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• Indian leader targets meth February 28, 2006
  "It exists in all of the country, but it exists worse in Indian Country," Garcia said Monday during the legislative summit of the Congress. ...

• Veteran may get Medal of Honor February 28, 2006
  ... Despite the large number of Native American war veterans, no other Sioux Indian has ever received the award, tribal members ... "It is, after all, Indian land first ...

• Jourdain outraged at allegations of blocking drug activity probes ...February 28, 2006
  ... investigations of relatives, friends and political associates, according to the Times report on burgeoning drug trafficking on American Indian reservations.

• US Indian tribes eye Rocky Mountain energy plans February 28, 2006
  MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - Resource-rich but job- poor American Indian tribes in the Rocky Mountain region are targeting energy development as a remedy for

• William Largent Appointed to SBA Native American Affairs Post February 28, 2006
  ... today announced the appointment of William H. Largent, an experienced small business owner, as national director of the SBA's Office of Native American Affairs ...

• Program targets Native American homeownership February 28, 2006
  ... Plagued by bad credit, low income and a lack of knowledge about home buying, the Native American couple waited five frustrating years before a bank loaned them ...
   
• Judge allows FBI to withhold some Peltier documents February 28, 2006
  BUFFALO, NY -- The FBI can keep secret a handful of documents in the case of imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier in the interest of national ...

• Vivienne Westwood spices up Paris fashion week February 28, 2006
  ... two sparkling little devil's horns in her bright red hair, Westwood told reporters she wanted to raise attention to the case of Leonard Peltier, a American ...

• Navajo president criticizes Bush's budget cuts February 28, 2006
  ... We need input as to what the US government is doing in Indian Country .". ... "Why can't it lend monies to Indian Country

• Crash kills police officer who shot native protester at Ipperwash February 27, 2006
  The former Ontario Provincial Police officer who killed a protester during a native occupation at Ipperwash Provincial Park in 1995 has died in a car crash.

• A note to American journalists: More balance, please! February 24, 2006
  Indian country is much more than the dealings of Jack Abramoff and the six tribes he enveloped in his web of dishonest power-mongering. ...

• McSloy: Theodore Custer Abramoff - the worst since Little Big Horn February 24, 2006
  ... with every new form of wealth Indian people hold ... Paul McSloy is co-chairman of the Native American Practice Group ... & Reed LLP, an international law firm based ...

• Harjo: Truth versus accuracy in New York Times' articles February 24, 2006
  If The New York Times' articles about Indian country harboring drug runners were wildly inaccurate, it would be easier to explain how they create a false ...

• ASU hosts Indian sovereignty discussion February 24, 2006
  ... "The event will focus on sovereignty issues facing the American Indian community as they apply to the issues of education, biocolonialism, the local issue ...

• -- Joe Garcia, NCAI president February 24, 2006
  27 through March 1) announcing "Call to Action", White House partnership to fight Meth use and drug trafficking in Indian Country. ...

• Advocates say abortion ban would hurt poor women hardest February 24, 2006
  ... for rural women, women living on American Indian reservations and ... is not the way we wanted to provide service to South ... to our clinic to obtain legal health care ...
   
• American Indian activist Leonard Peltier seeks new trial February 24, 2006
  Peltier, a leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM), has spent 30 years in prison for his alleged role in the shooting deaths of two FBI agents during a ...

• Lobbying Reservations February 24, 2006
  ... Just to sum it up in a nutshell, Indian country is looking forward to the day when Jack Abramoff will become Jack Afterthought.

• $1.2 million available from Native American grants February 24, 2006
  BY PAULA M. FELIPE/Public Safety Reporter. This Committee has released its 2005/2006 Special Distribution Fund Grant Application ...

• Indian-owned firm spreads its wings February 24, 2006
  ... Currently, about 95 percent of the company's business is focused on American Indian issues, and that overall emphasis won't change, even though the US ...

• Books aimed at educating kids about diabetes February 24, 2006
  ... which were written by Native American Diabetes Project ... Diabetes has affected Indian Country at a rate two ... Buford Rolin, chairman of the Tribal Leaders Diabetes ...

• Movie Review: Trudell February 24, 2006
  ... and untested provision of an obscure Indian treaty, the ... two FBI agents and one Native American dead, AIM ... His comments on the environment have a calm urgency ...

