Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Disputes over bloodlines have led California tribes to cut off members in what some charge are moves to limit the number of people receiving lucrative payouts of casino profits and benefits. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/18/state/n092320D89.DTL#ixzz1pXMFRxxH...
A woman with a blood disease lost her health insurance, a young woman starting college could lose her scholarship, a man could lose his job and a woman with a newborn baby could lose her home. Read more: http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/region-families-expelled-from-pala-tribe-sue-feds/article_177a869c-d9fd-59ce-94a8-e41bef6e9797.html#ixzz1pXMRZNEs...
About Methamphetamine Methamphetamine is a highly addictive synthetic stimulant that affects the pleasure centers of the brain. It is considered one of the most highly addictive substances known. Methamphetamine abuse leads to devastating medical, psychological, and social consequences. Adverse health effects include memory loss, aggression, psychotic behavior, heart damage, malnutrition, and severe dental problems.1 Methamphetamine acts by increasing the release of of the neurotransmitter...
Carlos Bermudez, a Miami truck driver accustomed to driving across the country, says he will go the distance to collect a nearly $3.2 million judgment from two Miccosukee Tribe members responsible for his wife's death....
Earlier this week we brought you Fiona Walton, a professor of education at Prince Edward Island University and recent winner of a 2012 3M National Teaching Fellowship, a prize bestowed annually by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and the company 3M. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/18/keeping-inuit-students-engaged-school-programs-incorporate-inuktitut-day-care-103294 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/18/keeping-inuit-students-engaged-school-programs-incorpo...
For more than a half-century, wolves have had the run of Isle Royale — the undeveloped island tucked into the northwest corner of Lake Superior....
Until this year, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was the poster child for bipartisanship. First passed in 1994 under the leadership of then-Senator Joe Biden, it garnered overwhelming support when it was reauthorized in 2000 and again in 2005. Now, however, it too has become politicized, a casualty of the culture wars. Although the legislation to reauthorize VAWA (S 1925) still has bipartisan sponsors, it was recently voted out of committee in the Senate 10-8 on a strict party-line vote and final passage is by no means...
The recent arrest of Mad River biologists Ronald LeValley and Sean McAllister on charges of using phony spotted owl surveys to embezzle funds from the Yurok Tribe should lead to an in-depth discussion of the long-standing method of obtaining a scientific consultation for any resource project. For many years, I have been troubled by the many partially trained alleged biologists willing to give an opinion on virtually any project for a large sum of money. This is usually done under the guise of “science,” and the experts usually have some sci...
A New Mexico Department of Tourism commercial is getting a lot of flack and it hasn’t even been aired, or even shot. A casting call for the commercial to be aired nationwide asks for “Caucasians and light skinned Hispanics” only audition....
Last month, restraining orders were placed against two Isleta Pueblo tribal councilors by Gov. Frank Lujan and the majority of the tribal council....
It's another quiet day for those who enforce the law in this tiny sovereign nation in the middle of Las Vegas....
Complaints about Cheyenne-Eagle Butte (CEB) Schools Supervisor Nadine Eastman have sparked the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to call for a federal inquiry, Chairman Kevin Keckler Sr. told Native Sun News on March 8....
“I think it’s the best I’ve ever been treated,” HollyAnna DeCoteau Pinkham said. “We arrived and they had two bands, traditional and contemporary, and traditional dancers and contemporary dancers who greeted us and performed for us. The mayor of Arica was there along with some of their tribal leaders. The press was there. It was really interesting to be greeted like that.” Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/photogallery/yakama-pow-wow-dancers-perform-in-front-of-1-5-million-in-south-america http://indiancoun...
FISHING — Word is out around the Big Horn Show that the Spokane Tribe has issued a bounty on walleyes payable to tribal members who bring in spawning-season fish from Lake Roosevelt, apparently from the Spokane Arm....
Muskogee - A Wetumka man could face five years in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling from the Muscogee (Creek) Nation....
HOGANSBURG — A young man and woman died after their car careened through guardrails into the St. Regis River here on Thursday....
AKWESASNE — Several fire and rescue agencies were on the scene of a water recovery operation Thursday afternoon after a car went off a bridge and into the St. Regis River in Akwesasne....
HOGANSBURG — A car accident Thursday afternoon on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation killed two people, according to a press release from the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe....
Canada has passed crime-toughening legislation that aboriginal leaders say will further increase the overrepresentation of indigenous in the country’s prisons. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/15/tough-crime-bill-unfair-to-aboriginals-leaders-say-103176 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/15/tough-crime-bill-unfair-to-aboriginals-leaders-say-103176#ixzz1pXTLoZZc...
Rosebud tribal member Tim Meek is three weeks away from closing on his first house in Rapid City. That makes him a statistical minority. Read more: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/native-americans-less-likely-to-own-houses-census-shows/article_20feae18-6f2c-11e1-896b-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1pXThdvLl...
WASHINGTON – The US Department of Labor today announced the availability of nearly $60 million in grants for employment and training services through the Workforce Investment Act's Section 166- Indian and Native Programs....
GALLUP, N.M.—Prosecutors charged a man with murdering a father and son during a bizarre night that authorities said was marked by "evil, violence and mayhem" and led a group of men to arm themselves with rifles and patrol the streets of Gallup. The killings were quickly followed Monday night by shootings that sent two men to hospitals and by an attempted carjacking at a casino....
An inquest in Nunavut has made three major recommendations to the RCMP regarding proper techniques for dealing with intoxicated detainees....
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, invite people everywhere to enjoy, explore, learn, share, and give back to America’s nearly 400 national parks during National Park Week 2012. Celebrating the theme, “Picture Yourself in a National Park,” National Park Week will run from Saturday, April 21 through Sunday, April 29. Throughout the country, visitors can enjoy the beauty and wonder of 84 million acres of the world’s most spectacular scenery, historic pl...
