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Congress hears tribal testimony
(California) -- A congressional subcommittee chairman who reportedly talked about sponsoring federal legislation recently to help the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
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Elizabeth Warren
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Who Gets To Decide Who Is Native American?
(USA) -- A controversy about identity has erupted in the race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. News outlets revealed Democrat Elizabeth Warren claimed Cherokee ancestry...
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Mascot Issue
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Search for new UI mascot to continue until fall ‘12
(Illinois) -- Campus Spirit Revival, a registered student organization, is giving students more time to contribute their ideas for a new mascot. While the original art...
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Mining & Drilling
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DOJ: Interior Secretary Salazar not in contempt of court for drilling ban after Gulf spill
(Louisiana) -- Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar should not be held in contempt of court for issuing a second moratorium on deep water drilling following BP...
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Native Voices
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CHAMPAGNE: Fairness, Justice and Government
(California) -- Recent studies by the UCLA School of Law Native Nations Law & Policy Center suggest that American Indians do not believe that federal, state or...
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Redskins
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Washington Redskins: NFL Celebrates 80 Years of Disparagement
(Washington D.C.) -- This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Washington Redskins. The D.C. franchise is the NFL's highest grossing ($345 million) and second-most...
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Residential Schools
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Kenora inmates to speak of residential school legacy
(Ontario) -- Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is at the Kenora District Jail Thursday to take statements on how the Indian Residential School experience...
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Winnemem Wintu
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Winnemem Wintu Tribe In Need of Defense Funds
(California) -- The Tribe has released a short video called "Ceremony is Not a Crime", seeking assistance to bring in cash for a legal defense of Chief Caleen...
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Winnemem Wintu Tribe Wrestles With Bureaucracy to Perform Sacred Ritual
(California) -- Following many protests and support from grassroots activists to protect the privacy of their Coming of Age ceremony, the Winnemem Wintu Tribe was...
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Other News
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BIA finally publishes annual list of federally recognized entities
(Washington D.C.) -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs is finally publishing a list of federally recognized tribes as required by law. The Federally Recognized Indian Tribe...
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Embed America: Problems of liberty and justice on the plains
(South Dakota) -- They are watchwords of both parties: freedom and liberty. But when Embed America went to South Dakota we found a place where many say that both are...
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UN highlights vital role of media in empowering world’s indigenous people
(United Nations) -- Marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, United Nations senior officials today highlighted the key role played by the...
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Attorney general's investigation misleading, attorney says
(South Dakota) -- A spokeswoman for a man who claims the letters "KKK" were carved into his abdomen during surgery in Rapid City said South Dakota Attorney...
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Editorial: Washburn Nod Worthy
(New Mexico) -- A New Mexican has been tapped for the highest-ranking federal post for Native American issues. President Barack Obama nominated University of New Mexico...
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Pe’Sla: Protecting Sacred Sites as the Next Battle Ground
(South Dakota) -- Pe’Sla, to the Lakota, is the place where Morning Star, manifested as a meteor, fell to earth to help the Lakota by killing a great bird which...
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Salmon Festival contest deadline approaching
(California) -- The deadline is next Wednesday (Aug. 15), for youth to enter the Yurok Tribe's 50th annual Klamath Salmon Festival “Noo-rey-o-won-ee/Keet-ko...
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Navajo budget ails with plant closing
(Arizona) -- Navajo Nation officials say the tribal budget will be strained further if three units of a northwestern New Mexico coal plant close sooner than 2014.
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Calif. Tribe Hits Water District With Endangered Fish Suit
(New York) -- A California tribal group lodged an Endangered Species Act suit in federal court on Thursday accusing the Montague Water Conservation District of harming...
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Dams Are Potential Hidden Climate Change Instigator: Study
(Washington) -- Dams have long been seen as a source of green energy. But the cost of providing that energy has not been studied, until now. And the jump in methane gas...
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July Hottest Month on Record, Top NASA Scientist Says It’s Climate Change
(Washington D.C.) -- As a top U.S. climate scientist attributed the country’s record heat waves and drought definitively to climate change, the National Oceanic...
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Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Adding Hooters Restaurant to Shopping Center
(Arizona) -- What might be Native America’s first Hooters Restaurant is setting up shop on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, which spans over 50,000...
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Council seeks to remove Wiggins as tribal chair
(Wisconsin) -- The Bad River Tribal Council has enacted a motion to begin the process to remove Bad River Tribal Chairman Michael Wiggins from Office.
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$1 million grant awarded for Upper Sioux Community wastewater treatment plant
(Minnesota) -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has awarded a $1 million grant to the Upper Sioux Community to help with construction of a new wastewater...
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Cherokee Nation building homes for neediest
(Oklahoma) -- Mail carrier Erica Leafer got divorced two years ago and had been living with her mother, so the prospect of owning a home seemed years, maybe decades away.
