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article Roll-your-own cigarettes win New York state tax fight
(New York) -- A new and savvy player dealing in loose tobacco rolled and packaged in retail stores but taxed far less than cigarettes has beaten New York's governor...
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Native Voices

article GIAGO: The 136th anniversary of the Battle at Little Big Horn
(South Dakota) -- The bumper stickers were born before the holiday. They could be seen on cars coming and going from the Indian reservations in America. They read...
article LAMAR: Navajos Deciding How to Prosecute Vendor Who Took $1M; Must Do Due Diligence
(USA) -- Who are you going to dance with? This question is easy to answer in high school, but in business, the answer can be surprisingly tricky. As tribes generate more...
article ROSS: Celebrating Modern-Day Indigenous Warriors Series (aka Native Fanboy Piece #2): Albert Pooley and ALL Great Native Fathers
(Washington) -- This installment of the Modern-Day Indigenous Warriors Series is dedicated to a person that I don’t know. At all. Yet, I watch this person and pay...
article TURTLE TALK: Legislating in Light of the ideology and Politics of the Super-Legislature (On Obamacare and an Oliphant Fix)
(Washington D.C.) -- This week, the Supreme Court likely will strike down the individual mandate of the health care law, and perhaps go so far as to strike the whole...
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Supreme Court

article Uncle Sam Owes Yet More Money to Tribes
(Washington D.C.) -- The Department of Health and Human Services may owe more than $2.6 million in contract shortfalls demanded by an Alaskan Native American group, the...
article Supreme Court’s Montana decision strengthens Citizens United
(Montana) -- The Supreme Court has struck down a Montana ban on corporate political money, ruling 5 to 4 that the controversial 2010 Citizens United ruling applies to...
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Tribal Taxation

article Possible new tax law raises questions for tribes
(Washington) -- A potential change to federal tax laws concerning per capita payments has tribes around the country sitting up and taking notice.
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Other News

article Oklahoma tribes' millions to be controlled by district judge
(Oklahoma) -- A Custer County district judge has taken control of $6.4 million belonging to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, ordering the funds held in a court-...
article Administration, tribal officials clash over Medicaid changes
(New Mexico) -- Representatives of Gov. Susana Martinez's administration and Native American officials sparred Monday over how thoroughly the state consulted with...
article BLOG: Demand Native American Women Get Access To Emergency Contraception
(Washington D.C.) -- One in three Native American women will be raped in her lifetime, but in many Native communities, women have little to no access to emergency...
article BLOG: Sexual Assault Epidemic Against Native Americans – Will VAWA Help?
(Washington D.C.) -- Rape is at epidemic levels among Native Americans. Some mothers seek out Plan B for “when” their daughters get raped — not “...
article Quechan leader faces recall vote
(Arizona) -- Quechan President Keeny Escalanti Sr.'s job is in the hands of voters today when they take to the polls in a recall election.
article Salt River First Nation asserts independence
(North Canada) -- The Salt River First Nation has begun the six-month-long process of separating from the Akaitcho Tribal Government. It submitted written notification...
article What will Cherokee look like in the future? CEDS document will help lead the way
(North Carolina) -- What will Cherokee look like in five years, 10 years, 20 years? Will a water park be constructed? Will a Bass Pro Shop be built in town?
article Accused serial killer charged in deaths of 3 Winnipeg women
(Winnipeg) -- Winnipeg police have made an arrest in the deaths of three women reported missing within the last year.
article Hopi Lawmakers Approve LCR Water Settlement
(Arizona) -- Hopi lawmakers have approved a settlement that recognizes the tribe’s water rights in the Little Colorado River basin.
article Native Sun News: South Dakota group needs some helping hands
(South Dakota) -- Helping Hands for Hope, a nonprofit crochet and knitting group giving hope and comfort to those in need, is looking for people to donate their time and...
article Sussex School District Asked to Remove Indian Mascot
(Delaware) -- A school mascot in Sussex County is facing opposition, but not from a rival team. A district parent is calling on the Indian River School District to...
