ACLU Wins Historic Agreement in South Dakota Voting Rights Case December 5, 2007
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The settlement resolves a 2005 ACLU lawsuit charging Charles Mix County with discriminating against Native American voters in violation of the Voting Rights ...

Impeachment rejected for tribal official | kxnet.com North Dakota News December 5, 2007
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
PINE RIDGE, SD (AP) The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council has decided not to impeach tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele and his dismissed all allegations ...

Pine Ridge Head Start unveils improvements December 5, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
... Began operating Pine Ridge Head Start programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe in 2005, according to Michelle Yankton, director of the Head Start program.

FEMA Ordered to Submit Plan to Test Toxic Hurricane Trailers December 4, 2007
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been ordered to submit a plan to start testing the toxic FEMA trailers still housing Gulf Coast hurricane ...

Judge Sets Deadline For FEMA Trailer Tests December 4, 2007
WDSU - New Orleans,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge has set a deadline for FEMA to come up with a plan to test the air quality in trailers. That plan must be in place by Dec. .

Native American tourism markets brace for boom December 3, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association, or AIANTA, hired its first director in September to oversee tribal tourism operations. ...

$82.7 Million Provided to Tribal Communities for Law and Justice ...December 2, 2007
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... Tribal Women's Coalition Program to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking on American Indian reservations and Alaska Native villages.

Squabbles hamper OC Indian tribe December 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Instead, one petition to the Bureau of Indian Affairs seeking recognition was followed by a second, and then a third, while a fourth faction emerged in ...

Archaeologists doubt oak grove at Cal stadium houses Indian remains December 2, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... Neighborhood group and the California Oak Foundation sued to stop the project, saying it's too close to the Hayward Fault and would destroy sacred land. ...

Tribes asked to pray for Peaks December 2, 2007
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
We must continue to stand in solidarity to address our sacred sites," Morgan said. "Our prayers will be heard as we unite in our continued efforts to ...

Mass. Program offers job training for American Indian veterans December 1, 2007
Boston Globe - United States
A program designed for American Indian veterans aims to help ease that burden, by providing training in carpentry, ventilation, plumbing, electrical work,

TN Commission on Indian Affairs Meets Today in Memphis December 1, 2007
Tanasi Journal - Knoxville,TN,USA
Many present spoke in opposition to elimination of the rule, with a handful speaking out against the only American Indian entity officially acknowledged by

Why HIV/AIDS Continues to Grow in Ethnic/Minority Communities December 1, 2007
ChicagoPride.com - IL, United States
According to Warren Jimenez, executive director of the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC), "Awareness and stigma in Indian Country are ...

In the light of reverence December 1, 2007
The e.press - Sacramento,CA,USA
The topic of discussion was "sacred sites", which was aided by the PBS documentary In The Light Of Reverence, chronicling some of the struggles of the ...

American Indians Given Veto Power Over Federal Land December 1, 2007
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
... Thus offending the religious sensitivities of American Indians who believe the resort is situated on sacred land, violated federal law. ...

Editorial: Accountability' welcomes this federal investigation December 1, 2007
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
... Island in the Pacific Ocean, far from the sacred land of Window Rock, Shiprock, and other sites and townships that tradition holds as home for the Diné.

From San Francisco to DC November 30, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Simmons said the Longest Walk II will stop in Lewisberg, Pa., where AIM member Leonard Peltier remains in federal prison in relation to the fatal shooting

Orange County tribe loses bid for federal recognition November 30, 2007
Examiner.com - USA
At that point the Bureau of Indian Affairs will begin work on a final determination. More than five dozen other California Indian tribes have also notified ...

Senator wants input from tribes on law enforcement legislation November 30, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Officers on the ground must collect the data, according to Robert Hermann, chief of police for the Oglala Sioux Tribe. ''Sometimes, a simple disturbing the

Plymouth, Mass.: Hundreds honor Day of Mourning November 30, 2007
Workers World - USA
... provide a forum for Indigenous people to speak the truth about the history of this country and to speak out about current conditions in Indian Country. ...

Jury awards nearly $200000 in Osage County case  November 29, 2007
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
In an updated complaint filed in June 2001, Quarles alleged that the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Environmental Protection Agency failed to hold ...

solicitation of applications for the native american business ...November 29, 2007
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... the minority business development agency (mbda) is soliciting competitive applications from organizations to operate a native american business ...