‘A champion for his people’

Gale Courey Toensing
February 20, 2009
BILLINGS, Mont. – Members of the Crow Nation are mourning the death of revered visionary leader, Carl Venne, who died suddenly Sunday, Feb. 15, at the age of 62... Read more

Bill aims to shut state out of crimes committed on Indian land

February 20, 2009
Investigations into two fatal traffic accidents involving Miccosukee tribe members come as one South Florida lawmaker has resurrected a bill that would prohibit the state from inve... Read more

Toward a more prosperous Native America

Letter to the Editor
February 20, 2009
It is time for tribal and Indian economic entrepreneurship to take a central role in Indian policy... Read more

Crow Tribal Chairman Carl Venne dies

Gale Courey Toensing
February 20, 2009
BILLINGS, Mont. – Carl Venne, the leader of the Crow Tribe, died suddenly Sunday, Feb. 15, at the age of 62. Venne, the tribal chairman, was found at about 8:30 a.m... Read more

Penobscot educator Theodore Mitchell dies

Gale Courey Toensing
February 20, 2009
PENOBSCOT NATION, INDIAN ISLAND – The Penobscot community has lost a beloved elder and educator with the death of Dr. Theodore N. Mitchell Feb. 8. Mitchell was born Nov... Read more

Erich Longie, Fort Totten, N.D., letter: Referendum threatens tribal sovereignty

February 20, 2009
When the Herald, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Lloyd Omdahl and many other supporters of UND’s Fighting Sioux logo spoke out in favor of retiring the logo, we thought the ghastly, u... Read more

Hall: Remembering Chairman Carl Venne

Tex G. Hall
February 20, 2009
This week, my friend and brother, Carl Venne, left this world for a better one. Over the years, the times we spent together were special because he was a good man... Read more

Rivalry intensifies as season begins

Sam Laskaris, Today correspondent
February 20, 2009
TORONTO, Ont. – Some off-season moves have intensified the rivalry between a pair of professional lacrosse franchises in New York... Read more

Promise kept

Letter to the Editor
February 20, 2009
It has almost been a year since my Uncle Harvey Whitewoman passed on to the spirit world and a promise that I have sworn will resonate throughout Indian country still needs to be s... Read more

Forced sterilization of indigenous case re-opened in Peru

Rick Kearns, Today correspondent
February 20, 2009
The investigation into the forced sterilization of 300,000 indigenous Peruvian women is being re-opened, according to the Public Ministry of Peru... Read more

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