NPR: Radmilla Cody keeps traditions going through music (May 10, 2010)
"Radmilla Cody says her singing career started in a sheep corral behind her grandmother's home on the Navajo reservation near Flagstaff, Ariz. Her first audience...
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Rep. Thompson requests hearing on tribal disenrollments (May 10, 2010)
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-California) is asking the House Natural Resources Committee to hold an oversight hearing on tribal disenrollment. Thompson says tribes are removing...
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Mark Trahant: An employee's view of Indian Health Service (May 10, 2010)
"What do people who work (or who have worked) for the Indian Health Service, think about the Indian Health Service? This is an important question...
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Column: Indian students feel racism over 'Fighting Sioux' (May 10, 2010)
"It was with great shock and sadness I read of Archie Fool Bear’s scoffing at the stories American Indian students told of their experiences at...
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Patrice Kunesh: Action needed on Tribal Law and Order Act (May 10, 2010)
"Native Americans are victims of violent crimes at more than twice the national rate. Native American women suffer the highest rate of victimization than any...
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Editorial: Patience running out on Haskell leadership issue (May 10, 2010)
"After commencement ceremonies on Friday, the 2010 graduates of Haskell Indian Nations University are on their way. Unfortunately, the school they leave behind is still...
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Legislation to fix land-into-trust decision remains in limbo (May 10, 2010)
A bill to fix the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar remains in limbo with six months left in the 111th Congress. The...
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Opinion: Thieves and saviors in water rights settlements (May 10, 2010)
"Since the Native American Rights Fund and Western Governors Association convinced Congress back in the late 1980s to encourage and fund tribal water rights settlement...
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Angelique EagleWoman: Cobell deal bad for Indian Country (May 10, 2010)
"As a law professor who teaches civil procedure, I want to explain the due process problems with the United State government’s proposed settlement of the...
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Steven Newcomb: The Vatican still in denial on domination (May 10, 2010)
"The Vatican did not hesitate to respond when Tonya Gonnella Frichner formally presented a Preliminary Study on the Doctrine of Discovery at the Ninth Session...
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Opinion: NAGPRA rule forces museums to confront the past (May 10, 2010)
"More than 116,000 skeletons of Native American ancestry sit idle on museum shelves today. Their fate — long unknown — has finally been settled. On...
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Opinion: Lumbee Tribe lobbying contract makes no sense (May 10, 2010)
"Are you trying to make sense out of the latest news from the Lumbee tribe? According to news reports, the Lumbee Tribal Council has approved...
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Column: Bad history for oil agency at Interior Department (May 10, 2010)
"The full story of the Deepwater Horizon blowout is still emerging. But it’s already obvious both that BP failed to take adequate precautions, and that...
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Men accused of branding swastika on Navajo Nation victim (May 10, 2010)
Authorities in New Mexico are seeking hate crimes charges against three men who branded a swastika symbol onto a mentally challenged man from the Navajo...
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Sen. Coburn blocks attempt to authorize Cobell settlement (May 10, 2010)
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, blocked an attempt to pass the $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian trust...
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Doug George-Kanentiio: Important dates in Mohawk history (May 10, 2010)
There are dates in every person's life by which they mark the passage of time and events. Some are wonderful: the birth of a child,...
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Gyasi Ross: A tribute to Indian moms and unmassaged feet (May 10, 2010)
"All she ever really wanted was a foot massage. And she’s not alone. Although I cannot site any empirical data for this notion (who would...
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Charles Trimble: Breaking the chains of Indian 'victimhood' (May 10, 2010)
One of the rewarding things about writing a newspaper column is the response from readers. I get some real trashing as well, but even some...
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Tim Giago: Students in Wisconsin win victory on mascot bill (May 10, 2010)
Why would a group of white Prescott High School students in Prescott, Wisc., fight for a bill to end the use of Native Americans as...
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Obama to nominate Elena Kagan as Supreme Court justice (May 10, 2010)
President Barack Obama will nominate Elena Kagan, the Solicitor General at the Department of Justice, to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to news reports....
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