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It’s one of the seemingly ironclad rules of adolescence: In the U.S., you can’t drink legally until you’re 21. Of course, underage consumption laws are flouted regularly. More than half of 20-year-olds have tried alcohol, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. But as it turns out, not all of that underage drinking is, strictly speaking, illegal: At least 37 states have an exception in their drinking laws that allow underage people to drink at home and within the company of family members. http://www.startri...
Minnesota House Republicans proposed $800 million in public-works bonding projects on Wednesday, moving closer to the total amount sought by Gov. Mark Dayton but failing to satisfy DFLers who have clamored for more and whose votes are needed to pass it. The construction bonding bill was not the only major legislative initiative that looked shaky Wednesday. Talks appeared to be stalled on major new transportation spending, something that leaders from both parties say is needed but that is hung up over Republicans’ refusal to include money for t...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - In the wake of the abduction and death of Ashlynne Mike, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye and Vice President Jonathan Nez called for the creation of an Alert System Task Force in 60 days. The order came during a Division Directors meeting on May 9. A task force will develop and implement an alert system to notify the Navajo people of abductions and other emergencies. http://nhonews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=17500&TM=68111.3...
Last week, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Army promised to pay to move and re-bury the remains of at least 10 Native American children who died more than a century ago at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. “The U.S. Army believes that through ‘government to government’ consultations, all parties will address the legal requirements and familial connection required to support the requesting Tribes in bringing their family members back home,” according to Army Spokesman Dave Foster. “The executive director of the Army National...
A massive load of debt left the shoulders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians last week following enactment of legislation to pay off $96 million in loans accrued for the new Cherokee Indian Hospital and the tribe’s wastewater treatment plant. “It’s a pretty exciting time,” said Principal Chief Patrick Lambert, who introduced the legislation. “It’s something that I always wanted to try to get accomplished on behalf of the tribe and I knew coming into office that would be one of my top priorities.” http://www.smokymountai...
A child-welfare law passed by Congress nearly four decades ago specifically to protect Native American children and preserve their cultural heritage is under attack from critics who claim the law is putting children in potentially dangerous situations that have led to abuse — and even death. Enacted in 1978 to stop the widespread practice of removing at-risk Native American children from their biological families, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) — labeled the “gold standard” in child welfare by ardent supporters — in most cases gives tri...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Department of the Interior will add 63 American Indian reservations in 16 states from 2018 to 2021. This includes seven sites in Minnesota and six in Wisconsin. The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations was created as part of the Cobell Settlement Agreement, which provided $1.9 billion to purchase fractional interests in trust or restricted land from willing sellers at fair market value within 10 years. The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations has restored 1.5 million acres to tribal control since 2013....
The Navajo Nation lost two counts in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Urban Outfitters because the tribe’s trademark is not “famous” enough, the court siding with the fashion giant's argument that "Navajo" is a generic term for a style or design. The tribe—the largest in the United States—had to prove that the term “Navajo” is “widely recognized by the general consuming public of the United States” to move forward with the trademark dilution case, which few courts have been able to prove, said New Mexico’s District Judge Bruce Black o...
WASHINGTON - Rape and domestic violence against Native women have reached epidemic proportions, but the hotlines that could help are often unprepared for the unique cultural needs of tribal women who may live in rural areas with little support and a bewildering legal system. But that could be changing. Sometime this year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline expects to take the first call at a hotline created specifically to respond to tribal victims. http://nhonews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=17499&T...
A federal judge revoked bail for a man at the center of a multi-million dollar bond scheme involving the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. According to the Associated Press, Jason Galanis sent threatening text messages to a person he believed was cooperating with federal authorities. But the judge also said he sent a letter to tribal representatives in February, indicating that he might still be trying to defraud them. “Mr. Galanis is unlikely to abide by any conditions of release,” Judge Kevin Castel said in court on Tuesday as he rev...
Life on the remote Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northern Montana has all the ingredients for sex trafficking: poverty, isolation, joblessness and violence, topped with an epidemic of crystal meth addiction, community leaders, experts and federal authorities told Reuters this week. Drug users are selling their babies, daughters and sisters for the potent stimulant that is ravaging Native American communities such as the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes living on the desolate plains of Fort Peck, they explained. http://www.tele...
WOLF POINT, Montana (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana is like many reservations across the United States struggling with crime, drug abuse, poverty and health issues. Here are some facts: * Out of the total U.S. population, 2.9 million people or 0.9 percent are American Indian or Alaska Native alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. * Fort Peck is the ninth largest of the more than 300 reservations in the United States. It is about 110 miles (177 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide,...
A U.S. delegation of the Mohawk tribe of Saint-Régis has traveled to Havana to be treated with Heberprot-P, a Cuban medicine used to treat diabetic foot ulcers, Prensa Latina reported Wednesday. The tribe was receiving treatment for diabetes in Akwesasne, but they decided to be cured by Cuban doctors and to try the effects of Heberprot-P, said the tribe's Chief Beverly Cook. "The treatment will be of great help. We have already seen evidence of serious diabetic foot ulcers - of grade 4 and 5 - from which patients have recovered in 45 days,"...
If you're an American Indian student in Minnesota, your chances of graduating from high school in four years are lower than any other racial and ethnic group. You're also less likely to graduate on time than Indian students in nearly every other state in the country. Minnesota ranks 45th in the nation in on time graduation rates for American Indian students. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/05/18/poor-american-indian-grad-rates-may-have-deep-roots...
If Nadine Machiskinic did fall down the laundry chute at Regina's Delta Hotel, then "she is the author of her own misfortune." That's according to a statement of defence filed by the companies who owned the hotel on Jan. 10, 2015; the day the aboriginal mother of four was found fatally injured at the bottom of the hotel's laundry chute. Those companies were sued earlier this year by the mother and children of Machiskinic who allege the 29-year-old mother-of-four "plunged ten storeys down a laundry chute to her death at the Delta Regina Hotel."...
Yellowstone National Park officials euthanized a bison calf after tourists put the newborn in their car and caused the animal to be rejected by its herd, the park said Monday. Criminal charges against the tourists, who the park did not identify, are pending. http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/charges-pending-against-tourists-after-yellowstone-officials-euthanize-bison-calf/article_a25a263c-5a3a-549b-9491-3a0311dbdc22.html...
GREEN BAY - A Menominee Indian Reservation man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for inducing and enticing a minor to engage in prostitution. Brian L. Kelley, 36, was sentenced in federal court by Chief United States District Judge William Griesbach after pleading guilty. According to his plea, and other court documents, Kelley used his position as a barber shop owner and bait shop proprietor to hire minors whom he paid for sexual activities. http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/18/menomin...
A Chippewa Cree tribal official already charged in a federal corruption case denied new charges of tax evasion and theft from the tribe in U.S. District Court in Great Falls on Tuesday. Brian Kelly Eagleman, 53, of Box Elder, pleaded not guilty to charges in two indictments during an arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Johnston. http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/accused-chippewa-cree-tribal-member-charged-with-tax-evasion-theft/article_8c7da036-dea4-5335-bfdd-272ee4675ea3.html...
