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Elizabeth Warren

article BLOG: Native American and Harvard Alum Blasts Warren, Harvard
(Massachusetts) -- A registered Native American and alumna of Harvard has co-authored a column denouncing Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren and Harvard...
article Dead heat in Mass. Senate race as ads crank up
(Massachusetts) -- The contenders for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts both released new television ads Monday, with Republican Sen. Scott Brown placing the focus on his...
article LETTER: Most voters don't care about Warren's heritage
(Massachusetts) -- Enough already! Sen. Scott Brown's campaign apparently has nothing of more substance to discuss than Elizabeth Warren's checking a box or two...
article OP/ED: We Should Denounce the Conduct of Harvard and Elizabeth Warren
(USA) -- As an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 1981 alumna of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, veteran scholastic administrator, and lifelong...
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Fighting Sioux

article A breakdown of the battle: Fighting Sioux nickname
(North Dakota) -- The history: The University of North Dakota debuted the "Sioux" part of its nickname more than 80 years ago. UND's student newspaper on...
article Election officials won't bar Fighting Sioux gear from Cass County polls
(North Dakota) -- Cass County election officials say they’re going to try to let the little things slide on Election Day, particularly when it comes to passionate...
article Fighting Sioux nickname clash heads to ND voters
(North Dakota) -- A bitter dispute over whether the University of North Dakota should save or scrap its Fighting Sioux nickname headed to voters on Tuesday, even as...
article Pro-nickname group raises questions over use of state funds for retire the UND nickname movement
(North Dakota) -- On the eve of the statewide referendum on UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname, nickname supporters again raised questions concerning the UND Alumni...
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First Nations Politics

article Sask. First Nation reaches land agreement with Feds
(Saskatchewan) -- A First Nation in Saskatchewan has reached a land-claims settlement with the federal government. The Department of Aboriginal Affairs says the...
article First Nations schools stymied by lack of funding: Paul Martin
(Edmonton) -- Most First Nations reserves now have the competent, educated administrators in place who could make major improvements to aboriginal schools, former prime...
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Keystone XL Pipeline

article Keystone XL: How Canada’s pipeline splits the U.S.
(Montana) -- Three years ago, when the Canadian pipeline people first came round Bob Math’s cattle ranch in northernmost Montana, the conversation was brittle.
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Mining & Drilling

article Petroleum lobby ‘pulling a con job’ on fracking, Mulcair warns
(New Brunswick) -- Mr. Mulcair was in New Brunswick to boost the campaign of provincial NDP Leader Dominic Cardy in a by-election in the Saint John-area riding of...
article OP/ED: State allows industrial-scale exploration without hearings
(Alaska) -- Last month the Environmental Protection Agency released its Draft Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems in Bristol Bay. It scheduled...
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Native Voices

article Del Laverdure: Let's Move! is a success story in Indian Country
(Washington D.C.) -- "As the Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, I have seen up close the wonderful progress that has been made regarding the First Lady...
article Tim Giago: 1972 flood brought out the best and worst in people
(South Dakota) -- A natural disaster brings out the best and the worst in people. The 40th Anniversary of the Rapid City Flood of 1972 has brought out mostly the best in...
article VALANDRA: The Vern Traversie Case: Rapid City, Then and Now
(South Dakota) -- I read with great interest the opinion piece written by Lise Balk King entitled, “Vern Traversie and the Worst Place to Be an Indian.” I...
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Pine Ridge

article US Attorney meeting with Oglala Sioux about deaths
(South Dakota) -- U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson is scheduled to meet Wednesday with members of the Oglala Sioux tribal council and family members of tribal members whose...
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Residential Schools

article Native patience runs thin four years after residential-school apology
(Ottawa) -- Four years after Stephen Harper offered an unfettered apology for residential schools, the Prime Minister is at a turning point in his relationship with...
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Whiteclay

article DGR assists Lakota people in action against predatory alcohol sales, wins concessions
(Nebraska) -- Activists from across the country participated in an act of civil disobedience in the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska.
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Other News

