How Meth Took Hold on Indian Reservation April 30, 2007
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Drug cartels have targeted Indian Country because the people are vulnerable, and law enforcement struggles to keep up. ...

The "Poorest County in America" April 30, 2007
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Diabetes is epidemic in Indian country no thanks to the United States Department of Agriculture for the high starch and sugar- loaded commodities

Financial literacy may be key to solving tribal poverty April 30, 2007
Appleton Post Crescent - Appleton,WI,USA
Financial literacy among American Indian youth lags behind other races, according to a report released Thursday at the annual Washington policy briefing of ...

Public safety meltdown Navajo ask Congress for more jail funding April 30, 2007
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
She also testified last week to the House Interior Subcommittee, which funds the Bureau of Indian Affairs. No new adult jails have been built on the

Public hearings called for on Navajo power plant April 30, 2007
KOB.com - Albuquerque,NM,USA
FARMINGTON, NM (AP) - The US Bureau of Indian Affairs is still working on a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed coal-fired power plant on ...

House Committee Approves Measure That Would Improve Access to Care ...April 30, 2007
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
The bill would require American Indian health care organizations to help enroll qualified American Indians into Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP. ...

Native Americans face high sex-assault rate April 27, 2007
The Spokesman Review, WA - 7 hours ago
The Bush administration is aware of law enforcement problems in Indian country, said Christopher Chaney, deputy director of the Office of Justice Services

Report charts sexual violence against indigenous women in US April 27, 2007
The Casper Star Tribune, WY - 5 hours ago
Jami Rozell, 25, said she was raped four years ago by an acquaintance in her hometown of Tahlequah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation

Congressman wants public meeting on proposed power plant April 27, 2007
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
FARMINGTON, NM The US Bureau of Indian Affairs is still working on a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed coal-fired power plant on the

Cherokee Portrayal Was Misinformed And Unfair April 27, 2007
Harvard Crimson, MA - 7 hours ago
The Cherokee Nation did not “purge its ranks of nearly 3000 members–all of them black.” The March 3 vote defined Cherokee Nation citizenship to include

Federal status for Lumbees advances April 27, 2007
Wilmington Morning Star, NC - Apr 26, 2007
Shuler, whose district includes the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, has said he prefers a different approach for giving the Lumbees recognition.

Harjo: Why the Imus story still matters April 27, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Imagine how these words matter to American Indian soldiers in Iraq today. The Imus story still matters as long as there are ''Indian'' names,

Local filmmaker puts positive focus on Indian reservations April 27, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Last fall, "When Your Hands Are Tied" was accepted into the 31st annual American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco and was one of six out of 350 entries

Navajos lack records  April 26, 2007
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
For example, Bureau of Indian Affairs tribal census records of Navajo Indians are acceptable but only under the lowest tier, which has certain restrictions,

VA reaching out to Indian veterans April 26, 2007
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
"One of our highest priorities is Native American veterans," said James R. Floyd, director of the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, during the Region 8

Ex-KC superintendent faces protests over plan to close school April 26, 2007
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
About 100 demonstrators, including members of American Indian tribes from across Michigan, crowded outside the public schools’ central office this week

For Indian Victims of Sexual Assault, a Tangled Legal Path April 25, 2007
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
Chris Chaney, deputy director of the office of justice services at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and a member of the Seneca-Cayuga tribe of Oklahoma

Drugs, suicide and aging populations plague American Indians April 25, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Posted: 3:04 PM- Drugs, suicide and aging populations are among the top health issues regional American Indian groups face.

