When Santa wore feathers

Carol Berry, Today correspondent
December 24, 2010
DENVER – Santa says, “Ho, ho, ho” – unless, that is, he’s an Indian Santa, in which case he says “Ho, ho, a-ho ” as he dances in, feathered headdress and sunglasses bobbing atop a ... Read more

Barriere Lake rallies for traditional governance and treaty rights

Gale Courey Toensing, Today staff
December 24, 2010
OTTAWA, Ontario – A small Algonquin First Nation community says it will continue its struggle for sovereignty and self-determination against the Canadian federal government’s effor... Read more

Taos Pueblo commemorates 40 years with exhibit

Staff reports
December 24, 2010
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Mid-year graduates honored at United Tribes

December 23, 2010
United Tribes Technical College honored 16 mid-year graduates during a ceremony December 17 at the college in Bismarck... Read more

Native Hawaiians move ahead with nation building

December 23, 2010
Native Hawaiian leaders plan to start forming their own new but unrecognized government following the failure of federal legislation to do so... Read more

Alaska’s efforts on rural dental care paying off

Rose Cox, Alaska Newspapers
December 23, 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska’s efforts to deliver prompt, affordable dental care to its rural residents is gaining ground here, and providing a model for other states... Read more

Pueblo ceramists bridge the past and the present

Lorraine Jessepe, Today correspondent
December 23, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – One artist chronicles contemporary Indian life and the absurdities of human nature... Read more

Trahant: Setting a new standard for tribal-US relations

Mark Trahant
December 23, 2010
W hat’s my take away from the White House Tribal Nations Conference? Easy... Read more

The year IHCIA became permanent

Rob Capriccioso, Today staff
December 23, 2010
WASHINGTON – After nearly a decade of struggling to get the Indian Health Care Improvement Act reauthorized, advocates not only got the job done in 2010, they also made it permanen... Read more

Daugaard creates tribal affairs position

December 22, 2010
Gov.-elect Dennis Daugaard said he hopes to foster more cooperation between the state and Indian tribes by creating a Cabinet-level secretary of tribal affairs in his administratio... Read more

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