Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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PROVIDENCE (AP) — A lawyer who helped represent the Narragansett Indian tribe after state police raided a smoke-shop a decade ago is suing the tribe over legal fees totaling more than $1.1 million....
The struggles that Robin Poor Bear, formerly Charboneau, endures in Kind Hearted Woman are unfortunately too common for many Native Americans living on reservations today....
ELLSWORTH, Maine — Passamaquoddy leaders are decrying what one official called an “extreme show of force” by Marine Patrol, who confiscated three elver nets from tribal fishermen after a confrontation with tribe officials at the Pennamaquan River....
QUAPAW, Oklahoma - The Quapaw Nation says it's fed up with the way it's been historically treated by the U.S. government....
BILLINGS — The Hope conference is making an attempt to address the most disturbing epidemic in all of Indian country, child sexual abuse....
A couple of weeks ago I was on Capitol Hill. In between meetings, I sat in the sun and watched tourists come and go. I also saw the First Amendment in action -- the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances (or lobbying as it’s known these days) -- as tribal leaders, community representatives and lobbyists rushed past the visitors on their way to their next appointment. This is the tried-and-true formula for reversing such things as the sequester. Someone from the home district flies to Washington and then m...
When 265 Dakota Sioux prisoners arrived at Camp McClellan in Davenport during April 1863, they were something of a tourist attraction....
Over the Easter weekend, Florida’s junior Senator Mark Rubio issued a statement saying the reports of the GOP coming to an agreement to address the immigration problem is all “premature.” reported Bloomberg....
Aboriginal police forces on 26 Quebec reserves were disbanded at midnight Sunday as federal and provincial negotiators failed to renew a funding agreement that expired Monday. Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Aboriginal+police+reserves+disbanded/8180079/story.html#ixzz2PJD61vbW...
TULALIP RESERVATION — When police found 19-month-old Chantal Craig, she was unresponsive in her mother’s SUV covered in urine and feces. She was severely malnourished and dehydrated. And court documents show the girl had bedbugs, lice and maggots in her diaper. Read more: http://q13fox.com/2013/04/01/could-abuse-death-of-toddler-on-tulalip-reservation-have-been-prevented/#ixzz2PJDMj9HK...
Linda Poolaw was too determined to let mere distance stop her from discovering tools and technologies that could help her deal with her vision loss. She drove across the state of Oklahoma from Anadarko to Tahlequah in search of help. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/01/grand-chief-calls-project-natives-help-low-vision-native-americans-life-changing-148476...
ST. PETER — An exhibit commemorating the Dakota-U.S. war of 1862 is heading to the Smithsonian Institute....
PINE RIDGE, South Dakota — Investigators say a weekend fire that destroyed an abandoned log cabin church on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is suspicious....
A Manitoba woman who runs a dog rescue is calling for a ban on dog culls....
CODY, WYOMING - Wyoming recently passed a law clearing the way for tribal members to kill bald eagles in the state....
ANTIGO - Stockbridge-Munsee tribal president Robert Chicks pleaded not guilty Monday to several misdemeanor counts related to a January traffic stop....
FLORENCE -- Authorities in southern Arizona say a traffic stop led to the discovery of more than 560 pounds of marijuana in a stash house on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation....