Opinions
April 21, 2011
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How profoundly disappointing it is to find out that the Department of the Interior has approved Cape Wind’s Construction and Operation Plan (COP); that the decision is not only being rushed through the approval process, but pushed forward without... Cheryl Andrews-Maltais
April 20, 2011
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Some years ago, I came across the book Massacre: A Survey of Today’s American Indian published in 1931. Written by Robert Gessner, the book is an exposé. It provides what one Indian writer recently called “contextual and perspective research” of... Steven Newcomb
April 20, 2011
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Beginning in the 1950s Native peoples across the country, fed up with poverty, stereotypes, and racism, rose up and challenged an oppressive set of federal policies—termination, relocation, and state imposition of jurisdiction (P.L. 280). Their... David E. Wilkins
April 19, 2011
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Some proponents of internet gaming have used what I will refer to as the "Netflix argument" to urge Indian tribes to support various proposals to legalize internet gaming, even if the terms of the legislation are not particularly favorable to tribes... Joseph H. Webster
April 18, 2011
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Tall tales are fun. Most of us love the story about the day we scored perfect on a test, caught the biggest fish or won a bunch of cash at the casino.
The best tall tales start off with what happened and then grow with each telling of the story. The... Mark Trahant
April 18, 2011
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Rising oil prices and recent power outages due to inclement weather in New Mexico are reminders-America’s energy issues need to be addressed.
America holds only 2% of proven oil resources yet we consume about 25% of the world’s supply. Our... Terry Brunner
April 16, 2011
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About 140 years ago, my Lakota Grandfathers and their allies won a great victory in a battle over the U.S. Seventh Cavalry at the Greasy Grass River (Little Bighorn) in Montana. Less than 10 years later, the massacre at Wounded Knee took place.... Joe Valandra
April 15, 2011
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Congress, American presidents, the United States Supreme Court, and the States have all, in many varied ways, given recognition to Native American tribes as sovereign entities. Sovereign tribal authority is inherent to Indian tribes and pre-dates... Lisa Shellenberger
April 15, 2011
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About 24 years ago, Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in response to our victory in the Cabazon case before the U.S. Supreme Court. We suddenly had a vehicle by which to perhaps find peace and security for our people. The IGRA is in... Joe Valandra
April 14, 2011
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Recently on the Fox News Channel, contributor John Stossel offered up this gem of ignorance:
"Why is there a Bureau of Indian Affairs?" he said. "There is no Bureau of Puerto Rican Affairs or Black Affairs or Irish Affairs. And no group in America... Tex G. Hall
April 14, 2011
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The dominant culture in North America tends to make a big deal out of the vernal equinox, around March 20, when night and day are about equal in length. Among those who define seasonal change according to strictly astronomical criteria, this marks... James Treat
April 13, 2011
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The 300th anniversary of treaties negotiated in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between the Indians and the British king is approaching. In those treaties Indian rights to “fishery, hunting, and fowling as formerly” were “saved” to the “Tribes of... Peter d'Errico
April 13, 2011
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John Stossel stirred up controversy recently for his comments about the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Many American Indians are not happy with the performance of the BIA. It has a long history of mismanagement of American Indian Tribal and... Dan C. Jones
April 13, 2011
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ST. MICHAEL, Alaska—It’s trite to write that winter days are short this far north. And it is remarkable watching the sun skate through the sky in such a hurry to disappear. But more than the sun’s pace, it’s the angle that makes a December visit... Mark Trahant