Washington in brief

Jerry Reynolds
March 28, 2008
McCain release makes Indian policy unanimous among presidential candidates Analysis Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain has released an American Indian policy... Read more

Tobacco culture not Native

The Associated Press
March 28, 2008
By Jomay Steen -- Rapid City Journal RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Within his lifetime, Stephen Yellowhawk has fought stereotypes about his American Indian culture and heritage... Read more

UND sorority put on probation

The Associated Press
March 28, 2008
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A University of North Dakota sorority has been put on probation in the wake of a party last fall in which some people dressed up as American Indians... Read more

Ariss: The KI Six: outlaws or prisoners of conscience?

Rachel Ariss
March 28, 2008
As of the week of March 17, Chief Donny Morris and five other band council members of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation sat in jail... Read more

Lyons: The two occupations of Iraq

Scott Richard Lyons
March 28, 2008
After five disastrous years of war in Iraq, the dead include more than 4,000 U.S... Read more

Mashantucket appeals NLRB union decision

Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
March 28, 2008
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. - The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has taken the next step in the struggle to maintain tribal sovereignty over gaming at Indian casinos... Read more

Bush abandons species

Letter to the Editor
March 28, 2008
In just the past two months, the Bush administration, acting through the U.S... Read more

Newcomb: Indigenous knowledge and our planetary crisis

Steven Newcomb
March 28, 2008
When a gifted Native storyteller recounts a story, those listening are being invited to enter a world... Read more

Southwest Indian Art Fair breaks down barriers.

By Lee Allen -- Today correspondent
March 27, 2008
By Lee Allen -- Today correspondent TUCSON, Ariz... Read more

Exhibit of Native art debuts in Brooklyn

Stephanie Woodard
March 26, 2008
Twenty-five indigenous artists present contemporary paintings, drawings and sculptures NEW YORK - On the evening of March 6, a lively crowd gathered at Long Island University's bus... Read more

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