Inspector general lists ethics, other problems at Interior February 17, 2007
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
Many problems plague the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including a lack of staffing and dilapidated conditions at Indian detention facilities, Devaney said.

Illiniwek's exit: Some say abrupt, some say it's about time February 17, 2007
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
In 2005, echoing the view of many Native American advocates on campus and beyond, the NCAA blasted Illiniwek as "hostile or abusive." 

U of I says Chief Illiniwek will no longer perform February 16, 2007
WQAD, IL - 13 hours ago
The U-of-I today announced that the 81-year-old mascot will no longer perform at athletic events on the Urbana-Champaign campus after this season

Mashpee Wampanoag win federal recognition February 16, 2007
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe won federal recognition today as a sovereign Native American nation, capping a 32-year legal battle that will likely intensify

A history of the Wampanoag February 16, 2007
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis,MA,USA
The council notifies the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs that the Mashpee Wampanoag intend to seek federal recognition. The Mashpee Wampanoag file suit in

Stokes: Time for new eagle feather law February 16, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
This certificate would replace the tribal enrollment requirement while ensuring that only approved participants in bona fide Native American customs are

American Indian College Fund Announces Historic Grant from Lilly ...February 16, 2007
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
To continue providing financial support to individuals such as these and the nation's tribal colleges and universities, the American Indian College Fund

Indian inmates say religious rights are being denied February 16, 2007
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — American Indian inmates at Maine State Prison have sued prison officials, alleging that their First Amendment religious rights were

University of Illinois prepares to retire Chief Illiniwek  February 16, 2007
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Last month the Oglala Sioux tribe that sold the university some of the chief's regalia, including moccasins, peace pipe pouch, breastplate and war bonnet

Heat Assistance Runs Out On Reservations February 15, 2007
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
The tribal energy coordinator says he is working with congressional delegation officials to find other funding. The tribe, on the Pine Ridge reservation,

Native meth bill clears committee February 15, 2007
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
A bill allowing Native American agencies to apply for methamphetamine-fighting grants passed the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee last week.

American Indian history revisited February 15, 2007
UT The Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
"Killing Custer" begins in 1870, six years before this battle, with the Marias Massacre, an event that shaped American Indian history drastically,

Commissioners defend at-large elections February 15, 2007
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
She is the first American Indian -- enrolled in the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa -- ever elected to the Fremont County Commission.

INDIAN EDUCATION COORDINATOR February 15, 2007
KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA
The State of Idaho recently announced a new position at the Department of Education that would oversee all of Idaho's 4200 American Indian students from all

Politics & Policy | American Indian/Alaska Native Tribal Health ...February 14, 2007
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
More than 300 Alaska Native and American Indian tribal health organizations are suing HHS' Indian Health Service for nearly $1 billion, alleging that the

Health group to push for tobacco use ban on Navajo land February 14, 2007
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
An American Indian health group is pushing the Navajo Nation Council to ban tobacco use in public places on Navajo land. The Black Hills Center for American

Anthropologists Back Native American Claims February 14, 2007
UNM Today - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... Years before Judge John Jelderks found that he could not be defined Native American under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Frequently asked questions about tribal recognition February 14, 2007
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis,MA,USA
Once a tribe is federally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or by an act of Congress, tribal officials typically negotiate a settlement agreement

Bear Butte no-alcohol zone dies February 13, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
PIERRE--A proposal to create a four-mile no-alcohol zone around Bear Butte was killed in a legislative committee Tuesday morning in Pierre.

Committee Dumps Bear Butte Bill February 13, 2007
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
The House Local Government Committee killed a bill to set up a four-mile buffer zone around Bear Butte in the Sturgis area

Indian inmates claim right to practice religion is denied February 13, 2007
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
BANGOR - American Indian inmates at Maine State Prison have sued prison officials, alleging that their First Amendment religious rights were abridged

Diabetes Rate Increased by 128% During 14-Year Period Among ...February 13, 2007
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
Brosseau noted that in the past, lack of funding for American Indian and Alaska Native alcohol treatment programs resulted in increased mortality rates.

Credit union consortium looks to start a Native loan portfolio February 13, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
NCUF has started a Native American Initiative, which includes the meeting and the white paper. ''Consumer loans, auto loans, home mortgages on and off the

US, Navajo law collide at Dartmouth February 13, 2007
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
Their session was part of a campaign to educate people across the United States on American Indian sovereignty. The justices have traveled to other

County wants authority to decide liquor licenses Febrauary 12, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
PIERRE - Liquor licenses for businesses near Bear Butte, a mountain considered sacred to some Native Americans, are for the county to decide, a Meade County

9:01 am: EPA determines parcel near Church Rock is Indian Country February 12, 2007
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) - The Navajo Nation believes a US Environmental Protection Agency ruling that a 160-acre parcel near Church Rock is "Indian Country"

Native Americans neglected February 12, 2007
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian - Amherst,MA,USA
Our Eurocentric textbooks fail to explain the hypocrisy behind the colonization of America - an oversight that explains the condition of Native American

INDIGENOUS BROTHERS AND SISTERS STRUGGLING TO DEFEND THE ANCESTRAL ...February 12, 2007
Canada First Perspective - Scanterbury,Manitoba,Canada
This exploitation, privatisation and contamination upset the balance of cultural resources and sacred sites. As Indigenous Peoples and communities come to

Oglala Sioux Tribe to review election process February 12, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
PINE RIDGE, SD - The Oglala Sioux Tribe will bring together a three-judge panel to review the tribal election code and regulations, procedures and the

Rep. Jo Ann Davis introduces apology bill February 12, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
The Jamestown settlement, she said, survived because of the help American Indian nations provided to the colonists. Davis said the founders of the United

South Dakota tries to ban abortion, again February 12, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
However, most rapes are not reported to law enforcement, especially within the American Indian community, opponents claim. The IHS does not perform rape