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For withstanding furious gunfire from a criminal on the run and possibly saving a bleeding woman’s life, a veteran Duluth police officer was among several members of law enforcement receiving the nation’s highest award for valor Wednesday at the White House....
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Congress cleared a bill Wednesday to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a confrontation with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the measure....
A Minnesota State Senator has introduced legislation that would place a one-year moratorium on law enforcement agencies' use of body cameras....
WASHINGTON — Victims of child pornography would be allowed to recover greater damages from those who produce, distribute or possess pornographic images of them if legislation passed by the Senate becomes law....
If the controversial First Nations Financial Transparency Act has achieved anything, it’s to correct an unfair public perception that most aboriginal leaders are highly overpaid....
The Transparency Act may show how much chiefs make. But it doesn’t answer some big questions. What is the job description of a chief? And, what is it worth? As APTN’s Trina Roache reports, the answer depends on who you ask. http://aptn.ca/news/2015/02/10/pay-chief/...
Lance Morgan, president and CEO of Ho-Chunk, Inc., said on Monday that the economic development corporation for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has become a major shareholder in the Native American Bancorporation Co. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/02/11/ho-chunk-inc-becomes-major-shareholder-native-american-bank-159157...
The following joint statement comes from: Honor the Earth, the Oglala Sioux Nation, Owe Aku, and Protect the Sacred....
On Oct. 28, 2014, Monty Wilkinson, Director of the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for United States Attorneys, issued a "Policy Statement Regarding Marijuana Issues in Indian Country" (hereafter, policy statement.) The policy statement has triggered speculation regarding the opportunities for tribes wishing to establish commercial marijuana enterprises as a means of raising revenue to fund governmental operations. While the possibilities are undoubtedly worth exploring, the policy statement is highly conditional, requires careful...
As the morning sun rose high enough to burn off the chilly overnight temperatures, mesquite fires scattered throughout the Oak Flats Campground offered a warm welcome to a special day for Arizona’s San Carlos Apache tribe. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/02/09/hundreds-gather-oak-flat-fight-sacred-apache-land-159119...
With heavy hearts no doubt present, the 8th Annual Women’s Memorial March of Manitoba will take place at the University of Winnipeg on Valentine’s Day....
There were some looming questions about the worth of a public inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous woman at a gathering in Winnipeg....
Carol Bigthumb waited more than half a century for the lights to come on in her house. Bigthumb, 57, grew up in LeChee, Arizona, a small community in the northwest corner of the Navajo Nation and about five miles from nearby Page. Hers was a simple life, shared with seven siblings and a herd of sheep. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/02/11/not-alone-dark-navajo-nations-lack-electricity-problem-159135...
It was standing-room only during a community forum in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Monday where more than 100 people had gathered to discuss the city's palpable racial tension. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/02/10/racism-rapid-city-parents-want-arrests-officials-ask-patience-159143...
Just two weeks before the Wounded Knee Massacre, white ranchers were preparing to “kill every Indian” they could find. Meanwhile, residents in South Dakota were being warned that war with Indians was imminent, according to several 1890 news briefs. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/02/11/history-racism-rapid-city-warned-indian-threat-ranchers-ready-kill-every-indian-159159...
The Indian Health Service has a new, albeit temporary, leader. Robert McSwain, a member of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians, will serve as acting director, the Department of Human and Health Services announced today. He previously served as director during the final years of the Bush administration and remained on board for the Obama administration as the agency's deputy director....
Top leaders with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have pressed pause on the complicated tenure of Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, who has served as director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) since 2009. They cite legal reasons, but there is more to her demotion, department and Senate officials say. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/02/11/roubideaux-now-forced-out-ihs-leadership-159149...
First Nations children in Canada still face obstacles in accessing health and social services as quickly as other children due to continuing "bureaucratic confusion" and red tape on the part of governments, according to a new report....
Native Americans cannot convey eagle feathers or parts to non-Native Americans as gifts, but they can be passed on to family members, from generation to generation, or from one Native American to another for religious purposes. Not even Native Americans can collect their own eagle feathers, according to the law....
The Norway House Northstars met the Thompson, Man., Miners in a hockey game last weekend that turned into an ugly racial incident. The RCMP had to escort the Norway House team and their families from the arena and the incident is now under investigation....
The All Native Basketball Tournament is taking place in Prince Rupert, B.C. this week, with around 60 teams competing in four divisions: intermediate, seniors, masters and women's....
Ojibwe fishermen have a fight to catch and sell fish from treaty-protected waters and lakes in Minnesota, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. Four fishermen -- three from the Leech Lake Band and one from the White Earth Band -- were accused of taking fish from the Leech Lake Reservation. A federal judge dismissed the indictment, ruling that the 1837 Chippewa Treaty protected their activities....
A federal judge has delayed the start of a homicide trial after the discovery Sunday in Colorado of an SUV linked to a killing on the Wind River Indian Reservation last year. U.S. District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl issued the order to set April 27 as the beginning of the two-week trial after government prosecutors and attorneys for the three defendants conferred by telephone on Wednesday. Read More: UPDATE: Judge Moves Reservation Murder Trial Date To April 27; New Evidence May Be In SUV Found Sunday | http://k2radio.com/su...
CARLTON COUNTY, Minn. (NNCNOW.com) --- For the second time this week a group of Native Americans is protesting the planned autopsy of a band member. The Fond du Lac band held a protest at the Carlton County Court house Wednesday morning demanding that the body be released without being autopsied....
In just a matter of days, two Northland Native American families have faced the tragedy of losing loved ones. Both families have had to struggle to keep their loved ones from receiving autopsies....