article $2 million removed from Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes bank accounts before funds were frozen in Oklahoma
(Oklahoma) -- A Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes official testified last week that $2 million was withdrawn from accounts belonging to the tribes shortly before the remaining...
article Aboriginal children turn to ERs for mental health care
(Edmonton) -- Children from First Nations and low-income families are more likely to use Alberta emergency rooms for mental health care, according to a University of...
article Alaska Native Group Suing Division of Elections
(Alaska) -- A group of Alaska Natives is suing the state Division of Elections. The group includes Vicki Otte, CEO of MTNT, the McGrath area Alaska Native Corporation,...
article Gitxsan blockade coming to an end as forensic audit begins
(British Columbia) -- A blockade of the Gitxsan Treaty Society office in Old Hazelton in Northern B.C. will be dismantled Monday when federal officials arrive to launch...
article Six-month occupation of treaty office ends peacefully but dispute continues
(British Columbia) -- A six-month blockade of the Gitxsan Treaty Society office in Hazelton, B.C., has ended peacefully, but the bitter dispute that deeply divides the...
article Controversial tribal housing in Windsor moves ahead
(California) -- Plans for a large tribal housing project in Windsor have cleared a significant hurdle after the Bureau of Indian Affairs determined it will have no...
article Indian Housing Project Draws Support, Opposition
(California) -- An Indian tribal housing project in Windsor is getting a thumbs-up from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, despite local opposition from the city, Sonoma...
article Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux Tribe gets closer to national park
(South Dakota) -- Reclaiming tribal lands and focusing on the future of the tribe was the theme of the day when the Oglala Sioux Tribe, in a historic moment of agreement...
article American Indian Family Center employees call for removal of E.D.
(Minnesota) -- Kevin Martineau, Executive Director of the American Indian Family Center (AIFC) in East Saint Paul, is at the center of a protest and pending...
article Woodrich Becomes First Woman/Native CEO Of GMCC
(Minnesota) -- In an historic move, the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches (GMCC) has selected Noya Woodrich (Athabaskan) as both the first woman and the first...
article American Indian Community House - a New York lifeline for Native Americans - could close if federal grant is pulled
(New York) -- These are tough times for the American Indian Community House and its interim director, Christine Funmaker-Romano. The group was forced to vacate its...
article Tough challenges for NYC American Indian group
(New York) -- New York City's American Indian Community House is facing some tough challenges. The Daily News reported the organization may lose a $1 million federal...
article Fines upheld for illegal protest of native fishery
(British Columbia) -- B.C.'s high court has upheld a $300 fine for illegal fishing against BC Conservative leader John Cummins for his participation in a decade-old...
article Fish-Blocking Dam on Maine's Penobscot River Coming Down
(Maine) -- Years of work to open upstream spawning grounds on the Penobscot River for endangered Atlantic salmon and other fish species took a major step forward today,...
article OUR OPINION: Dam removal event celebratory, except for LePage
(Maine) -- On Monday, Maine showed the world how to advance economic and environmental interests at the same time with a comprehensive project that involved state,...
article COMMENTARY: The Inconvenient Truths about the MLPA Initiative
(California) -- The article fails to mention that the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Forces that oversaw the implementation of these "marine protected areas" included a...
article Navajo president declares support for water rights settlement, urges Tribal Council approval
(Arizona) -- Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly has declared his support for a controversial water rights settlement. Under the settlement, the Navajo and Hopi tribes...
article People Of Nunavut Tired Of Paying $30 For Coffee, $65/lb. For Chicken
(Nunavut) -- Almost four years ago, we marveled at the ridiculously high grocery prices in Nunavut, the largest and northernmost Canadian territory. Now, after years of...
article Chaske Spencer Urges Participation With ‘Native Vote 2012′ Campaign
(USA) -- Twilight actor Chaske Spencer, Assiniboine and Sioux, is lending his star power to an important political cause: Raising Native participation in elections.
article EDITORIAL: U. N. declaration could have extreme consequences
(Oklahoma) -- When James Anaya, United Nations special rapporteur for the rights of indigenous people, visited Oklahoma last month to take testimony from American Indian...
article Artist's Aspen widow sues dealer, galleries
(Colorado) -- The Aspen widow of a renowned artist is suing a handful of galleries on allegations that they sold and reproduced his work without her permission, making...
article Firm’s niche: Lobbying for federal judges
(Washington D.C.) -- A year ago, when then-Berkeley Law professor Goodwin Liu was the subject of a contentious Senate battle over his nomination to the federal appeals...
article LEGAL ANALYSIS: The Precarious Immunity Of Tribal Corporations
(USA) -- Tribal sovereign immunity is a well-established doctrine of federal Indian law but it is not popular with courts. Judges dismissing cases brought against tribes...
article Tulalip auction helps Boys & Girls Clubs
(Washington) -- When the fledgling Tulalip Boys & Girls Club opened its doors in 1997, officials wanted a way to draw people to the club, given its location off the...
article Md. college students help rehab Sioux reservation
(Maryland) -- Guy Hostetter sure knows how to vacation. He drove 30 straight hours in a rented van, then spent several days working construction without pay. He sprained...
article Tulalip Heritage School graduation photos
(Washington) -- Heritage School held its graduation Saturday in Tulalip. Click here to see a gallery of photos from the ceremony.
article VIDEO: IAIA’s 2012 Commencement Featured on NBC News with Brian Williams
