Conference focuses on crime victims on reservations in Wyoming (August 5, 2010)
Tribal, state and federal officials are meeting in Wyoming to focus on violence in Indian Country. The eighth annual Wind River Native American Conference is...
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Dress worn by Rosebud woman to White House comes with history (August 5, 2010)
The dress worn by Lisa Marie Iyotte, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, to the signing of the Tribal Law and...
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Osage Nation inaugurates new principal chief, new assistant chief (August 5, 2010)
The Osage Nation of Oklahoma inaugurated two new leaders on Wednesday. John D. Red Eagle was elected chief last month. Scott N. BigHorse was...
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Richard Monette: Trust settlement only fair to plaintiffs and lawyers (August 5, 2010)
"The Senate is asked today to give approval, sight-unseen and by unanimous consent, to a $3.4 billion “settlement” of a 14-year-old lawsuit brought by five...
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Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe defends closure of beach access path (August 5, 2010)
The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts says it has a right to block access to a popular beach because the path is on trust land....
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Podcast: Kevin Gover on the shared Indian and Jewish experience (August 5, 2010)
"KEVIN GOVER: There certainly are places and times where what happened to Indians very closely resembles Jews in Europe during World War II. Everything from...
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Natl Geographic: Tribes setting an example with restoration works (August 5, 2010)
"The Santa Clara Pueblo is among a growing number of tribes across the United States—of 564 recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)—making...
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Letter: Anglos experience 'reverse discrimination' in border towns (August 5, 2010)
"Having lived on the Navajo reservation for several years I have picked up a few Navajo words. At the "Frybread for Sale" stand in San...
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Voters narrow the field for revised Navajo Nation Council districts (August 5, 2010)
In addition to president and vice president, voters on the Navajo Nation are choosing delegates for the newly revised Navajo Nation Council. The new council...
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Mashantucket Tribe receives grant to start breast cancer program (August 5, 2010)
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut has received a grant for a breast cancer education and prevention program. The $35,325 grant came from the...
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Eric Ramos: California benefits from tribal economic development (August 5, 2010)
"California benefits from tribal government enterprise, especially through job creation and regional investment. The Blue Lake Rancheria – a federally recognized tribal government – owns...
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Billy Frank: Sharing of resources helps treaty tribes in Washington (August 5, 2010)
"From bear grass to huckleberries to cedar and more, it's getting harder and harder for the treaty Indian tribes in western Washington to find...
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Alaska tribes open to officer grants under Tribal Law and Order Act (August 5, 2010)
The Tribal Law and Order Act opens two grant programs to Alaska tribes, where law enforcement has been hindered by a lack of funds. Tribes...
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Republican claims Tribal Law and Order Act was a 'backroom' deal (August 5, 2010)
One of the 92 Republicans who voted against the Tribal Law and Order Act said the bill "circumvented" the regular legislative process. Rep. Duncan D....
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OPB: Warm Springs Tribes to benefit from federal broadband boost (August 5, 2010)
"The federal government announced it has doubled its funding to expand high-speed internet lines in rural Oregon. One place that will get an internet upgrade...
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Ms. Blog: How Native women created the Tribal Law and Order Act (August 5, 2010)
"As a Native feminist without apology, I’m thrilled that the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 has been passed to protect Native women from...
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Little River police chief named to tribal post at intelligence agency (August 5, 2010)
Joseph LaPorte, the chief of public safety for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in Michigan, has been named to a new position...
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Mayans object to monument to Spanish conquistadores in Mexico (August 5, 2010)
Mayan groups are calling on a city in Mexico to take down a monument to Spanish conquistadores.who led massacres in the 1500s. The monument to...
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Editorial: Senate balks again at authorizing Cobell trust settlement (August 5, 2010)
"Elouise Cobell’s longstanding lawsuit against the Interior Department was settled in December. The settlement brought victory — and, she thought, $3.4 billion — to half...
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