Native voices were heard in alternative venues.

By Carol Berry -- TODAY CORRESPONDENT
August 30, 2008
By Carol Berry -- Today correspondent DENVER - Native issues were at the forefront outside the high-security Democratic National Convention as activists gathered to raise their voi... Read more

Palin pick adds new Indian dimension to presidential race

Rob Capriccioso
August 30, 2008
DENVER - By the close of the Democratic National Convention, many Indian attendees seemed confident that Sen... Read more

By the Native numbers

Rob Capriccioso
August 29, 2008
DENVER - Top party officials say this year;s Democratic National Convention is the most diverse in party history and American Indians are playing a central role in many key positio... Read more

Caucus leaves attack on GOP lobbying to states

Rob Capriccioso
August 29, 2008
DENVER - Members of the Democratic National Committee;s Native American caucus have backed off plans to directly call for condemnation of the Republican Party and Sen... Read more

Long way to go yet

Editors Report / Indian Country Today
August 29, 2008
The mission of Team Obama at the Democratic National Convention was threefold: to ;'introduce'' the candidate and his running mate to the country; to project party unity in the aft... Read more

Tallbear: ;Exceptionalism' narrative doesn't jive

Kim TallBear / Oak Lake Writers; Society
August 29, 2008
On May 19 at Crow Agency, Mont., Barack Obama received a Crow name that translates as ;'One who helps people throughout the land'' [Indian Country Today, Vol. 27, Iss. 51]... Read more

New cigarette tax bill ;100 times worse than first bill'

Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
August 29, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y... Read more

Passamaquoddy group to appeal dismissal of LNG lawsuit

Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
August 29, 2008
BANGOR, MAINE - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Passamaquoddy Indians against the BIA over the leasing of tribal land for a proposed liquefied natural g... Read more

Native voices were heard in alternative venues

Carol Berry
August 29, 2008
DENVER - Native issues were at the forefront outside the high-security Democratic National Convention as activists gathered to raise their voices and their multicolored banners aga... Read more

Native health care legislation occupies forum at the DNC

Carol Berry
August 29, 2008
DENVER - A key bill assuring health care for Natives is stalled in the U.S... Read more

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