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Tribal standoff / Protesters arrested at Oroville’s Berry Creek Rancheria
(California) -- Shortly before noon on Thursday, May 16, Butte County sheriff’s deputies ended an 11-hour standoff at the Berry Creek Rancheria tribal headquarters...
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Legislators ponder mascot bill
(Oregon) -- A hearing on an Oregon Senate bill that would affect Native American mascots in the state’s schools is scheduled for a hearing at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May...
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Nipmuc tribe names new chief
(Massachusetts) -- In the interest of continuity, and for the good of the tribe, Walter Vickers has stepped aside as chief of Nipmuc Nation.
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Native Sun News: Judge sues Sitka Tribe for discrimination
(Alaska) -- Tlingit & Haida Central Council Delegate Betty Jo Moore hoped to be reinstated as an associate tribal judge by the time the annual council assembly...
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Native Sun News: State officials absent at ICWA summit
(South Dakota) -- Tearful testimony marked the first day of the Indian Child Welfare Act Summit on Wednesday, May 15. Mothers and grandmothers, some unable to tell their...
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Echohawk discusses tribal rights
(New Hampshire) -- In a lecture on the struggle to ensure the recognition of tribal rights and sovereignty for Native Americans, John Echohawk, a founding member and the...
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Best Indian Food 2013: Coushatta Slow-Cooked Corn Soup
(Louisiana) -- If there is an opposite to fast food, it might be the drinkable corn soup, chawahka, made by Jonas John, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, who lives on...
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MORON ALERT: Crazy Horse III halts use of name Crazy Horse Too, but rival club is opening anyway
(Las Vegas) -- Today a judge in Las Vegas ruled that the club once known as Crazy Horse Too is not legally authorized to use that famous name.
5/22/2013
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Mohawks Look To Revive Land Claim Demands With State
(New York) -- Fresh from reaching a deal with the state over casino payments, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal leaders say reviving land claim demands near the reservation is up...
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New secretary lays out agenda for Native Americans
(Washington) -- The new Interior Department secretary, Sally Jewell, tells a panel of senators that, in her words, "Indian education is embarrassing."
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Tribe Must Arbitrate Embezzlement Claims
(Florida) -- The Miccosukee Indians must arbitrate claims a former tribal chairman embezzled millions from its Morgan Stanley accounts, a federal judge ruled.
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Tribal judge refuses to block disenrollment of 306 Nooksacks
(Washington) -- Nooksack Tribal Chief Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis has cleared the way for tribal officials to go ahead with plans to strip 306 people of their membership...
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Bill that would allow local tribes to exercise their own law enforcement powers moves to Senate
(Connecticut) -- A bill authorizing the state's top public safety official to negotiate agreements establishing the authority of the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan...
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Board cancels special election
(Montana) -- A special election to determine who will become chairman of the highest elected body on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was suspended Friday by the...
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Feds lift hold on Montana reservation pipeline project
(Montana) -- Federal officials have lifted their temporary hold on funding for a $361 million water pipeline for a Native American reservation in northern Montana.
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Phoenix Sinclair’s godmother embarks on hunger strike
(Manitoba) -- The Manitoba woman who took care of Phoenix Sinclair for much of the girl's short, tragic life spent in and out of foster care has set up a tent on the...
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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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Wisconsin School District Drops American Indian Logo
(Wisconsin) -- Winter School District in western Wisconsin has decided to change the American Indian logo its sports teams have used for decades. They will remain known...
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Aboriginal Affairs fails to disclose spying investigation documents during human rights case
(Canada) -- Aboriginal Affairs has refused to release any documents related to its investigation into allegations officials with the federal department spied on a First...
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First Nations activist receives international peace prize
(Thunder Bay) -- A First Nations rights activist from Grassy Narrows is getting international recognition. Judy DaSilva received the Michael Sattler Peace Prize from the...
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Vt. Abenaki chief lawsuit on hold
(Vermont) -- A lawsuit filed by the former leader of an Indian tribe in Vermont is on hold until her pending criminal case is resolved.
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Cherokee-run welfare office provides easier access to aid
(North Carolina) -- From the outside, Sandy Cloer’s office doesn’t look like much — not even a real office, in fact. The three double-wide trailers...
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Health reforms penalize some Indians
(California) -- When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in...
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Navajo President Shelly celebrates non-smoking initiative award
(Arizona) -- On Tuesday, Navajo President Ben Shelly accepted an award at the 2013 Symposium held by the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of...
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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...
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Harlan McKosato Talks Native Radio and Native Television
(New Mexico) -- After 16 years listening to radio host Harlan McKosato at the helm of Native America Calling Monday through Friday, people feel like they know him...
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Cherokee Nation Lends Support for Moore Tornado Victims
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation has offered immediate and ongoing support to victims in the Moore area, following yesterday's devastating tornadoes.
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Wolf hunt referendum to go on 2014 Michigan ballot
(Michigan) -- A referendum on wolf hunting will be placed on the November 2014 ballot, but the outcome of the vote could be meaningless.
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...
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