(New Mexico) -- NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams captured the Institute of American Indian Art’s 2012 commencement and interviewed two of the three 2012...
article BLOG: How the War of 1812 helped America grow
(Utah) -- And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air/ Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there(end ital precede)
article Developing history
(New Hampshire) -- The story of Meetinghouse Park, like all Native American songs, begins with a mother's heartbeat. In this case, it's Dan Stauffacher's...
article Fragment of Indian pottery creates mystery
(Illinois) -- A mysterious fragment of American Indian pottery discovered on a sandbar in the Sangamon River has archaeologists wondering about its origin and the people...
article NMSU prof. shows Native horsemanship to the Queen
(New Mexico) -- An associate professor from New Mexico State University had the moment of a lifetime last month in England.
article OP/ED; National mammal material? Life with the buffalo as a symbol of Jamestown, North Dakota
(Oregon) -- A comedian, once quipped: "Oh give me a home where the buffaloes roam and I'll show you a dirty house." Why then, as columnist David Sarasohn...
article UBC anthropologists help return iconic rock art to B.C. First Nation
(Vancouver) -- A massive piece of Aboriginal rock art, transported across the province nearly a century ago to reside in Vancouver, is finally heading home.
article Vancouver healing lodge opens after 10 years of work
(Vancouver) -- A decade-old dream of the Vancouver Native Housing Society came true Monday with the opening of a healing lodge where out-of-town aboriginal patients can...
article Sitka artist challenges conceptions of modern aesthetics and Native identity
(Alaska) -- A piece of art by Nicholas Galanin invariably makes you took twice. With that second glance, the artist-viewer connection really begins.
article The Painted Violins of Santa Fe
(New Mexico) -- For a fund-raiser for the Santa Fe Symphony, over 50 artists were asked to decorate, transform, or otherwise mess about with a violin to produce a unique...
article Wes Studi appears on Oklahoma's version of 'Inside the Actors' Studio'
(Oklahoma) -- When Wes Studi sat in front of the television as a child, he noticed something was missing — people who looked like he did.
article ‘Te Ata’ Sheds Light on ‘Bearer of the Dawn’
(Oklahoma) -- A Colbert native and an Southeastern Oklahoma State University alumnus will bring the role of young Te Ata to life in the production of, “Te-Ata...
article Crew camps, housing proposed for ND reservation
(North Carolina) -- A Fort Worth, Texas company has proposed building three crew camps on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota.
article ‘Crooked Arrows’ lets audiences root for the underdog in lacrosse flick with Brandon Routh, Chelsea Ricketts
(New York) -- There are few movies that usher in the beginning of a childhood summer as well as the classic sports underdog story - think “Mighty Ducks,”...
article Kings Win Stanley Cup with assist of First Nations Hockey Players
(California) -- The National Hockey Leagues Los Angles Kings won the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs in convincing fashion against the New Jersey Devils by a final score of (6...
article Miss Cherokee applications available
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation is accepting Miss Cherokee Leadership Competition entries from young women interested in representing the tribe and earning money for...
article Native American community remembers the flood with a Powwow and Wiping of the Tears Ceremony
(South Dakota) -- The Native American community has commemorated the 1972 flood with a Powwow and a Wiping of the Tears ceremony. Billy Good Voice Elk Junior is a...
article Urban tribes from New England gather for Pow Wow in New Haven
(Connecticut) -- Members of Native American tribes from across New England are gathering in New Haven for a pow wow. The Connecticut Native American Inter Tribal Urban...
article Science and Maori need closer ties says tribal leader
(New Zealand) -- Te Runanga o Ngati Porou Chairman Apirana Mahuika says there is a need for relationship building between scientists and iwi.
article NORRELL: Climate Vultures Circling Rio
(Brazil) -- Indigenous Peoples are carrying the mandates established in Cochabamba, Bolivia, to Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro...
article Shelly vetoes roundup bill
(Arizona) -- President Ben Shelly on June 6 line-item vetoed the Navajo Nation Council's appropriation of $2.7 million for a six-month reservation-wide roundup of...
article Two bald eagles electrocuted in freak accident that caused brief power outage in downtown Port Angeles
(Washington) -- Two bald eagles have been killed in a freak accident in Port Angeles that also interrupted electrical power briefly. Power in downtown Port Angeles...
article Brown bear mauls hiker near Bird Creek
(Alaska) -- A brown bear mauled a hiker on an offshoot of the Bird Creek Trail south of Anchorage early Sunday, and the man escaped by scrambling up a tree, Alaska State...
article Impact of more bear kills in New Mexico unclear
(New Mexico) -- A year after conservationists opposed increasing the number of bears that hunters can kill in New Mexico, state wildlife officials say it's far too...
article Tribal hazmat training available
(Wyoming) -- Tribal members interested in hazardous materials handling training can sign up for the weeklong program happening June 18-22 at Rocky Moutnain Hall's...
article Teen charged with murder over grad party death
(Saskatchewan) -- The teenager arrested following the death of a man at Pelican Lake First Nation, Sask., on the weekend has been charged with second-degree murder.
article Vt. Native American leader faces embezzlement charges
(Vermont) -- April St. Francis Merrill, 44, pled not guilty Monday to allegations she stole from the very Native American tribe members she once served as chief. Before...
press release Prairie Island Indian Community Applauds Court Decision on Nuclear Storage, Presses for National Rep
(Minnesota) -- The Prairie Island Indian Community today called on the federal government to fulfill its promise and legal obligation to remove nuclear waste from...

