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WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers after several bribery and corruption scandals sent members to prison. The ethics change, which prompted an outcry from Democrats and government watchdog groups, is part of a rules package that the full House will vote on Tuesday. The package also includes a means for Republican leaders to punish lawmakers if there is a repeat of the Democratic sit-in last s...
PASADENA - Several hundred people protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline trailed the Rose Parade Monday morning with a human-powered float and 150-foot-long black pipeline to raise awareness about water protection issues. Local water activists, Native American tribes and veterans pushed the float adorned with a “Water is Sacred” teepee and carried the plastic black pipeline as they marched down Colorado Boulevard chanting “Water is life” and “We are water protectors,” among other things. http://www.dailynews.com/lifestyle...
The year started with the Cherokee Nation winning its case in the U.S. Supreme Court, only to be followed by a message of “so what?” from President Andrew Jackson. Boudinot’s home was slated for auction by the state of Georgia; the idea being that settlers would then force Cherokees to flee their own homes. And, Boudinot resigned his job as editor of The Cherokee Phoenix because he believed the Chief John Ross was dictating the newspaper’s positions. He wrote: “I do conscientiously believe it to be the duty of every citizen to reflect u...
The U. S. Supreme Court won’t hear a case from a Hawaiian Native American church that is arguing its members should be exempt from federal anti-drug laws. The Oklevueha Native American Church, which uses marijuana during its services, filed the lawsuit in 2009, arguing that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a federal law passed in 1993 to protect minority religious expression, should allow its members to possess and distribute marijuana. A lower court ruled on Nov. 28 that the church did not present sufficient evidence that federal laws b...
When President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month, his pro-drilling, anti-climate action energy policy will buoy the oil industry. But it will also face staunch resistance from a pipeline opposition movement that gathered momentum, particularly with this year's successful showdown over the Dakota Access pipeline, and shows no signs of slowing. Local grassroots action, governments' environmental concerns and market forces have stopped or delayed dozens of fossil fuel projects since the high-profile Keystone XL pipeline was cancelled in...
The Navajo Nation, the country's largest Native American tribe, has accepted more than $1 billion from a federal program to build houses. But a new report found that almost two decades later, there's little to show for that money. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Craig Harris (@charrisazrep), a senior reporter at the Arizona Republic, who investigated the story with colleague Dennis Wagner. http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/01/02/mismanagement-funds-navajo-housing...
WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration has made historic progress over the past eight years in improving the nation-to-nation relationship between the United States and federally recognized Tribes. Together, the Obama Administration and Tribal Nations have accomplished shared goals and achieved milestones that upheld self-governance and self-determination – the foundation for prosperous and resilient tribal nations. Today, the White House is releasing a report outlining some of the successes of this Administration while working on behalf of Tri...
Federal officials hope to make doing business on Native American reservations easier. The update is a long time coming. The last time the U.S. Department of the Interior revised those regulations was more than 30 years ago. The move is, in part, a response to several requests from tribes and tribal organizations for updates to certain parts of the regulations regarding tribal self-determination. It’s part of a growing movement under the Obama administration to institute policies aimed at increasing tribal self-governance. In a written s...
The Indigenous Action Movement is heading back to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Saturday night for its annual frybread giveaway. The group has been handing out food and other donations to vulnerable people every New Year's Eve since 2008. Kat Norris said the idea for the event came to her while she was getting ready to ring in the New Year. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/frybread-giveaway-vancouver-1.3917901...
Thankfully, the "Wheel" controversy has come full circle. The "Wheel" itself — 10 red porcelain trees astrologically placed outside the Denver Art Museum in homage to important American Indian religious sites and ceremonies — makes a statement about breaking the cycle of America's mistreatment of Native peoples. How relieving it was, then, that the recent dust-up and subsequent resolution of plans to physically move "Wheel" embodied the spirit of how to honor commitments to a group of people historically cast aside in consideration of exp...
BANNOCK CO., Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - The Pocatello office of the FBI is investigating a homicide on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. According to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe Spokeswoman, Randy'L Teton, the case was handed over to the FBI Sunday evening. Teton could not provide KIFI/KIDK with any more details about the case. Several people who called the KIFI/KIDK newsroom said officers from the Fort Hall Police Department were at a home on West Cemetery Street between Philbin and Rio Vista Roads. Calls to the Pocatello office of the FBI were not...