News from the North: A digest of First Nations news from Canada

Robert Taylor
January 20, 2003
AFN plans opposition to "three C's" OTTOWA - The Assembly of First Nations, Canada's largest national Aboriginal organization, is not sitting on its hands while the Canadian Parlia... Read more

Boyd fills vacant HUD housing post

Mark Fogarty
January 17, 2003
WASHINGTON - After an interregnum of more than a year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has filled the vacancy at the top of its Office of Native American Programs (... Read more

Questions from past follow Janklow into the House

Suzan Shown Harjo
January 17, 2003
A widely respected Indian rights advocate has called for a congressional investigation of South Dakota's only House member, William J. Janklow... Read more

Census Bureau finds urban Indians less segregated

Mark Fogarty
January 17, 2003
WASHINGTON - Urban Indian segregation has decreased between six percent and 11 percent over the last two decades, according to the broadest measure in a new study by the U.S... Read more

John Herrington: To my many friends in Indian country

John Herrington
January 17, 2003
Now that the mission of STS-113 has come to a conclusion, I want to express my sincere thanks to everyone who flew with me in spirit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour... Read more

Trust reform plans go to judge

David Melmer
January 16, 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C... Read more

'Rescue' or 'theft?' - BLM's intended swoop divides horse world

Jim Adams
January 16, 2003
CRESCENT VALLEY, Newe Sogobia - Bureau of Land Management plans to confiscate Western Shoshone horse herds include the largest, and most controversial, "horse rescue" ever attempte... Read more

Editorial: Congress should consider injustice inherent in Western Shoshone case

Editors Report
January 16, 2003
The Dann sisters of Nevada - Mary and Carrie - are something akin to modern mythological figures... Read more

Northern Cheyenne run honors ancestors

David Melmer
January 16, 2003
LAME DEER, Mont. - Elders and youth alike on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana still honor the bravery of their 19th century chief Dull Knife... Read more

Review: 'That Ole Sofkee Spoon,' Lisa LaRue and John 'Yafke' Timothy

Lucinda Rowlands
January 16, 2003
CHEWEY, Okla... Read more

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Redskins
Snyder: We Will NEVER Drop Redskins Name
Fighting Racist Stereotypes in Sports...
Redskins.com Interviews 'Inuit...
Baby Veronica
The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 2
In Support of the Indian Child Welfare...
Supreme Court Takes on Indian Child...
Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee Mystery Bidders Working to...
Wounded Knee Historic Site Now for Sale...
A Conversation With Wounded Knee Owner...
Thing About Skins
Student Loans, Big Decisions, and...
Mother's Day, Superwoman Complex,...
Loving Native People Better, Vol. 1:...

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