6/10/2012

article Members of the Oglala Lakota Tribe Blockade White Clay
(Nebraska) -- Activists from across the country participated in an act of civil disobedience in the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska. Deep Green Resistance, Un-occupy...
article The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country
(New York) -- Our Sunday round-up is here, our weekly glance back at all the big stories in Indian Country. Duane Champagne took a look at the term ‘Noble Savages...
article Rio+20: Where is the Path to Sustainable Development?
(United Nations) -- How do we need to reshape the world economy, our city’s infrastructures and our lifestyles to protect the environment? What strategies can...
article U.N. Warns That Mother Earth Is Near the Edge, as Rio+20 Approaches
(United Nations) -- Irreversible damage to the planet is imminent if humans do not curb population, urbanization and consumption, the United Nations warned in a report...
article Tsilhqot’in Vow to ‘Stand Ground’ Against New Prosperity Mine at Taseko AGM
(British Columbia) -- Behind doors closed even to media, Taseko Mines Ltd. boasted 2011 profits of $86.3 million Canadian [$83.1 million USD] at its annual general...
article DOI calls for disclosure of fracking chemicals
(Washington D.C.) -- In support of the Obama administration’s goal of expanding responsible oil and gas production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced...
article Cross-Borederline Powerlines Approved
(California) -- The San Diego Planning Commission on Friday approved the Energia Sierra Juarez Gen-Tie project, a power line that Sempra Energy plans to utilize to bring...
article Canada’s 2012 Budget Bill Guts Fisheries Act, a Cornerstone of Environmental Protection: Critics
(Canada) -- Scientists, First Nations leaders and even former ministers are askance at provisions in the budget bill of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s...
article Churchill’s Reinstatement Demand Reiterated
(Colorado) -- Colorado Supreme Court justices June 7 heard the argument that reinstating fired University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill could disrupt CU’s...
article Cherokee Nation launches ‘Cherokee Compass’
(Oklahoma) -- A new “Cherokee Compass” program presents adventures in every direction from examining the history of the Cherokee Phoenix, exploring the...
article Nephi Craig Plans Indigenous Food-and-Culture Conference
(Arizona) -- Nephi Craig, executive chef of the fine-dining restaurant at the White Mountain Apache Tribe’s Sunrise Park Resort Hotel, has put out a call for...
article On Mothers and Earth: Mark Anthony Rolo Pays Homage, Remembers His Mother in Memoir
(Minnesota) -- To read Mark Anthony Rolo’s My Mother Is Now Earth (Borealis Books, 2012) is to have your heart suddenly rise into your throat, spreading its warmth...
article Red Lake Takes Initiative on Ojibwe Language Revitalization
(Minnesota) -- Red Lake is exploring a multifaceted approach to preserve the language at Red Lake in a variety of ways. This included sponsoring a two-day language...
article The MAC Goes Big
(Washington) -- The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) has reached into its archives for “Lasting Heritage,” exhibit its largest Native American...
article What Came First, the Raven or the Eagle?
(Alaska) -- Many have heard the question: What came first, the chicken or the egg? But what about the Raven or the Eagle? Alaska Natives in Juneau this week for the...
article Second TIPNIS March as Important as First, Despite Lack of Attention
(Bolivia) -- A once close relationship between Bolivia’s Aymara Indian President Evo Morales and some indigenous groups that backed his rise to the presidency is...
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6/9/2012

