Employment: Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Physician (November 18, 2009)

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is advertising for a Family Practice Physician. Will provide Ambulatory health care to individuals and families of the Flandreau Santee...

Tigua Tribe rejoins Pueblo council after 329 years (November 18, 2009)

The Tigua Tribe of Texas has rejoined the All Indian Pueblo Council after an absence of 329 years. The Tiguas used to live in present-day...

Opinion: A courageous proposal from the Gitxsan (November 18, 2009)

""Native tribe will petition Ottawa to remove its Indian status" - Globe and Mail headline When I read this headline last Monday my jaw dropped....

PRI: Swine flu threatens Yanomami in Amazon (November 18, 2009)

"H1N1 has now reached an indigenous group deep in the Amazon. A thousand members of the Yanomami tribe are believed to have caught the flu,...

Opinion: Chamorro people need tribal recognition (November 18, 2009)

"As our government plans to begin the education portion of our quest towards political self determination, there’s another avenue that appears to bear more fruit...

Opinion: Team should do right thing on 'Redskins' (November 18, 2009)

"In July 1965, my father composed and mailed a letter (a letter was this thing you wrote longhand, or at a typewriter, which was this...

Morongo Band to donate 9,000 holiday turkeys (November 18, 2009)

The Morongo Band of Mission Indians will distribute 9,000 turkeys to charities and non-profits in southern California. The tribe received twice as many requests for...

Saginaw Chippewa Tribe to hold runoff for seat (November 18, 2009)

The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan will hold a runoff to decide the result of one council seat. Fred Cantu Jr., the incumbent chief, lost...

Canadian border agency will hire Native liaison (November 18, 2009)

The Canadian Border Services Agency plans to hire a Native liaison but the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is worried the job will go to someone...

Opinion: Tribes in poverty after helping settlers (November 18, 2009)

"History tells us that in 1620 a group of Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, Mass. An unfamiliarity with the region, bitter cold weather conditions, inadequate clothing...

Northern Arapaho Tribe and city working on deal (November 18, 2009)

The Northern Arapaho Tribe and the city of Riverton, Wyoming, have proposed an agreement to address common issues and resolve disputes. The agreement focuses on...

Lumbee Tribe chairman aims to boost credibility (November 18, 2009)

Purnell Swett, the newly elected chairman of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, plans to focus on restoring credibility when he takes office in January....

Witness list for Senate hearing on drugs and gangs (November 18, 2009)

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds an oversight hearing on Thursday to discuss drug smuggling and gang activity in Indian Country. The hearing is the...

Agenda for Senate Indian Affairs business meeting (November 18, 2009)

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a business meeting on Thursday to consider two pieces of legislation. The first item on the agenda is...