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Injured soldier from Lame Deer in recovery; fund set up
(Montana) -- A U.S. Army soldier from Lame Deer who was injured last week in Afghanistan when he stepped on an improvised explosive device has returned to America after...
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Pot bust nets 26K plants in Hoopa; Large, sophisticated grow found on tribal land
(California) -- Multiple law enforcement agencies led by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office eradicated more than 26,000 marijuana plants from a sophisticated grow...
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Native Sun News: Lakota youth unite for skateboarding contest
(South Dakota) -- The top two goals of Stronghold Society are to create and sustain an art resource studio and skateboarding park on the Pine Ridge Reservation and to...
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Spirit Lake Nation responds to critics
(North Dakota) -- In a lengthy statement published this week in the Devils Lake Journal, the Spirit Lake Tribe decried recent criticism of tribal social service programs...
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Aboriginal students: An education underclass
(Manitoba) -- The two schools sit a mere five kilometres apart as the crow flies, in a rural stretch of Manitoba about four hours west of Winnipeg. Their soccer teams...
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School officials deny public humiliation of pregnant teen
(New Mexico) -- School officials at a boarding school run by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs are denying that they kicked out then humiliated a 15-year-old Navajo...
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Ancient remains found in Naval Live Oaks to be repatriated
(Florida) -- In January 2006, archaeologists conducting a survey for a proposed boardwalk in the Naval Live Oaks section of the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Gulf...
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Baskets Tell the Story at Santa Fe Museum
(New Mexico) -- An ongoing major cultural exhibit at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, New Mexico, delves deeper into basket making and how it plays a significant...
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Four Winds Tribal Coalition raising money to preserve history
(California) -- The Four Winds Tribal Coalition is banding together to restore an irreplaceable piece of their history. The Coalition is working to save several...
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MORON ALERT: TaylorMade’s Logo for Kiawah U.S. Open Misses the Mark
(South Carolina) -- Golf gear manufacturer TaylorMade has a tradition of creating a special logo for its contract players to put on their golf bags in significant...
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Pomo youth get taste of tribal traditions
(California) -- At a campground by a bend in the Russian River, Indian youths sampled a traditional Pomo meal Wednesday consisting of many of the same foods their tribal...
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Rickey Medlocke of Lynyrd Skynyrd Talks Crazy Horse and Rez Life
(USA) -- Native American Music Association Hall of Fame member Rickey Medlocke, better known as the guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, spoke with the FayObserver blog while...
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Pride, tradition part of Meskwaki Powwow
(Iowa) -- As tribal dancing, singing and drumming went on at the Meskwaki Powwow Thursday, announcer Dean Whitebreast summed up the action nicely.
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A celebration of First Nations culture
(Saskatchewan) -- The sounds of drums, singing and dancing rose from behind the Bear Claw Casino and Hotel from August 3 to 5, as the casino and hotel hosted its annual...
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Narragansett Indian Tribe hosts 337th meeting
(Rhode Island) -- The earliest recorded history of people living in southern Rhode Island dates back hundreds of years. Before the Civil and Revolutionary wars, before...
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Nesika Illahee Powwow highlights tradition
(Oregon) -- Since the 1960s, many tribal nations have participated in the annual Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow in Siletz. This Friday through Sunday, the Confederated Tribes of...
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Murder With Impunity/Journalists Mowed Down in Honduras
(Honduras) -- Journalists are being murdered and threatened at an alarming rate in Honduras, including indigenous broadcasters according to recent testimony before...
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Pingpu Aborigines demand recognition
(Taiwan) -- Standing amid a thunderstorm, dozens of Pingpu Aborigines yesterday gathered on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei for the...
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World Tribal Day observed in capital
(India) -- On the occasion of 'World Tribal Day', a discussion on 'The existence and development of scheduled tribe language and literature' was...
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Why Isn’t Lacrosse an Olympic Sport?
(New York) -- The short answer is: It’s complicated. The good news is: It’s likely to return. Field lacrosse was contested as a full medal sport at the 1904...
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The Red Nation Jets Win Another Canadian Native Fastball Championship
(Canada) -- Despite only getting together once a year, the Red Nation Jets managed to win yet another national championship. The Jets, comprised of 11 players from six...
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USDA Designates More Drought Disaster Areas, Widens Assistance
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday added more counties and states to the list of drought disaster areas and announced more aid to...
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From White Buffalo Naming Ceremony, a Conversation With Lakota Medicine Man Steve Stonearrow
(Connecticut) -- Lakota Medicine Man Steve Stonearrow traveled to northwestern Connecticut along with a group of Lakota elders to perform a naming ceremony for a white...
8/8/2012
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Federal Recognition: Can the BIA’s Acknowledgment Process Be Fixed?
(Washington D.C.) -- Years after the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia filed a petition for federal acknowledgment with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in 1996,...
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Judge throws out lawsuit over Fighting Sioux name
(North Dakota) -- A federal judge says it appears the political fight over the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname is over and has thrown out a...
