Federal appeals court rejects Leonard Peltier jurisdiction appeal April 28, 2006
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
BISMARCK, ND - The government had the right to prosecute American Indian activist Leonard Peltier for crimes that occurred on a South Dakota reservation, a ...

Indian health officials organize to prevent cuts April 28, 2006
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... in funding from the Indian Health Service budget that ... budget cuts are: the Indian Health Board of Billings, $1.4 million; North American Indian Alliance of ...

Navajos to share Long Walk saga April 28, 2006
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... Center. The event is co-presented by Kyrene Elementary School District and Mesa Public Schools Native American Education Program.

Conference examines economic growth on reservations April 28, 2006
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
... FALLS, SD - Economic development on American Indian reservations helps ... The Bureau of Indian Affairs brought tribal ... we create a good positive environment on the ...

Don't meth with meth, coalition says April 28, 2006
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... prosecutor for the tribe. Littlebird is a retired Bureau of Indian Affairs criminal investigator with 28 years in law enforcement.

FEATURE-America's Micmac Indians fight for self rule April 28, 2006
Reuters - USA
By Jason Szep. PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, April 28 (Reuters) - Like many of his Native American ancestors, Steve Phillip knows a thing or two about battles.

NCAA Declines 3 Appeals on Indian Mascots April 28, 2006
Houston Chronicle - United States
... In the eight months since the NCAA sent the message about what it considered unacceptable American-Indian nicknames, mascots and imagery, nearly all the ...

NCAA denies second appeal April 28, 2006
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
... In addition, Bradley University was placed on a five-year "watch list.". "The Executive Committee concluded that Native American references used by each ...

NCAA denies Illini use of Indian mascot April 28, 2006
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
The NCAA reinforced its stance against the use of American Indian nicknames, mascots and imagery it deems “hostile” and “abusive,” rejecting appeals by ...

Bad news for supporters of Sioux nickname April 28, 2006
Bismarck Tribune - ND, USA
... Having grown up in the Bis/Mandan area, I will be the first to admit that there are too many negative stereotypes that are associated with being Native American ...

Biker campground under fire April 27, 2006
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
... never erupted, is considered sacred by American Indian tribes ... He talked about building an 80-foot Indian statue as ... has a right to develop his land, which totals ...

Leaders mark 100th anniversary of Five Civilized Tribes Act April 27, 2006
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... 800 miles to designated Indian Territory in what now is Oklahoma. More than 4,000 died along the way. Tribal leaders want recognition of American Indians' vast ...

How to resolve Indian land claims April 27, 2006
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... by simply ceding land that was ours, by law. ... of lands being returned to non-taxable Indian status ... and a co-founder of the Native American Journalists Association ...

American Indian reservations getting air ambulances April 27, 2006
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
... president of the National Congress of American Indians. The Inter-Tribal Economic Alliance, which he now runs, is a national coalition of Indian tribes, Alaska ...

Bushyhead run puts spotlight on Swain-Cherokee relationship April 27, 2006
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... helping settle landmark disputes as controversial as water rights between Western states and land rights between Western states and American Indian tribes.

Immigrant benefits to US negate heated rhetoric April 27, 2006
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... With this background, Indian country has to look with some bemusement at the hostility shown to new arrivals by descendants of these previous immigrants, who ...

Harjo: Congress loses will for lobbying reform, needs to find it ...April 27, 2006
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... reformers. In the meantime, tribes are out $88 million in Abramoff fees. And that's not the end of the costs to Indian country. Poor ...

Drug abuse, suicide among top tribal concerns April 27, 2006
MSNBC - USA
By David Melmer. RAPID CITY, SD - Emerging priorities in health care in Indian country are as diverse as Indian country itself and difficult to categorize. ...

New threat rattles Red Lake High School April 26, 2006
(MINNESOTA) -- A Red Lake High School student is in custody after new threats of violence were made against the beleaguered school, its students and staff members, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

American Indian reservations getting air ambulances April 26, 2006
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Isolated American Indians soon will be closer to emergency health care through a plan to put air ambulances on reservations nationwide.