article The NB3 Foundation Brings a Grocery Store on Wheels to the San Felipe Pueblo
(New Mexico) -- The Mobile Grocery truck, MoGro, launched its first day of service at the San Felipe Pueblo on June 19, welcoming 100 residents who came to support the...
article Tiger Woods among golfers teeing off in NB3 Challenge at Atunyote
(New York) -- Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter and four-time PGA TOUR winner Notah Begay III today confirmed the tournament date and playing field for the...
article OUR VIEW: Feelings of 1876 hard to overcome
(South Dakota) -- It’s been 136 years since Lt. Col. George Custer was killed by American Indians on the Little Bighorn River in southern Montana. When it comes to...
article Kalispel Tribe Battles to Keep Voracious Predator From Decimating Native Fish Populations
(Washington) -- Unchecked, they breed like water rabbits, devour native fish by the thousands and accumulate so many pollutants in their bodies that they’re...
article PikePalooza: Help the Kalispel Repel Invasive Northern Pike
(Washington) -- Fishermen can do their part in helping reduce pike populations in Boundary and Box Canyon Reservoirs in Washington State, and perhaps win cash and prizes...
article Arizona investment fund awards $1.3 million to Native American groups for wind energy projects
(Arizona) -- The projects include wind power and solar energy facilities for schools in Leupp and Kayenta, solar power for an assisted living facility in Moenkopi and...
article Secretary of the Interior approves 350MW PV plant on tribal lands
(Washington D.C.) -- The Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, has authorized the first PV project to be built on tribal land in Clark County, Nevada, it has been...
article Regional Indian tribes hold daylong wake at wind energy site
(Arizona) -- Jenica Szirmay attended the all-night wake held here by Native Americans this weekend with an open mind.
article American Indian Museum cafe wins top award
(Washington D.C.) -- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian's restaurant was named “Casual Restaurant of the Year” Sunday evening...
article DC museum restaurant, Mitsitam, wins RAMMY award
(Washington D.C.) -- A mouthwatering menu. A view of the U.S. Capitol. Sounds like it's stacking up to be one of the D.C.'s finest restaurants. So it might...
article Eatery at Smithsonian’s American Indian museum named DC’s best ‘Casual Restaurant of the Year’
(Washington D.C.) -- The restaurant at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian has won a new distinction among Washington eateries.
article Gwich'in Tribal Council elects new president
(North Canada) -- The Gwich'in Tribal Council has elected a new president and vice-president Robert Alexie Jr. from Fort McPherson, N.W.T., has ousted incumbent...
article Lumbee Tribal Council approves housing plan
(North Carolina) -- What happened: The council approved the 2012-13 Indian Housing Plan, which allocates the $13 million the tribe receives from the U.S. Department of...
article Minthorn takes aim at state Senate
(Oregon) -- Antone Minthorn built a career as leader of the Umatilla Indian Reservation on two key principles: have a purpose to help your community and never give up....
article Cockfighting Tested in Indian Country
(Oklahoma) -- A Kiowa Tribe member unsuccessfully challenged enforcement of Oklahoma’s anti-cockfighting statute on Indian country land when the U.S. 10th Circuit...
article AG finishes history course text review
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation Attorney General’s Office is finished reviewing the Cherokee Nation history course textbook for possible copyright violations,...
article In Alaskan Cemetery, Native And Orthodox Rites Mix
(Alaska) -- In a part of America that was once claimed by imperial Russia, a unique combination of Native American and Russian Orthodox influences mingle in a graveyard...
article Musqueam Battle to Protect Burial Grounds From Condo Developers in B.C.
(British Columbia) -- Members of Musqueam First Nation, battling to stop a condo development from being built on their ancient burial ground, are escalating the fight...
article Protester wants focus of 450th celebration shifted
(Florida) -- Shannon Larsen stood alone on a sidewalk in front of Castillo de San Marcos holding a sign. “Do something right for once,” it read.
article Protesters Say Vallejo Park Construction Desecrated Shellmound and Burial Ground
(California) -- The Glen Cove Waterfront Park in Vallejo, California is a small 15-acre park on the coast of the Carquinez Strait, a natural tidal channel, but the gulf...
article Enthusiastic crowd scrambles 1911 Custer re-enactment in Billings
(Montana) -- No one planning the three-day 1911 Fourth of July extravaganza in Billings expected ever to see anything like it again.
article Pow-Wow in Richmond honors Native American culture
(California) -- On Saturday afternoon, members of over 50 Native American Indian tribes from across the country gathered to celebrate the 3rd Annual Richmond Native...
article Bodies of indigenous leader and two sons found in northern Colombia .