Native American Remains Found Near River Road April 25, 2007
WLKY - Louisville,KY,USA
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A burial site with the remains of at least 33 Native Americans has been unearthed at a residential construction site near the Ohio

Democrats to hear resolution on Indian Civil rights reform April 25, 2007
Mercury-Register - Oroville,CA,USA
In too many cases, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other political figures dodge the bullet in dealing with this national problem of tribes

NAEG Reports Breakthrough for its Wind and Solar Projects  April 25, 2007
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
One of Native American Energy Group's near-term goals is to begin joint- venturing renewable energy projects on several Indian reservations throughout

USA: Authorities fail to protect Indigenous women from shocking ...April 24, 2007
Amnesty International - USA
The federal government must provide the necessary funding for police forces in Indian Country and Alaska Native villages, with particular attention paid to ...

US Authorities Fail to Protect Native American and Alaska Native ...April 24, 2007
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
According to one Oklahoma support worker, of 77 active sexual assault/domestic violence cases involving Native American women, only three victims reported

Native American war hero might finally get Medal of Honor April 24, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By Staff Reports. Woodrow Wilson Keeble, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribal member who fought valiantly in World War II and the Korean War but died in 1982

Probate, oil and mineral rights problematic for allottees April 24, 2007
Cushing Daily Citizen - Cushing,OK,USA
... and Creek nations in Oklahoma, and works to protect American Indian oil and gas leases, and to preserve cemeteries, graves and other sacred sites.

Lynching murals remain in Idaho courthouse April 24, 2007
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
The hands-off approach comes despite recommendations that the paintings -- depicting the lynching of a Native American at the hands of white frontiersmen ...

Speaker opposes stereotypes of American Indians in entertainment April 24, 2007
UT The Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
In his discussion, "When 'Fun' Isn't Funny: Racist Entertainment, from Ghetto Parties to American Indian Mascots," Clark, a citizen of the Sac and Fox Tribe

Indian remains found at Miami building site April 23, 2007
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
MIAMI - Ancient human remains from an extinct American Indian tribe have been unearthed near a downtown condominium construction site, officials said.

Energy Act Provision May Offer ‘False Sovereignty’ April 23, 2007
The NewStandard - Syracuse,NY,USA
As it stands now, the federal government -- usually the Department of the Interior -- has a “trust responsibility” with the majority of American Indian

Cherokees, federal agency in dispute over legality of vote April 23, 2007
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
... to revoke the membership of descendants of freed slaves might not have been legal, according to the leader of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.

EPA Announces $600000 in Brownfields Tribal Assistance Grants April 23, 2007
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
The grants will assist tribes in their efforts to identify and redevelop brownfields sites in Indian Country, including the less publicized brownfields

Accenture Opens Application Process for 2007 Scholarship Fund for ...April 23, 2007
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Accenture American Indian Scholarship Fund supports students with demonstrated leadership ability and financial need entering fields of professional

Indians protest shutdown of school program April 23, 2007
The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
GRAND RAPIDS -- With her right hand raised high, Debra Muller marched Sunday to the drumbeats and chants of the American Indian national anthem.

AIDS Cases Among American Indians Increasing, Improved Prevention ...April 23, 2007
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
She recommended more culturally sensitive prevention and education programs, adding that some American Indian tribes and communities are making improved ...

What's in a name .April 23, 2007
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
That being said, however, the state also doesn't need to pass a law that would prevent the state from ever banning American Indian mascots.

Senators propose bill recognizing tribe .April 23, 2007
University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel - Chapel Hill,NC,USA
But the act did not grant benefits other tribes receive and prohibited the tribe from being recognized through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the traditional

Leonard Peltier nominated for Nobel Peace April 20, 2007
Workers World - USA
Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier has been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, according to the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.

American Dental Association Promotes Indian Health Service Funding ...April 20, 2007
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... with Congress in continuing to reduce oral health disease in Indian country, said Dr. Jerry Long, chairman of the ADA's Council on Government Affairs.

American Indians face AIDS threat April 20, 2007
Yuma Sun - Yuma,AZ,USA
"The American Indian population itself is also growing quickly and the population is relatively young, too," Wilson said. ...

Tribal members complain about reservation law enforcement April 20, 2007
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
In attendance were Bureau of Indian Affairs Blackfeet Agency Supervisor Steve Pollock, BIA Police Chief Clifford Serawop, Glacier County Sheriff Wayne ...