Firm fined for cheating tribe April 26, 2006
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
SIOUX FALLS, SD - A Texas company has been fined $4.6 million for cheating schools on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as part of a federal program.

An American Indian charter school plans to teach Navajo language April 26, 2006
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... (Steven St. John/Tribune). In August, the new Native American Academy, to be located at Wilson Middle School, will also offer Navajo language instruction.

DORREEN YELLOW BIRD : A living link with Sitting Bull April 26, 2006
(NORTH DAKOTA) -- When my sister and I arrived in New Town, N.D., this past weekend, it was balmy and warm. But as the days passed, the weather turned, as it does during a typical North Dakota spring.

Johnson: Use FEMA trailers in Indian Country April 24, 2006
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
The South Dakota Democrat has suggested to the Federal Emergency Management Agency that the trailers be moved to Indian Country for housing and school buildings

Bois Forte receiving housing assistance April 24, 2006
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA
The Bois Forte Reservation will receive $1,029,961 in ... The Indian Housing Block Grant Program provides ... provide affordable housing for American Indian communities ...

Navajos protest water talks with Peabody Coal April 24, 2006
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... closed! Navajos need to look into alternative energy and save the water for their own needs,''' Benally told Indian Country Today. ...

Tribal leaders cite obstacles April 24, 2006
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By Jomay Steen, Journal Staff Writer. RAPID CITY -- Economic development in Indian Country benefits all of South Dakota, tribal leaders told Sen. ...
 

Native American health: Marchers demand Bush restore funds for ...April 22, 2006
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
By JIM GRAHAM | Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY — To chanting and the pounding of drums, hundreds of people marched Friday against ...

Marchers protest American Indian health benefit cuts April 22, 2006
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
SALT LAKE CITY -- To chanting and the pounding of drums, hundreds of people marched Friday against $33 million in proposed federal cutbacks that could shut

$1.8M grant awarded to reduce dropout rates in tribal schools April 22, 2006
Phoenix Business Journal - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The Arizona Native American Dropout Initiative is to be a first-time model of comprehensive community collaboration in partnership with schools to reduce ...

Company charged with defrauding Indian schools April 22, 2006
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
... pay $4.6 million for defrauding the US government and American Indian schools in ... of the Oglala Nation Educational Coalition on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

American Indian Tribes Tap Into Golf April 22, 2006
Houston Chronicle - United States
... In Minnesota and elsewhere, American Indian tribes that have mastered the casino gambling trade are increasingly venturing into the golf course business. ...

UK student government calls again for removal of mural April 22, 2006
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... Some students think images of black workers planting crops and a Native American clutching a tomahawk are offensive to both races.

Crow Creek Tribal School could close because of insurance dispute April 22, 2006
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
PIERRE, SD - The Crow Creek Tribal School is in danger of closing because ... settle the insurance dispute quickly so the school for American Indian students can

Diabetes health fair planned at school April 22, 2006
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... Crow Tribal Youth Services, Crow Tribal Diabetes-American Diabetes Association ... Center, nutrition specialist Shirley Redding, Indian Health Service, and Behavior ...

Educators: Tests should be culturally relevant to Indian students April 20, 2006
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
WHITE EARTH, Minn. - Social studies teacher Paul Backman isn't sure that standardized tests are a good measure of American Indian students in White Earth. ...

Park, Hopi Tribe will bury 1,528 Puebloan remains April 20, 2006
Cortez Journal - Cortez,CO,USA
... must consult with lineal descendants, American Indian tribes and ... to descendants, tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations ... n The law requires the secretary of ...
 

Smoking Ban May Be Revised To Add Exemption April 18, 2006
cbs4denver.com - Denver,CO,USA
... Mike May, the ban's chief sponsor, said an American Indian lawmaker raised concerns that the ban could prevent smoking in off-reservation religious ceremonies ...

Bank plans auction of Si Tanka / Neighbors wary of buyer's plans for land April 18, 2006
-- Seeking to reclaim at least a fraction of the millions of dollars in debt owed by Si Tanka University, the Department of Agriculture and a Huron bank have scheduled a May 5 auction in Huron.