(Colombia) -- The bodies of an indigenous leader and his two sons were excavated from a communal grave, approximately one year after their disappearance following a...
article Cocaine Expansion in Peru Raises Fears of Global Spread
(Peru) -- The soggy lowlands here were long seen as inhospitable for growing coca potent enough to make cocaine. The plant mainly thrives at steeper, higher elevations...
article Former Navajo Code Talker Willeto Dies
(New Mexico) -- Frank Chee Willeto, a Navajo Code Talker and former Navajo Nation vice president, died Saturday at his home in Pueblo Pintado. He was 87.
article Lead acutely threatens California condor population, study says
(California) -- Field biologist Joe Burnett was standing at the base of a tree in Big Sur when the giant, limp body of a California condor landed at his feet.
article Polar bear population hasn’t changed, says biologist
(North Canada) -- For years, scientists and people who rely on traditional knowledge have disagreed when it comes to predicting polar bear populations.
article Sow, cub involved in sheep killings trapped near Collins
(Montana) -- A female grizzly bear responsible for the death of 70 sheep near the Rocky Mountain Front has been trapped, along with her cub, and officials are expected...
article Famed Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George dies
(Ecuador) -- The giant Galapagos Islands tortoise dubbed Lonesome George, whose failed efforts to produce offspring made him a symbol of disappearing species, was found...
article Man pleads guilty to murder in SD stabbing
(South Dakota) -- A man accused of killing a woman on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
article Defendant in Winchester slaying due in tribal court
(Idaho) -- A Winchester man, who is being held in the Nez Perce County Jail on felony charges in connection with the death of his mother, is scheduled to appear today in...
article RCMP investigating homicide in northern Sask.
(Saskatchewan) -- One person is in custody following a death on Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Police say they were called to Bells Point, south of La Ronge, on Sunday, where...
article Boy's disappearance is 'suspicious'
(Michigan) -- Two search and rescue teams, the FBI, police dogs and more than 100 volunteers scoured a densely wooded area Sunday for a 4-year-old boy reported missing...
article Michigan Mom Suspects Boyfriend In Child’s Disappearance
(Michigan) -- A Mid Michigan mother is still holding out hope that her 4-year-old son, missing from an American Indian reservation, will be found safe and sound.
article Police: Case of missing 4-year-old is suspicious, search continues
(Michigan) -- The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department said Monday afternoon they are still searching for 4-year-old Carnel Chamberlain, who has been missing since...
article Saginaw Chippewa boy's disappearance now called 'suspicious;' FBI joins probe
(Michigan) -- Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police now are calling Thursday night’s disappearance of a 4-year-old boy in the Isabella Reservation near Mount Pleasant,...
article Search warrant executed in case of missing Mount Pleasant 4-year-old
(Michigan) -- The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police have executed a search warrant to gather information in the case of Carnel Chamberlain, a 4-year-old boy who has been...
press release Oneida Nation Welcomes Fifth Annual Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge
(New York) -- Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter and four-time PGA TOUR winner Notah Begay III today confirmed the tournament date and playing field for the...
press release 8th Annual Native American Family Wellness Day
(Arizona) -- It is that time of year once again to gather your family and friends for some health and wellness fun! The Indian Health Service, along with Tucson Indian...

