Healing Generations receives ANA grant

Staff reports
November 30, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minneapolis American Indian Center received a $149,770 planning grant from the Administration for Native Americans for the Healing Generations project... Read more

Mashpee tribe banks on new deal

November 30, 2009
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is putting its future gambling interests in the hands of the company responsible for bankrolling Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut... Read more

Editorial: Casino gambling ... pending rules on distance may hurt gaming compact

November 30, 2009
Florida still hasn’t complied with a federal mandate to sign a “gaming compact” with the Seminole Tribe of Florida because of the many competing interests that have stepped forward... Read more

Study says Alaska’s obesity rate among worst in US

The Associated Press
November 30, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaskans are losing the battle of the bulge. A Centers for Disease Control study says Alaska is the most overweight state this side of Texas... Read more

Supreme Court ruling affects land-into-trust process

Rob Capriccioso
November 30, 2009
The Supreme Court has ruled in Carcieri v. Salazar that tribes not under federal jurisdiction as of 1934 cannot follow a longstanding land-into-trust process... Read more

Lawmaker seeks to abolish American Indians as sports mascots

November 30, 2009
The federal government would pay schools to stop using nicknames, mascots or logos it considers derogatory, if a New Jersey congressman's bill becomes law. The proposal from U.S... Read more

Editorial: Politicians cave in to interests for a San Francisco Bay shore casino`

November 30, 2009
THE POLITICAL BATTLE over plans for a Nevada-style casino on the shores of San Francisco Bay demonstrates that our elected leaders cannot be counted on to maintain a consistent pri... Read more

Get a mammogram or don’t get a mammogram?

Charlotte Hofer, Special to Today
November 30, 2009
T he only words more devastating than, “You have cancer,” are hearing the words, “You have cancer, and we didn’t find it early enough.” There’s been a lot of talk about cancer scre... Read more

Forcibly adopted American Indians torn between cultures

November 30, 2009
Even in third grade, Susan Devan Harness knew she didn't belong in the white world. She already was being called "squaw girl" by classmates... Read more

25.0-Resolution: Fear of loved ones flying away

November 30, 2009
PROBLEM I’m a mama’s boy through and through. Nothing wrong with that, right?... Read more

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