Coquille Tribe

Az. State Sen. (Navajo) Still Pushing for Same-Sex Marriage Equality

Anne Minard

June 28, 2013

Arizona State Senator Jack Jackson, Jr...

Little Traverse Band Recognizes Same-Sex Marriages

Brenda Austin

March 28, 2013

The Little Traverse Bay Bands (LTBB) of Odawa Indians in Harbor Springs, Michigan, made history March 3 when their council voted 5-4 to legally recognize same-sex marriages on thei...

Two Spirit/LGBT Rights Toolkit for Tribal Governments Introduced

Gale Courey Toensing

September 26, 2012

A first-of-its-kind guide complete with sample legal language is now available for tribal governments to adopt or amend their laws to recognize the rights of all their citizens, in...

Coquille and Cousin Tribes to Share Canoe Culture at Ninth Annual Mill-Luck Salmon Celebration

Tish Leizens

September 05, 2012

When the salmon swim upstream in September, the Coquille Tribe of Oregon's southwest region share their heritage, culture and traditions over two days of weekend festivities that i...

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Thing About Skins

I’ve heard many Natives complain, time and time again, about the lack of Native imagery in pop culture. If we want to see Natives within... Read More

Pow Wow Listing

As we approach the dog days of summer, the pow wow trail is heating up. Here are five upcoming pow wows that will be spectacular. Come to... Read More

Ask N NDN

American Indians in Film & Television (AIFT) has been the only vocal advocate for the hiring and accurate portrayal of the American... Read More

Health & Wellness

Since genetically engineered foods were introduced in 1996, the United States has experienced as upsurge in low birth-weight babies,... Read More

Veterans

K-9 service member Runa has earned his retirement. The Cherokee Nation Marshal Service is retiring its drug-sniffing dog Runa after five... Read More

Politics

In a press release from Oglala Sioux Tribe President Bryan Brewer on July 10, High Plains Budweiser announced that it would no longer be... Read More

Genealogy

The Kiowa Tribe has gathered cedar for ceremonies and prayed on Longhorn Mountain south of Gotebo, Oklahoma for generations. That practice... Read More

Astronomy

The sight of Mother Earth hanging out there all exposed and alone (so far as we know) against the blackness of space helped spark the... Read More

Sports

The Schimmel Sisters, Umatilla, and the University of Louisville women's baseketball team are up for a 2013 ESPY Award: Best Upset. In what... Read More

Education

With the U.S. Congress’ failure to curb vastly increasing student loan rates, Native American college students are on par to become some... Read More

Environment

Concern is growing among wildlife officials over the rapidly diminishing population of tricolored blackbirds, specifically in California,... Read More

Pow Wow MCs

Howard “Howie” Thomson is a popular pow wow MC from Carry the Kettle Nakoda (Assiniboine) First Nation located in Saskatchewan, Canada.... Read More

American Indian History

The first person to walk here did so over a thousand years ago when the Hohokam arrived at what is now known as Colossal Cave Mountain... Read More

Pow Wow Dancers

Tyra John, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa, is just 12 years old, but she's already an acclaimed hoop dancer, having competed at... Read More

Indian Gaming

At Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino, the newest attraction of Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community, the welcome mat is in place with a... Read More

Travel

Despite efforts by the U.S. government to exterminate the bison as a way to exterminate the Indian, the bison persists, if fragily. Now, a... Read More

Business

It takes both seeds and smarts to grow foods in the hot and dry Sonoran desert that only grows hotter and drier with global warming. Two... Read More

Canada

Authorities in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec on Monday July 8 were still attempting to cool down the wreckage of an exploded oil-tanker train enough... Read More

World News

Thousands of protesters marched in La Paz, Bolivia today, calling on their government to close the United States embassy following an... Read More

Pow Wow News

During the especially hot first weekend of June, in the small Arizona town of Pinetop, the White Mountain Apache Tribe held their 16th... Read More

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