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BOISE – Shipments of massive industrial equipment destined for the Alberta tar sands may not truck through the Nez Perce Reservation on a winding Idaho highway until a study of their effect on the scenic river corridor is completed and the tribe has had its say, a federal judge ordered Friday....
LEWISTON, Idaho -- Eight members on the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee arrested during megaload protests last month won't have to give up their seats if convicted....
You’ve probably seen the television commercials – a Native American man standing alone on the screen, offering quick and easy loans in pitches clearly aimed at the down and out....
FARGO – The defense in the trial of Valentino “Tino” Bagola tried Friday to bolster the confession from the father of two children slain on the Spirit Lake Reservation and sought to discredit Bagola’s confession....
ALBANY – New York’s failure to impose excise taxes on Indian reservation cigarette sales does not relax the financial obligation of the nation’s largest tobacco company under a landmark 1998 settlement by the cigarette industry and 46 states, a three-judge arbitration panel ruled Wednesday....
PIERRE — People who sign petitions for candidates and ballot measures don’t have to worry about the other side coming after them seeking payment for the costs after the election. But that’s not the case when people go to court challenging the government or another person....
A total of 76 candidates have filed as candidates for two-year terms on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal Council....
Homelessness is a growing issue facing many in the Fargo-Moorhead area according to a new report released Friday by the Fargo-Moorhead Coalition for Homeless Persons....
The protesters who uprooted a 9/11 memorial display at a liberal arts college in Vermont claimed they were defending Abenaki tribal lands and taking a stand against U.S. imperialism. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/14/native-american-tribe-calls-protesters-who-destroyed-911-memorial-disgusting/#ixzz2f3el6WRF...
Parts of the Navajo Nation are recovering after severe flooding caused by heavy rain in the reservation’s Central Agency area, displacing families and affecting people in Chinle, Many Farms, Rock Point, Tselani/Cottonwood, Dennehotso, and Tonalea among other towns. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/14/flash-flooding-navajo-nation-displaces-scores-wrecks-homes-mold-and-mud-151282...
Farmington — The building contractor for 91 mostly unfinished homes on the south side of Shiprock has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison....
Fargo, N.D. — The palm print of murder suspect Valentino “Tino” Bagola was found on a bloody computer in the room where two slain children were found on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation. Read more: http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130913/NEWS/130919755/1001/NEWS?refresh=true#ixzz2f3gtzPep...
The recent hullaboo about a possible Bigfoot sighting back near Morse Bluff hits a little close to home....
In the film, A Time to Kill, Matthew McConaughey plays a lawyer who, in his closing argument, asks the people of the jury to close their eyes as he describes a vivid scenario of rape and assault. He then asks the jurors to imagine the crime happening to a white girl instead of a black girl. The reason McConaughey’s character does this is because the trial takes place in a racially divided community in the rural south. Sometimes we as humans are inheritors of our ways and need perspective. Read more at http://indiancountrytod...
FARGO – After hours of interrogation punctuated by vague admissions from the suspect, an FBI agent asked Travis DuBois Sr. a simple question about the stabbing deaths of his two children....
According to the FBI and the US Department of Labor, incidences of human and sex trafficking have reached all-time high levels worldwide, with Minnesota among the states showing some of the most alarming rates in the nation. In northern Minnesota, victims’ advocacy groups have noted that local women — as young as in their early teens — are being lured or coerced to the Twin Cities and beyond to be sold for sex. A group of six Lake County women have formed a group to combat the trade.The Lake County Human and Sex Trafficking Task force has b...
The Canadian military has turned down a request to step into ongoing conflicts between the RCMP and members of the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society sparked by protests against fracking-linked shale gas exploration in northern New Brunswick....
Clyde Bellecourt just wanted to sit down and finish his mocha....
Some cops need a lesson in demography — the NYPD has advised its officers to identify Indian crime victims or suspects as Asian, not American Indian. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-issues-memo-clarify-indians-asian-article-1.1454467#ixzz2f3yf6oQv...
For 18 months, Bossy Ducharme has eaten the same 15 basic foods, day in and day out. A strict diet, including wild rice, raw pumpkin seeds, berries, and elk. No salt, pepper or sugar. If his aboriginal ancestors wouldn’t have eaten it, neither will he....
Three Minnesota tribes have canceled their seasonal moose hunts because of the animals’ dwindling numbers. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/13/minnesota-tribes-cancel-moose-hunt-animals-population-plummets-151276...