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  • Aug 1, 2011

    RCMP are investigating what appears to be a gruesome case on Manitoba's Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation after parts of a female's body were found in two locations...

  • Aug 1, 2011

    A total of 23 tribes and Native American nonprofits will share in $400,000 of Native Youth and Culture Fund (NYCF) grants awarded by the First Nations Development Institute (FNDI), which range from $8,000 to $19,400....

  • Body of woman found in roadway

    Aug 1, 2011

    Flagstaff police are seeking the public's help in identifying a young Native American woman found dead in the middle of North Fourth Street early Saturday morning. Read more: http://azdailysun.com/news/local/body-of-woman-found-in-roadway/article_491bf136-bb1c-11e0-bbec-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1Tja2a7Ve...

  • Obama delivers controversial School Speech - 09-08-09

    Aug 1, 2011

    Obama delivers controversial School Speech - 09-08-09 Editor's note: I have no idea why it is labeled "controversial" at all. It is very truthful....

  • Aug 1, 2011

    LOS COYOTES INDIAN RESERVATION, Calif. (KABC) -- A wildfire that blackened more than 22 square miles in a remote area of northeastern San Diego County is now 100 percent contained....

  • Aug 1, 2011

    Nine tribes have “substantially implemented” sex offender registration systems, stated the Deparment of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) in a press release. More tribal nations will potentially meet the guidelines, as the DOJ reviews recent submissions sent close to the July 27 deadline....

  • Supai post office on chopping block

    Aug 1, 2011

    The mail into and out of Supai Village at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is likely to still be delivered by mule. Read more: http://azdailysun.com/news/local/state-and-regional/supai-post-office-on-chopping-block/article_387294ce-efd8-5f04-918b-0d6d18db0cc8.html#ixzz1TjkBeNNk...

  • Aug 1, 2011

    The Dakota expression for child, wakan injan, can be translated as “they too are sacred,” according to Glenn Drapeau, Ihanktonwan Dakota and a member of the Elk Soldier Society on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. “To us, children are as pure as the holy, moving energy of the universe,” he says, “and we treat them that way....

  • Aug 1, 2011

    The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)—a global network of individuals and organizations concerned with the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide—announced August 1-7 as World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated in 170 countries across the globe....

  • Aug 1, 2011

    A former student council president at First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) has been convicted for stealing about $30,000 in funds earmarked for the student body....

  • Aug 1, 2011

    The NASA space shuttle Atlantis landed on July 21, ending a 30-year program of space exploration and experimentation. One massive payload it carried was called the “Raffaello Multi-purpose Logistics Module,” a container filled with five tons of supplies and spare parts for the space station (ISS). Now dubbed Leonardo, the module will stay at the space station for the duration of its useful life. Its large size will provide much needed space for the astronauts who visit the station in the future....

  • Aug 1, 2011

    PAGOSA SPRINGS -- A teenager found drowned in a southwest Colorado lake last week has been identified as a Utah member of the Navajo Nation who traveled to Lake Capote with a group of dancers from tribes in New Mexico....

  • Aug 1, 2011

    Bearing pillows and wearing grins, residents of Sandy Lake First Nation began returning home from their temporary fire-induced exile on July 28....

  • President Obama's statement on year of Tribal Law and Order Act

    Aug 1, 2011

    President Barack Obama issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Tribal Law and Order Act. A year ago today, I was proud to sign the Tribal Law and Order Act into law. American Indians and Alaska Natives have long been victimized by violent crime at far higher rates than the rest of the country, and the Tribal Law and Order Act is already helping us better address the unique public safety challenges that confront tribal communities. Over the past year, tribes have gained greater sentencing authority. The rights of...