Native NewsFederal Recognition
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Echo Hawk rules on Central Band of Cherokee
(Oklahoma) -- Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk issued a final determination on March 23 regarding the Central Band of Cherokee’s petition for...
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First Nations Politics
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Native schools funding falls short, budget critics say
(Canada) -- The federal budget puts a down payment on improvements to First Nations schooling, but the young people who have led the charge for better funding in native...
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Mining & Drilling
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HALL: Proposed fracking regs will hurt energy development on reservations
(North Dakota) -- The chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes asked a congressional subcommittee Tuesday to help stop the Bureau of Land Management from implementing its...
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Power plant, mine settle water pollution case
(New Mexico) -- The owners of San Juan Generating Station and San Juan Mine filed a $10 million court settlement Wednesday with the Sierra Club to settle allegations of...
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Native Voices
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OP/ED: Rights and Privileges of Indian Health Care
(Washington D.C.) -- State-recognized tribes are Native American Indian Tribes and Heritage Groups that are recognized by individual states for their various internal...
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Picayune Rancheria
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Chukchansi tribal council seats still vacant
(California) -- As of Tuesday, the fate of three Chukchansi tribal council seats remained in question after a meeting to swear in council members was canceled Monday...
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Residential Schools
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Métis reflect on Residential School experiences
(Saskatchewan) -- Métis people gathered in Saskatoon to talk about the legacy of residential schools and the impact the experience had on their lives. "We went...
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San Manuel Tribe
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Tribal chair expects “smooth transition”
(California) -- Carla Rodriguez expects a smooth transition as she prepares to take over as chairwoman of the San Manuel Tribe of Mission Indians next month.
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Tobacco & Cigarettes
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Inmates fight against tobacco ban
(South Dakota) -- A traditional healer is arguing that tobacco is an integral part of Native American religious ceremonies and denying its use is akin to taking away the...
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Other News
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Indian Health Law in Danger at Supreme Court
(Washington D.C.) -- If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to throw out the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major Indian health law would go out...
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Eight fired Sauk-Suiattle workers sue tribe
(Washington) -- Eight former employees of the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe have filed suit in its Tribal Court, alleging that the Tribal Council violated its constitution and...
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Governor appeals for more Native American foster parents to care for children in state custody
(New Mexico) -- Gov. Susana Martinez says New Mexico needs more Native Americans willing to serve as foster families. The governor made the appeal Wednesday at a forum...
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Tribe takes control of child welfare from state
(Washington) -- Jessie Scheibner's eyes cloud with tears and her voice trembles as she talks about the day, almost 70 years ago, when a stranger's car pulled up...
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Appeals board upholds Navajo permitting authority
(Arizona) -- An environmental appeals board has upheld the Navajo Nation's authority to regulate major sources of air pollution on the reservation.
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Kyl-McCain water bill drawing fire
(Arizona) -- The Navajo Nation Council, unlike President Ben Shelly, is not ready to support the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement that Arizona...
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Skywalk developer appeals federal judge's ruling
(Arizona) -- Attorneys for a Las Vegas developer are asking a federal appellate court to weigh in on a dispute over the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
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Slush fund defendants claim sovereign immunity
(Arizona) -- An attorney representing 14 members of the Navajo Nation Council sued by the tribe's special prosecutor is asking the judge to dismiss the case against...
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Native Sun News: Employment program passes over tribes
(South Dakota) -- An employment program recently instituted by Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s Office of Economic Development that seeks to outsource workers for jobs...
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Former DOJ employee criticizes investigation into Seattle's Police Department
(Washington) -- The Department of Justice will meet with City of Seattle leaders Friday to negotiate their court ordered changes for the city's police department.
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MORON ALERT: Campus mea culpa: DU fraternity, sorority apologize to American Indian students
(Colorado) -- Representatives of two Greek Life organizations at the University of Denver publicly apologized Wednesday for a cowboys-and-Indians theme party last month...
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First Nations don't want a chinook fight
(British Columbia) -- First Nations from Vancouver Island and around the Fraser River want to meet with sports fishers to decide how best to protect the diminishing...
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Badlands official: Plan for tribal national park very different from anything else done
(South Dakota) -- The superintendent of Badlands National Park says a proposed plan for a tribal national park is "wildly" different than anything he has seen...
