Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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The fight to stop the sex trafficking of teen girls moved from courtrooms to motel rooms on Thursday....
An investigation into the illegal importation of low-cost foreign drugs, including counterfeit cancer medications, has led authorities to a nondescript office building in Moorhead, Minn....
Is Bigfoot stalking the wooded areas of Ohio? A video is making the Internet rounds that claims to show a large, dark, hairy creature running across a forest path....
A group of activists from northwestern Ontario that built a house themselves for an elder in desperate need is taking its fight for First Nations housing to Ottawa....
OKMULGEE, Okla. – The Muscogee (Creek) Nation National Council unanimously approved a tobacco tax compact proposal Thursday night, opening the door for the tribe’s first compact with the state of Oklahoma in more than five years....
Early this week, two U.S. House Representatives members and the Tacoma News Tribune took clear stands against protecting women from sexual assault. Representatives Todd Akin, R-Missouri, and Steve King, R-Iowa, did so by promoting the concept of “legitimate rape.” The News Tribune did so by attacking the only real hope for combating the national pandemic of violence against Native women....
PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION – On August 26th women of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, along with allies including Deep Green Resistance, will hold an event called the Women's Day of Peace in response to the peddling of alcohol in Whiteclay, Nebraska....
GRAND FORKS - Saying that the Spirit Lake Nation “seems to be a rudderless ship” lacking the leadership necessary to deal with a crisis in child protection on the reservation, Sen. Kent Conrad said Thursday he will call Interior Secretary Ken Salazar “and ask him to send in a team” to do what needs to be done....
An official in the North Dakota Department of Social Services has told a federal whistleblower that circumstances he reported concerning children at risk at Spirit Lake should go to the tribe’s social services office....
On August 16, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of appeals denied Madison and Oneida counties’ efforts to disestablish the Oneida Indian Nation reservation by saying the court would not rehear arguments in the case. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/22/second-circuit-court-denies-motion-for-rehearing-on-status-of-oneida-reservation-130534 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/22/second-circuit-court-denies-motion-for-rehearing-on-status-of-oneida-reservation-130534#ixzz24SZAEkdN...
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe plans to distribute checks for $2,000 each to more than 10,500 enrolled tribal members with part of a settlement from the federal government over mismanaged of money and tribal trust lands....
LANDER, Wyo. (AP) — The federal government has opened a new office for the registration of sex offenders on the Wind River Indian Reservation....
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - August 23, 2012 (WPVI) -- As a 2-year-old girl lay dead in the closet of a South Dakota home, another child invited two young neighbors over to take a look. The adults in the home, who were binging on drugs, didn't call 911 until some 14 hours later, police allege....
Cherokee recently passed legislation during the August Session of Tribal Council which updated the Cherokee Criminal Code and finalized the full implementation of the enhanced sentencing authority granted by the federal Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. Cherokee Ordinance Number 182 was passed by Tribal Council on Aug. 2 and ratified by Principal Chief Michell Hicks on Aug. 16. The Ordinance increased the maximum possible punishment of all felony-equivalent tribal crimes from one year to three years imprisonment and from a $5,000 to a $15,000...
The future health of Natives may lie in the scatological remains of the past—a vanguard study of ancient excrement has offered fresh new ways of thinking about the prevalence of diabetes among Native people of the American Southwest. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/23/study-of-remains-of-the-pueblo-reveals-causes%e2%80%94and-possible-cures%e2%80%94for-diabetes-epidemic-130651 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/23/study-of-remains-of-the-pueblo-reveals-causes%e2%80%94and-possible-cur...
Lacy J. Dalton will play a concert on August 29 in Reno, Nevada, to benefit a movement that seeks to have an American Indian statue added to the Vietnam Memorial. Known for such top-10 country hits as “Takin’ It Easy,” “Everybody Makes Mistakes,” and “16th Avenue,” Dalton will perform two shows, one at 5:30 PM and another at 8:30 PM, at Reno Tahoe Comedy, located inside the Pioneer Underground on 100 South Virginia St—for more information, visit the event’s Facebook page. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2...
Kyle Lohse, Nomlaki Wintum, is having a stellar season for the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. Going into tonight’s game against the Houston Astros, Lohse is 12-2 with a 2.61 ERA. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/22/st-louis-cardinals-pitcher-kyle-lohse-legitimate-contender-for-cy-young-award-130511 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/22/st-louis-cardinals-pitcher-kyle-lohse-legitimate-contender-for-cy-young-award-130511#ixzz24ScDMgPm...