Back by Popular Demand - Native American Energy Group's Interview ...April 20, 2007
WM Experts (press release) - Inverness,FL,USA
D'Arrigo and Nanvaan will touch on topics such as the NAEG's joint ventures with various Native American tribes, as part of the "No Tribe Left Behind" ...

Coalition Needed to Meet the Needs of Urban Indians April 20, 2007
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise — Urban American Indian community centers in the United States can look to their neighbors to the north for an example of how to create a strong ...

Museums group investigated over Indian remains April 20, 2007
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
The federal government is investigating a possible violations by St. Joseph Museums Inc. of a law protecting American Indian remains, an attorney told the

Boys and Girls Club brings back Native American tradition April 20, 2007
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA
The talking stick is a Native American tradition that has recently been rediscovered by Randy Osborn, the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of

We're all Hokies this week April 19, 2007
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
The calamitous shootings at Virginia Tech University on Monday bear a frightening resemblance to the tragic rampage on Minnesota's Red Lake reservation two

Oneidas' Artman takes reins at Bureau of Indian Affairs April 19, 2007
Appleton Post Crescent - Appleton,WI,USA
He is the 10th person to serve as assistant secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs since the post was created in the 1970s. ...

FBI raids Abramoff-linked congressman’s home April 19, 2007
MSNBC - USA
The letter asked Norton to allow the tribe to reopen a gaming casino that had been shut down by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The letter was written at the

Preservation Act signed to save native languages April 19, 2007
Los Alamos Monitor - Los Alamos,NM,USA
POJOAQUE - Native American languages are growing silent. Of the more than 300 pre-colonial indigenous languages spoken in the United States, ...

Another electoral shift April 19, 2007
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
And perhaps the best-known American Indian politician of recent years, former Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse-Campbell, a member of the Northern Cheyenne ...

Lumbees again try for recognition April 19, 2007
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA
Patrick McHenry, a Republican from Hickory, all support legislation that would allow the tribe to go through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Chino sets up office to advise tribes April 19, 2007
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
... down as state labor secretary in December, has settled into a new role as a political, business and planning consultant for American Indian tribes. ...

Counties protest tax shift April 19, 2007
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
In separate letters to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, both county commissions call the tribe "wealthy" and accuse it of trying to "avoid paying property ...

Federal lawsuit filed against Menominee Tribal Enterprises April 18, 2007
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,USA
UNDATED The federal government alleges Menominee Tribal Enterprises falsely billed the Bureau of Indian Affairs for roadwork and fire suppression. ...

False report of gunman stirs race issues  April 18, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
RAPID CITY -- Questions about racial stereotyping arose Tuesday after a false report of a phantom gunman, described as American Indian, was made at Central ...

Take Note of the Change in Time for Native American Energy Group's ...April 18, 2007
Market Wire (press release) - USA
During the interview, D'Arrigo and Nanvaan will highlight the Company's "No Tribe Left Behind Program," a joint venture with various Native American tribes ...

Tribal community meetings are under way in the northern Plains April 18, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
We're starting these meetings in April, and we'd like to have at least one meeting on every Native American reservation in South Dakota, North Dakota, .

35th annual Symposium on the American Indian begins at NSU April 18, 2007
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA
Additional events include traditional art demonstrations, a Cherokee language forum and the American Indian film series. A Native Language Revitalization ...

American Indians oppose bill that would prevent banning mascots April 18, 2007
WMC-TV - Memphis,TN,USA
A Choctaw activist told lawmakers today that a bill that would prevent the banning of American Indian mascots at schools is disrespectful and ...

Lumbees push for federal status April 18, 2007
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA
The Eastern Band of the Cherokee has said it would support legislation that would clear the way for the Lumbees to go through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Editorial: Minnesota hurts along with all of Virginia April 17, 2007
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
Here in Minnesota, the Virginia Tech shooting raises memories of the student shootings at Red Lake High School on the Red Lake Reservation and at Rocori ...