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Water-rights lawsuit defended; Tribe leader says Chickasaws care about 'needs of all Oklahomans'
(Oklahoma) -- The leader of the Chickasaw Nation said Wednesday that he is eager to resolve a federal court lawsuit against Oklahoma after the tribe re-entered mediation...
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Bee research details harm from insecticides
(USA) -- New research has begun to unravel the mystery of why bees are disappearing in alarming numbers worldwide: Some of the pesticides most commonly used by farmers...
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Haida Band Chief Councilor Wants International Tsunami Debris Cleanup
(Alaska) -- Rather than wait for the tsunami debris floating across the Pacific from Japan, a Haida First Nation band leader is suggesting that an international team be...
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Our Voice: Cabazon tribe is aiming to follow state standard
(California) -- After all the suffering the people of Mecca have gone through with hazardous waste being processed in the small east valley town, it's good to see...
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Tribe Works to Revegetate Hanford Site
(Washington) -- The Hanford cleanup has been hard on the area’s ecosystem, It disturbs habitat and native vegetation that can be difficult to replant. But as...
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Expect a party when Tulalip Cabela's opens
(Washington) -- When Cabela's opens a store here April 19, customers can expect one thing: a good time. “We try to set it up so it's a party inside the...
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Sand drag racing returns to Soboba
(California) -- Soboba Sand Drags are returning today for a three-day run, with double the number of events this year compared with last year.
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Tribal council closing Akwesasne IGA store
(Ontario) -- The First Americans IGA will be closing its doors in May due to financial difficulties that have plagued the Akwesasne grocery store over the past few years.
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Colorado’s Ute Tribes Honored With Flag Raising at State Capitol
(Colorado) -- Two Ute tribal flags will share pride of place with flags of the United States and the state of Colorado as they are displayed side-by-side in the state...
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Some Utah Diné want state to return
(Utah) -- Three Utah Navajos say the state had no right to resign as trustee of the Utah Navajo Trust Fund in 2008, and are suing in U.S. District Court to force it to...
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Standing Rock Sioux chairman remains in power
(North Dakota) -- Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Charles Murphy rmains the tribe's leader after a seven-hour Tribal Council hearing on allegations that he acted...
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Transition time for tribe
(Washington) -- Ray Gardner is an effective spokesman, leader and evangelist for the Chinook Indian Tribe. He brings intelligence, gravitas and humor to the business of...
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Top court won't review B.C. native fish ruling
(British Columbia) -- In an apparent victory for native fishing rights, the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to re-examine a B.C. ruling that members of five First...
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Children's Aid Society under fire for Inuk baby adoption poster
(North Canada) -- The Children's Aid Society in Ottawa is being criticized this week for advertising an Inuk baby available for adoption on posters.
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Indian children / Foster care used too often
(Utah) -- For a hundred years, white people in America thought that the way to deal with Native Americans — those few who survived displacement — was to...
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More Native American Families Are Needed As Foster Parents
(New Mexico) -- Federal law says the Native American children must be placed with Native American families whenever possible, but there aren't enough Native homes to...
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Residents Asked To Help City Native Beat Cancer
(Rhode Island) -- When Paul Lambert, a Woonsocket resident for many years, was diagnosed with a rare form of Lymphoma a few months ago, he joined thousands of patients...
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Tsaile/Wheatfields suspicious of '638 effort
(Arizona) -- Come back with a better presentation, and maybe we'll listen. That was the message from Tsaile/Wheatfields Chapter to Canyon de Chelly Comprehensive...
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Washington state tribe is first in nation to assume total control of foster care, adoptions and child guardianships
(Washington) -- A Washington state Indian tribe called the Port Gamble S'Klallam is now running all of its child guardianships, foster care and adoptions, according...
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Feds asked to pay Native American tuition
(Colorado) -- Congress should pick up some of the tab for educating Native American students at Fort Lewis College, state lawmakers said Tuesday.
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Pascua Yaqui education center set for Tucson
(Arizona) -- The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is building a nearly $8 million education center on the southwest side of Tucson that tribal members say will provide instruction for...
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Students head to reservation for spring break
(South Dakota) -- College students from across the country are forgoing the sun and surf and instead are heading to the Cheyenne River Indian reservation in South Dakota...
