Jazz sax in a Native key

Kara Briggs, American Indian News Service
April 23, 2010
NEW YORK – Cherokee saxophone player and bandleader Sharel Cassity has a trademark lick. It sounds like the wavering falsetto that starts a powwow song... Read more

Navajo filmmaker seeks funding

Babette Herrmann, Today correspondent
April 23, 2010
GALLUP, N.M. – Traditional Navajo ceremonies guide filmmaker Norman Patrick Brown to make decisions in his personal life and career... Read more

Sloan convicted in rock attack, asked to resign PRC post

Joseph Kolb, Today correspondent
April 23, 2010
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‘Buy Indian’ tribal consultation proposed

Rob Capriccioso
April 23, 2010
Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Larry EchoHawk has announced that the Indian Affairs Office of Acquisition and Property Management will conduct tribal consultation with the f... Read more

NIGC finally gets third member

Rob Capriccioso
April 23, 2010
Daniel Little, a former employee of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation , has officially become part of the three-member panel that oversees the National Indian Gaming Commission... Read more

NIGA chairman honors his grandmother

Gale Courey Toensing
April 23, 2010
SAN DIEGO – An absent guest received accolades from the chairman of the National Indian Gaming Association and a huge round of applause from the audience during an awards ceremony ... Read more

United States re-examines opposition to UN Declaration

Valerie Taliman, Today correspondent
April 23, 2010
NEW YORK – Political tides are turning as international support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples continues to grow, putting greater pressure o... Read more

Salt River High School Lady Eagles honored

Staff reports
April 23, 2010
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – With cheers and mighty applause, the Salt River Lady Eagles received a hero’s welcome Feb... Read more

Mankiller’s family gives thanks

Rob Capriccioso
April 23, 2010
WASHINGTON – The family of Wilma Mankiller, who passed away April 6, is expressing gratitude to the thousands of people who reached out in her final days... Read more

With effort, Native businesses can succeed

Carol Berry, Today correspondent
April 23, 2010
DENVER – The promises and pitfalls of small business and the complex paths to success were described by two Colorado Natives concerned about commerce in a time of shrinking profits... Read more

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