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For the First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), 2015 was a banner year. During those 12 months, First Nations granted its largest annual dollar amount ever to Native American organizations and tribes. It also awarded the largest number of grants ever in a one-year period. The funding went toward projects aimed at grassroots economic development and Native community betterment, and covered areas ranging from agriculture and food systems, to Native arts-related efforts, to urban Indian centers, to Native youth and culture programs....
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians voted for their Tribal Council recently, re-electing Alfred (Bud) Lane III of Siletz, Delores Pigsley of Keizer, and Lillie Butler of Siletz. Officers selected for 2016 include Pigsley, chairman; Sharon Edenfield of Siletz, secretary; Lane, vice chairman; and Robert Kentta of Logsden, treasurer. Pigsley has served more than 30 years as tribal chairman. Other council members are Loraine Butler of Siletz, Gloria Ingle of Lincoln City, Reggie Butler Sr. of Siletz, and David Hatch of Portland....
Donna LaChapelle, elder in residence for the Nokomis Endaad program at the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, (MIWRC), found the answers to her prayers during a casual event. A Native healer, LaChapelle investigated multiple therapeutic paths for years, but something was missing, “in our Native ways, we use smudging, ceremonies, sweat lodges. … But we needed something to understand the psychology of trauma, and get in the mind of the patients: why drug, alcohol…? Watching the women in recovery with no success, I prayed for help....
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakama Tribal’s boys came close to an unprecedented breakthrough in each of the past two seasons only to have their state quest end in agonizing fashion in the regional round. Then, after dropping back-to-back games to rival Sunnyside Christian to lose the district championship two weeks ago, coach Adam Strom thought his Eagles might be headed for heartbreak once again. But this team, while still young, has learned from those prior setbacks and wasn’t about to let it happen again as Yakama Tribal got that signature per...
BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) - An operation targeting fugitives on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in northern North Dakota resulted in 18 arrests. The U.S. Marshal's Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs conducted Operation Northern Lights Tuesday with help from other federal, state and local agencies. A similar sweep on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in December resulted in 22 arrests. Turtle Mountain Tribal Chairman Richard McCloud took note of the success and suggested an operation be done on his reservation. http:/...
BILLINGS, Mont. — A suspect in the abduction of a 4-year-old girl taken while playing in a park on Montana's Fort Peck Indian Reservation was charged Tuesday with kidnapping, attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault of a minor. John William Lieba pleaded not guilty to the charges during an initial appearance in Fort Peck Tribal Court, court officials said. Judge Marvin Youpee ordered him held without bail. Lieba, 20, is accused of forcibly removing the girl from the park on Friday night and holding her against her will "for a s...
On March 1, 2016, the Chitimacha Tribal Police Department arrested Nathaniel Menard, 22, of Chitimacha Loop Road, Charenton, on an arrest warrant for Hindering Law Enforcement. While officers were at his residence, evidence was observed and obtained which led to the execution of a search warrant. During this search warrant, synthetic marijuana, crack cocaine, legend drugs and drug paraphernalia were located throughout the residence. Also inside the residence, were Malcolm Menard, Patrick Dennis, and Brandon Soprano. http://w...