6/24/2012

article Judge rules in Cheyenne & Arapaho frozen funds case
(Oklahoma) -- A Custer County judge assumed authority June 21 over the bank account for two Oklahoma tribes grappling with an extended leadership dispute.
article Tribal leaders to discuss plans to regain authority over member
(Washington) -- Yakama Nation leaders on Tuesday will brief local government officials of how they intend to implement a measure that will return criminal and civil...
article OUR OPINION: The NCAA’s strategic — and decisive — retreat
(North Dakota) -- On Aug. 5, 2005, when the NCAA banned the postseason use of American Indian team names and mascots, all bets were off. What would happen? Would an...
article Atleo facing accusations of a too-cozy partnership with Harper in AFN election
(Canada) -- The powerful group that represents Canada's First Nations will elect a new leader next month, but with eight people vying for the job, the choice between...
article First Nations plan to evict mining 'intruders'
(Ontario) -- Six northwestern Ontario First Nations are preparing eviction notices for mining companies working in the Ring of Fire. Aroland, Constance Lake, Ginoogaming...
article Crime reports on reservation rise in conjunction with more police on job
(Wyoming) -- There's been more crime reported over the past two years on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but the U.S. Attorney for Wyoming says that's a sign...
article AK village relocation hits snag when ship grounds
(Alaska) -- A quickly eroding Native village in western Alaska has hit a snag in its plans to relocate after a U.S. Army Reserve landing craft carrying tons of...
article Eight Tribal Nations Mourn Losses at Ocotillo Wind Site
(California) -- A sliver of moon and a spangle of stars shone down on the Ocotillo desert last night, where representatives from eight tribal nations joined in...
article Delivering a sizable economic impact: Alaska Native groups contribute greatly to the Interior's economy
(Alaska) -- There are more than 70 Alaska Native organizations, including Doyon, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Fairbanks Native Association and Interior Regional Housing...
article Zia Pueblo questioned over aerial firework sales
(New Mexico) -- Just north of Albuquerque, Zia Pueblo has a fireworks stand where people can purchase dangerous fireworks, and many are worried the fireworks sold inside...
article Saskatoon Police's relationship with Aboriginal Peoples is getting stronger
(Saskatoon) -- A Saskatoon Police Service's hat was laid in a bentwood box to symbolize the strengthened relationship between Aboriginal Peoples and the police.
article Lawmaker seeks to end nonprofit's lease on Indian Cultural Center
(North Carolina) -- Thirty years ago, North Carolina leaders envisioned a thriving cultural center to celebrate the history of the state's American Indians.
article Central Michigan University field study class explores, catalogs Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School remains
(Michigan) -- Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe member Jerome Pigeon Jr. finds more than artifacts in the grounds of the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School and...
article Nevada educators developing a curriculum to teach American Indian culture
(Nevada) -- Teachers from across Nevada converged in the capital this week to develop a system for teaching local American Indian culture in schools.
article Crow scouts play part in Little Bighorn Battle
(Montana) -- Blackfoot, chief of the Mountain Crow, had plenty to trouble him on April 8, 1876, when Col. John Gibbon rode out of a wet spring blizzard and into the Crow...
article Sacred Sites Along the McCloud River Endangered, Winnemem Wintu Fight For Coming of Age Ceremony Privacy
(California) -- At the old Winnemem Wintu village of Kaibai, which lines the emerald waters of the McCloud River Arm of Shasta Lake in Northern California, a trio of...
article Support Squaxin tribe’s journey to keep heritage alive
(Washington) -- The arrival on July 29 of about 13,000 American Indians, representing some 130 West Coast tribal communities, dressed in regalia and landing in...
article Wyoming tribal elders aim to connect with modern kids
(Wyoming) -- About 25 people, mostly children, gathered silently in the teepee's cool, shaded interior as Eugene Ridgely Jr. talked about owls representing an...
article Pechanga Pow Wow continues to grow, create 'good feelings'
(California) -- Randolph Pico knows a good Pechanga Pow Wow when he sees one. In almost any which way and in every capacity, Pico has been involved in all 16 of the...
article Navajo Code Talker Frank Chee Willeto dies
(New Mexico) -- Frank Chee Willeto, a Navajo Code Talker who served in the Pacific Theatre in Saipan and Okinawa during World War II, died today. Navajo Code Talkers...