Minorities often are left out of 'No Child' progress report April 18, 2006
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
... as well as Native American students in and around the tribal reservations. ... Texas' 65,000 Asian students or from several thousand American Indian students are ...

Canada and Six Nations Confederacy: Occupation of Douglas Creek ...April 17, 2006
Political Affairs Magazine, NY - 2 hours ago
... The Six Nations Confederacy (the Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Tuscarora, Cayuga and Mohawks) is a ... who have been allies and supporters in the formation of Canada.

Indian programs to take a hit in proposed Bush budget April 17, 2006
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
WASHINGTON - The president's fiscal year 2007 budget is an attack on Indian country and reflects skewed priorities, according to some US senators. ...

Protesters point out racist nature of proposed congressional ...April 17, 2006
Indian Country Today, NY - 2 hours ago
... on April 10, provoking counter-demonstrators and student and teacher walkouts in Tucson, Ariz., the president of the American Indian Genocide Museum commented

ND AMERICAN INDIAN ROUNDUP April 17, 2006
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
The Three Affiliated Tribes is considering a new constitution to replace one written by the federal government 70 years ago. A tribal ...

The Multi-Billion Dollar “Trust Me” Trust Scandal Government ...April 17, 2006
Emediawire (press release), WA - 3 hours ago
... of the Indian trust system, Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet tribe together with attorney Dennis Gingold and the Native American Rights Fund filed the ...

Expedition looks different 'Through Indian Eyes' April 17, 2006
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... The author of such classics as "Patriot Chiefs: A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance" and "The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Pacific Northwest ...

Educators say standardized tests should have questions on Indians April 17, 2006
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... to teach students about the state's American Indians, their ... system," Mike Jetty, Indian education specialist with ... said during a daylong Native Nexus conference ...

Senators fight elimination of urban Indian health program April 17, 2006
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
... a bona fide federal crisis in health care, education and housing on Indian reservations. We have a trust responsibility for the health care of American Indians ...

The Trail of Tears April 14, 2006
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... Georgia, which initiated the first true US gold rush; nearly instantaneously, laws were passed against American Indian allowance to pan for gold and own land.
 

Drawing blood April 14, 2006
World Magazine - USA
... That means they're subject to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a 1978 law that gives federally recognized Native American tribes near-complete sovereignty ...

Food for thought April 14, 2006
Convenience Store Decisions - Bensalem,PA,USA
... unilateral decision not to enforce a measure he signed into law last year to collect taxes on sales of gasoline and tobacco by Native American retailers to non ...

The Myth of the Passive Indian April 14, 2006
Reason Online - USA
... Ill-conceived and outdated stereotypes of American Indians underlie ... to the comforting narrative of the savage Indian and the ... acted upon by the land rather than ...

Classic Cointelpro - The Trial of Arlo Looking Cloud April 14, 2006
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Dill and Demain quote Minnie Two Shoes quoting Iris Thunder Cloud as saying that Anna Mae told her that Leonard Peltier put a gun in her mouth as he questioned ...

Townsend says federal trust not needed April 14, 2006
Oneida Dispatch - Oneida,NY,USA
UTICA - While the Bureau of Indian Affairs isn't expected to make its decision regarding the Nation's trust application until 2007, Assemblyman David Townsend ...

American Indian Communities Face Meth Crisis April 11,2006
Voice of America - USA
... are regular users. American Indian leaders say their communities have been especially hard hit by meth addiction. "My people are ...

Indians form vision for Great Falls' future April 11,2006
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... Parker Shield's not so distant future, he hopes to be walking a trail around the Little Shell Tribe's tribal headquarters and a Native American visitor and ...

Sacred stories, sacred circle April 7, 2006
Tahlequah Daily Press - Tahlequah,OK,USA
... But in the mind’s eye, it breathes eternal life into the intricate Native American concept of the sacred circle, weaving together storytelling, life, rebirth ...
 

BIA hears comments on land-to-trust draft April 7, 2006
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... Bear Clan representative of the Oneida Nation of New York (The Oneida Nation owns Four Directions Media, parent company of Indian Country Today), opened his ...

