Mohawks raise funds, start on designs for Diabetes Center

December 31, 2009
undraising efforts are well under way and now the Diabetes Center for Excellence is beginning to take shape. The St... Read more

Legacy: Tule River water rights settlement

December 31, 2009
Nearly 200 people gathered at River Island Country Club Wednesday evening to help Alec Garfield celebrate his retirement... Read more

Suit seeks to overturn Tongass roadless exemption

Mary Pemberton, Associated Press Writer
December 31, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Alaska Native village joined in a lawsuit filed Dec. 22 that aims to protect some of the Tongass National Forest’s remaining stands of old growth trees... Read more

White House update on tribal consultation

Rob Capriccioso
December 31, 2009
WASHINGTON – Jodie Gillette, a Standing Rock Sioux deputy associate director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, offered an update in mid-December on the Obama ... Read more

Tribe covering emergency propane costs

December 31, 2009
Fuel trucks were slowly delivering small amounts of propane Wednesday to homes of low-income families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, even though the Oglala Sioux Tribe has a... Read more

A continuing commitment to self-government

Letter to the Editor
December 31, 2009
I ndigenous communities throughout the world are looking for greater political and cultural autonomy within their surrounding nation-states... Read more

Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Marty Two Bulls Sr.
December 31, 2009
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The next land rush?

Letter to the Editor
December 31, 2009
O n Dec. 4 an action was taken against Crow Creek tribal land near my district that shook the absolute foundations of Indian law all the way back to the 1800s... Read more

Gunman barricaded in SoCal tribal gaming office

Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Writer
December 31, 2009
LAKESIDE, Calif. – A man who was fired from his job at the Barona Resort and Casino last month burst into the tribal gaming commission’s security office with a gun Dec... Read more

Abandoned mine land grants available to tribes

Rob Capriccioso
December 31, 2009
WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Dec... Read more

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