Navajo Nation Recognizes Howard Shanker for Advancing Federal ...April 17, 2007
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... For recognizing the sanctity and necessity of Native American sacred sites, For fighting the continuing erosion of our culture by government action, ...

Court rules against school districts April 17, 2007
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
The 41 public schools in the two districts lie deep in Indian Country. More than 80 percent of students in the Gallup-McKinley district and all the students

Where poverty rules and jobs are scarce, school offers hope April 17, 2007
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
Since the 1960s, a growing number of American Indian tribes had created their own two-year colleges - ones that wove their history and language into the

Sewer Line Dig Unearths Controversy April 13, 2007
SUNY The New Paltz Oracle - New Paltz,NY,USA
The discoveries include human remains, which are thought to be American Indian, and evidence of an American Indian longhouse, according to Eric Roth, ...

New rule may help Native American tribes reclaim artifacts April 13, 2007
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
In mid-March, the Department of the Interior's National NAGPRA program, which helps carry out the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, ...

Task force speaks out on domestic violence April 13, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
SYRACUSE, NY - The Department of Justice has determined that American Indian women experience violent victimization at a higher rate than any other US ...

Menominee demonstrators seek move in wake of federal lawsuit April 13, 2007
WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA
It alleges MTE falsely billed the Bureau of Indian Affairs for fire suppression and roadwork while spending more than a (m)$1 million for unauthorized ...

American Indian Research Center to be established April 13, 2007
Penn State Digital Collegian - University Park,PA,USA
Penn State announced the establishment of an American Indian Education Research Center on Tuesday in an attempt to increase research into American Indian ...

New rule may help Native American tribes reclaim artifacts April 12, 2007
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
In mid-March, the Department of the Interior's National NAGPRA program, which helps carry out the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, ...

Majority of American Indians move off reservations, but their ...April 12, 2007
News from Washington University in St. Louis - Saint Louis,MO,USA
April 12, 2007 -- Urban American Indian community centers in the United States can look to their neighbors to the north for an example of how to create a

Public meeting to focus on funding Indian Education Program  April 12, 2007
Newport News Times - Newport,OR,USA
... which the federal government funds through Title VII provisions of the Indian Education Act. The program serves Native American Indian K-12 students

Blackfeet Tribe considers fate of White Buffalo Home April 12, 2007
Glacier Reporter - USA
After it was reported in the Great Falls Tribune last week that the Tribe was going to have the Bureau of Indian Affairs take charge of the juvenile ...

Christie’s Closes American Indian Art Department April 12, 2007
Maine Antique Digest - Waldoboro,ME,USA
Christie’s has closed its American Indian art department, and as a result Delia Sullivan, department head since 1999, has left Christie’s. ...

Latinos & Indians will join PBS' 'War' April 12, 2007
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
The addendum to what many view as Burns' finest film comes in direct response to a campaign by Latino and Native American organizations who expressed anger ...

Cobell calls on UM audience to hold government accountable April 12, 2007
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
Cobell filed the country's largest class-action lawsuit on behalf of a half-million American Indian landowners and sued the US Interior Department in June ...

Nuvamsa says Hopi election is a national issue April 12, 2007
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
I am recognized throughout Indian Country by tribal leaders, by congressmen, and by state officials, federal officials. That has all been damaged by this

Tribe donates eight hotel floors of furniture April 11, 2007
Shakopee Valley News - Shakopee,MN,USA
... Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate (South Dakota), Yankton Sioux Tribe (South Dakota), Rosebud Sioux Tribe (South Dakota), Oglala Sioux Tribe (South Dakota), ...

Filling a void April 11, 2007
The Capital Journal - Pierre,SD,USA
"We knew through 'No Child Left Behind' that we had severe achievement gaps, a low graduation rate among Native American kids," said Keith Moore, ...

