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.
The man who blew the whistle on former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff has established a full-ride law school scholarship for American Indian students and has called it the Tom C. Rodgers... read more
A humorous animation on the destructive Dawes Act of 1887 read more
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
By a vote of 4 to 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for the construction of two new... Read More
Quebec Premier Jean Charest has announced a plan to protect 50 percent of the province’s northern wilderness from i... Read More
Membership in Northwest tribes has grown faster than the general population, reports Northwest News Network. This g... Read More
The recent move of John Jewett within one Denver social services agency could be a sign of things to come, followin... Read More
There are societies throughout human history that have seemed to simply vanish. These stories, from the disappeari... Read More
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding an oversight hearing this afternoon on Internet gaming pertaining to... Read More
Inuksuk High School went cosmic on February 8 when nearly 700 students, elders and community leaders packed the aud... Read More
President Barack Obama will announce today that 10 states will be freed from the mandates of No Child Left Behind (... Read More
Supporters of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname and mascot managed to get more than 17,000 sig... Read More
Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s shares increased 79 percent on Wednesday in its first day of trading on the Nas... Read More
In an open executive session of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Sen. Orin Hatch (R-UT) withdrew his amendment to the Senate proposed highway legislation after meeting resistance from Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) on the grounds that it was not relevant to that particular legislation. Hatc...... Read More
We are losing the battle for salmon recovery in western Washington because salmon habitat is being destroyed faster than it can be restored. Despite massive cuts in harvest, careful use of hatcheries and a huge financial investment in restoration during the past four decades, salmon continue to decline a...... 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
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