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Ute Leaders Discuss American Indian Education
(Colorado) -- From plans for a new college to concerns about soaring tuition costs, officials of the Southern Ute Indian and Ute Mountain Ute tribes grappled with the...
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Another Construction Site Unearths Bones On Mackinac Island
(Michigan) -- More bones have been found at another construction site on Mackinac Island. Last fall, hundreds of human bones were unearthed during the excavation of the...
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Rez Life' Is a Humane, Grim and Hopeful Portrait of Today's American Indians
(USA) -- Recently, the New York Times reported on the Oglala Sioux tribe’s federal lawsuit against liquor dealers in Whiteclay, Nebraska, a town standing a few...
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Might Oklahoma City's help push Legislature to act on Indian cultural center?
(Oklahoma) -- THE American Indian Cultural Center and Museum got a push toward completion Tuesday, this one from the Oklahoma City Council. What's needed now is...
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Frybread film coming to Farmington
(New Mexico) -- Got a hankering for frybread? Frybread, a staple in American Indian cuisine, is the subject of an independent film making its debut in the Four Corners...
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Children’s dancing blesses area during Dakota dance and song presentation
(South Dakota) -- According to Belinda Joe, Dakota Hunkpati and South Dakota Humanities scholar, dancing is a blessing to the area that is danced in. According to...
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'Apache Indian' Welshman faces court action over wild animal haul
(UK) -- Mangas Colaradas, 60, claimed the wild animal relics were part of a Native American culture he was been apart of for the past 20 years despite being born and...
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I am Apache Mangas Colaradas ... from Swansea
(UK) -- Mangas Colaradas — believed originally to have been part of the Davies tribe from Swansea — has appeared in court in the city after being found with...
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Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and scalping
(Australia) -- Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and Red Cloud are just a few of the very well known, feared and admired leaders of American Indian history. Those three are...
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Meetings planned in Chinook to discuss bison relocation
(Montana) -- Citizens for Balanced Use, a group that works to protect public land from closure or mismanagement, has scheduled two informational meetings Friday in...
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Moose don’t mix with dogs, people
(Alaska) -- A moose was shot on Thursday after being severely injured in a run-down by a pack of dogs on Ternview Place, resulting in citations for the dogs’ owner...
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Attempted murder conviction upheld in Rapid City shooting outside LNI tourney
(South Dakota) -- The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a Rapid City man's conviction for attempted murder in a shooting outside the 2009 Lakota Nation...
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Tehan Woglake announces support for LightSquared’s FCC Application
(Washington D.C.) -- Tehan Woglake, Inc. (TW) is a Native American-controlled company with a primary goal of bringing a high-speed broadband/Internet infrastructure...
3/28/2012
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Interior’s Consolidation Plan Threatens Indian Land Tenure
(Washington) -- This month the U.S. Department of Interior issued a draft proposal regarding its implementation of $1.9 billion in Indian land consolidation monies...
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IRON EYES: Should Indian Guys Wear Long Hair?
(South Dakota) -- I recently read a story via the new moccasin telegraph (social media) that expounded upon the reasons why a young boy cut his long hair, this boy was...
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Hearing on Disappearances and Murders of Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia
(Ottawa) -- The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) will appear tomorrow before the...
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Native Sun News: Activists plan Keystone XL hunger strike
(Oklahoma) -- As U.S. President Barack Obama voiced concessions to the Keystone XL tar sands, crude oil pipeline on March 22, American Indian and other activists...
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Negotiations could resume between Oklahoma and the Chickasaws, Choctaws tribes over water rights in southeast part of state
(Oklahoma) -- Negotiations could resume between Oklahoma and the Chickasaws, Choctaws tribes over water rights in southeast part of state. Negotiations between the state...
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Sitka Tribe’s ads protest herring harvest
(Alaska) -- The commercial herring fleet remains on two-hour notice today. Aerial and vessel surveys north of town showed little change in herring activity on Tuesday.
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Local Tribal Business Looks to Global Markets
(Alaska) -- Business is going better than expected for Kodiak's Sun'aq Tribe. After two years of steadily increasing sales for its fish processing and...
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2 Ousted from Isleta Council
(New Mexico) -- Two Isleta Pueblo Tribal Council members were removed from office last week on charges of malfeasance. After a closed hearing Wednesday, the council, in...
