Chad 'Corntassel' Smith Talks About Embracing One's Legacy

Chad 'Corntassel' Smith
May 22, 2013
In 1991, I worked for the late Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller...

BIA's Charles Addington Finalist for Public Service Medal

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On May 14, Kevin K...
Ray Cook, ICTMN Opinion Editor

Native Leaders Need to Put People, Not Politics, First

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May 17, 2013

Murkowski: Administration Shirking Indian Health Cost Reimbursement

Rob Capriccioso
May 16, 2013
One of the leading senators focused on Indian affairs says the Obama administration is shirking its responsibility to reimburse Indian tribes for contract support costs they incur ...
Jay Daniels

Why Must Lower-Level BIA Employees Be Furloughed?

BIA is proposing to furlough employees for one day each pay period through the remainder of the fiscal year through September 30, 2013 to offset funding shortages supposedly created under the sequestration bill....

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April 23, 2013

President's Proposed 2014 Budget Better for Natives

Mark Trahant
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President Barack Obama’s budget request for 2014 does not roll back austerity...

Casino Battle: Why the Opposition to Spokane Tribe's Anti-Poverty Plan?

Kevin Taylor
March 29, 2013
The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a final report in February endorsing a large, off-reservation casino and hotel development for the Spokane Tribe in eastern Washington, but obse...

Duwamish Chairwoman Speaks About Fighting for Federal Recognition and Getting Another Chance

Vincent Schilling
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Nearly 36 years ago in 1977, the Duwamish Tribe, the people of Chief Seattle, petitioned the Bureau of Indian Affairs for federal recognition...

Sequestration Grounds Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Gale Courey Toensing
March 27, 2013
Kevin Washburn, the Interior Department’s Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, could not attend the National Indian Gaming Association’s 28 th Annual Tradeshow and Convention in...

New Leadership for Tubatulabal Tribe; Recognition, Economic Development Among Top Priorities

Richard Walker
March 08, 2013
The new-year had barely dawned and Tubatulabal Tribe Chairman Robert Gomez was hard at work on the priorities he and the council had established for the year...

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