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PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION – Traditional Chief Oliver Red Cloud walked on Thursday afternoon in a hospital in Denver, Colorado, after a lengthy illness surrounded by his family, including his grandchildren. He was 93....
Dallas Pinkham (Yakama, Southern Cheyenne, Nez Perce, Grand Ronde, and Potawatomi) from the Yakama Nation is a Seattle based actor, artist and filmmaker. He has been filmmaking for the past seven years working in a variety of genres including stop animation and documentaries. His most recent video, “Ask An Indian A Question” addresses the issue of Native stereotypes (see link below). He lives with his family and is heavily involved in his culture, traditions and his religion (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). He attended North Sea...
For aboriginal youth with the dream of becoming a golf pro, there’s only one man to look up to. Read more: http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/only-native-american-pga-golfer-stops-in-saskatoon-1.1356742#ixzz2YTpVKrfJ...
How do you lose a cemetery? According to Ignacio School District 11-JT and the La Plata County coroner, the answer is, “We don’t know yet....
IGNACIO — Human remains of 26 bodies have been uncovered by school construction in Ignacio, and officials aren't sure what will happen to the remains or whose they are. Read more: Old burial ground found at school site - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_23616386/old-burial-ground-found-at-school-site#ixzz2YTq4OEKQ...
The Future of Tribal Lending Under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Phillips 66 pipeline with a record of prior accidents spilled an estimated 25,000 gallons of gasoline in a remote area outside a small town on Montana’s Crow Indian Reservation, but no public health problems were anticipated, federal officials said Friday....
CHICAGO – The recent announcement of a plan for a model joint public-utility authority in Indian country focused attention on Native Nations’ resolve to “unleash the powers of the wind” for energy security and tribal gain....
What began as a small community gathering to promote the power of the Ojibwe language in Minnesota blossomed this year into a celebration larger than its organizers ever imagined. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/07/05/learning-ojibwemowin-camp-teaches-language-games-activities-150253...
When the 10th annual Women’s Lacrosse World Cup starts Thursday in Ontario, Canada, one flag will stick out. Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/07/05/5000706/sung-helping-haudenosaunee-lay.html#storylink=cpy...
The indictment of 22 people last week for conspiracy to sell heroin and other drugs on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation shouldn’t come as a surprise....
An Iraq War veteran who says he mistakenly signed away his parental rights is trying to keep custody of his 3-year-old daughter. According to CBS News, Army National Guardsman Dusten Brown believed that he was signing over custody to his daughter’s mother when he sent a text message and signed a parental rights agreement on his way to Iraq in 2009....
A lawyer says she's being denied access to documents that would support the abuse claims of former residential school students in northeast Ontario, and she said her clients are losing faith in the justice system....
Its hard for me to see past steps one, two and three. As I progress, I regress with no-one to impress. This whole dilemma makes me laugh haha. But deep down inside I protect my pride...
Last week's trash burn on Cowichan Tribes' land near Duncan is under federal investigation....
HELENA, Montana — An appellate-court panel Friday upheld a bribery conviction for the former Fort Peck superintendent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but reversed four other convictions involving her role in a loan fraud scheme....
MEDICINE HAT, Alta.—The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that restricts where Métis people can hunt in the province....
When Gary Jenkins climbed into the back of a Fort Belknap Fish and Wildlife truck near Snake Butte to view Fort Belknap’s buffalo herd, there was one word that came to mind: “Wow....
Former Reservation Business Committee (RBC) Chairman William (Bill) Houle, 81, died June 30, 2013, with his family by his side, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa announced Wednesday. - See more at: http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/29845/group/News/#sthash.mzxr5ev1.dpuf...
A U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the hate-crime conviction of a Fruitland man who participated in the branding of a mentally disabled Native American in Farmington in 2010, The Daily Times reported....
CALGARY – The Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister toured flood ravaged First Nations communities in Alberta Friday. The Minister also was on hand at the opening of the Calgary Stampede. - See more at: http://www.netnewsledger.com/2013/07/06/minister-tours-flood-ravaged-first-nations/#sthash.OvP0JmcP.dpuf...