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Winter schools retire American Indian logo
(Wisconsin) -- A western Wisconsin school district will change its Native American logo that it's used for its sports teams. Winter School District Administrator...
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High schools, community celebrate American Indian graduates
(Montana) -- Justin Pease is looking forward to graduation -- he's worked hard for it. But more than that, he's looking forward to not having homework anymore....
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JILL BIDEN: Building Opportunities in Indian Country: Congratulations to the Graduates of Navajo Technical College
(New Mexico) -- On Friday, I had the honor of addressing a class of graduates at Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint, New Mexico. The Navajo Tech graduating Class of...
5/21/2013
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Native American Telecom turning over financial data in traffic-pumping case
(South Dakota) -- After two years of refusal, Native American Telecom turned over audited financial information Tuesday to Sprint in their battle before the state Public...
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Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation
(Oklahoma) -- On an oppressively hot evening last May, David Cornsilk addressed a room of so-called “black Indians” at Gilcrease Hills Baptist Church in...
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Seattle's Fragmented Duwamish Tribe Struggles For Identity
(Washington) -- On a rainy Saturday afternoon, a strong brew of native tea warms up the crowd at the Duwamish Longhouse in West Seattle. The tribe has hosted this casual...
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Vague Complaint Dooms Tribe's Everglades Case
(Florida) -- The 11th Circuit dismissed a Florida Indian tribe's claims that the U.S. Corps of Engineers mismanages the Everglade's water systems, periodically...
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SD social services wants tribes' lawsuit tossed
(South Dakota) -- The head of South Dakota's Department of Social Services asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by two tribes alleging that the state routinely...
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Colo. mob attacks man falsely thought to be child molester
(Colorado) -- Residents took matters into their own hands and chased down a man they thought was a child molester, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody...
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Northern Alberta program to end violence against aboriginal women gets boost from gov’t
(Alberta) -- A new project that will tackle violence against aboriginal women and girls in a community in Northern Alberta is receiving $200,000 in funding from the...
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Yavapai-Apache Nation signs historic Apache Alliance
(Arizona) -- The Yavapai-Apache Nation participated in the Apache Alliance May 8-11 at Hon-Dah Casino on the White Mountain Apache Reservation.
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Tribal Protestors Speak Out
(California) -- It's been five days since 20 protestors were arrested inside the tribal offices behind Gold Country Casino in Oroville, and they are now speaking out...
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Alaska asks DOI to open ANWR to exploratory development
(Alaska) -- The state of Alaska was joined by an Alaska Native corporation executive in pressing the Obama administration to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to...
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Tanka Bars on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation creates success, jobs
(South Dakota) -- With more than 71,000 Native Americans living in South Dakota, many living in reservation communities often leave for bigger and better opportunities.
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Navajo lawmakers advocate for investment in Reservation infrastructure
(Washington D.C.) -- Navajo lawmakers recently met with federal agency representatives and lawmakers to discuss the effects of federal budget cuts to much needed...
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Medical emergency response times improve on Reservations
(Arizona) -- Response times to medical emergencies on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations have historically been slow because of the long distances from Flagstaff Medical...
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Tiger Woods to Join Notah Begay III for NB3 Foundation Challenge
(New York) -- In announcing the field for the sixth annual Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge, Notah Begay III, the Navajo/San Felipe/Isleta four-time PGA Tour winner...
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Controversy swirls around chief who sexually assaulted teen
(Saskatchewan) -- The Pheasant Rump Nakota Nation, in southeast Saskatchewan, is in turmoil because the band's chief has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a...
5/20/2013
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
(Pennsylvania) -- It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather...
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Embattled Nooksacks face tough fight in tribal court
(Washington) -- The sweeping legal authority of the Nooksack Indian Tribe's elected council could make it difficult for 306 tribal members to avoid the loss of...
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Neb. Patrol: Attacks in Whiteclay 'concerning'
(Nebraska) -- The superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol says law enforcement is increasing its presence in Whiteclay after activists attacked two beer trucks and...
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House committee advances Indian museum funding
(Oklahoma) -- A last-ditch funding bill for the mothballed American Indian Center eeked through an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee Monday morning, setting up...
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Pine Ridge tribal prison worst for sex abuse
(South Dakota) -- A tribal prison at Pine Ridge was the worst among several prisons and jails cited in a national study for having a high rate of sexual abuse behind...
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Lease Revoked For Pine Ridge's Only Grocery Store
(South Dakota) -- The company that runs the only grocery store in Pine Ridge may be on its way out. It's been one year since the store Sioux Nation Shopping Center...
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TRAHANT: Federal spending worsens as time passes
(Washington D.C.) -- Indian Country has already been hit hard by the sequester. Lacey Horn, treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, recently told National Public Radio that...
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Chamberlain: Honor song 'should be inside'
(South Dakota) -- Graduations always are said to be freighted with the values and attributes of a culture. That was the case Sunday for Chamberlain High School. The...
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Rise in HIV Cases on Navajo Nation Spur Fears of an Epidemic
(New Mexico) -- Doctors on the Navajo Nation fear the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may become an epidemic on the reservation if education and prevention outreach...
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Indian Tribal Elders Hold Drum Ceremony Opposing Iron Mine
(Wisconsin) -- Native American tribal elders from Bad River and Red Cliff held a drum ceremony this weekend calling upon the spirits to offer guidance in their fight...
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New Milwaukee Group Supports Native American Women
(Wisconsin) -- Even though the Native American population of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is small—just 0.9 percent according to the 2010 Census—a group of Native...
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Manitobans line up to pay respects to Elijah Harper
(Manitoba) -- Hundreds of Manitobans are lining up at the Manitoba legislature to pay their respects to Elijah Harper as his body lies in state Monday afternoon.
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Ninth Circuit Sides with Cahto Tribe in Enrollment Dispute
(California) -- The Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, a small Northern California Tribe, can claim a Ninth Circuit Court of appeal victory in a case involving...
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