Six Nations and the Empire State: Who owes whom? June 14, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
The People of the Standing Stone (whose Four Directions Media enterprise publishes Indian Country Today) once controlled some 6 million acres but saw it ...

Tribe's buildings on list of endangered historic sites June 14, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
John Fryar, a retired investigator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a member of the Acoma Pueblo tribe in New Mexico, said he has seen numerous Native ...

Leonard Peltier's story hits the stage June 14, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
And since the sentence, was ordered people have been crying that Peltier was framed and is serving an "illegal" prison term. Dubbed "the Nelson Mandela for ...

Native American Foster Homes June 14, 2007
KFYR-TV - Bismarck,ND,USA
This includes Native American children. Statewide, about 30% of foster children are Native American. The Native American Foster Care Recruitment Task Force ...

Violence against women may go unpunished June 14, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
On the Pine Ridge Reservation, which has the strictest and first domestic violence code, all officers go through training. To help, AI has called for full ...

Governor Rounds Speaks to Native American Journalism Students June 14, 2007
Kmeg14 - Sioux City,IA,USA
... Rooms of America and result in better news coverage, more thorough and accurate coverage of Native American issues," says Executive Director Jack Marsh. ...

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux win right to put land in trust June 14, 2007
WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA
(AP) - The Bureau of Indian Affairs has reversed itself and said the Shakopee Sioux Community can transfer 752 acres it owns into a tax-exempt trust. ...

Native American Energy Group Unveils New Corporate Website June 14, 2007
Earthtimes.org - USA
The launch of this information-rich resource coincides with Native American Energy Group's transition from a simple oil & gas company into an energy ...

Honor Sacred Sites Day - National Day of Prayer June 14, 2007
Tanasi Journal - Knoxville,TN,USA
The National Day of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places is being observed at the Native American Rights Fund on June 21, 2007. ...

Native American Economic Impact Summit to be held this morning June 14, 2007
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
The first-ever Native American Economic Impact Summit is scheduled to begin at 7 am at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. ...

Tennessee votes to protect American Indian mascots June 13, 2007
First Amendment Center - Nashville,TN,USA
Phil Bredesen recently signed into law a measure that bars state agencies from regulating American Indian school mascots. State Rep. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, ...

Funding will save native languages June 13, 2007
Los Alamos Monitor - Los Alamos,NM,USA
Three million in funding for the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Program was awarded Thursday in an effort to prevent more native languages from ...

Preservationists try to save Ohio Indian site
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
AP - June 13, 2007 8:35 AM ET BOURNEVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A coalition has agreed to buy and preserve an ancient American Indian site in southern Ohio. ...

American Indian artifacts, cultural pieces find home June 13, 2007
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
The museum houses priceless ancient artifacts and other American Indian cultural items that had been in other Arizona museums for years before being ...

Political Prisoner, Leonard Peltier Seeks NAEG's Assistance to ...June 13, 2007
Earthtimes.org - USA
It was Leonard Peltier who enlisted NAEG's help for this development on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation because he cares deeply and took a vow for his ...

Tribal leaders unveil new 'meth toolkit' June 12,2007
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
"Meth threatens to eradicate an entire generation," said Carl Artman, the assistant secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "This is something we cannot ...

Native group tackles meth problems June 12,2007
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
According to NCAI delegates, meth manufacturers and dealers are targeting Indian Country because they view the population as more vulnerable and enforcement ...

Lawsuit charges Native voting rights violated June 12,2007
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
By Maria Downey ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In federal court today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, along with the Native American Rights Fund, .

THE PEOPLE SPEAK: Vote for change at top of Cherokee leadership June 12,2007
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA
Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith once again wants the tribal members to vote yes on the amendment to keep the Bureau of Indian Affairs from interfering with ...

Mortgage lending practices yield new complaints, settlement June 11,2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
WASHINGTON - Lenders that won't make mortgages on American Indian reservations are starting to feel the heat. Hot on the heels of a lawsuit filed against a ...

TOXIC DUMP SITES LITTER DESERT RESERVATION June 11,2007
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
"Over the years, the tribe, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the EPA tried different things to combat this problem, but it wasn't until we all began to work ...

Lumbees closer to federal recognition June 11,2007
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... act that recognized its members as Indians but then prohibited them from seeking benefits or federal recognition through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Leonard Peltier: The Ongoing War on Native American Religious ...June 10, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... at the USP Marion and to no longer allow the United States to continue denying Native American brothers and sisters the right to practice our religion. ...

American Indians opposed to Martha Stewart's trademark attempt June 10, 2007
Pottstown Mercury - Pottstown,PA,USA
And other American Indian leaders said that Stewart's trademark application was offensive. "If I wanted to trademark 'Martha Stewart' and put out a line of

Indian Reservation Reels In Wake Of Youth Suicides And Attempts June 10, 2007
Free Internet Press - New York,NY,USA
Rosebud and the neighboring Pine Ridge reservation, using a $400000 federal grant, have started training community members and school employees in suicide ...

Indian Reservation Reeling in Wave of Youth Suicides and Attempts June 10, 2007
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
What is happening at Rosebud is all too common throughout Indian Country. American Indian and Alaska Native youth 15 to 24 years old are committing suicide ...

INDN's List Partner Calls for Political Candidates: June 10, 2007
Native Times - USA
And by partnering with us at INDN's List we can ensure that many of those leaders are American Indians that will move both Indian Country and America ...