Articles from the April 9, 2013 edition
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How to shield yourself from smartphone snoops
Your smartphone knows more about you than any other device — and it can so easily get into the wrong hands....
Oglala Sioux Tribe renews vow to stop XL Pipeline
PINE RIDGE RESERVATION - The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council renewed its commitment to stop TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL Pipeline at a meeting on March 26. The pipeline would slurry tar-sands crude oil from Alberta Province across the Great Plains to refineries and export facilities in Oklahoma and Texas....
Important Cultural, Religious and Historical Resources Threatened by Drilling
The Hess Corporation’s development of oil resources on Taĥċa Wakutėpi (Killdeer Mountain) on the edge of the North Dakota badlands threatens to destroy the integrity of a site sacred to tribes and important to historians, wildlife biologists, archaeologists and local landowners. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com//2013/04/08/importan...
Eight Pine Ridge residents indicted on federal drug charges
Eight residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation were recently indicted on federal charges for conspiring for 10 years to distribute cocaine and marijuana in South Dakota....
Outside officials say Spirit Lake tribe on right track with child protection
SPIRIT LAKE NATION — As health and social service professionals grappled over the past year with issues of child protection at Spirit Lake, they found a disturbing trend at Mercy Hospital in neighboring Devils Lake....
Exclusive Video: VAWA, a Historic Native Victory
Hey Native people…just in case you didn’t realize it, we made history very recently! HUGE history—like, history that students will be talking about in Native American Studies classes and Indian Law (AND Civil Procedures) classes for quite some time. History that will change the way non-Natives interact with Native people on our homelands. Read more at...
Court shoots down Yakama tobacco company lawsuit
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A tobacco company owned by a Yakama Nation tribal member must pay into an escrow account established under a 1998 settlement with big tobacco companies, a federal judge has ruled. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Court-shoots-down-Yakama-tobacco-company-lawsuit-4418880.php#ixzz2PxsMu1K0...
DHS in need of better tribal government engagement mechanism
The Homeland Security Department needs a departmentwide oversight mechanism for engaging tribal governments, says the Government Accountability Office. Read more: DHS in need of better tribal government engagement mechanism - FierceHomelandSecurity http://www.fiercehomelandsecurity.com/story/dhs-need-better-tribal-government-engagement-mechanism/2013-04-08#i...
Homeland Security effort to work with tribes on border security falters
A Homeland Security Department program that works with tribal leaders to thwart illegal immigration on Indian reservations is suffering from "coordination challenges," the Government Accountability Office reports....
Recall vote set for Stockbridge-Munsee president
Shawano - The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians has set a recall vote for the tribal president who's facing some misdemeanor charges....
Basketball Daughters Bring All-Out Pride To Umatilla Indian Reservation
When Louisville plays Connecticut in the NCAA women’s championship tomorrow, fans in Northwest Indian country will be cheering. That’s because two Native American sisters are leading the Louisville Cardinals, and they hail from a reservation in northeast Oregon....
Cardinals Do It Again! Lowest Seed to Win a Final Four Game Plays for National Title Tuesday
Forget about crashing the party, the giant-slaying Louisville Cardinals are the life of the party. And oh what a party the Final Four in New Orleans is. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com//2013/04/08/cardinals-do-it-again-lowest-seed-win-final-four-game-plays-national-title-tuesday-148658...
Two Sisters Bring Native America Pride To Women's NCAA
All Things Considered host Melissa Block talks to Corinne Sams, who has closely followed the careers of Louisville basketball players Shoni and Jude Schimmel since they were five years olds playing ball on a Native American reservation in Oregon. She talks about the excitement and support for the players in Native American communities around the country....
Jude Schimmel Gets It Done on the Court and in the Classroom, Earns Elite 89 Award
The Louisville Cardinals super sixth-woman, sophomore guard Jude Schimmel, has won the Elite 89 award for the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/08/jude-schimmel-gets-it-done-court-and-classroom-earns-elite-89-award-148660...
Jude Schimmel Receives Prestigious Elite 89 NCAA Award for 3.73 GPA
NEW ORLEANS – Louisville women's basketball player Jude Schimmel had more than last night's victory to celebrate in New Orleans as she prepares for the national championship game....
KBIC council mulls reservation signage
BARAGA - The four main entries into the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community reservation will soon have large signs indicating the boundaries of the property at those points, according to KBIC council secretary Susan LaFernier....
Tribes see strong sovereignty as key to prosperous future
At a University of Wyoming conference yesterday, leaders from the Wind River Indian Reservation and around the nation reflected on how Indian tribes can strengthen the sovereignty that lies at the heart of Indian self-government....
Trail Dust: Scalping began as ancient Indian practice
Where did the practice of scalping begin? As every schoolchild knows, Indians took scalps from their enemies and held dances and ceremonies over them....
Who's Got Reservations? A Discussion About Journalism in Indian Country
If the many issues facing Indian country are not better known or understood it is partly because the major media have failed to cover them properly. So concluded a wide-ranging panel discussion that took place at the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University in New York City on the evening of April 1. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianet...
Cougars vs. coyotes photos draw Internet crowd
Lori Iverson has a new appreciation of what the phrase “going viral” means....
