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  • Karis Begaye suspended from driving tribal vehicles

    May 18, 2018

    FARMINGTON — The committee that enforces rules and regulations for Navajo Nation employees and appointees to operate tribal vehicles has suspended the driver's permit for Karis Begaye. Mihio Manus, a spokesman for the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President, confirmed Wednesday that Begaye's driving privileges have been suspended temporarily by the tribe's Motor Vehicle Review Board. https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2018/05/17/begaye-suspended-driving-vehicles-owned-navajo-nation/61...

  • GOP builds massive shadow army in fight for the House

    May 18, 2018

    TUSTIN, Calif. — Republicans have amassed a sprawling shadow field organization to defend the House this fall, spending tens of millions of dollars in an unprecedented effort to protect dozens of battleground districts that will determine control of the chamber. The initiative by the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), now includes 34 offices running mini-campaigns for vulnerable Republicans throughout the country. It has built its own in-house research and data teams and recruited 4,000 s...

  • Report finds Indian Country's population is slowing, part of a national trend

    May 18, 2018

    American Indians and Alaska Natives have had some of the fastest growing population rates in the United States. But that could be changing. Dramatically. New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control show a slowing of the American Indian and Alaska Native birth rates, especially among younger women and girls. https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/health-wellness/report-finds-indian-countrys-population-slowing-part-national-trend/...

  • 'I felt like I was racially profiled': Indigenous woman accused of shoplifting

    May 18, 2018

    A Calgary woman says she felt racially profiled after being accused of shoplifting while shopping at a southeast optometry store on Mother's Day. Much of the incident was caught on video by the woman's teenage daughter. The video shows the sales associate at Southcentre's Pearle Vision store suggesting Linda Nothing, who is Indigenous, stole two pairs of glasses. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-woman-accused-shoplifting-racially-profiled-1.4666339...

  • Fire restrictions in place across Ariz., NM, Nation

    May 18, 2018

    With continued winds and no rain in the forecast, conditions for a fire to ignite are ripe. The weather has prompted the states of Arizona and New Mexico and Navajo tribal officials to place fire restrictions in their areas. https://navajotimes.com/reznews/fire-restrictions-in-place-across-ariz-nm-nation/...