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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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Chumash Tribe
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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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Enbridge Pipeline
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Gateway pipeline standoff fails to give B.C. Liberals a boost with voters
(British Columbia) -- Premier Christy Clark’s high-profile campaign to seek a better B.C. deal from the controversial Northern Gateway project does not appear to...
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Harper defends independence of pipeline approval process
(British Columbia) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper is defending the independence of the environmental review process underway for Enbridge's Northern Gateway...
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Fighting Sioux
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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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MORON ALERT: Nickname supporters: Initiated measure still on, but vote won’t be until 2014
(North Dakota) -- Diehard supporters of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname say they continue collecting signatures to force another statewide vote on the issue, but...
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Petition to keep Sioux nickname
(North Dakota) -- U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson has thrown out a lawsuit by 6 American Indian students at UND over the fighting sioux nickname.
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Lamb Killings
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Body tied to accused serial killer may be in dump
(Manitoba) -- The family a Winnipeg woman who is believed to have been killed by accused serial killer Shawn Lamb say police have told them her remains are likely buried...
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Mining & Drilling
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Shelly applauds agreement with Hydro Resources Inc.
(Arizona) -- Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly applauded an agreement that affirmed Navajo jurisdiction and allows that the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection...
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Reopening Silver Mine Could Save Town, But Destroy the Sacred Site of the Huicholes
(Mexico) -- The lands that comprise the Wirikuta Reserve in the San Luis de Potosí state of Mexico are full of covetable wonders. On the surface grow the plump peyote...
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Seneca Nation
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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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Seneca Nation and DOT reach agreement on I-86 project
(New York) -- Work is slated to begin on a portion of Interstate 86 through the Seneca Nation of Indians, now that the New York State Department of Transportation and...
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Snowbowl
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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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Other News
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Hospital pleased with finding in 'KKK' scar case
(South Dakota) -- Officials at a Rapid City hospital say they are pleased but not surprised that state officials have found no evidence that the hospital mistreated a...
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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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NORRELL: The censoring of Rosalie Little Thunder
(Arizona) -- Still delirious from the relentless heat, I stumble into the university bookstore, in search of cold air. Then, I see them. Spread on a table near the front...
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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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UNM researcher finds evidence early Americans got caffeine buzz from holly
(Illinois) -- Centuries before double lattes, Starbucks baristas and brightly labeled energy drinks, North Americans were brewing and imbibing a caffeine-laden beverage...
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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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Algonquins of Barriere Lake Win Consultation in Logging Operation
(Quebec) -- The Algonquins of Barriere Lake have scored another victory in their battle against the exploitation of resources on their traditional land.
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Alaska Native groups want EPA to extend Bristol Bay watershed public comment
(Alaska) -- While nine tribal groups and one regional corporation invited the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate an unprecedented 404c process that...
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Cellular One® recognized as top 'Leadership in Safety' Award at Navajo Occupational Safety and Health Conference
(Arizona) -- Cellular One was honored to be presented with the "Leadership in Safety Award" at the first annual Navajo Occupational Safety and Health (NOSHA)...
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Saginaw Chippewa tribe opens Soaring Eagle Hideaway RV Park
(Michigan) -- While we're not big on camping (to each their own, right?) we sure know a lot of people who are, and a lot of those folks consider using their...
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Sealaska announces new chief operating officer
(Alaska) -- Sealaska Corp. has a new chief operating officer. Officials with the Juneau-based regional Native corporation say Terry Downes began his new position Monday.
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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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Government-tribal collaboration session set for Southeast
(Alaska) -- Officials from 10 federal agencies will meet Thursday, Aug. 9, with tribal leaders from northern Southeast Alaska.
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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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Alaska villages win USDA rural development grants
(Alaska) -- Federal agriculture officials say grants totaling more than $410,000 have been awarded to four Alaska Native villages and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp.
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Federal Court Collects Almost $250,000 in Restitution from Member of Coushatta Indian Tribe
(Louisiana) -- In December of 2011, Jordan Hawk John, a member of the Coushatta Indian Tribe, was charged federally with simple burglary after he set fire to the...
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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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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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American Indian Family Center unveils makeover
(Minnesota) -- Janice LaFloe wanted to boost a men's diabetes program at the American Indian Family Center by adding food-preparation and nutrition classes, but the...
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Hopi High broadcast program chosen as one of 37 PBS Student Reporting Lab Sites throughout the country
(Virginia) -- Hopi High School's broadcast program has been chosen as one of 37 Public Broadcast Service's (PBS) Student Reporting Lab Sites throughout the...
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Oklahoma Schools Are Doing Something Right for Native Students
(Oklahoma) -- The National Indian Education Association presented a webinar on July 19 to help educators and Native American advocacy organizations decipher the National...
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Dana Adobe plans pulled back amid dispute with local tribe
(California) -- Alarmed by a growing public squabble with local Northern Chumash representatives, the DANA Adobe board of directors Tuesday withdrew its application for...
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Heirloom seeds: Kernels of history
(Minnesota) -- Deep in the bowels of the Science Museum of Minnesota sits a stash of ancient dried vegetables that few people have ever heard of, let alone tasted.
