Senate Committee Passes American Indian Health Care Improvement ...September 13, 2007
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
The legislation would allow American Indian health care organizations to participate more fully in Medicare and Medicaid and would limit premiums for tribal ...

Senate panel OKs Indian health bill September 13, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
"We must honor our treaty and trust responsibilities and do everything we can to reverse the deplorable health conditions facing much of Indian Country.

Native Americans Denied Right of Easy Border Crossing September 13, 2007
New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
The editor of Indian Country Today says that homeland security initiatives have been implemented without consulting the tribes, and that the government has ...

Makah face a whale of a dilemma September 13, 2007
Seattle Times, United States
By Jerry Large They're members of the Makah Tribe, but they acted on their own and against the interests of the group. Their tribe has been trying to ...

Move from rez to campus can be stressful September 13, 2007
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
College can stress any student, but many American Indian students must also deal with a new culture, said Jesse Navarro, a UA senior of Tohono O'odham

Law Professor to Lead Indian Museum September 12, 2007
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A law professor from Arizona was named director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian on Tuesday.

A Day of Hope on the Pine Ridge Reservation, New Head Men Appointed September 12, 2007
Tanasi Journal - Knoxville,TN,USA
Harvey Iron Boy (52) was a policeman on the Pine Ridge Reservation for over 13 years before an injury forced his early retirement. After that, he became the

Leonard Peltier: Silence Screams September 12, 2007
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
By Carolina Saldaña / September 12th, 2007 Leonard Peltier will be 63 years old on September 12, 2007. It's an international day for demanding the immediate ...

Earmark Gone, Indian Project Is One-Winged September 12, 2007
New York Times - United States
... Building rises here in the shape of a giant eagle -- a striking symbol, its creators say, for an American Indian cultural facility and a judicial center

Native American site found in park September 12, 2007
Nelson County Times - Amherst,VA,USA
At the newest site, initial digging uncovered arrowheads, stone tools and other evidence of Native American activity, Schuppin said

Wisconsin tribes join to promote tourism September 12, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... Development for the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, which produces the magazine with the Native American Tourism of Wisconsin Advisory Committee.

Tribal leaders: Culture absent in education September 12, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
It's vital, Shirley said, that all students are taught in the public schools about American Indian history, languages and culture. ...

Pechanga tribe disowns 90 adults, 50 children September 10, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
The Bureau of Indian Affairs said it cannot intervene in such an issue unless a tribe agrees to have it settle a dispute.

Statement by the Makah Tribal Council September 10, 2007
Seattle Times, United States 
The Makah Tribal Council denounces the actions of those who took it upon themselves to hunt a whale without the authority from the Makah Tribal Council or ...

Makah leaders promise to punish whale hunters September 10, 2007
Peninsula Daily, WA -
By Jim Casey, Peninsula Daily News NEAH BAY - Makah tribal leaders promised Sunday to prosecute the five men "who took it on themselves to hunt a whale" a ...

Candidates can't afford to ignore Indian vote September 10, 2007
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
Noting that only three of the eight major Democratic presidential contenders showed at the first effort to bring them to "Indian country," voters and ...

Navajo, BIA, BLM to debate land issues September 10, 2007
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
By Kathy Helms WINDOW ROCK -- Navajo Nation officials, members of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Land Management will come together next week

Homecoming Planned for White Earth Ojibwe Adoptees September 10, 2007
Tanasi Journal - Knoxville,TN,USA
For a tribe to initiate a home coming for its adoptees is a first in Indian Country. FNOAC executive director Sandy White Hawk is hoping media exposure of ...

 ...Ex-Chiefs start scholarship to honor Frank Fools Crow September 10, 2007
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign/Urbana,IL,USA
The scholarship fund is named for the late Mr. Fools Crow, an Oglala Sioux elder from the Pine Ridge reservation who made the headdress and buckskin outfit ...

US museum returns tattooed Maori head, bones to New Zealand September 10, 2007
WAND - Decatur,IL,USA
Representatives of Maori tribes took part in the ceremony in Wellington, along with staff from The Field Museum in Chicago and American Indian First Nation ...

Expect more opposition to Hawaiian programs September 10, 2007
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Last week, several Republicans tried to reject a native Hawaiian housing program as part of the larger Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act. ...

State restricts composting center on sacred land September 10, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
BURLINGTON, Vt. - A composting business that has been running without a permit on land that is replete with American Indian archaeological sites has been ...

Cherokee Strip land rush anniversary recalls Sooner origins September 10, 2007
Cushing Daily Citizen - Cushing,OK,USA
... set up by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to allow Cherokees in the 'Indian Territory' of northeastern Oklahoma to reach hunting grounds in the west. ...