Judge rules that group isn't American Indian tribe April 7, 2006
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
A Vernal-based organization that claims its members are American Indians is not a legitimate tribe, a federal judge has ruled. And ...

UND dedicating American Indian Center April 7, 2006
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
GRAND FORKS, ND - The University of North Dakota is preparing to dedicate its new American Indian Center. The dedication Friday ...

Ban On Indian Mascots To Be Examined April 7, 2006
Yankton Daily Press - Yankton,SD,USA
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The banning of American Indian logos, mascots and nicknames will be examined by Nebraska Education Commissioner Doug Christensen in ...

Beer license approved for complex near South Dakota sacred mountain April 5, 2006
To American Indians, Bear Butte is a place to pray and meditate, where colorful prayer cloth and pouches with offerings of tobacco and sage ...

Tribal push breathes new life into Indian ed bill April 5, 2006
... legislators revive tribal dreams of an office within the Arizona Department of Education devoted to helping the more than 56,000 American Indian students who ...

IHS says meth use is at crisis level on reservations April 5, 2006
An administration survey found that 1.7 percent of the American Indian population was using meth in 2004, said Robert McSwain, deputy director of the Indian ...

Mething up Diné children McDonald-Lonetree says impact of drug ...April 5, 2006
... MacDonald-LoneTree, in testimony to be presented Wednesday to the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs regarding methamphetamine in Indian Country, refers to ...

Bureaucracy thought to hamper education April 5, 2006
FORT YATES, ND - Education in Indian country lags behind the rest of the nation for many reasons, and inadequate funding and meddling by the bureaucracy may be ...

Park statue remains divisive April 5, 2006
There's still no consensus on the future of Bronson Park's ``Fountain of the Pioneers'' statue, even among Native American groups at the center of the ...

Racism commission struggles to set goals April 5, 2006
... It only made reference to American Indians and caucasians. ... one will include representatives from Rocky Boy's and Fort Belknap Indian reservations, Hill County ...

Abenaki Recognition April 5, 2006
... Abenaki. Also the Abenaki could apply for various grants and Abenaki students could apply for Native American Scholarships. "Simply ...

Bad medicine April 5, 2006
... Yet the law said that we would provide health and education.". ... the class and four named plaintiffs, three Native Americans and American Indian Services ...

Taos Pueblo water deal lacking only in funds April 5, 2006
... The federal government cut funding for Bureau of Indian Affairs waterrights negotiations by $4.4 million this year, including money for Taos Pueblo’s ...

Former Employees Fight to Sue Native American Casino April 5, 2006
April 4, 2006 — Native American casinos are a $20 billion a year industry. But because many of the casinos are on sovereign Indian ...

Attorney general announces new initiatives in Indian country April 3, 2006
WHITE SWAN, Wash. (AP) - Federal authorities plan to take another look at cold criminal cases in Indian country to see if new investigative tools or forensic ...

Reporter's Notebook: Border-town discrimination shows power of ...April 3, 2006
... If someone is perceived as being different, skin color can be irrelevant. I'm three-quarters American Indian. ... Jodi Rave covers American Indian issues. .

Indian Walk-In Center faces ax April 3, 2006
... and legal trusts. "It's not up to us to decide where that money should go. It's up to American Indian leaders to decide. I don't .

S. Dakota abortion ban isn't absolute April 3, 2006
... Because federally recognized American Indian tribes are not, in many cases, required to abide by state laws, a clinic could operate lawfully at Pine Ridge even ...

Cries of aboriginals must be heard to stop killings on Highway of Tears April 3, 2006
-- The cries of grieving families must be heard to help stop the killings on the so-called Highway of Tears in northern B.C., politicians, police and aboriginals said Friday.

Taos Pueblo water-rights case reaches draft settlement April 3, 2006
Negotiators for Taos Pueblo, the Taos Valley Acequia Association, the Town of Taos and a dozen mutual domestic water associations reached a draft settlement agreement Friday in a long-standing water-rights case, according to the state Engineer's Office.