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Kim Teehee: White House Rural Council to collaborate with tribes (July 1, 2011)

"On June 9th, President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing the first White House Rural Council. While rural communities face challenges, they also present economic potential. The Council will address these challenges, build on the Administration’s rural economic strategy, and...

Column: Southwest Museum in Los Angeles worthy of reopening (July 1, 2011)

'Somewhere up there in California heaven, Charles Fletcher Lummis is not a happy man. A journalist and an obsessive collector of all things Western, Lummis was a pioneer L.A. historian who defended the cultural heritage of our state and region...

VOA: Young Navajos leaving the reservation to find employment (July 1, 2011)

"DOUG JOHNSON: The two thousand ten nationwide population study in the United States shows continuous growth in America’s minority population. Native American populations in the Southwest are among the expanding groups. However, the largest American Indian reservation in the country...

Stew Magnuson: Missouri River floods reminder of tribal sacrifice (July 1, 2011)

The following column by Stew Magnuson originally appeared in the Native Sun News. I remember as a boy in Omaha standing on the banks of the Missouri River with my father as we fished and thinking how vast it looked....

Santa Clara Pueblo declares emergency as fire slams reservation (July 1, 2011)

Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico declared an emergency on Thursday as the growing Las Conchas Fire hit the reservation. The fire has already burned 6,000 acres on the reservation, including sacred sites, gathering areas and forest resources. Tribal leaders...

Washington investigates sale of fireworks at Muckleshoot stand (July 1, 2011)

Authorities in Washington investigated a member of the Muckleshoot Tribe for allegedly selling illegal fireworks but no charges have been filed. The man allegedly sold an undercover King County Sheriff's deputy four "half sticks" and other illegal fireworks. The deputy...

Letter: Cherokee treaty doesn't extend citizenship to Freedmen (July 1, 2011)

"The 150th anniversary of the Civil War between the United States has come and gone. Yet the attorney for Cherokee Freedmen, John Velie, continues to hammer away at every venue and opportunity to muddy the good name of the Cherokees...

Forest County Potawatomi Tribe funds Indian leadership program (July 1, 2011)

The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe of Wisconsin has donated $40,000 to start the American Indian Leadership Program. The Forest County Potawatomi Foundation donated a grant to the Cardinal Stritch University Leadership Center in Milwaukee. The money will be used to...

Ponca Tribe sues Nebraska for ignoring license provision of IHCIA (July 1, 2011)

The Ponca Tribe is suing the state of Nebraska for ignoring a new provision of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Congress reauthorized IHCIA as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Under the new law, "licensed health...

Chief of Catawba Nation drops re-election bid and endorses rival (July 1, 2011)

Donald Rodgers, the chief of the Catawba Nation of South Carolina, has dropped his bid for re-election. Rodgers has served one four-year term. He filed for re-election but withdrew after deciding to accept employment elsewhere, according to a letter posted...

Man punished for murdering brother of former Yaqui chairwoman (July 1, 2011)

An Arizona man faces was sentenced to 17 1/2 years for murdering the brother of the former chairwoman of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Gerardo Benito Ramirez, 21, pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge. He admitted he shot and killed...

S.E. Ruckman: Apathy taking over some voters in Indian Country (July 1, 2011)

"It’s true that Indians have the oldest known versions of confederate governments. The American system is reputed to be modeled upon it (e.g. Articles of Confederation). But while we have the freedom to opt out of voting in contemporary elections,...

Bill John Baker 'certified' as winner of Cherokee Nation chief race (July 1, 2011)

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has certified Bill John Baker as the winner of the principal chief's race. The tribe's election commission conducted a recount of the ballots. Baker defeated incumbent Chad Smith by 266 votes. “I truly want...

Native Sun News: Company raises buffalo with eye on traditions (July 1, 2011)

The following story was written and reported by Ernestine Chasing Hawk. All content © Native Sun News. A buffalo bull roaming the natural grasslands on the Cheyenne River Ranch near Badlands National Park belonging to Dan and Jill O’Brien. RAPID...
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