• Letters to the Editor, Rocky Boy Rez  February 24, 2006
  AIM member wants to debate tribal chair To the chairman of the Chippewa Cree Tribe: I openly challenge you to a public debate on the tribal issues and personal conduct of some of our elected tribal officials. I have sat back and read your newspaper...

• Indian panel grills county attorney, police chief on deaths February 22, 2006
  ... prosecute a suspect, St. Louis County Attorney Alan Mitchell told the Duluth American Indian Commission on Tuesday. A complete review ...

• Bill allows rules for uranimum mining process February 22, 2006
  ... Rep. Jim Bradford, D-Pine Ridge, said South Dakota's American Indian tribes want some say on whether the Black Hills are mined for uranium.

•  Congressmen could use more time at national parks February 22, 2006
  ... At Mount Rushmore he met with Superintendent Don Striker. At Crazy Horse National Monument, he met with American Indian tribal leaders.

• Indian tribe takes treaty case to United Nations February 22, 2006
  RENO, Nevada (AP) -- An American Indian tribe is heading to Geneva, Switzerland, this month to renew its claims before a United Nations committee that the US ...

• Court allows church's hallucinogenic tea February 22, 2006
  ... drug law. Chief Justice John Roberts noted that Native American Church members can use peyote. By Ken Heinen, Getty Images. The court ..

•  Si Tanka bankruptcy case dismissed February 22, 2006
  ... A 13-member task force formed to do that heard earlier this month from Ron Volesky and Gary Montana of National Native American Education Corporation.

• Urban American Indian health centers against Bush proposal February 22, 2006
  BILLINGS Officials at Montana's urban American Indian health centers say Bush administration funding cuts could force them to drastically reduce services or ...

• Alcoholism, smoking and genetics among Plains American Indians February 22, 2006
  ... the norm, such as in some American Indian tribes, anxious ... traditional use of tobacco amongst American Indians ... to look at the gene-environment interaction when ...

• Sacred Run from California to Washington, DC February 22, 2006
  ... their proposed projects are currently supported by Bureau of Land Management and ... drug counselor, activist, author and co-founder of the American Indian Movement ...

   

• Girl arrested after Leech Lake reservation school threat February 22, 2006
  ... The school opened in 1975 as an alternative school and is now a magnet school for students from the reservation and other American Indian students from the area ..

• Commission to discuss Croud death February 21, 2006
  The Duluth American Indian Commission will discuss the report on the death of David Croud at its meeting today. Duluth Police Chief ...

• Red Lake chairman denies allegations he blocked drug probe February 21, 2006
  ... investigations of relatives, friends and political associates, according to the Times report on burgeoning drug trafficking on American Indian reservations.

• Equal justice is only a perception in South Dakota February 21, 2006
  PIERRE, SD - There is no dispute that American Indians are over-represented in South Dakota's prisons and courts, and that the perception of unequal justice ...

• Indigenous from Americas unite in Venezuela February 21, 2006
  ... Camp said Ponca struggle to retain their rich culture. ... industry in the United States, joined James and Louie to sing an American Indian Movement song urging

• Montana tribes awarded economic development funds February 21, 2006
  Two Montana tribes received Indian Country Economic Development funds from the state Department of Commerce. The Little Shell Tribe received $50,000.

• Indian clinics' value goes beyond numbers February 21, 2006
  ... demand. The effects of this relatively small budget cut would be similar all across Indian Country and in urban centers. Statewide

• Respected educator dies at the age of 79 February 21, 2006
  ... Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, he served on the editorial board of the Journal of American Indian Education. He was among ...

• The truth comes out as a discredited author who posed as a Navajo ...February 21, 2006
  ... 28 article called “Navahoax,” Matthew Fleischer, a reporter for the LA Weekly, confirmed the doubts of well-known American Indian author Sherman Alexie

• Planetarium visits ‘Native American Skies’ February 21, 2006
  ... to glow. For the next 60 minutes, visitors will get a lesson in legend, science and American Indian mythology. “Native American ...

• Longtime problems getting second look after fatal shootings February 20, 2006
  ... on the reservation has been providing an after school program for about 70 to 80 children who attend the nearby All Tribes American Indian Charter School. ...

• Montana tribes awarded economic development funds February 20, 2006
  By the Missoulian. Tribes in Montana were recently awarded Indian Country Economic Development funds from the Montana Department of Commerce. ...

• Few applications for reservation fuel tax refunds February 20, 2006
  BISMARCK, ND - For the first time, North Dakota's American Indian residents may get refunds of state fuel taxes they paid on their reservations in 2005. ...

• Mills to be honored by charity February 20, 2006
  Mills, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is scheduled to attend a reception April 22 at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC

• Bois Forte chairman wants blood quantum system changed February 20, 2006
  ... narrow. Kevin Leecy is the chairman of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, one of six American Indian bands that make up the MCT.

• Fakes flooding Indian arts February 20, 2006
  ... sent back to committee by the New Mexico Legislature could have made things easier for the Santo Domingo Pueblo resident and other American Indian artists who ...

• "From Nation to Neighborhood: Imperialism, Colonialism, and ...February 20, 2006
  ... His recent publications include Indians in Unexpected Places (University Press of Kansas, 2004) and The Blackwell Companion to American Indian History,

• Archaeologists unearthed more than 5,000 artifacts in Fairfield February 20, 2006
  ... Native American artifacts, including thumb-sized pieces of prehistoric pottery that now have a general timeframe of 1,000 BC to 1600 AD, also have been found

• Tribal Underworld Drug Traffickers Find Haven in Shadows of Indian ...February 20, 2006
  ... The man, John V. Oakes, like a fast-rising number of American Indian drug traffickers across the country, saw himself as "untouchable," as one senior ...

• The 'untouchable' drug kings February 19, 2006
  ... In some cases, outside drug gangs work with Native American criminals to distribute drugs on Indian and non- Indian lands, and on a growing number of ...

• Bank ponders how to serve all Indians February 19, 2006
  ... the bank, which got its start in 2001 with a $12.5 million investment and a goal of funneling capital and promoting economic development across Indian country. ...

• UN negotiations on indigenous rights wrap up, for now February 18, 2006
  GENEVA - The current round of negotiations on the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples came to a close Feb.

• Tribal sovereignty: A dynamic concept, upheld by the courts for ...February 18, 2006
  ... Similarly, in Indian country, where gaming has transformed tribal realities overnight, reservations that were once remote and few non-Indians visited, now

• Scanlan: Lac du Flambeau: Power to protect reservation waters a ...February 18, 2006
  Last October, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians took a small but important step toward responsibly managing its water-rich reservation

• Santee given criminal jurisdiction on reservation .February 18, 2006
  ... Jurisdiction of civil and criminal matters on the state's three Indian reservations was given to the state by the federal government in 1953.

• Key Figure In Indian Trust Lawsuit To Give Talk At CU Law School ...February 18, 2006
  ... 23, Cobell will tell her story at a symposium sponsored by the University of Colorado at Boulder's American Indian Law Program and the Native American Law ...

• Move to restructure BIA faces resistance February 18, 2006
  American Indian tribal leaders and education representatives from nine reservations are in Washington, DC, this week, united in opposition to a Bureau of ...

• Urban health program funding euthanized February 18, 2006
  WASHINGTON - Under President Bush's proposed fiscal year 2007 debt reduction budget, urban Indian health funding would be terminated and patients would have to

• The White Paper revisited February 14, 2006
  ... Here's why you should care. The proposed FNGA -- or Bill C-61 -- that died a few years ago caused quite a stir in Indian country. ...

• Advocate for Indian education, women's rights dies at 89 February 14, 2006
  ... As Montana superintendent of schools in the 1950s, Gereau pushed for public school systems on Montana's seven American Indian reservations. ...

• Prison liasons to work with reservations February 14, 2006
  ... Brian Schweitzer, who asked corrections officials last year to find "a system that is more culturally appropriate for corrections in Indian Country.". ...

• A talk with Gov. Janet Napolitano February 14, 2006
  ... with them, says combating the illegal use of methamphetamines and securing the US border are among the greatest challenges in Arizona Indian country. ...

• Pilot program aimed at helping American Indian offenders February 14, 2006
  ... The two would work with court officials, judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys, to help American Indian offenders understand the system, and their rights. ...

• Native American Energy Interviewed on WallSt.net February 14, 2006
  13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Native American Energy Group, Inc. (NAEG) (OTC PINK SHEETS: NVMG), an emerging oil and gas production

• Native American stereotypes addressed February 14, 2006
  ... of the Nebraska State Historical Society's John H. Neihardt Historic Site in Bancroft, Neb., will give a presentation on Native American stereotypes in the ...

• A conversation with ... Lance Morgan  February 13, 2006
  ... Morgan, recently appointed as a member of the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank, is nationally known in Indian country and in economic ...

