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  • Aug 1, 2013

    The Poarch Band of Creek Indians will be holding elections Saturday to decide between four candidates facing off in runoff campaigns for two tribal seats....

  • Aug 1, 2013

    While riding the elevator together, our Canada Post mail carrier peered over my shoulder at the front page of my newspaper. Pointing to the article on Aboriginal children being starved in government research experiments, in a strong Eastern European accent he exclaimed, "Shameful! Just like what the Nazis and then the Soviets did to us. And here in Canada we let them get away with it?"...

  • Aug 1, 2013

    Prior Lake, Minn. – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) has given the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota a $650,000 grant to go toward the tribe’s farm. This grant is part of the SMSC’s most recent round of more than $10 million in grants awarded to 18 American In...

  • Aug 1, 2013

    FORT TOTTEN, N.D. — The teenage victim of a recent shooting at the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation has been released from Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, a hospital official said....

  • Aug 1, 2013

    Aboriginal Canadians were not only subjected to nutritional experiments by the federal government in the 1940s and 1950s but were also used as medical test subjects, says the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission....

  • Aug 1, 2013

    The Spirit Lake Tribal Court apparently issued a restraining order Wednesday against former Tribal Chairman Roger Yankton Sr., barring Yankton from entering the tribal government building or having any contact with members of the Tribal Council....

  • Chippewa Cree voters return St. Marks as chairman

    Aug 1, 2013

    HELENA, Mont. — Chippewa Cree voters have returned Ken Blatt St. Marks to the tribal chairmanship he was ousted from four months ago, picking him in a special election by a sizeable margin over one of the council members who removed the chairman. Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/07/31/2891973/chippewa-cree-voters-return-st.html#storylink=cpy...

  • Aug 1, 2013

    LAME DEER - The ousted president of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe is determined to get his seat back....

  • What Else the House Farm Bill Left Out for Native Americans

    Aug 1, 2013

    The U.S. House passed a farm bill July 11 that leaves out funding for the national Food Stamp program that many Native Americans rely on for sustenance, but that wasn’t the only Native-friendly part of the bill that was chopped. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/07/30/what-else-house-farm-bill-left-out-native-americans-150658...

  • Aug 1, 2013

    The are twice as many homeless seniors in Toronto as there were four years ago, a new city report says, while aboriginal people, veterans and gay youth make up a larger share of the homeless population....

  • Aug 1, 2013

    The nation’s system of higher education is growing more racially polarized even as it attracts more minorities: White students increasingly are clustering at selective institutions, while blacks and Hispanics mostly are attending open-access and community colleges, according to a new report....

  • Aug 1, 2013

    Officials from the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana and Paragon Casino Resort have announced that Chairman Earl J. Barbry, Sr., age 62, of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana in Marksville, passed away at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital on Wednesday after fighting a long battle with cancer....

  • Aug 1, 2013

    A hailstorm, with some hail as big as tennis balls, passed through the Rosebud Indian Reservation on Tuesday night and left many homes and vehicles damaged, a tribal official said....

  • Aug 1, 2013

    A hailstorm, with some hail as big as tennis balls, passed through the Rosebud Indian Reservation on Tuesday night and left many homes and vehicles damaged, a tribal official said....

  • Aug 1, 2013

    Today Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-WA) held a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs legislative hearing to address three bills before the Committee. The Committee heard testimony on the Reauthorization of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (S. 1352) set to expire in September of this year. In addition the Committee heard testimony on two land bills. (S.235) the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2013; and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse...

  • Community Health Day - Thursday, August 1st, 2013

    Community Health Day - Thursday, August 1st, 2013 9 a.m. * Opening Ceremony * Hike for Health Million Miles Against Diabetes Walk (Hospital to the Humanities) 10 a.m. Exhibits open at the Humanities Center 12 p.m. Community Feast 1 p.m. Youth games 3 p.m. * Exhibits close * Drawings for prizes: ~Children & Adults~ Come join us for a day of healthy activities, fun, & food Hope to see you there! Sponsored by the Red Lake Comprehensive Health Services and Red Lake Tribal Council All events are...

  • Auditions for Ring Girls for Pro-Am Boxing event Saturday, August 10, 2013

    Auditions for Ring Girls for Pro-Am Boxing event Saturday, August 10, 2013 Saturday, August 3rd - Noon to 4 PM - Seven Clans Casino-Red Lake EVERYONE WELCOME Sponsored by REZ PROMOTIONS \ August 10th Boxing Event at Seven Clans Casino: http://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2013/07/29/events/pro-am-boxing-saturday-august-10-2013/13800.html...