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Old cedars carry Kitsap's cultural history
(Washington) -- Beyond where the ivy grows, down the creek, over the fallen trees and up a small hillside, tucked away in the forest near Illahee Creek, stands a rare...
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Paulsboro Paul House expansion halted by discovery of Native American artifacts
(New Jersey) -- Archeologists have discovered approximately 560 prehistoric Native American artifacts on the Paul House property, halting any plans to expand the borough...
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Uncovering the past: UT project lets Cherokee students discover their ancestors
(North Carolina) -- Long caravans of traffic streamed into Cherokee on U.S. 441 recently, but relatively few passengers cast more than a disinterested glance at the...
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Unearthing Native American culture
(Massachusetts) -- Guests gathered on the lawn of the Elihu Akin House on Dartmouth Street on Monday to look through the eyes of prehistoric Native Americans.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Rickey Medlocke talks new music, Native American roots
(North Carolina) -- Lynyrd Skynyrd rolled through the Carolinas this weekend with the Allman Brothers Band, making stops in Charlotte and Raleigh before they trek to...
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Native Sun News: Rapid City civic center hopeful for new arena
(South Dakota) -- As the news filters out about the newly proposed Rushmore Plaza Civic Center arena, some have speculated on what sort of effect having a new, 18,000-...
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‘Beyond Buckskin’ respects Native American fashion designers
(New Mexico) -- The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) & the Santa Fe Indian market is on Aug. 18-19, 2012. The ‘Fashion Heat’ Native...
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What’s in a Name? The Top 10 Greatest Nicknames for American Indian Athletes
(USA) -- Hall of Fame basketball coach John Wooden once said, “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” Probably true, but we’d like to think an...
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Other Things Said About American Indians on ‘Real Housewives of New York City’
(New York) -- Yesterday, prior to the airing of The Real Housewives of New York City, we looked at a debate the show’s subjects had over the terms “Native...
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‘Real Housewives of New York’ Star LuAnn De Lesseps Declares She’s ‘Not Racist’ (EXCLUSIVE)
(New York) -- Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City star LuAnn de Lesseps is coming to her own defense after a controversial episode Monday night in which...
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Land grab cost tribe billions
(New Zealand) -- The Crown short-changing Ngati Kahu in colonial land deals has cost the tribe billions of dollars, says a report on the economic impact of the land grab.
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Local rivers safe from tribal claim
(New Zealand) -- Ngai Tahu has no specific claims over bodies of water in Mid Canterbury, the tribe has stated as the Government's asset sales plan hits rocks.
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Two drown at Wheatfields Lake
(Arizona) -- Two men, both from the Wheatfields area, died over the weekend in a drowning accident at Wheatfields Lake.
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Shinnecock Reservation Blaze Extinguished
(New York) -- Update 1:11 p.m.: According to fire officials, the fire has been extinguished. Southampton Fire Chief Rodney "Chip" Pierson said no injuries were...
8/6/2012
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NCAI endorses Kevin Washburn as Assistant Secretary at BIA
(Washington D.C.) -- The National Congress of American Indians, the largest inter-tribal organization, added its support to the nomination of Kevin Washburn as Assistant...
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Granite showers supervisors with campaign cash
(California) -- Granite Construction, whose revised quarry application may be put on a fast-track review process, has given thousands in campaign donations to Riverside...
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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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Tax department blocking testimony from cigarette enforcement chief
(New York) -- On July 6, 2011, Deputy Commissioner of Tax Enforcement Richard Ernst emailed a memo titled "Cigarette Enforcement" to investigators in the state...
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Senecas, state reach agreement on highway 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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Director Says Indian Health Service Supports Whistleblowers
(Washington D.C.) -- The director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) says the agency is supportive of employees who communicate with members of the U.S. Congress on...
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Tribes Protest BLM’s Plan For Las Vegas Water Pipeline
(Las Vegas) -- Las Vegas has been living on borrowed time ever since it was founded in 1905. Originally a way station, offering rest and refueling for those traveling to...
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Harper government to introduce law to allow private property on reserves
(Ottawa) -- The Conservative government will introduce legislation that would allow first nations members living on reserve to own their property, a radical change that...
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Tribal Leaders Seek Clear Path in Little Colorado River Water Rights
(Arizona) -- Since the Navajos voted down the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement last month, presumably stopping its progress, leaders from both...
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No support for 'KKK' carving claims, state concludes
(South Dakota) -- The state attorney general has found no evidence to substantiate claims that “KKK” was intentionally carved into a man’s chest during...
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MILLER: Supreme Court Vindicates Tribal Contract Rights
(Washington D.C.) -- On June 18 the Supreme Court issued a rare decision favoring Indian Tribes in a one billion dollar case pitting the Tribes against the Bureau of...
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Alaskan Arctic villages hit hard by climate change
(Alaska) -- Fermented whale’s tail doesn’t taste the same when the ice cellars flood. Whaling crews in this Arctic coast village store six feet of tail...
