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San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Tribal Chairman James Ramos will not seek re-election to his chairman position. He announced that he will instead be focusing on his San Bernardino County Supervisor bid. Read more: http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_20019839#ixzz1nIuSqLrc...
AKRON, NY - Federal agents on Thursday executed search warrants at four different smoke shops on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation....
Despite outrage from Tonawanda Seneca Indians complaining that their sovereignty was violated, federal authorities offered no apologies Thursday for conducting a raid at the Native American reservation and seizing synthetic marijuana and other merchandise from four smoke shops....
The residential school system constituted an assault on aboriginal children, families and culture, and Canadians have been denied a full and proper education about aboriginal societies, according to a copy of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's interim report obtained by CBC News....
It's a gas station. A taco shop. A pawn shop. And a clinic....
PIERRE, S.D. (WTW) — Nothing has been easy about Charlotte Almanza's work as the owner of Char's Caf....
A recently released report by the U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that a staggering proportion of serious crimes have been ignored on the 310 Indian reservations scattered throughout the U.S. — and the Justice Department holds much of the blame. In a post-Civil Rights Movement world, where all individuals supposedly have equal access to courts and are subject to the rule of law, the Federal Government must make drastic changes to bridge the gap in justice for Native Americans....
On December 2, 2011, at the third White House Tribal Nations Conference, President Obama announced his Executive Order on Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities. Last week, I had the privilege of joining the Department of Education and the Department of Interior at a roundtable on the Squaxin Island Reservation in Shelton, Washington which concluded a series of regional Tribal Leader Education Roundtables that will help guide the implementation of the Executive...
For most University of Montana students, it's not difficult to find a role model whom they can relate to — someone who can help them succeed in a college setting. However, for Native American students, finding a role model is not only a luxury, it's a major problem....
The principal of Dennis Franklin Cromarty School in Thunder Bay is being recognized for his work improving student engagement and achievement....
Prosecutors asked the Montana Supreme Court on Thursday to reinstate Barry Beach's conviction for the 1979 killing of a 17-year-old girl on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation....
PHOENIX (AP) — A Sawmill man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for a fatal shooting on the Navajo Nation reservation in northern Arizona. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 28-year-old Joseph Aaron Duncan was given a 210-month term followed by five years of supervised release....
A Crow Agency man who tried to rape a woman he had picked up while she walked along a road will spend five years in federal prison. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/crow-agency-man-gets-years-for-attempted-rape/article_2387ef9b-d4e4-5309-a1dc-92797d202dab.html#ixzz1nJAAYArf...
A Canadian awaiting execution in Montana for a 1982 killing said Wednesday that he thinks there is a good chance the governor will spare his life now that he's a far different person than the out-of-control youth that took the lives of two young Blackfeet Indian men. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/22/national/a122327S46.DTL#ixzz1nJD38kda...