American Indian College Fund names 20 scholars for Embrey Family Foundation Women’s Leadership Project

Staff reports
October 12, 2010
DENVER – The Dallas, Texas-based Embrey Family Foundation has awarded the American Indian College Fund a $1 million grant over a four-year period for a Native women’s leadership pr... Read more

National Guard wants Native recruits

Rob Capriccioso
October 12, 2010
WASHINGTON – Leaders with the U.S. National Guard are making a renewed push to let Native Americans know about opportunities to serve within the reserve military force... Read more

Tribes step up fight against drug abuse

October 12, 2010
After increasing access to substance abuse prevention programs on Montana and Wyoming's reservations the last three years, the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council has been award... Read more

Seneca Nation's investment arm makes telecomm deal

October 12, 2010
The Seneca Indian Nation's business development arm has made its first major deal since being formed to diversify the tribal economy beyond casinos and smokeshops... Read more

Oil still in coastal Terrebonne marshes

October 12, 2010
The flock of pelicans taking flight along the shore of Lake Raccourci in coastal Terrebonne Parish was a picture-perfect moment... Read more

EPA tells town on Wind River Indian Reservation: Don’t drink the water

Terri Hansen, Today correspondent
October 12, 2010
PAVILLION, Wyo... Read more

Huron Potawatomi council member named to ‘Native American 40 Under 40’

Staff reports
October 12, 2010
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi is pleased to announce that Tribal Council Vice Chairperson Jamie P... Read more

Clinton Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Steal From Tribe by Staging a Fake Armed Robbery

October 12, 2010
Today, WILLIAM JEFFERY BRADY, 21, from Clinton, Oklahoma, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit theft from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes ("Tribes") by staging a fake armed robbery,... Read more

Tribal Law And Order Act’s XI addresses Indian women sexual assault issues

October 12, 2010
The Tribal Law and Order Act that was signed into law in July has a section that deals specifically with domestic violence and sexual assault... Read more

Hawaii earns an education ‘World’s First’

Staff reports
October 12, 2010
T he task of education integration from preschool to graduate school, or P-20 education, has become a major focus in Hawaii, the Continental United States, and in other countries... Read more

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