• Mohegan's chief of staff resigns suddenly February 13, 2006
  ... He has worked as an attorney at a Boulder, Colo., law firm, at the Interior Department, and for the Native American Rights Fund.

• Oneidas defend lobbying February 13, 2006
  ... and lobbyist, has pleaded guilty to fraud, public corruption and tax evasion in connection with dealings related to his Native American clients, according to

• Museum to showcase America's first artists February 13, 2006
  TUCSON, Ariz. - Every February for the past 12 years, the Arizona State Museum has showcased the art of America's first artists ...

• Fake Autobiographies: A Great American Tradition February 13, 2006
  ... Native American author Sherman Alexie noticed early on that Nasdijj's memoirs borrowed heavily from the work of several American Indian writers, including ...

• Census: Navajos are the second largest Indian group February 13, 2006
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) -- Members of the sprawling Navajo Nation make up the second largest American Indian group in the nation, according to a new report by the US

• Indian artifacts uncovered at site of planned park February 13, 2006
  - An archaeological survey at a planned township park in Butler County uncovered more than 3,000 American Indian artifacts dating back thousands of years.

• Two brothers find skull while cleaning garage February 13, 2006
  ... Two brothers have found a partial human skull believed to be part of collection of American Indian artifacts, authorities said.

• An American Indian's View Of The Cartoons February 10, 2006
  ... It denoted the deceit of European settlers who often lied to North American Indian people as they stole coveted lands and nearly decimated them as a people. ...
   

• Indian museums may get a federal budget reprieve February 10, 2006
  ... Last year, the IACB told staff at the three American Indian museums that there was a plan to shift museum funding to fighting fraud in the Indian art and ...

• Federal budget includes another year for Museum of the Plains ...February 9, 2006
  ... of these regional museums reflect the native communities in ... the National Museum of the American Indian to ... Committee for the Blackfeet Tribal Council, said the ...

• Another hearing planned on Oneida land trust application February 9, 2006
  The US Bureau of Indian Affairs is planning an informational meeting in March for Oneida and Madison county residents on the Oneida Indian Nation's land-into ...

• Funding sought for Medicare-plan help February 9, 2006
  So in New Mexico, 28 percent of American Indians don't have ... by treaties, provide free care to tribal members through Indian Health Service-funded hospitals ...

• Tribes face tighter rules on political donations February 9, 2006
  ... he understood the concerns of Native Americans that ... of the National Congress of American Indians, said ... and eliminations of health care, education and other ...

• Cost of storm-related Hoopa road repairs estimated at $8.5 million February 9, 2006
  ... Hostler said the roads in the department are in the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Indian Reservation Roads system. ... "We provide police, fire, public works ...

• Johnson says budget cuts some American Indian programs  February 8, 2006
  SIOUX FALLS, SD - President Bush has proposed almost $3.2 billion - an $80 million increase - for the Indian Health Service in his budget for fiscal 2007

• GOP American Indian says he's running for US House February 8, 2006
  SIOUX FALLS, SD - An American Indian who's chairman of the Shannon County Republican Party says he plans to seek the GOP nomination for US House and challenge

• FREE COLOR PRINTERS February 7, 2006
  ... To qualify, you must be a non-profit agency, a Title One school, or a Native American reservation. "Dell sent them all. They paid for the shipping.

• Future Lies In Protecting Past February 7, 2006
  ... from the Trail of Tears remain unmarked and unprotected as well, and archaeologists continue to discover remnants of Native American settlements throughout ...

• State audit finds little oversight of Indian Education Centers February 7, 2006
  SACRAMENTO - The state Department of Education hands over $4.5 million each year for 30 centers to improve American Indian education in California, but does

• Report finds Yakama Nation tribal court dysfunctional February 7, 2006
  TOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) - A 52-page report by the National Indian Justice Center describes the Yakama Nation's tribal court system

• Slayings prompt special tribal meeting February 7, 2006
  ... said. The All Tribes American Indian Charter School in Valley Center closed early Monday because of the shootings, a secretary said.

• Bison hunt nears close, officials calling it a success February 7, 2006
  ... 15 and is set to end Feb. 15. The number included six bison killed under licenses issued to American Indian tribes in Montana, she said.

• Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth: Soars Into Grammy Week ...February 7, 2006
  ... some of the most renowned Native American artists working ... positive call to action to save the environment. ... on photographer Dorothea Lange and Indian Country, a ...

