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The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is calling for a meeting with premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan over the right to hunt moose. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said there is a need to discuss treaty territories and rights that have been raised in recent weeks. On Dec. 15, Saskatchewan officers seized moose meat from two homes on Pine Creek First Nation in Manitoba. The moose was hunted on Pine Creek's traditional territory, which crosses the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sa...
PUEBLO OF ISLETA – A stroke of the pen enlarged the Pueblo of Isleta by 50 percent on Friday. A signing ceremony that transferred nearly 90,000 acres into trust for Isleta lasted only minutes, but it followed an application process that began in the 1990s. “It has been a long time coming, and it has finally happened,” Isleta Gov. E. Paul Torres said shortly after he and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell signed the transfer papers in Isleta Village proper, about 20 miles south of Albuquerque. http://www.abqjournal.c...
Thousands of archaeological artifacts — and maps detailing where more can be found — are kept inside the national wildlife refuge buildings currently being held by an armed group of protestors angry over federal land policy. Ryan Bundy, one of the leaders of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon, says they have no real interest in the antiquities. Still, their access to the artifacts and maps has some worried that looters could take advantage of the situation. http://www.sfgate.com/n...
SHANNONVILLE, Ont. – So here we are, in Deb’s Restaurant, cigarettes burning away in the ashtrays, waiting for one of the blue-plate specials to come off the grill. It is not a time warp. We are in the early days of 2016, and not 2006 when smoking was about to be banned in all public places in this province. Just a few klicks down the road, in the central Ontario city of Belleville, a Mac’s Milk is selling a large pack of 25 Player’s cigarettes for $14, all taxes in, as legal as legal can be. http://www.torontosun.com/2016/0...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tribes want the federal government to work with them to strengthen and modernize their ability to self-govern, saying the best solutions for Native American life comes from the tribes themselves, the president of the National Congress of American Indians said Thursday. "At every level of government, more and more leaders are seeing that the path to a brighter future for America runs through Indian Country," said Brian Cladoosby in his 2016 State of the Indian Nations address. "Imagine how much further we will go, as the next...
A new Statistics Canada report paints a disturbing picture of the quality and length of life for aboriginal people in this country. It finds First Nations adults have more than twice the risk of dying under the age of 75 from avoidable causes than non-aboriginal people. Many are hoping the report will send a message during this federal election campaign. http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/first-nations-adults-more-than-twice-as-likely-to-die-from-avoidable-causes-1.3196496...
Indigenous leaders are pushing Canada to confront "deplorable" health conditions for their people as federal, territorial and provincial ministers prepare to meet in Vancouver next week to work on a new health accord. Isadore Day, Ontario regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations and head of the assembly's health committee, said the state of aboriginal health is a crisis that must be confronted by all Canadians. http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/first-nations-leaders-cite-deplorable-health-conditions-1.3405442...
Thunder Bay police are clarifying the status of their investigation into the 2009 death of Kyle Morriseau. Kyle Morriseau, 17, is one of seven students from remote First Nations who died while attending high school in Thunder Bay. A senior police officer testified at the inquest this week that the investigation into Morriseau's death remains open, despite notations on police files that it is "complete, solved, not criminal." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-police-monitoring-first-nations-student-deaths-...
A new poll that surveyed Portlanders about their attitudes toward police showed Native American residents felt even more negatively than black Portlanders. Mayor Charlie Hales commissioned the poll, which used online surveys as well as mailed questionnaires, to quiz 1,248 Portlanders about community relations with police. The survey is part of ongoing efforts, stemming from the 2014 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over the bureau's use of force, to improve police training. http://www.wweek.com/2016/01/15/new-p...
A traveler in Indian country 20 years ago would have been hard-pressed to see any evidence of private mortgage lending on reservation trust land. That’s because there wasn’t any. The Federal Government Accountability Office did a survey of most of the country’s reservations between 1992 and 1996 and could find only 91 mortgages made on all those homelands during those five years. And those mortgages came from just two reservations: the Tulalip in Washington and the Oneida of Wisconsin, which had relationships with local banks. All the rest...
In what could be a test case to create a legal category of “sacramental marijuana,” a Kenwood branch of a church co-founded by a man claiming Native American heritage is suing Sonoma County, contending that the branch’s cannabis was wrongfully seized by deputies because its members are entitled to it for religious purposes, similar to exemptions made for peyote and ayahuasca use by some native groups. Is marijuana central to the tenets of the Oklevueha Native American Church, or are its members simply looking for a convenient cover to get h...
As he accepted his Golden Globe for dramatic acting on Sunday, Leonardo DiCaprio said that he shared his award with all the Native people represented in his new film The Revenant, and with “all the indigenous communities around the world.” The star tied Native land rights to environmental justice, saying, “It is time that we recognize your history and that we protect your indigenous lands from corporate interests and people that are out there to exploit them. It is time that we heard your voice and protected this planet for future gener...