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Cobell and NARF Lawyers Battle Over Money
(Washington D.C.) -- The lawyers for the Indian plaintiffs in the $3.4 billion Cobell settlement have filed a notice in federal court that says they do not want lawyers...
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Senecas, N.Y. Reach Agreement On I-86 Work
(New York) -- The Seneca Indian Nation and New York state resolved a dispute Monday that has held up much-needed repairs to a portion of highway running through the...
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NAJA Concerned About Mainstream Media’s Portrayal of Native Americans
(USA) -- The Native American Journalists Association has become concerned over language used by several mainstream media outlets recently that evoked stereotypes and...
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Residents skeptical about private land on reserves
(Calgary) -- Some people living on the Morley reserve near Calgary are not convinced a federal government proposal to allow private ownership of land will make an...
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Former Tribal Leader Loses Tight Race in Michigan House Race
(Michigan) -- Former Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Chairman Derek Bailey, a newcomer to non-Indian politics was edged out by 273 votes in the...
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d'ERRICO: Christian Discovery as Source of Reservation Crime
(Washington D.C.) -- The latest bad news about Indian reservations is getting worse; but there is a silver lining. U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales says violence on Indian...
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New Chief Illiniwek Logo revealed, merch for Illini Nation to Buy
(Illinois) -- Chief Illiniwek was officially retired by the University of Illinois, under pressure from the NCAA in 2007. That ended a decades long tradition of the...
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FCC changes threaten rural access to Internet
(Washington D.C.) -- What do border security efforts in Texas, health care in Kansas and economic development on an Indian reservation in New Mexico have in common?
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N.W.T. aboriginal groups against northern gateway idea
(Calgary) -- Aboriginal groups are speaking out against N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod's suggestion that the Northern Gateway Pipeline could run through the territory if...
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Benefits of social workers who come from tribal community
(Minnesota) -- With four words, Korina Barry sums up her teens, the times and impetus that helped put her in the chair where she sits today, aiding others.
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Australian government helps shut down racist Facebook page
(Australia) -- It took over 24 hours but a controversial Facebook page known as Aboriginal Memes has been shut down after complaints were made that it vilified...
8/7/2012
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Congress hears tribal testimony / Chumash complain about opposition to annexation
(California) -- A congressional subcommittee chairman who reportedly talked about sponsoring federal legislation recently to help the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
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Judge declares ‘Fighting Sioux’ fight over, suit rendered moot
(North Dakota) -- Declaring that the long, contentious fight over UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname appears to be over, U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson on Friday...
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Cuomo, Senecas settle expressway project dispute
(New York) -- Work is set to resume on a stalled Southern Tier Expressway renovation project after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Seneca Nation leaders Monday resolved what...
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Jackley: KKK scar allegations not supported by evidence
(South Dakota) -- Allegations that the letters KKK were intentionally carved on a Native American man's abdomen while hospitalized in Rapid City are not supported by...
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Ute tribal council rejects effort to recall chairman
(Colorado) -- Efforts to recall Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Chairman Gary Hayes have taken a step back. The Cortez Journal reports the tribal council voted last week to...
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The first cuppa? Researchers find native Americans brewed tea almost a thousand years ago (but it was so strong they called it vomit drink)
(Illinois) -- Native Americans were brewing a primitive form of tea almost a thousand years ago, scientists have discovered. Inhabitants of Cahokia, a massive pre-...
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$1M approved for KanCare waiver consultant in April
(Kansas) -- The Brownback administration resubmitted a Medicaid waiver proposal to the federal government Monday after the first attempt was scuttled — despite...
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Tiguas look to buy Cohen Stadium, keep Diablos
(Texas) -- As the city moves closer toward a downtown baseball stadium, the future of Cohen Stadium remains uncertain.
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New Mexico Law School Dean Nominated to Head Bureau of Indian Affairs
(Washington D.C.) -- Kevin Washburn, dean of the University of New Mexico Law School, was recently nominated to head the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Election Commission removed from Administrative Procedures Act
(Oklahoma) -- The Tribal Council’s Rules Committee at its July 26 meeting removed the Cherokee Nation Election Commission from an act requiring CN agencies to...
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South Carolina Supreme Court Rules to Keep Baby Veronica With Biological Father
(South Carolina) -- Baby Veronica, a 2-year-old Cherokee girl adopted by non-Native parents in 2009, will remain with her biological father following a South Carolina...
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Support Grows For Activists Lawyer in Arizona Snowbowl Case
(Arizona) -- A coalition of high-profile attorneys and activists are rallying around a lawyer who’s under fire for suing the U.S. Forest Service to stop snowmaking...
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RCMP under fire in Nunavut hamlet
(Nunavut) -- Trouble came knocking shortly after 9 p.m. in the fall of 2009. Marc-Antoine Breton, at the time a 23-year-old rookie RCMP constable stationed in the remote...
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