Pollutants linked to diabetes

Letter to the Editor
February 05, 2010
A t Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nations in Ontario, Canada, many people have been diagnosed with Minamata disease (mercury poisoning)... Read more

Full speed ahead for Yuma Speedway

February 04, 2010
If Wednesday's standing-room only meeting is any indication, there's plenty of interest in re-opening the Yuma Speedway... Read more

Auction of Indian tribe carvings nets $703,000 for Lynden museum

February 04, 2010
When a collector offered to pay the Lynden Pioneer Museum $200,000 for two bowls and a frontlet carved by Northwest Coast Indian tribes, Troy Luginbill figured that if the man was ... Read more

Wayne Newton advocates for Virginia state recognition of Patawomeck Indian tribe

February 04, 2010
When Capitol Hill rolls out the red carpet for celebrity lobbyists, it gets Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt... Read more

North Bend and Coquille Tribe Agree to Long-Term Solution

February 04, 2010
The legal battle between the city of North Bend and the Coquille indian tribe finally came to a close Wednesday... Read more

Federal grant pumps $4M into Indian Medical Clinic Read more: http://newsok.com/federal-grant-pumps-4m-into-indian-medical-clinic/article/3436672#ixzz0eU6YuKtI

February 03, 2010
A $4 million federally funded grant will help build an American Indian medical clinic in Ottawa County, said Kim Chuculate, Northeastern Tribal Health System spokeswoman on Tuesday... Read more

Tobacco prevention holds seminar to assist those wanting to quit

February 03, 2010
How do you quit smoking for good? That was the question at "Semaa Tobacco: Traditional Use, Not Abuse" on Tuesday in the Nimkee Public Health Kitchen, 7498 E. Broadway Rd. Read more

Indian education progresses on federal level

Rob Capriccioso
February 03, 2010
WASHINGTON – After a slow 2009 for Indian education, federal lawmakers and Obama administration officials are being asked to more steadily focus on improvement... Read more

Salazar visits Cape, puts off wind farm ruling

February 03, 2010
Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar didn’t tip his hand on Cape Wind yesterday during a Bay State visit, but he pushed back the deadline to make a decision on the nation’s first off... Read more

Mentoring participants meet president and Mrs. Obama

Staff reports
February 03, 2010
WASHINGTON – A mentor and mentee from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Three Affiliated Tribes participated in a White House ceremony Jan. 20 marking National Mentoring Month... Read more

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