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CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls....
So far this spring, little has gone as planned on Mille Lacs, starting with the late ice-out, which — if it didn’t occur Thursday afternoon or evening — likely will happen Friday....
DULUTH, Minn. — Tiger Brown Bull has traveled great lengths to earn his masters degree. In two years he has put 40,000 miles on his car to make 20 weekend trips from Kyle, S.D. to the University of Minnesota Duluth for meetings that compliment online classes. Brown Bull, who lives on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, works for his tribe's education agency. He's one of 22 graduates in UMD's Master of Tribal Administration and Governance program, the first of its kind in the nation. "It's a 1...
FUNDRAISER COOK-OUT LUNCH Friday, May 17th, 2013 - Beginning at 10:30 AM until gone FEATURING: Hamburger/Bratwurst Macaroni Salad Chips & Pop $6.00 All Proceeds go to the Red Lake 7th and 8th grade Girls Basketball Team to attend The MIT Pacesetter Tournament on Saturday, June 15th, 2013 at Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN Let’s show our support to these young ladies by calling in an order to the Red Lake Accounting Department, will deliver - 679-1800...
OROVILLE— An 11-hour protest inside Berry Creek Rancheria headquarters ended with about 20 people who had barricaded themselves inside tribal offices taken into custody around noon today....
A lengthy standoff at the tribal headquarters of the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians in Oroville ended in multiple arrests Thursday afternoon....
OROVILLE, Calif. - A tribal dispute at the Berry Creek Rancheria in Oroville ended peacefully after an 11-hour standoff by a group of protestoers....
DEMING - More than 300 members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe must wait another week to find out if they will face loss of tribal membership and the benefits that go with it. Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/05/16/3012427/nooksacks-facing-disenrollment.html#storylink=cpy...
In a historic move, representatives from several Native American tribes united and walked out on a meeting with U.S. State Department officials Thursday, in regards to talks over the Keystone XL Pipeline....
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he remains skeptical that a national inquiry would give answers to concerns about missing or murdered aboriginal women in Canada....
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told a Senate panel Wednesday that “Indian education is embarrassing” as she laid out her priorities on issues affecting Native Americans and Alaska Natives....
Native Americans are entitled to free and subsidized medical care at some federally-funded health clinics, but 'Obamacare' will soon force many of them to buy insurance or else face hefty fines if they are not “Indian enough”....
OTTAWA - The independent agency that fields public complaints about the RCMP is formally investigating allegations that aboriginal women were abused and mistreated at the hands of Mounties in northern British Columbia. Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Investigation+launched+into+allegations+police+abuse/8395039/story.html#ixzz2TYQYie19...
The civilian watchdog that oversees the RCMP is launching a public-interest investigation into the force’s treatment of aboriginal women and girls this week in response to a scathing report from a New York-based human-rights group....
RAPID CITY—The alleged abuses of the Indian Child Welfare Act in the Pennington County court system has been called “shocking” by two attorneys. According to Stephen Pevar, attorney for the ACLU, “What happened in the Pennington County Courts is something you would expect in a Third World Country....
The Chippewa Cree Election Board has decided former tribal Business Committee Chairman Ken Blatt St. Marks is ineligible to regain the position in an upcoming special election....
Twenty individuals are listed on the ballot for the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board primary election, which will be held this Saturday, May 18....
PABLO — Tribal police officers are asking motorists to buckle up during increased patrols for seat belt enforcement. The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribal Police are among hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the country who are increasing safety patrols during the annual Memorial Day Click It or Ticket mobilization. The heightened enforcement period runs from May 20 through June 2....
BILLINGS — The three-decade fight for freedom by a Montana man convicted of the 1979 slaying of a teenage classmate entered what could be its final stage this week, when the Montana Supreme Court ordered him back to prison and took away his brief taste of normal life....
It’s been said that the man is the “head of the household,” but it’s also true the woman is the neck: She can turn the head any direction she wishes. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/05/16/american-cancer-society-encourages-women-commit-healthy-living-149378...
The latest Seattle School District plan to move the American Indian Heritage program to Northgate Mall has angered many in the Native American community....
The Chamberlain School Board’s refusal to allow a tribal honoring song at high school graduation Sunday has sparked a call from Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Chairman Brandon Sazue for an economic boycott of the city, the withdrawal of millions of dollars of tribal funds from a bank that declined to condemn the district, and a demand for Chamberlain High School to return an eagle feather staff....
GARRISON, Minn. -- There are serious concerns that a well known, world class fishery is suffering through a walleye shortage right now. The DNR has put some heavy restrictions on anglers and tribal netters after discovering the population is at a 40 year low....
We are not in crisis," the beleaguered superintendent of the Window Rock Unified School District said Wednesday....
Funeral services for a young woman and two children killed in a house fire in Wunnumin Lake First Nation were planned for Thursday afternoon....