Navajos Camp Out Against Coal January 12, 2007
Living on the Earth - Cambridge,MA,USA
And they're getting help from activists throughout Indian Country and beyond - firewood, supplies and even an unlicensed, solar-powered radio station

Why won't the BIA call back? January 12, 2007
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
That gibberish from the title character in "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland" might just as well have come from the US Bureau of Indian Affairs

Tribes sue US over trust funds January 12, 2007
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
The lawsuit is the latest legal challenge to the government's handling of Native American trust money, which tribal representatives contend has been shoddy 

GSA aims for new fed court, offices January 12, 2007
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
Federal agencies housed in the Battin building include the US District Court, the US Clerk of Court, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Reclamation

Native Voices Foundation January 12, 2007
SFCPressPoint (press release) - Tampa,FL,USA
... And only Native to compete in the Olympics in this Millennium, she is the great hope and inspiration for Indian Country, especially young girls

Martinet: 'Enhancing the flowers of the nation' January 12, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
There is a connection between the loss of traditional foods and the array of health issues that dominate the conversations in Indian country.

Jackpot! No, but casino benefits tribal members January 12, 2007
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
Gary Garrison, public affairs officer for the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, said Native American tribes are required to use gaming profits for things

Media censors protest at Navajo inauguration January 11, 2007
Infoshop News -
Navajos wore masks in the march and protest, as they faced off with tribal police, to oppose the Desert Rock/Sithe Global Power Plant which President Joe

Big crowd expected at land-trust hearing January 11, 2007
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
Hundreds of people attended a similar Bureau of Indian Affairs hearing last month at the Stanley Theatre in Utica. But that hearing should have been held in

Senators push for Hopi US Attorney January 11, 2007
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
In 2005, Humetewa was detailed to the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, from the Department of Justice, to work on national Indian country justice

Family of American Indian killed by park police suing NJ January 11, 2007
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
He also appointed a commission to study American Indian communities in New Jersey regarding civil rights, access to education, fair housing, infrastructure,

Tribe Considers Storing Nuclear Waste; Might Mean $10 Million in Fees  January 11, 2007
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
The Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the lease in 1997. The deal is yet to be consummated amid a mountain of lawsuits

Indian team tracks load of 3.5 tons of pot January 11, 2007
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
An elite group of American Indian drug trackers appear to be comfortable in their new assignment working Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

IDAHO LAWMAKERS STILL UNDECIDED WHAT TO DO WITH INDIAN LYNCHING MURALS January 10, 2007
KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA
... Murals -- including ones depicting the lynching of an American Indian -- in the building slated to house the state Legislature in 2008 and 2009

Indian dropout rate studied January 10, 2007
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
Stemming dropout rates for American Indian students in Montana will require prevention beginning early in a student's childhood, among other innovations,

Oglala Nation presses for Pine Ridge housing January 10, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
The Oglala Lakota Nation has asked New York-based Native American Energy Group to submit a plan to address the housing shortage on the Pine Ridge

Salt River Pima Community pledges $100000 to ASU January 10, 2007
Phoenix Business Journal - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... Of the Indian Community, will give the money to ASU's Del Webb School of Construction to support the school's Construction in Indian Country program.

American Indian Education Measure January 10, 2007
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
A bill will be filed in the South Dakota Legislature that is intended to help improve the education of American Indian students in the state

Leonard Peltier: Thirty Years of FBI Harassment and Misconduct January 10, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
"Much of the government's behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence.

Brand: NCAA stands by nickname ban  January 10, 2007
USA Today - USA
North Dakota was one of 20 schools initially ruled in violation of the new guidelines, which bar them from using Native American nicknames, mascots or logos

GAO: Interior office lacks timetable for trust fund reforms January 9, 2007
GovExec.com - USA
The trustee office was established under the 1994 American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act for the purpose of implementing improvements in the

Tribe Considers Storing Nuclear Waste; Might Mean $10 Million in Fees January 9, 2007
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
The Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the lease in 1997. The deal is yet to be consummated amid a mountain of lawsuits,

Dispute over road turns violent January 9, 2007
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
But Wilensky said time is passing without any answer from the tribe, or from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, which some say has told the Indians that

Cigarette wholesalers, tribes claim victory with court ruling January 9, 2007
WSTM-TV - Syracuse,NY,USA
BUFFALO, NY Cigarette wholesalers and American Indian smoke shop owners have won the latest round in the court battle over collecting state taxes on tobacco

Early Blood Pressure Problems Signal Heart Trouble January 9, 2007
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
The participants were taking part in the Strong Heart Study, an ongoing investigation of cardiovascular risk factors and disease in 13 American Indian

Project Specialist - Project Specialist, Northwest Tribal Cancer ...January 9, 2007
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
Knowledge of and experience in American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities. Qualified Native applicants are given preference

NEW: Chesterfield asked to protect prehistoric burial mounds January 9, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... told council members he hopes the city would consider adopting a mound protection ordinance "to protect our prehistoric Native American burial mounds."

Tribes Turn to Court over Trust-Fund ‘Mismanagement’ January 8, 2007
The NewStandard - Syracuse,NY,USA
The nonprofit Native American Rights Fund filed the lawsuit on behalf of over 250 Indian tribes. The plaintiffs are seeking accurate accountings from the US

Billings to host meth training January 8, 2007
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
Indian Country law enforcement officers from Montana and Wyoming will converge in Billings for training on methamphetamine investigations

State of Indian Nations January 8, 2007
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
Home ownership is not a reality in Indian Country or live in a trailer house their whole life. So it would be a great initiative for my part to achieve the

5 men caught poaching American Indian artifacts in Thonotosassa January 8, 2007
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
Five men found digging for American Indian artifacts near Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County have been arrested and charged with trespassing,

US Supreme Court to consider challenge to NM school funding formula January 8, 2007
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
The 41 public schools in the two northwestern New Mexico districts lie deep in Indian Country. More than 80 percent of students in the Gallup-McKinley

NAEG Receives Invitation From Oglala Lakota Nation January 8, 2007
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
It is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States, home to approximately 40000 persons. Unfortunately, according to Oglala

Education act proposed in South Dakota January 8, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Melmer said it was important for students in all of the state's districts to have some instruction on American Indian language, culture, traditions and ...

News from the Great Plains January 8, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
PINE RIDGE, SD - The largest Boys and Girls Club in Indian country will now add an academic element to its already large list of programs

Lumbee tackle housing woes January 8, 2007
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Among the prerequisites for recognition by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs are proof of self-governance and political authority.

Cleanup costs a big hurdle January 8, 2007
Escanaba Daily Press - Escanaba,MI,USA
Reservation property is held in trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs within the DOI. Part of negotiations, ongoing since 1999, was for the tribe to accept

Oneidas not giving up on plans for New York casino January 8, 2007
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
As part of its trust application review, the Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a report that concluded that if those lands aren't put into a trust