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Federal officials Monday ordered the operators of a toxic-waste plant on the Cabazon Band of Indians Reservation to fix problems leading to potentially harmful emissions from the facility....
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- When Kim Pound accepted the position of chief of police for the White Mountain Apache Tribe, part of the draw was that his salary and medical benefits were paid by the United States government. But after three years on the job, he said the promise of guaranteed benefits turned into a nightmare of unpaid medical bills....
PAWNEE, Okla. — Pawnee Nation members have chosen a current member of the American Indian tribe's business council as that council's new president....
The tale leads to an entrepreneur-scientist named Ray Simpson, a millionaire wheeler-dealer named Wallace Carroll and some sure-handed Chippewa craftswomen....
THUNDER BAY—Grade 9 student Jordan Wabasse vanished Feb. 7 after getting off a city bus, just a block from his boarding house but hundreds of kilometres from home. “We have no idea what happened,” says Derek Jacob, who does not believe his son has run away....
Smoking is twice as common among some aboriginal teens than teens in the rest of population, say researchers who are calling for more culturally appropriate programs....
As long as the North American buffalo roamed free and bountiful, the Plains Indians were able to remain sovereign. Buffalo were their lifeline—the Indians had a symbiotic relationship with them, and always honored the mighty beasts for the many blessings they provided. “The creation stories of where buffalo came from put them in a very spiritual place among many tribes,” said University of Montana anthropology and Native American studies professor S. Neyooxet Greymorning. “The buffalo crossed many different areas and functions, and it was uti...
HAMMOND | Beating on a Lakota drum and chanting an ancient Aztec sacred prayer to rid the demon of racism that allegedly inhabits the halls of Clark Middle/High School, an Illinois minister led more than 300 Latinos into Monday night's Hammond School Board meeting....
On Saturday, May 7, 2011, the Tribal Council of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes took actions to finally resolve the intratribal dispute that has plagued the Tribes for more than six (6) months. The Tribal Council passed, by overwhelming majority votes, 11 resolutions to expressly deal with the following issues:...
Imagine the insensitivity of United States government and military officials in naming the operation to kill or capture Osama bin Laden "Geronimo." According to Jeff Houser, the Fort Sill Apache tribal chairman, Geronimo is a heroic Native American icon ("Tribe wants apology for Code Name," May 5). Now his reputation will be forever linked to a sworn enemy of the USA, due mainly to the thoughtless naming of the operation....
Smoking no longer will be allowed at the Glacier Peaks Casino in Browning. The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council voted 5-4 Monday for a total smoking ban....