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As Japan looks back on the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that leveled a northern region last March 11, Canada is looking ahead. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/11/traditional-knowledge-informs-of-japan-style-earthquake-danger-off-u-s-canada-102404 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/11/traditional-knowledge-informs-of-japan-style-earthquake-danger-off-u-s-canada-102404#ixzz1ouFUFMzR...
In many states, $31 in marijuana sales may land an individual in drug court, mandatory counseling or with a misdemeanor fine. However, this was not the case for Patricia Spottedcrow, 26, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. Instead, Spottedcrow, a mother of four, was sentenced to 10 years at the Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Taft, Oklahoma for what amounted to in the court records as a “dime bag.” Her conviction date was October 21, 2010. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/11/suppo...
CHEYENNE RIVER, SOUTH DAKOTA -- The federal Bureau of Indian Education sent private investigators to the Cheyenne River Reservation Feb. 27-29 to collect eyewitness accounts in an inquiry into complaints about the Cheyenne-Eagle Butte (CEB) school system....
On February 28, U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver sentenced Gila River teenager Johnny Lopez, 17, of Laveen, Arizona to a combined 30 years of imprisonment. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/11/gila-river-teen-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-second-degree-murder-and-robbery-102369 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/11/gila-river-teen-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-second-degree-murder-and-robbery-102369#ixzz1ouIOzcez...
A man accused of shooting a woman in the face at the Edmonton LRT Stadium Station two years ago is guilty of second-degree murder, ruled a judge Thursday....
EDMONTON — Colton Ferguson was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder for shooting Heather Thurier in the Stadium LRT Station in May 2010....
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A day after voters in one of the Navajo Nation's largest communities approved a local sales tax, its elected officials rewarded themselves with thousands of dollars in bonus money. The payments came on the heels of a Christmas bonus and preceded bonuses for other projects....
When Shantelle Hicks was kicked out of school for getting pregnant, she thought that was about as humiliating as things could be. Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/teen-sues-school-for-announcing-she-was-pregnant-at-assembly.html#ixzz1ouKC2FHo...
Native American women face overwhelming barriers that deny them use of the emergency contraception pill known as the morning-after pill, otherwise known as Plan B, a new report by the Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center (NAWHERC) has found. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/despite-high-incidence-of-rape-native-women-denied-right-to-plan-b-101640 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/despite-high-incidence-of-rape-native-women-denied-right-to-plan-b-101640#ixzz...
More than a century ago, the Bemidji Daily Pioneer reported the sale of R.W. Reed’s Splendid Business to two other photographers in town. In 1907, it also was reported that although Reed “will continue to make his headquarters in Bemidji,” he would fulfill his dream of living among the people of the lands to capture an era before it disappeared....
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....
There’s no denying the lower 48 has had an unseasonably warm winter thus far. A balmy winter season may seem like a well-needed reprieve that we all should celebrate, but scientists warn there are consequences for such imbalance in a temperate climate where animals, plants and even us humans are specifically adapted for four seasons. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/native-knowledge-and-modern-science-foresee-ill-effects-of-mild-winter-101270 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/...
Expect Native American garb and powwow dancing to become regular sights at Northwest Mall, where retail shops and eateries cover almost every square inch of the facility....
The man Surete du Quebec say is responsible for the March 7 murder-suicide involving two men in Kuujjaraapik, Nunavik, is the son of Nunavut’s most notorious pedophile....
LAKE ANDES, S.D. (AP) — Two inmates who escaped from a southeast South Dakota jail hid in a shower stall while other prisoners were being locked in their cells for the night, then fled out the front door. Read more: http://siouxcityjournal.com/ap/state/escaped-south-dakota-prisoners-hid-in-shower/article_d50265dd-93cc-52ea-aa2c-903409e92be6.html#ixzz1ouNyaCc7...
Repeated efforts by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to conduct tobacco sales without state intervention appear to have floundered in a federal appeals court which dismissed sovereignty-related arguments and appeals to federal law. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/state-versus-tribe-tobacco-issues-resurface-101636 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/state-versus-tribe-tobacco-issues-resurface-101636#ixzz1ouOM3gUr...
POULSBO — The state Legislature has passed a bill allowing Native American tribes to return to federal jurisdiction for certain law enforcement procedures....