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Popcorn, Likely an Indigenous Discovery, Contains Healthy Antioxidants
(USA) -- A new study by Tufts University reveals popcorn may contain higher levels of healthy antioxidants known as polyphenols than some fruits and vegetables, reported...
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Adam Beach to Speak on Drugs and Alcohol at Red Lake
(Minnesota) -- Famous Indian actor Adam Beach will give the keynote address at the Sixth Annual Red Lake Youth Leadership Conference at 9:30 a.m. on March 28.
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BLOG: What Do You Mean ‘We,’ Paleface?
(USA) -- As the question of using Native American imagery continues to rattle around the corners of the sports world, many people have opinions but few (aside from the...
3/27/2012
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Discrimination suit filed against Sauk Suiattle tribe
(Washington) -- One hundred and fifty years ago, the Sauk Suiattle tribe lost their land, their livelihood. But today they stand to lose much more, their legacy, because...
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Echo Hawk’s Final Determination Denies Central Band of Cherokee Federal Status
(Washington D.C.) -- On March 26, Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk released his final determination in regards to a petition by the Central Band of...
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Final Determination, So-Called Central Band Of Cherokee Are Not Indians
(Washington D.C.) -- On March 26, Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk released his final determination in regards to a petition by the Central Band of...
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Tribe cancels ceremony, claims threat from rivals
(California) -- A dispute between competing factions of a Central California Indian tribe continues to rage, with one side calling off the swearing-in ceremony of a new...
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Judge rules against Derry in ballot issue
(California) -- Judge Brian McCarville ordered the county Registrar of Voters to change Derry’s ballot designation from “Supervisor/Businessman” to...
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New San Manuel tribal leader elected
(California) -- The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has elected a new tribal leader. Carla Rodriguez, the aunt of current tribal Chairman James Ramos, has been...
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CHAMPAGNE: In Praise of Vine Deloria
(California) -- In his groundbreaking 1969 volume Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, Vine Deloria Jr. wrote a now famous critique of anthropologists. He...
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Accused Standing Rock tribal chairman gets council hearing
(North Dakota) -- Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Charles Murphy is getting an opportunity before the Tribal Council to respond to allegations that he acted improperly in...
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Native American inmates challenging South Dakota prison tobacco ban in federal lawsuit
(South Dakota) -- A Lakota traditional healer said Tuesday that tobacco is an integral part of Native American religious ceremonies and denying its use is akin to taking...
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Blackfeet Tribe signs with company to treat, recycle 'fracking' water
(Montana) -- A company specializing in eco-friendly wastewater treatment announced Tuesday that it will bring its remediation technology to the Blackfeet Indian...
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Former Reagan appointee hopes to boost Penobscot Nation corporation
(Maine) -- The Penobscot Indian Nation has hired a former Reagan administration appointee to help bring further economic growth to the tribe.
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K'ómoks First Nation completes important step toward treaty
(British Columbia) -- Chief Ernie Hardy of the K'ómoks First Nation, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development John Duncan and Minister of Aboriginal...
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Lohse named Woman of the Year
(California) -- Tehama County businesswoman and Glenn County resident Leslie A. Lohse has been named 2012 Woman of the Year for the 2nd District by Assemblyman Jim...
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Lumbee tribal chairman says he won't fill administrator job for now
(North Carolina) -- Lumbee Chairman Paul Brooks said Monday he doesn't plan to submit another candidate for administrator to the Tribal Council during the remainder...
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San Manuels to present philanthropic awards
(California) -- The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians hosts the fourth annual Forging Hope Luncheon at the National Orange Show today.
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Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes Request President Obama’s Recognition
(Oklahoma) -- While President Barack Obama visited Oklahoma the week of March 21, the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes made sure he heard its concerns in wanting the president to...
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Does Supreme Court ruling create two tier justice system?
(Canada) -- The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a loud and clear message and that is – if judges don’t take into account an aboriginal person’s...
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American Indian actor to be keynote speaker at Red Lake conference
(Minnesota) -- Adam Beach, an American Indian actor who appeared in last year’s “Cowboys & Aliens” movie, will be the keynote speaker Thursday at...
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Two Ontario First Nations declare State of Emergency
(Ontario) -- Rising water is threatening two Ontario First Nations. The communities of Kashechewan and Fort Albany both declared a state of emergency over the weekend.
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