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The weather here in South Dakota has been way below 0 for several days and is expected to continue for several more, the elders and people with children of Pine Ridge need heating assistance. Some of these families are going without heating. Please help every dollar makes a difference! Please contact the Link Center Foundation, they are actively working on heating assistance for the reservations in South Dakota www.linkcenterfoundation.com

Today's News in Indian Country 3/10/06

Norton stepping down as interior secretary March 10, 2006
... Members, is expected to announce her retirement today, ending a five-year run that included frequent clashes with environmentalists and Native American tribes. ...

Poll shows support for tax-free status on New York reservations March 10, 2006
... Foreshadowed by an earlier poll by the American Indian Policy and Media Initiative at Buffalo State College that showed wide public support for the tax ...

Bill introduced to assist tribes' suicide prevention services March 10, 2006
... Counseling process. Suicide rates among youth aged 14 - 25 in Indian country are three times higher than the national average. In ...

Zogby poll's rallying call for tax sovereignty March 10, 2006
... These results should transform the political picture in New York state and hearten sovereignty advocates throughout Indian country. ...

Message to media: Hear the Indian voice March 10, 2006
... Association, National Indian Council on Aging, National Indian Education Association, National Indian Health Board, National Native American Families Together ...

School program assists American Indian students March 10, 2006
CHEBOYGAN - Local American Indian students can now take advantage of financial and educational support at school through the Title VII Native American ...

Indian education cuts focus of National Indian Education ...March 10, 2006
... Feb. 11-15. The summit was attended by 200 Indian educators, school board members and tribal leaders from Indian country. They were ...

The Bad Eagle March 10, 2006
Frontpage Interviews guest today is Dr. David Yeagley, a member of the Comanche Nation and the first American Indian to advocate conservative values through ...

'Trudell' preaches to the choir March 10, 2006
... Willing to stand up for issues he believed in at what turned out to be enormous personal cost, he became one of the voices of the American Indian Movement at a ...

Tribal sovereignty poses challenges for local law enforcement March 10, 2006
... "Indian Country law enforcement has always suffered from this problem that if the Indians are out there killing each other, that's not our greatest concern. ...

Census Bureau Begins to Count Residents of the Cheyenne River ...March 10, 2006
WASHINGTON, March 9 /US Newswire/ -- In order to ensure an accurate count of the American Indian population nationwide in 2010, the US Census Bureau will be ...

American Indian professors to gather at Haskell March 10, 2006
American Indian professors from across the United States will be in Lawrence late this afternoon for Reservations Without Borders: Indigenizing the New ...

Group opposes nickname, logo March 10, 2006
... "The use of American Indian names and logos in athletics is demeaning, whether intended or not," said a resolution the association passed. ...

The NCAA aftermath: Some change, others appeal March 10, 2006
... Fighting Illini but is currently in the process of appealing the ban of using Chief Illiniwek, a student who dresses up in Native American garments and ...

Native American Awareness Week at Northland March 13-18 March 10, 2006
Patty Loew, PhD, Wisconsin Public Radio host and UW-Madison associate professor, will be the keynote speaker at the 32nd annual Native American Awareness Week ...

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