Sycuan helps children get free dental exams

Staff reports
November 30, 2009
EL CAJON, Calif. – The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation helped finance critically needed dental examinations for 600 children who come from low income families... Read more

$10 million in grants available to enroll AI/AN kids in health care

Staff reports
November 30, 2009
WASHINGTON – Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced the availability of up to $10 million in grants to help reach American Indian an... Read more

Suicide prevention funds running out in North Dakota

November 30, 2009
A three-year federal grant used to fund youth suicide prevention programs in North Dakota is expiring, and the state’s application for another grant was denied, raising uncertainty... Read more

Tribes need HOPE

Marty Two Bulls Sr.
November 30, 2009
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Appeals court: Indian trust accounting needed

Letter to the Editor
November 30, 2009
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Interior must account for billions of dollars in mismanaged Indian trust funds... Read more

Church Apologizes to Native Tribe, Four Centuries Later

November 30, 2009
It took 400 years, but an apology was made on Friday by the Collegiate Church community to the Lenape tribe for their suffering and dehumanization... Read more

Comanche agency saves sacred birds, way of life

November 30, 2009
Bill Voelker has spent his life working with eagles and other birds important to his people... Read more

National Indian Gaming Association calls for Hogen resignation

Gale Courey Toensing
November 30, 2009
PHOENIX – The National Indian Gaming Association has called for the immediate resignation of National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Philip Hogen and asked the Obama administrat... Read more

Trahant: A political system where it’s easier to spend than to save or to borrow than tax

Mark Trahant
November 30, 2009
T he month of December promises to be full of drama: Will the Senate pass health care reform? Is there enough time to debate the hundreds of expected amendments before Christmas?... Read more

Tribes receive funds to address domestic violence

Staff reports
November 30, 2009
FORT HALL, Idaho – The U.S... Read more

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