Three-day 'Chasing the Sun' event Native people, culture, traditions

Staff reports
April 29, 2009
PHOENIX – Hopi Vice Chairman Cedric Kuwaninvaya’s childhood memory of waking up early, running to a stream where he bathed, and racing back home before the sun came up has lent its... Read more

ACS releases new breast cancer video starring all-Native American cast

Staff reports
April 29, 2009
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Although cancer affects men and women of every age, race, ethnic background and economic class, the disease disproportionately impacts minorities... Read more

Black Eagle takes chairman's oath, vows push for prosperity

April 29, 2009
Cedric Black Eagle, sworn in Tuesday as chairman of the Crow Nation, told an audience of hundreds that he is ready to lead his people into a future of hope... Read more

IAIA Spring Homecoming Powwow celebrates unique cultural traditions

Staff reports
April 29, 2009
SANTA FE, N.M. – The Institute of American Indian Arts hosts the 2009 Spring Homecoming Powwow Saturday, May 9 on the IAIA Campus, at 83 Avan Nu Po Road in Santa Fe... Read more

Fire burns thousands of acres in Cherokee

April 29, 2009
A fire that had burned more than 3,000 acres on the Cherokee Indian Reservation as of late Tuesday started when sparks from a downed power pole ignited the forest in the Big Cove C... Read more

Sundays at the Smoki features Gerald Dawavendewa

Staff reports
April 29, 2009
PRESCOTT, Ariz... Read more

Judge rejects couple’s request for return of seized cigarettes, money

April 29, 2009
A federal judge has prevented Joan and Marvin Wilbur from recovering 3.6 million cigarettes and $127,107 seized two years ago in a federal raid of the Swinomish couple’s business, ... Read more

Tribe’s casino pact with white men suspect

April 29, 2009
A secret, decade-long, eight-phase strategy by a group of local investors – including one notorious individual now under investigation for fraud – outlines plans for construction o... Read more

Director Ethel Lund retires from Sealaska board

Staff reports
April 29, 2009
JUNEAU, Alaska – Sealaska Corporation announces that Director Ethel Lund will not seek re-election to the Sealaska board of directors at the 2009 annual meeting... Read more

d’Errico: The sands of federal ‘trust’

Peter d’Errico
April 29, 2009
T he recent Supreme Court decision denying compensation for underpaid coal extraction from Navajo lands under federally approved leases ruled the Navajo Nation does not have a “sou... Read more

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