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Brain images from newborns are giving scientists a glimpse of the future — not just into the lives of their tiny subjects, but also paths to treatment for adult patients with schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease....
On April 16, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, more popularly known as the Baby Veronica case....
Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin is underway, and it was kicked off in a grand way with a talk by a living hero. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/03/04/last-surviving-original-code-talker-chester-nez-speaks-during-northland-colleges...
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced Monday that funding for the First Nations Policing Program will be renewed for the next five years....
NEW YORK - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday that his office has filed a lawsuit against two companies for illegally selling contraband cigarettes without paying the required state excise taxes. The lawsuit, which is the result of an ongoing investigation into contraband cigarette sales across the state, was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Grand River Enterprises based on Six Nations land in Ohsweken, Ontario and its wholesaler, Native Wholesale Supply, located in Perrysburg, New...
Over the weekend the Republican line on the sequester was honed to a simple idea: It’s only a couple of pennies, two-and-one-half cents out of every dollar. No big deal, right?...
In his introduction to Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, author and professor Anton Treuer says that he spent most of his childhood living in a borderland outside the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota. He describes life there as filled with racial tension and confusion. When he was accepted to Princeton University he hoped his classmates would not be as ignorant about Natives, that they would show more racial sensitivity than the people living outside his home. However, even in New Jersey, Treuer says he...
RAPID CITY, SD - Pine Ridge may be a dry reservation, but those who live there don't have to travel far to find booze. Some tribal members travel to Whiteclay, Nebraska, less than two miles from Pine Ridge for alcohol. For years, tribal officials have tried to force liquor stores in the area to close. It's a fight the tribe's recently-elected president continues to wage and he plans to use a new tactic to keep the reservation dry by using an old idea....
January 29, the Ak-Chin Indian Community completed a multi-million dollar investment in with a Phoenix-based manufacturer of steel framing building products, creating inroads for the tribe and Quail Run Building Materials, Inc. to move forward with plans to construct a manufacturing facility in the Santa Cruz Commerce Center, which is located on the Community’s reservation, near Maricopa, Arizona. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/03/04/ak-chin-partners-buildings-materials-company-manufacturing-faci...
The National Congress of American Indians holds its 2013 executive council winter session in Washington, D.C., this week....
CROW AGENCY - On a typical Friday afternoon, Sheri Lee of Rez Dog Rescue drives around the Crow Reservation searching for stray dogs. And on the weekends, she is set up at the Petmart in Billings from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., trying to find homes for these once-stray dogs...
SHIPROCK — The baton rose and a hush fell over the room. Students sat upright in their chairs, eyes fixed on the conductor and instruments at attention....
At least 377 wolves were removed from the Montana population during the past 14 months by hunters, trappers, the federal government, landowners and others. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/wolf-population-down-by-nearly-in-montana-in-past-months/article_078d3a6b-da74-576b-9a6d-2de47c472e42.html#ixzz2MfRgojEl...
In the first year that wolf trapping was allowed in Idaho, trappers captured a total of 123 wolves....
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Three former Blackfeet tribal leaders have reached plea deals on federal charges they held illegal big-game hunts for country musicians and an outdoors television show's hosts by allowing them to shoot elk, moose, deer and a black bear on the reservation without licenses. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Ex-tribal-leaders-to-settle-over-musicians-hunts-4326941.php#ixzz2MfSMjAsJ...
Over three hundred members of the Washo Tribe of Nevada and California have signed an official recall petition against the tribe's Chair, Wanda Bachelor. So far, Bachelor and her followers at tribal headquarters have responded to the petition -by simply ignoring it. The "leaders" of the tribe have issued a gag order against the tribal members. Under the rules of this illegal "gag order," tribal members are allowed to attend tribal council meetings, -but aren't allowed to speak out, as part of the proceedings....
(WASHINGTON DC) – U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson is inviting high school students from across the Seventh Congressional District to submit their artwork for the 2013 Congressional Art Competition. The competition is open to all high-school students, and the overall winner of each participating district will be displayed for one year in the Cannon Tunnel leading into the U.S. Capitol. "I hope students from across the district who love art will consider entering this competition," Peterson said. "This is a great way for young artists to show their t...
Parents, teachers and scout leaders tell your kids to start the drawing engines and participate in the annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest, an integral part of the eighth annual national Endangered Species Day, celebrated on May 17, 2013. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and numerous conservation organizations will observe Endangered Species Day to recognize conservation efforts underway across the nation aimed at helping America’s imperiled species. This year also commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species A...
Arts Project Grants offer funding for a variety of art projects including costs related to performances or exhibitions, engagement of guest artists, and artists-in-residence. These grants are open to any non-profit organization, school (including community education offices), and units of government. Organizations can apply for grants up to $1,500. Applications are available at the Region 2 Arts Council Office, 426 Bemidji Avenue, Bemidji, MN 56601 and are also available for download from our website, http//r2arts.org. Projects funded through...
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