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WASHINGTON - More than a century after pioneers and the U.S. government swindled northern Minnesota's Indian tribes in land and timber deals, Congress is again talking about repaying the debt. In a proposed move some tribal leaders say would bring long-awaited closure, lawmakers are debating a $28 million payment to six Chippewa bands. But the Leech Lake Band has called the plan unfair and threatened to sue. Under the proposed plan, more than 40,000 Chippewa members would receive $300 each. The remaining $16 million would be split among the...
DULUTH, Minn. - The Duluth area is digging out from its second blast of heavy snow in a week....
The number of children dying in Minnesota's licensed child-care facilities has risen sharply in the past five years, from incidents that include asphyxia, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and unexplained causes....
A 38-hour standoff and a melee by feuding members of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians last week put a national spotlight on the tribe's ongoing dispute over disenrollments. Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/03/03/2746198/chukchansi-has-history-of-strife.html#storylink=cpy...
NEW TOWN - Companies doing business with the Three Affiliated Tribes' business council now can make presentations to that governing body without leaving their offices....
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Shortly after Principal Chief Bill John Baker took office in October, he began looking for a vehicle to drive. After finding a Cherokee Nation-owned Ford Expedition, he put his mark on it....
Since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, three tribes have reached significant trust fund settlements....
STUTTGART, GERMANY - The award-winning film, "A Good Day to Die" was featured on January 21 at the Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika Filmfestival received a standing ovation in Stuttgart, Germany....
GAINESVILLE, TX-More than 30 tribes from all over Texas and Oklahoma were at Gainesville High School Saturdayfor the 3rd annual Pow wow....
HARTLEY BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 2, 2012) - The Gitga'at Nation of Hartley Bay says an oil spill is inevitable if the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil tankers and pipeline project is ever approved, and would wipe out their food supply and way of life, which depends heavily on traditional foods from the ocean....
What role, if any, did the Hell’s Angels or police corruption play in the deaths and disappearances of so many women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside?...
Trying to move beyond the legacy of residential schools is difficult enough for survivors. What can make it more stressful is going through the long and daunting legal process of trying to get a settlement. APTN National News reporter Meagan Fiddler meets a daughter who now mourns over her mother’s experience....
I am Lakota and an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. I serve as the president of the Organization for Native American Unity. Our headquarters are located on the Rosebud Reservation in Rosebud. The purpose of this letter is to voice my support for the sale of alcohol on the Oglala Sioux Tribe Reservation, regulated by the OST. Read more: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/opinion/forum-oglala-sioux-tribe-should-sell-alcohol-for-the-revenue/article_2b82e59e-64b8-11e1-be7b-001871e3ce6c.html#ixzz1oFXUDJSI...
A Colorado man has a plan to ax three big problems — the pine beetle infestation, Shannon County unemployment and the housing shortage on the Pine Ridge Reservation — in one fell swoop starting Monday. Read more: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/colorado-nonprofit-to-launch-tree-cutting-operation-for-pine-ridge/article_6f71edce-64d9-11e1-aa77-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1oFXqNppv...
Native American students account for only 1.2 percent of public school enrollment, but their achievement often is low while their dropout rates and discipline problems are high....
A group of Native American students from tiny Neah Bay, on the Olympic Peninsula, are finalists for a national $100,000 technology and software prize....
Yet another video has come out about Sh*t People Say, this one from a young woman in Canada who is “drawing attention to the abuse and victimization aboriginal women face as a result of negative stereotypes in Canadian culture,” as the poster says in her written intro. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/03/sht-canadians-say-to-aboriginal-women-101196?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sht-canadians-say-to-aboriginal-women-101196&utm_campaign=fb-posts http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/03/sh...
Sonny Assu is a child of the ’80s who spent his formative years soaked in television, sugar, and Spider-Man comics. Describing his youth with his Kwakwaka’wakw mother and grandparents in the suburbs of North Delta, the 36-year-old artist, who recently relocated from Vancouver to Montreal, speaks fondly of “reading comic books and [watching] movies and advertising and Star Wars, and [eating] sugary cereals.…All that stuff was as much my culture as my traditional heritage was....
Alexandrea Schulte is a Native American Professional Golfer from the Northern Ute Tribe. Ms Schulte graduated in December 2010 from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas with a Bachelor of Arts, and Majoring in Communications. She had a full golf scholarship, was 4 year starter including 4 SEC Championships, 4 NCAA Regional and 1 NCAA Championship appearances. She finished among career leaders in many historical statistics. Currently, the only Native American woman playing on LPGA tour. Alex’s Mission is to guide Native American youth...
OTTAWA — As of Saturday, First Nations people will have access to the same human rights protections as everyone else in Canada. Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110617/aboriginal-rights-human-rights-110617/#ixzz1oFaQfMmc...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The chief of police of an American Indian tribe that is suing some of the world's largest beer makers for contributing to rampant alcoholism confirmed Friday that the tribe's vice president was arrested in an alcohol-related incident....
ALBUQUERQUE -- Eight people connected to a Laguna Pueblo Indian-owned construction company were indicted by a federal grand jury in an elaborate kickback and money laundering scheme involving Iraqi construction projects, U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales announced Friday....
In Manitoba, people also have opinions on clean water. On Thursday in Winnipeg, the provincial Liberal party hosted a forum called: Bringing Running Water to First Nations....
The Yurok Tribal Council, in a letter to Tribal Members on February 14, expressed "great disappointment and outrage" over "serious allegations of theft of Tribal resources" by two biologists and the former Yurok Forestry Department Director....
TULALIP -- Officials have identified a man who died in a car accident Tuesday night on the Tulalip Indian Reservation....