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Oregon tribe brings back its nearly extinct language
(Oregon) -- The online Siletz Dee-ni Talking Dictionary is preserving an American Indian language with only about five speakers left that was once dominant in what...
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Duluth TV news director resigns after Facebook incident
(Minnesota) -- Fox 21 general manager Jackie Bruenjes issued a statement Monday night saying she accepted Jason Vincent’s resignation.
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Two Nevada solar projects put on federal fast track
(Washington D.C.) -- Two solar projects planned on federal and tribal lands in Clark County are being put on a fast track as part of the Obama administration's...
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Gov. Matt Mead’s schedule includes Wind River Native American Conference
(Wyoming) -- The following is Gov. Matt Mead’s public schedule for the week of August 6-12. Events on this schedule are open to the public and the media is welcome...
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Native Sun News: Indian women targeted in Mexico's drug war
(United Nations) -- Men in Mexican military camps are forcing indigenous women into prostitution, according to a report emanating from the most recent session of the...
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Inuit object to embedded metal tags for narwhal tusks
(North Canada) -- Fisheries and Oceans Canada wants to make it easier to trace narwhal tusks sold to international markets, but Inuit in Nunavut who hunt the animals say...
8/5/2012
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South Carolina Supreme Court awards Cherokee father custody
(South Carolina) -- The South Carolina Supreme Court on July 26 upheld the return of a Cherokee girl adopted by a South Carolina family to her father in Oklahoma,...
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Tar Sands Healing Walk Press Release
(Alberta) -- Hundreds of First Nations leaders from BC, Alberta, the NWT and Ontario along with First Nation actress Tantoo Cardinal and allies from across North America...
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Tea Parties, Property Rights and Anti-Indianism in the Klamath River Basin
(California) -- An accord known as the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA), aimed at settling long-standing conflicts over resource and water rights between...
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A River Newly Wild and Seriously Muddy
(Washington) -- The Elwha River drains out from Olympic National Park, a pristine place in the world. And as recently as a year ago, the river looked the part: it...
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Alaska pushes back over federal input on Mat-Su coal mine
(Alaska) -- The state is defending the validity of permits for a Southcentral Alaska coal mine and resisting a federal agency's involvement in the matter.
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Cutting-Edge Tourism: Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia Educates and Preserves
(British Columbia) -- Eight major cultural centers, numerous art galleries, museums, canoe voyages, wineries, hotels, golf courses and—yes—even casinos.
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No help from Rapid City towing service on Pine Ridge at night
(South Dakota) -- Tow Pros, a towing company based in Rapid City, refuses to travel to the Pine Ridge Reservation at night as part of a standard, unwritten policy.
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Dems In 101st Compete For Shot At Ray Franz
(Michigan) -- Derek Bailey, the former chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians is running against Copemish businessman Allen O’Shea in...
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Supreme Court Vindicates Tribal Contract Rights
(Washington D.C.) -- On June 18 the Supreme Court issued a rare decision favoring Indian Tribes in a one billion dollar case pitting the Tribes against the Bureau of...
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Yankton tribe hasn't used federal grant to fight meth
(South Dakota) -- An American Indian tribe in an area of southeastern South Dakota where some people say the illegal drug methamphetamine has become rampant has not used...
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Banner week for Squaxin Island Tribe
(Washington) -- Some time today, tribal families from all over the Pacific Northwest will pack up their regalia, drums, canoes and memories, and return to their...
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EDUCATION: Video games teach traditional tongue
(California) -- Pauma tribal member Cyndy Bond, 11, has grown up speaking English and playing video games. So to learn her tribe's traditional language, she whips...
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Legacy of Survival Brings Exiled Dakotas Home
(Minnesota) -- For 150 years 14 Dakota tribal communities have lived in exile in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Montana and Canada—they’ll come back to their...
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The Washoe: The First People of Lake Tahoe
(Nevada) -- There’s something magical about Lake Tahoe. The moment you lay eyes on its impossibly blue, crystal-clear waters, you will be forever captive to its...
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Mixed Emotions Over Kateri Tekakwitha Being Named a Saint
(New York) -- In early July, at a small powwow in Fonda, New York, the New York Times spoke with a number of people about their thoughts on Kateri Tekakwitha, the Mohawk...
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A Thunder-Being Nation - Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Documentary Release
(South Dakota) -- It’s with great pleasure I can inform you that the DVD of our feature documentary, A Thunder-Being Nation about the Oglala Lakota of Pine Ridge...
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Judge halts rail project close to Earth’s most threatened tribe
(Brazil) -- A judge has ordered Brazil’s largest mining company to suspend plans to double a controversial railway track, which would have put the livelihoods of...
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The Nasa: Colombia’s new rebellion
(Colombia) -- The captured guerrilla trembled as the leather whip, brandished by a young indigenous girl, smashed his calves. Hundreds of members of Colombia’s...
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Aboriginal Boxer Will Not Be Punished for Wearing Native Flag at Olympics, Receives Support From Across the Globe
(UK) -- Light heavyweight fighter Damien Hooper, Aborigine from Australia, made waves this week when he entered the Olympic boxing ring in London wearing a T-shirt...
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