Crosscut: Two Lummis separated by more than just ferry service (August 30, 2010)
"If you're uncertain about the geography of the upper left-hand corner of the state, understand that there are two Lummis. Lummi Nation, centered on a...
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Jim Kent: You wouldn't put church across from sacred Bear Butte (August 30, 2010)
"Had I the money and position, for example, I could build a church wherever I wanted. It would, however, be inappropriate to do so across...
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Wandering polar bear visits Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba (August 30, 2010)
Residents of the Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba spotted a polar bear on the reserve on Sunday. The RCMP found the bear swimming and...
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Mark Trahant: Future of Indian health system up to Indian Country (August 30, 2010)
"What will the Indian health system look like a decade from now? That’s an impossible question to answer. There is the potential of a court...
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Chickasaw Nation donates $360K to national political committees (August 30, 2010)
The Chickasaw Nation has contributed $360,000 to national political groups since January 2009, The Oklahoman reports. The tribe donated more than $133,000 to the Democratic...
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Tim Vollman: Skull Valley Band wins right to nuclear waste facility (August 30, 2010)
"My clients are the Goshute people of the Skull Valley Band. They won a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior, overturning disapproval of their...
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Two police officers killed during stand-off in Alaska Native village (August 30, 2010)
Two police officers were shot and killed in an ongoing stand-off in Hoonah, the largest Tlingit village in Alaska. Sergeant Anthony Wallace, 32, and Officer...
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Turtle Talk: Preview of Indian law cases before the Supreme Court (August 30, 2010)
"Heading into the sixth year of the Roberts Court, we note first that the last Term (2009) was the second Roberts Court Term that did...
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GAO: More than 120K ancestors haven't been repatriated to tribes (August 30, 2010)
More than 120,000 ancestral remains held by the federal government haven't been repatriated to tribes, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. The...
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More Indian children going into foster care system in North Dakota (August 30, 2010)
More and more Native American children are going into foster care in North Dakota, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System....
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USDA wants ski resort at sacred site to use different water source (August 30, 2010)
The Department of Agriculture is pushing the owners of a ski resort in the sacred San Francisco Peaks to use a different water source to...
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Blog: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe looks forward to removal of dams (August 30, 2010)
"A history-making and much debated project to restore the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State has taken a big step forward. A...
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Melvin Martin: An Oglala Sioux veteran's trip down 'memory lane' (August 30, 2010)
In the first two weeks following the horrific earthquake disaster in Haiti last January, I volunteered at a church (that I do not attend at...
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Opinion: Tribal Law and Order Act unravels the jurisdictional maze (August 30, 2010)
"I commend Rep. Collin Peterson for his vote to pass H.R. 725 — the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. This historic, bipartisan legislation...
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YourNews: Man upset with renting home to Puyallup Tribe member (August 30, 2010)
"I am trying to get any publicity I can get on my situation. I rented my house to a member of the Puyallup Tribe....
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Elizabeth Cook-Lynn: Rise of Tea Party about Whites losing power (August 30, 2010)
"The national crusade of "Take Back America" by tea party activists and the Arizona Legislature is as bigoted as it is absurd. It will catch...
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Roberto Rodriguez: Arizona law threatens multi-cultural education (August 30, 2010)
"The world appears to be knowledgable about the effort – via S.B. 1070 – to legalize hate, fear and racial profiling in Arizona. What most...
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Tim Giago: Some positive change in race relations in South Dakota (August 30, 2010)
It was a scorching hot day at this year’s Central States Fair until dark clouds drifted slowly over the Black Hills and brought the temperatures...
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