article Reasons for retiring Sioux nickname change over time
(North Dakota) -- As the wrangling over “Fighting Sioux” churned through homes, workplaces, legislative halls and courtrooms the past two years, leading up...
article Prosecutors: Settlements near in Navajo fraud case
(Arizona) -- Prosecutors reviewing a civil case that accuses dozens of Navajo Nation officials of fraud say they're looking to dismiss charges against some of the...
article Prairie Island Indian Community calls for federal action
(Minnesota) -- The Prairie Island Indian Community has called on the U.S. government to take immediate action to remove casks of nuclear waste after a federal court...
article Condo fight nearing end: Musqueam
(British Columbia) -- Musqueam leaders determined to halt what they call the desecration of their ancestors' remains by a condo development say the conflict could be...
article Recovering a river
(Maine) -- After 13 years of legal, political and engineering work, the largest-ever river restoration project in eastern North America begins Monday morning, when a 40-...
article Yurok Tribe challenges MLPA Initiative's 'terminally flawed' science
(California) -- Before the California Fish and Game Commission voted to approve a network of so-called "marine protected areas" for the North Coast on June 6,...
article Leech Lake to vote for tribal coucil
(Minnesota) -- Voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the Leech Lake Tribal Council general election. The two positions up for election are chairman and District III...
article Colville Tribal Members Want Say in What Happens with $193 Million Settlement
(Washington) -- Colville tribal members will spend their weekend to rally at an outdoor encampment on the baseball field at the Colville Indian agency campus.
article Tribal councilman becomes national leader for Indian health
(Washington) -- As a national advocate for Indian health, Andy Joseph, Jr. says he sometimes feels like a war general who's losing too many of his troops.
article Closer Inspection: ‘Horse Nation’ at the National Museum of the American Indian
(Washington D.C.) -- The exhibit “A Song for the Horse Nation,” at the museum through Jan. 7, showcases tangible evidence of the animal’s influence on...
article Native Sun News: Remembering the Rapid City flood of June '72
(South Dakota) -- On June 9, 1972, Rapid City experienced one of the nation’s most devastating floods in history. In just over six hours more than ten inches of...
article Remembering the 154 Students Who Did Not Survive the Mt. Pleasant Boarding School
(Michigan) -- During the time the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School existed there were 154 known deaths that occurred while students attended.
article Times Past: Indian remains found near Avila Beach were displaced, returned
(California) -- The skulls of seven American Indians unearthed near Avila Beach during railroad construction in the 1880s were returned to their Central Coast home early...
article ‘American Chippewa’ Motorcycle Featured at Eiteljorg Museum
(Indiana) -- Steel Ponies, an exhibition at Indianapolis’ Eiteljorg Museum, features an intriguing array of motorcycles that have cultural ties to the American...
article Australian Aboriginals call money-management policy racist
(Australia) -- Living in Australia’s Northern Territory, a vast stretch of sun-baked desert, swamps and tropical forests, a tough-as-nails truck is the only way to...
article Tribal official: Arrest had upside
(South Dakota) -- As vice president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Tom Poor Bear has been tapped by his people to advocate for their rights, their land and their health.
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