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WASHINGTON – A marathon day of brinkmanship lurching toward a government shutdown presented conflicts for several key Minnesotans in Congress, forcing them to compromise on their own stated priorities....
The Minnesota law that bars advising or encouraging suicide violates the U.S. Constitution’s free-speech protections, the state Court of Appeals ruled Monday in an unpublished opinion involving a Florida group called Final Exit Network Inc....
A surprise windfall from budget savings and a strengthening economy have allowed state leaders to pay down an extra $636 million in debt to public schools....
WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department says 524 schools — out of about 100,000 — have dropped out of the federally subsidized national school lunch program since the government introduced new standards for healthier foods last year....
WASHINGTON — For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown early Tuesday morning after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation's health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused....
The world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study being released Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder rights group....
A Miccosukee man must pay $35 million to the family of a retired Maryland couple he killed in a drunk-driving wreck on Tamiami Trail, a jury has ruled. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/30/3660599/jury-award-in-west-miami-dade.html#storylink=cpy...
Organizers of an annual event which brings awareness to the disturbing number of missing or murdered Aboriginal women are outraged by the theft of a promotional sign. Read more: http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/sisters-in-spirit-banner-stolen-days-before-event-1.1477344#ixzz2gT4GlDO5...
So Tuesday at midnight the federal government should post a sign that reads: “Closed for Business.” Unless, that is, Congress drops its idiocy and suddenly breaks into harmony. It’s possible, right? Oh. Sure. Then again, in an ideal world, any government closure would be quick and in a few days the world we know would return to normal....
In December 2012 Bryan Brewer became president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Considering Brewer has had to tackle things like a referendum vote to lift a reservation-wide alcohol ban, the potential auction of the site of Wounded Knee and rumors that Johnny Depp was on the rez, the past 9 months have been a handful. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/26/tribal-prez-discusses-alcohol-sale-wounded-knee-and-johnny-depp-151452...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Tobacco compact extensions for more than 20 tribes expire this week and at press time, many still do not have a new agreement in place with the state of Oklahoma....
The US government has left many Native American tribes in the lurch with the sequestering of federal funds. But they have become used to Washington giving with one hand and taking away with the other....
What did we do wrong, Facebook? ICTMN’s page got banned from posting for violating Facebook’s “terms of services” after we posted a photo of Lakota grandmothers holding the flag they had seized from Neo-Nazis who recently made a crazy attempt to establish an all-white community in Leith, North Dakota. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/27/not-allowed-post-today-what-doesnt-facebook-want-you-see-151473...
Lac du Flambeau - Members of the Lac du Flambeau tribe will cast their vote for council general elections tomorrow....
Dave Archambault II has officially defeated Mike Faith to become the new chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe....
HELENA — For Native Americans in Montana, the Affordable Care Act’s new health insurance marketplace offers a deal that’s hard to beat....
Aboriginal students in Brandon are scoring lower than their peers and falling behind in core subjects, according to a Brandon School Division annual report on student achievement....
Heidi Laughton started photographing Native Americans to showcase the uniqueness and beauty of Native American culture. But to her subjects, the photos send the world a very basic message: "We're still here."...
A 10 year-old girl died in a house fire on a small northern Saskatchewan reserve after she ran back into the burning building to save her great-grandfather who she believed was still inside....
HAVRE — A Rocky Boy man who was reported missing last week has been found dead on the Rocky Boy's Reservation....
A Cannonball man must pay back the cost of a church he set fire to on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation....
BISMARCK — A woman from Cannon Ball who stabbed her boyfriend to death is going to prison for nearly 20 years....
A man accused of attacking another man with a crow bar admitted assault charges in federal court on Monday. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/crow-agency-man-admits-assault/article_eea1c3b6-fce7-5665-b647-63a9779e2859.html#ixzz2gTEAhbT0...