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Hunter Tootoo expected to hear about the federal government's ban on killing salmon caught in Maritime waters during a visit to New Brunswick. Tootoo visited Moncton on Friday to fishery stakeholders, First Nations leaders, provincial Fisheries Minister Rick Doucet and others. Last April, the federal department imposed a mandatory hook-and-release program for all salmon caught in Maritime rivers, meaning no anglers could keep any salmon caught. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/hunter-...
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address from the U.S. Capitol — but 36 hours later, and a few blocks away, a representative of another sovereign nation gave an address on the status of his people. On Thursday morning, Brian Cladoosby, president of the National Congress of American Indians, delivered the annual address on the State of Indian Nations at D.C.’s Newseum. The NCAI is the oldest and largest organization of sovereign tribes in the country, and the speech is consi...
Many historians believe that the down-fall of many great civilizations, such as the Mayan, Roman, Carthage, and others, could have been predicted by early "indicators". We know the Native American civilizations of what is now America; have under-gone tremendous changes, but our nations still remain. However, I believe there are "indicators" pointing to our eventual down-fall. Possible "indicators" that come to most everyone's mind would include drugs, loss of languages, and possibly the adverse impact of gaming. I would put forth another more...
Hau Mitakuepi (Greetings My Relatives), August or Wasuton wi (Moon when all things ripen), of 2015 proved to be an absolute scorcher! As with all things, “some like it hot--some like it cold.” Although record heat blanketed our area this past summer, not only is it a time when things ripen but it is a time when Indians like to Pow-wow. One of our most important and sacred ceremonies, the Sundance, is held throughout Indian country as well. So what’s the difference many of our non-Indian brethren always want to know? Prompted by reader inqui...
WASHINGTON — The Native American Financial Services Association (NAFSA) on Thursday applauded the naming of An Unlikely Solution as a four-time winner at the prestigious Hollywood International Independent Documentary Film Awards. The film, which explores how innovative Native American tribes are offering consumers access to installment loans and other financial service products over the internet, was named a winner in the Documentary Feature, Narration, Editing, and Music Score categories. The film is available online for free at A...
“Our vision has to be as big as the challenges we are faced with.” –Nick Tilsen, Oglala Lakota- Executive Director, Thunder Valley CDC Thunder Valley CDC, a non-profit organization on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota, has become a major source of hope and inspiration for Indian country, and most directly, the Oglala Lakota people of Pine Ridge. Thunder Valley CDC is bravely taking on the challenges of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and their comprehensive vision is unlike anything yet realized in Indian country. Today...
Twila True left the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota before she turned five, relocating to Southern California through a government program that provided housing. Leaving behind an absent mother who struggled with alcohol abuse, True was raised by her grandmother. Every summer she returned to the reservation, watching over time as the gap between her life and that of her extended family widened. One thing in particular separated her from many of her peers on the reservation: a high school education. “I struggled with knowing t...
The foundation Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder created to support Native Americans contributed $3.7 million during its first year, providing items such as vans, computers and winter coats for more than 20 tribes that desperately needed assistance. The billionaire’s contributions were outlined in documents produced by the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation and in financial records being filed Friday with the IRS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/redskins-foundation-gave-37-million-to-more-than-20-tr...
The Soboba Band of Luisen͂o Indians is demonstrating its leadership in sustainable development with a community-scale solar project that will generate up to 3 megawatts of power — nearly 35 percent of the tribe's total energy needs. On Monday the tribe broke ground on the first of three solar power arrays. The first, 1-megawatt facility will be built on the undeveloped eastern side of the reservation, powering the administrative center, schools and other community buildings. Construction will begin on phase two later this year, near the fi...
PIERRE | In the first address to a joint session of the Legislature from a South Dakota tribal leader, Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Harold Frazier on Thursday denounced racism, applauded the governor's pursuit of Medicaid expansion and urged lawmakers to provide more funding for roads in Native American Country. State and tribal officials called the speech "historic." Leaders from other South Dakota tribes, including the Crow Creek, Lower Brule and Oglala Sioux, also attended the event, at which Frazier spoke of the difficulties tribal...
Every tribe should "adopt" a member of Congress in order to keep lawmakers informed of the issues facing their people, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) said at the State of Indian Nations on Thursday. McCollum, who serves as the co-chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus, noted that there are 567 federally recognized tribes. That's more than enough to cover all 435 members of the House and 100 in the Senate. "Pick one," McCollum said as she provided a Congressional response to the speech at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. "Share the...
For the first time, more than a quarter of inmates in Canadian prisons are aboriginal people. "The most current figure we have is quite shocking," said Correctional Investigator of Canada Howard Sapers, the country's prison ombudsman. "In federal corrections, 25.4 per cent of the incarcerated population are now of aboriginal ancestry." http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/aboriginal-inmates-1.3403647...
RAPID CITY – In “trying to publicly humiliate” Lariat Comes by publishing his arrest record this past week, the Rapid City Police Department had provided an example of a major failure of the judicial system in Pennington County. By providing local news outlets with a list of Comes’ 77 arrests over the last 8 years, which was then posted on social media pages and gave local residents an opportunity to provide commentary and discriminatory remarks regarding the Lakota man’s life and future. http://www.nsweekly.com/news/2016-01...