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6/23/2012

article Elizabeth Warren's Birthday Gift From GOP: An Ancestry.com Account
(Massachusetts) -- Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren turns 63 today, and among her birthday gifts is one she probably won't appreciate very much.
article Quechan Tribe Sues to Halt Construction of Wind Factory on Sacred Land
(California) -- The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has the following warning on its web page regarding Southern California’s Coyote...
article Salt River Project Purcahses Solar Credits from Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
(Arizona) -- The Salt River Project (SRP) has agreed to purchase $220,000 worth of solar photovoltaic Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) over the course of five years...
article Connecting the Dots: How Climate Change Is Fueling Western Wildfires
(USA) -- Western wildfires are dominating headlines in June—but the media coverage focuses only on effects while ignoring a major cause. We hear about an increase...
article Sacred Water, New Mine: Michigan Tribe Battles Corp.
(Michigan) -- Head in any direction on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and you will reach gushing rivers, placid ponds and lakes – both Great and small.
article Diné Worker Fired for Speaking Navajo
(Arizona) -- When Juanita Blake went to the Page Lake Powell Job Fair March 3, she hoped to get a job as an interpreter for Zion's Way, a home health and hospice...
article Labor Department $2.5 Million Increment Grant To Assist Lummi Fisherman Laid Off in Washington State
(Washington) -- In 2008, the decline of the Fraser River sockeye salmon was declared a commercial fishing disaster, according to the Northwest Indian Fisheries...
article Thoughtful Travel: Go Native America Eschews Heavy Promotion For Nuanced Approach to Exploring Indian Country
(Montana) -- If you want to access the beauty of Indian country through the tour company Go Native America of Billings, Montana, here’s some advice: Don’t...
article Colville Tribes vote in new council
(Washington) -- Colville tribal members this week voted in a whole new slate of leaders, electing six new members to their governing council out of seven up for re-...
article Osage Tribe Voting Rights Upheld
(Oklahoma) -- Eight Osage Nation members who objected to greater latitude in tribal voting and tribal office were unsuccessful June 19 when they brought their concerns...
article A Charity Challenge: The Fifth Annual NB3 Challenge Comes to Turning Stone
(New York) -- It’s shaping up to be a fine year for Notah Begay and his Notah Begay III Foundation (NB3). On April 4 the four-time PGA Tour winner was presented...
article Fed official wants Spirit Lake problems addressed
(North Dakota) -- A federal human services official is urging sweeping steps to address problems with social services and foster care administration that he says are...
article Obesity Levels Could Exceed the Planet’s Limits
(UK) -- Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have found that the human population is 17 million tons overweight as a whole, according to a...
article 29 Beers That Have Used American Indian Imagery
(USA) -- Selling beer to Indians is a controversial business, as shown by the recent federal lawsuit filed against the state of Nebraska by the Oglala Lakotas of Pine...
article Autry president Dan Finley abruptly leaves; Rick West taking over
(California) -- Daniel Finley, the president and chief executive of the Autry National Museum, has abruptly stepped down from the institution after just two years on the...
article Google Begins Effort to Help Preserve Languages Nearing Extinction
(USA) -- Google is starting and seeding a project to fight the extinction and loss of more than 3,000 endangered languages around the globe to help preserve the history...
article Sacred Sites: Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Needs Prayer to Save Imperiled Burial Grounds From Ocotillo
(California) -- The good news is that there has been progress in protecting a burial ground and ceremonial site from a dam project. The heartbreaking news, as the Viejas...
article Rio+20 Reiterates Tipping Point Warnings; Progress ‘Too Slow,’ Ban Ki-moon Says
(Brazil) -- As the Rio+20 United Nations sustainable development summit opened in Rio de Janeiro on June 20, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that...
article Indigenous v. Indigenous; Bolivia’s Government Is Pitting One Community Against Another
(Bolivia) -- With a second cross-country protest march by indigenous rainforest dwellers and their allies advancing on La Paz, it was clear that Bolivia’s...
article Venezuelan Indians demand Germany give back 35-ton boulder, calling it sacred stone
(Venezuela) -- A 35-ton Venezuelan stone that makes up part of a global peace project in Germany is evoking more rage than harmony. The sandstone boulder on display in a...
article Person of Interest is Mother's Boyfriend on Isabella Indian Reservation
(Michigan) -- The focus of the missing four year old tribal member, Carnel Chamberlain has now shifted to the child's mother's boyfriend. Carnel Chamberlain has...
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