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  • May 11, 2011

    Staying true to his promise to keep the lines of communication open with Montana’s many tribal nations; Governor Brian Schweitzer met with about ten tribes during Tuesday’s Annual Tribal Leaders Summit....

  • May 11, 2011

    The Coeur d’Alene Tribe held its tribal council elections on May 7, and Chief Allan, chairman since 2005, was unanimously reappointed. Among those elected were Ernie Stensgar, reappointed vice chairman, and John Abraham, Land Services Manager, received the most votes and were given three-year terms....

  • May 11, 2011

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An Indian tribe in Minnesota is giving $1 million to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe to be used in its Lakota Foods business enterprise....

  • May 11, 2011

    Eight tribes, representing some of the largest reservations in the United States, have formed a new organization to represent their concerns. The Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT) will address land, economic, jurisdictional and funding issues faced on large reservations. The Coalition want to educate the Obama administration, Congress and other tribes about their needs....

  • May 11, 2011

    The 2011 Minnesota Legislature has adopted a two-pronged approach to American Indian concerns: allow increasing levels of water pollution to kill wild rice beds and expand gambling to wreck the tribal casino economy. It's really breathtaking - and it's a bipartisan effort....

  • May 11, 2011

    The New Mexico State Supreme Court on Monday announced it will not review the March decision by the Court of Appeals to have the former state police officer stand trial on charges stemming from the 2008 vehicular homicide of William Tenorio in Santa Fe....

  • May 11, 2011

    Something as seemingly simple as a classroom discussion can prove to be an academic barrier for some Native American students in the Edmonds School District....

  • On May 21 the Native CHAT Film Festival will screen films created by Native youth (ages 11 - 20) from around Minnesota. In the films, youth share their perspective on HIV/AIDS, culture and health, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and other issues that affect the communities where they live....

  • May 11, 2011

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to North Dakota to supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on Feb. 14, 2011, and continuing....

  • May 11, 2011

    President Obama said he knew the mission to execute Osama bin Laden was complete when he heard "Geronimo" had been killed. Some Native Americans are angry about the name association between the global terrorist and Geronimo. They're asking Obama to apologize. Host Michel Martin discusses the controversy with Tim Johnson of the National Museum of the American Indian....

  • May 11, 2011

    SAULT STE. MARIE -- The chairman of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, has resigned. Darwin Joe McCoy announced his decision Tuesday night at the Sault Tribe board of director's meeting....

  • May 11, 2011

    Prior Lake, MN – To help other Indian Tribes further develop their economies and better serve their tribal members, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community today announced $2 million in grants to two Dakota/Lakota tribes. Each of the tribes will receive a $1 million grant for economic development and community improvement. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe is located in South Dakota; the Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska will also receive a grant....

  • May 11, 2011

    PIERRE (AP) — A trial is scheduled July 11 in a lawsuit alleging the state has unfairly kept the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe from adding slot machines at its casino in Flandreau....

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