News in Indian Country!

American Indians Urge Oklahoma State Lawmakers to Oppose 'English ...February 9, 2007
FOX News - USA
OKLAHOMA CITY — American Indian leaders, citing a desire to preserve their native languages, urged state lawmakers Thursday to defeat "English only"

Bones of contention go home February 9, 2007
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Many museum officials feared the repatriation act would strip their shelves bare of Native American objects - which had come to them through donations,

Bill Would Limit Booze Sales Near Bear Butte February 9, 2007
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
A South Dakota House committee was urged to approve a measure that would ban businesses that sell alcohol from an area near Bear Butte, which is considered

Indigeneous Peoples Call for Global Ban on Uranium Mining February 8, 2007
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
He continued, "Today, large sweeps of Ansu Province--dotted with sacred sites--appear to have succumbed to an overdose of chemotherapy

Bear Butte bar bill argued, postponed February 8, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
A legislative committee on Thursday postponed action on a bill that would ban bars near Bear Butte, northeast of Sturgis. American Indians worship at Bear

Topics include civil rights, ‘rolling Indians’ February 8, 2007
Cortez Journal - Cortez,CO,USA
A local American Indian group held a second public meeting Tuesday night to decide what to do about racism in the Four Corners, including the possible

Bush budget slashes Indian health care, education funding February 7, 2007
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
WASHINGTON — Behind the modest funding increases in President George Bush’s proposed 2008 budget for American Indian programs lie glaring cuts in funding

Inter-American Commission Considers Global Warming-Human Rights Link February 7, 2007
Environment News Service - USA
... Meet reforestation commitments to restore habitat, and violation of wilderness protections and road construction through Native American sacred sites.

Bureau holds another land trust hearing February 7, 2007
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA
It's been a debated topic for over a year and once again the Bureau of Indian Affairs held a meeting regarding the Oneida Indian Nation's land-into trust ...

Congressional action restores UTTC funding February 7, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
The self-determination law, which carries the number PL 93-638 as amended, is simply referred to in Indian country as ''638.''

UA Web portal launching free program for tribal leaders  February 7, 2007
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
The UA’s ArizonaNativeNet Web portal is launching a free distance learning program designed to give tribal leaders targeted information on American Indian

UA Web portal launching free program for tribal leaders February 6, 2007
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
The UA’s ArizonaNativeNet Web portal is launching a free distance learning program designed to give tribal leaders targeted information on American Indian

Mortality rate shows disparity February 6, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
For American Indian babies born in sparsely populated areas of western South Dakota, the first year of life comes with a certain amount of risk.

North Dakota delegation criticizes Bush budget  February 6, 2007
Bismarck Tribune - Bismarck,ND,USA
3 Suggests $16 million more for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to strengthen law enforcement and counter growing methamphetamine production and use in Indian

ANWR funds again in federal budget  February 6, 2007
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
Meth abuse is rampant in Indian country and the federal government needs to act, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said Monday, but Alaska’s unique

Panel to review OST election February 5, 2007
Rapid City Journal, SD -
Oglala Sioux Tribe President John Yellow Bird Steele is bringing in a three-judge panel from outside the tribe to study the 2006 OST election in a move that

Senate committee approves BIA nomination February 5, 2007
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
WASHINGTON - The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has approved Carl J. Artman to be head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, trying for a second time to fill a

Native trackers to patrol US border February 5, 2007
The Brunei Times - Bandar,Brunei,Brunei Darussalam
AN ELITE group of Native American trackers that use skills handed down from the ancestral hunt is being tapped to play a larger role in securing the US'

2007 State of Indian Nations address promises steady push on ...February 5, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
And NCAI's call for federal cooperation against methamphetamine or ''meth'' abuse and trafficking in Indian country has been met, he said

Tiny, remote tribe in East County owes existence to late matriarch February 5, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
Officials at the US Bureau of Indian Affairs are unable to confirm that information, saying it would require an exhaustive search of the agency's archives

Indians' voting rights trial set for today February 5, 2007
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
"Plaintiffs' desire to elect an American Indian candidate to the Commission is nothing more than a desire for racial or tribal cohesion, not political

Before the seeds come the catalogs February 5, 2007
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
Native American tobacco seed is available only from Native Seed/SEARCH, which is devoted to preserving the indigenous crops of American Southwestern tribes