Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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MENAHGA, Minn. - Firefighters were getting the upper hand Wednesday on a wildfire that destroyed more than 50 structures as it scorched about 7,100 acres in northwestern Minnesota....
(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Wednesday narrowly overturned a ruling that would have forced the small Cahto Tribe in northern California to re-enroll 22 members....
A fight over American Indian-themed school mascots could result in a three million dollar budget cut for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights....
And with these firm words the TransCanada representatives were kicked out of Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation last week. The seemingly aloof TransCanada officials showed up at the Tribal Office in Eagle Butte, South Dakota in an attempt to win the tribe over to the pipeline, but were met with a swift, firm response. Robin LeBeau, Cheyenne River Sioux Councilwoman for District 5, saw them in the parking lot and promptly told them off....
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reached out to the chiefs of some of Virginia’s Indian tribes to gather some thoughts about the Redskins name and find out whether those tribes are offended by the name controversy that launched a thousand blog posts....
Niagara Falls, New York – Earlier this year the United States Congress amended two laws to help assist some unmet needs for Indian Country. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and Stafford Act were amended to broaden their abilities to address Native needs....
While some tribal members visit Rapid City hoping for change, others are taking matters into their own hands. Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan Brewer said, as of this morning, there was a roadblock at Whiteclay, Neb., the border town where millions of cans of beer are sold each year to residents of the dry Pine Ridge Reservation....
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....
Sally Jewell, the new secretary of the Department of the Interior, spent a short time discussing firefighting at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 15. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/05/15/sally-jewell-wild-ride-indian-country-149368...
Some Native Americans could lose free health coverage under Affordable Care Act...
In an effort to preserve Native American families, tribal members from across the state, Bureau of Indian Affairs representatives, and the country's top official on tribal issues are gathering this week to hear testimony, and work to stop violations....
HELENA — A sixth person has been arraigned on charges of stealing federal money meant to aid the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation....
POLSON – You can look at the potential questions and problems facing many Indian people across the nation when it comes to the Affordable Health Care Act, and quickly check off all the ones that don’t apply on the Flathead Reservation....
WASHINGTON — Of the more than 6,500 District of Columbia residents who self-identify as Native Americans, it’s not clear how many will be forced to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act....
PIERRE — A quirk in the federal health care law that could force tens of thousands of people who identify as Native American to start paying for insurance or pay a fine isn’t expected to affect many in the Dakotas....
NBCRightNow.com - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is forcing two gas stations in the lower valley to close their underground interjection wells due to possible underground water contamination on the Yakama Indian Reservation....
VANCOUVER – Elections BC is blaming a “mistake” by polling workers in a Vancouver-area riding after First Nations voters who attempted to use their Indian status cards as identification were asked for a second piece of ID....
Two Colville Business Council incumbents lost out in their bids for another term in the primary election certified last week....
BILLINGS – After less than two years of freedom, a Montana man was returned to custody Wednesday following a state Supreme Court ruling that could send him back to prison for the rest of his life over the 1979 slaying of a teenage classmate....
FARMINGTON — When J.J. Otero, the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Saving Damsels, arrived at the awards ceremony for the Native American Music Awards Saturday night in Niagara Falls, N.Y., he was told to sit in the very back, about five rows from the exit. Otero didn't think they'd put a winner that far back, so he assumed Saving Damsels hadn't won....
SHIPROCK — Tribal officials are proposing more severe sentencing for criminals on the Navajo Nation....