Those affected by shootings at schools talk about lessons they learned April 11, 2007
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
... said Beryl Wernberg, the 911 communication supervisor and emergency management director for Beltrami County, where the Red Lake Reservation is located. ...

Freedmen supporters picket BIA April 11, 2007
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
MUSKOGEE -- About 20 freedmen descendents and supporters gathered at the Eastern Region office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday afternoon to demand

Red Lake Band plans commercial fishing April 10, 2007
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
Beginning in 1999, the Red Lake Nation entered a 10-year agreement with the state of Minnesota and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to restore the resource. ...

American Indian Education Research Center established April 10, 2007
Penn State Live - PA,USA
The College of Education at Penn State announces the formation of the Center for the Study of Leadership in American Indian Education. ...

"Rez Ball" Gains NCAA Certification Thanks to Native American ...April 10, 2007
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
The Native American Basketball Invitational, founded in 2003, is helping to bring Indian Country’s unique variation of basketball to the outside world. ...

Reservation Economic Summit April 10, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''As a small Native American manufacturing and industrial distribution business, we have a difficult time gaining visibility at a national level. ...

Non-profits work to educate Native Americans about cancer April 10, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
According to one Indian Health Service report, Native American cancer death rates far exceed that of the US population as a whole: nearly 300 deaths per ...

Mayor apologizes for Indian remarks April 10, 2007
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
Sidney sent a letter last Friday requesting an apology to the Native American people and asking for equal time on Berry's show to present an American Indian ...

Tribe's $1 million grant helps fishery to reopen April 9 2007
Shakopee Valley News - Shakopee,MN,USA
... commenced in 1999 with the signing of an historic 10-year agreement among the band, the state of Minnesota, and the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Intertribal Friendship House meets to thanks the supporters April 9 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
IFH is and continues to be the heart of the Native American community. Whether one came here on relocation or one was born and raised in the Bay Area. ...

County Eyes Encroachment Issues April 9 2007
Yankton Daily Press (subscription) - Yankton,SD,USA
STURGIS (AP) -- Two special committees have been formed in Meade County to study development issues around Ellsworth Air Force Base and Bear Butte.

Traditional Indians Never Said, "God is on our side" April 9 2007
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
We often joke in Indian country that perhaps we should now plant the flags of our sovereign Indian nations upon the lands stolen from us and reclaim it for ...

Freedmen group pickets BIA April 9 2007
KSWO - Lawton,OK,USA
About 20 freedmen descendants gathered outside a Muskogee office of the Bureau of Indian affairs to demand the federal agency uphold their treaty rights.

Cheyenne honor Little Wolf April 6, 2007
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
"A lot of times in Indian Country, we're still going home," he said. "We still haven't got there yet." Posey said that when the bands followed Little Wolf ...

Rez Readers to Explore Roots of Tribal Sovereignty; Indian ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
They struggled for autonomy and civil rights, and their influence over the lives of all American Indian people was far-reaching. ...

Event looks at Indian lands April 6, 2007
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
"Inheriting Indian Land: Indian Land Tenure in the Wake of the American Indian Probate Reform Act" is held in conjunction with the 32nd annual Montana State ...

Progress and distress share the stage at Cobell hearing April 6, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Without a legislative settlement, according to Bickerman and Renfrew, ''The Department of Interior's ability to serve Indian country has been and will

Councilman apologizes for American Indian criticism April 6, 2007
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
AP. HOUSTON - A Houston city councilman and conservative talk radio host has apologized for saying taxpayers were paying large amounts of welfare to

Subprime mortgages: a double-edged sword for borrowers April 6, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
That was a jump of 10 percent for American Indian mortgages and an increase of more than 70 percent to Native Hawaiians.

Blackfeet move closer to water-rights deal April 6, 2007
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
"We still are having considerable issues with this number," said Doug Oellermann, of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs and part of the federal negotiating