• The persecution of Leonard Peltier February 7, 2006
  ... in tangible concessions from the federal government, it succeeded in publicizing AIM and generated a surge of popular interest in Native American issues and ...

• Sundance features Native filmmakers February 7, 2006
  SALT LAKE CITY - The 2006 Sundance Film Festival featured American Indian filmmakers and their works, including new short films by Metis and Kumeyaay filmmakers

• Leonard Peltier, a True American Hero February 6, 2006
  ... What is so fearsome to the powerful US Government about this aging warrior of Native American Rights? What threat does he pose, and to whom?

• Rally for Leonard Peltier February 6, 2006
  ... despite evidence that the US government withheld, fabricated and coerced the “evidence” it needed to convict this member of the American Indian Movement.

• Q&A With Senators: Should the Indian-Contributions Loophole in ...February 6, 2006
  ... Unlike corporations and foreign governments, McCain-Feingold allows American Indian nations to donate more to political candidates than regular individual

• Custer Park Stays- SD Government turners back on Native Americans February 3, 2006
  ... provide for the appointment of a Native American Law enforcement officer to ... an enrolled member of an Indian tribe…" and ... a member of a law enforcement agency ...

• Plan to trim Indian funding to pay legal fees angers leaders February 3, 2006
  WASHINGTON — Native American leaders are outraged by what they view as an ominous letter from the Interior Department notifying tribal leaders of funding

• SAMHSA Grants for Recovery Community Services Program February 3, 2006
  ... Eligibility is restricted to state, city, and local governments, public and state institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments

• Brand says NCAA won't back down on American Indian mascots February 3, 2006
  ... Seminoles), Central Michigan (Chippewas) and Utah (Utes) - were allowed to keep their names and imagery because of support from local Native American tribes.

• Conference seeks to boost reservation businesses February 3, 2006
  GREAT FALLS (AP) -- American Indian tribes are over 50 years ... the two-day Montana Indian Business Conference ... More than 200 reservation leaders, bankers, lawyers ...

• Our workers vote, Oneida Nation warns February 3, 2006
  ... of what Turning Stone offers, except on Indian land. ... "It's unfortunate that the Oneida Indian Nation is ... are following a long-standing American tradition, two ...

• American Indian rights group slams Activision over GUN February 3, 2006
  ... derogatory, harmful and inaccurate depictions of American Indians from ... they don't all live secluded on reservations. And, believe it or not, Indian kids play ...

• American Indians seek independent citizens board February 2, 2006
  ... citizens review board came two days after Washington County Attorney Doug Johnson released his report clearing Duluth police in the death of David Croud.

• Group calls for citizens board to monitor police February 2, 2006
  ... The call for an independent citizens review board came two days after Washington County Attorney Doug Johnson released his report on the death of David Croud.

• Three American Indian Tribal Governments Enter Unique Partnerships ...February 1, 2006
  ... South Dakota; Central Oregon Partnership; and the Indian Land Tenure Foundation ... with a small number of rural, urban, and American Indian reservation communities ...

• Mills to be inducted in Women's Hall of Fame February 1, 2006
  ... a physician and civic activities developing American Indian leaders ... to mentoring and encouraging Indian youth to ... hours on the Red Lake Reservation working with ...

• Incident at Oglala, 30 Years Later The Long Struggle of Leonard ...February 1, 2006
  ... fired 500,000 rounds of ammunition at the entrenched Indian encampment, killing two ... AIM and generated a surge of popular interest in Native American issues and ...

• Education tops the list for South Dakota legislation  February 1, 2006
  Tom Shortbull, president of Oglala Lakota College, was one of 20 American Indian students who attended ... Today seven tribal colleges are located in South Dakota.

• Foundation gives Lakota tribe $2.5M grant to curb rise in poverty February 1, 2006
  ... Karl Stauber, president and chief executive officer of the foundation, said it is one of the largest private-granting organizations in Indian Country and has

• Education tops the list for South Dakota legislation February 1, 2006
  PIERRE, SD - Not so many years ago, South Dakota's American Indian students were generally sent to trade schools. But in the 1950s

• Mortgage firm settles abusive lending case February 1, 2006
  WASHINGTON - Alleged predatory lending to American Indians on reservations has emerged as a factor in one of the biggest financial institution settlements in

• Bill would boost efforts to retain tribal language February 1, 2006
  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The days in which Penobscot children were admonished for speaking their native language in school are long gone.