The year 2012 is a big one for the country. Not only will we be voting to re-elect a President, we will also be voting on key political positions throughout the country that affect and influence a range of Indian issues, including education, health, natural resources, and economic development. For example, De...... Read More
Tribal Nations are the only recognized arbiter of belonging to or being a member of a tribe. No other agency or arm of any government has that responsibility, other than the particular tribe to which a person claims to belong. Every tribe has its own membership criteria; some go on blood quantum, others on de...... Read More
A great photo taken by Diné activist, educator, scholar and artist, Larry Emerson. It was taken January 15 near Tsédaak’áán (Hogback), New Mexico.
Plastic water bottles make up about 20% of the waste and 30% of all recyclables collected in the Grand Canyon National Park, according to an Associated Press article, but that is about to ch... read more
John Fenton’s water went bad about six years ago. “Our water well’s only 12 years old,” he says. “We drilled it when we built the house… then it started to change and [get] bubbl... read more
If a man kills another man in the harsh high plains of Jesús de Machaca or the lush lowlands of Beni, the people who catch him might not call the police. Instead they might call a meeting.... read more
Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts (1816–1903) was a firm believer in the civilizing power of private property. He once said that to be civilized one must “wear civilized clothes, cult... read more
There’s no need to keep one’s eyes peeled for tonight’s lunar phenomenon—it will be in your face with the luminescent Snow Moon, which is attracting a lot of online chatter both for... read more
WASHINGTON – Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are gearing up for a new round of attacks, as the U.S. Government Ac... Read More
Alzheimer’s disease research will get an extra $50 million from the National Institutes of Health this year. ... Read More
For more than 20 years, debate has raged over a proposal by federal and state highway planners to route a major tho... Read More
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney drew widespread attention February 1 when he said he’s “not concerned a... Read More
No charges will be filed in an incident that caused an uproar in two Utah communities last October. Uintah County a... Read More
Chitto Harjo Crazy Snake said: “Don’t sign!” Indians signed. Crazy Snake said: “Hold the wh... Read More
The Princeton Review released its 2012 Best Value Colleges list Monday and a school with a number of programs for N... Read More
Nine men recently graduated from the Navajo Generating Station’s (NGS) intensive entry training program. The ... Read More
Bread and rolls account for more than twice as much sodium in the American diet than junk food like potato chips, r... Read More
There’s no need to keep one’s eyes peeled for tonight’s lunar phenomenon—it will be in your face with the luminesce... Read More
In his Executive Order declaring November 2011 “Native American Heritage Month,” U.S. President Barack Obama said that his administration “recognizes the painful chapters in our shared history.” As a key part of that history, today marks the 125th year since the U.S. Congress passed the Dawes General All...... Read More
“We ain’t even two months into the election year, and the thing is already going to the dogs.” Cousin Ray Sixkiller had been laying off politics since the Cherokee elections but I could sense that the wind was about to pick up. “How’s that, Ray?” “Well, Romney seems to have the Republican nomina...... Read More
Montana’s Indian country is sacred ground for all of the Big Sky’s tribes. Tribal lands safeguard and preserve ceremonial sites from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains. Each site deserves our everlasting respect and protection. But the U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering a bi...... Read More
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples signals a new means to change federal law and policy to restore safety to Native women, to strengthen Indian nations and advance their jurisdiction over crimes within their territories, and to end the cycle of violence in Native communities. T...... Read More
Some Indian people these days disparage what they call a “victim mentality.” This is aimed at those of us who spend a great deal of time obsessing over all the destruction that our originally free nations and peoples have been subjected to during the past five centuries. Recently, it dawned on me that I ...... Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court recently bolstered a citizen's right to privacy from police surveillance in the digital age, in the case of United States v. Antoine Jones. Although there were three separate opinions, the decision was unanimous; only about one-third of Supreme Court decisions are unanimous. Most a...... Read More
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