Apache leaders: Spirits, acorns make land proposed for copper mine sacred

September 16, 2010
Dorothy Ross often journeys to this wooded area in the Tonto National Forest to pray, harvest acorns and pick medicinal plants. She's made the trip since she was a child... Read more

Tribe suspends casino expansion

September 16, 2010
The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Indian tribe says it is suspending further expansion of its Cache Creek Casino complex near Brooks in Yolo County because the weak economy won’t suppor... Read more

Tribal police have a growing presence

September 16, 2010
Like many minority communities, American Indians have often had an uneasy relationship with law enforcement, characterized by mistrust and neglect... Read more

Halbritter: New York tribes are outraged – why aren’t you?

Ray Halbritter
September 16, 2010
W hen New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg used offensive, derogatory and incendiary Old West imagery last month in discussing the controversy over tax collection from sovereign I... Read more

Soboba powwow celebrates North American Indian culture

September 16, 2010
The 14th annual Inter-tribal Powwow hosted by the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians and Soboba Casino starts Friday with gourd dancing at 6 p.m. and a Grand Entry at 7 p.m... Read more

Father Tom Connolly retires

Jack McNeel, Today correspondent
September 16, 2010
PLUMMER, Idaho – “It’s been a great privilege to work with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe for 33 years, especially with the old timers who were here when I first came,” Father Tom Connoll... Read more

Cowlitz Tribe receives federal domestic violence prevention/response grant

September 16, 2010
The Cowlitz Tribe received an $800,000 federal stimulus grant Wednesday to help prevent and better respond to violence against women and domestic violence cases... Read more

Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Money While Servicing ATMs at Red Hawk Casino

September 15, 2010
United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Eduardo Ursua Fontillas, 51, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty last Friday before U.S. District Court Judge Garland E... Read more

Libraries fight for improvements

Rob Capriccioso
September 15, 2010
WASHINGTON – Like a lot of libraries nationwide, tribal libraries are struggling. Books are lacking, roofs are leaking, and the Internet is broken... Read more

Tribes join protests of Ivanpah solar project

September 15, 2010
They trudged through soft sand and used walking sticks for balance as they ascended a ridge crowned with black boulders and triangular-shaped piles of rust-colored rocks... Read more

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