

Members of the Crow Tribe of Montana elected Cedric Black Eagle as chairman on Saturday. Black Eagle, who has been serving as interim chairman,...

Senate confirmation hearing for Tompkins at Interior (April 20, 2009)

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a confirmation hearing this Thursday for Hilary Tompkins as Solicitor of the Interior Department. Tompkins is...

Senate confirmation hearing for Roubideaux at IHS (April 20, 2009)

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a confirmation hearing this Thursday for Yvette Roubideaux to be director of the Indian Health Service. Roubideaux is...