Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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During this shutdown, our government and the American people are forgetting a hard-hit population that already struggles enough as it is: Native Americans....
COOS BAY — If the government shutdown goes too long, it will mean the end of services for the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians....
FORT KENT, Maine — A years-long case of alleged misuse of funds against two members of the Wesget Sipu tribe was settled out of court with a filing last week by the Aroostook County District Attorney....
Tall, handsome and quick-witted, Edward Curtis knew front-page fame as a celebrity photographer during America's Gilded Age. But at heart, he was Indiana Jones with a camera. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/art-architecture/how-photographer-edward-curtis-documented-the-culture-of-native-americans-706418/#ixzz2h2yWiEej...
GREAT FALLS, Montana — Five people who are accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus aid from Montana's Chippewa Cree tribe have pleaded not guilty to four charges in a new indictment....
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A former tribal president pleaded guilty Wednesday to misapplication of more than $100,000 in tribal funds, federal prosecutors said....
Two people who became members of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe under so-called “collateral descent” during open enrollment during the 1980s have been disenrolled from the Tribe....
WASHINGTON — As a possible government shutdown looms, environmental activists who oppose construction of the Keystone XL pipeline say they are increasingly alarmed that the project might become a bargaining chip in last-minute negotiations between Republicans and President Obama to avert a fiscal crisis....
Canadians are preparing to join candlelight vigils, march through the streets, pause at their desks, or spend a moment of silence at home to register their anger at the disproportionate number of aboriginal women who have become victims of violence in this country....
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge sentenced the former director of the Narragansett Indian tribe's housing program to a year and a day in prison for embezzling U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds....
PINE RIDGE— When the Oglala Sioux Tribal council first voted 8-5 with 1 not voting in favor of, but declared one vote short of the necessary 2/3 needed to impeach Wounded Knee District representative Garfield Steele, he should have been put back to work according to Bernice Delorem, one of the tribe’s in-house attorneys....
Meanwhile on Spirit Lake, tribal members gathered Friday to protest a cancelled recall vote against a tribal council member. Tribal members gathered in Saint Michael, where a vote was originally scheduled to determine the fate of tribal council member Madrell Lewis. A recall vote on Monday ended in a tie. Tribal Chairman Russ McDonald originally scheduled a re-vote for Friday morning, before cancelling it on Wednesday. Both sides cite the Spirit Lake constitution to prove their point. McDonald says since a majority didn't vote to recall Lewis,...
A lifestyle practice among American Indians around the state has resulted in a “public health crisis.” What is it?...
BINGER — An elected official serving the Caddo Nation said he chained the doors of the tribal complex last month to keep the chairman out of the day-to-day operations of the federally recognized tribe....
Vista, California—With private medical insurance costing upwards of copy,200 monthly per employee, many small businesses had foregone offering such benefit to their employees. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/04/how-obamacare-can-benefit-indians-their-families-and-small-native-businesses-151582...
WENATCHEE — A Moses Lake couple accused of flashing false Native American tribal IDs during a fraud attempt at the Wenatchee Walmart pleaded guilty to theft and forgery charges....
The federal government shutdown affects everyone to some degree, with greater and more far reaching impacts as the shutdown goes on....
