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A professor at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, has resigned in the wake of a bizarre, gruesome report that accuses the now-former political science teacher of coercing students into aiding him with something called the “Sundance Ritual.” As part of the ritual, Professor Jeff William Justice reportedly pressured several students into hanging him from the trees at his house using hooks attached to nothing but the skin on his chest. In the police report and accompanying nine-page witness statement (which have been provided to...
PEMBROKE — The chairman of the Lumbee Tribe Board of Elections says some tribal members who tried to update their enrollment information on Friday have been misled about their ability to vote in the Nov. 17 elections. But a spokesman for the Lumbee Tribe said that Sheila Beck-Jones’ information is incorrect and that those registering through the end of this week will be able to cast a regular ballot and not a provisional. http://robesonian.com/news/81008/tribe-accused-of-half-truths...
Amnesty International Canada is wrapping up a human rights investigation in northeastern B.C. and the human rights group says it's alarmed by violence against aboriginal women amidst industrial development in the region. Investigators just wrapped up a fact finding mission in Fort St. John on Friday. Amnesty women's rights campaigner Jacqueline Hansen — who is based in Ottawa — has been meeting with as many people as she can. She says a local aboriginal woman first alerted Amnesty to a growing list of women from the region who'd been mur...
SAN DIEGO — Borrowing from Chief Joseph and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro addressed the 72nd Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians on Monday, October 19, 2015. Castro was the highest ranking Obama administration to address NCAI, the oldest and largest American Indian organization in Indian Country. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/hud-secretary-castro-to-ncai-we-must-do-more-to-ensure-the-first-americans-are-not-the-last-am...
The National Congress of American Indians got a small taste of the crowded 2016 presidential field on Monday as three candidates pitched their pro-tribal agendas to participants. But none of the hopefuls showed up in person to the largest inter-tribal gathering in the Lower 48. Instead, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, along with Republican Ben Carson, delivered video messages to the crowd in San Diego, California. http://www.indianz.com/News/2015/019309.asp...
An issue that didn't appear anywhere on the agenda for the National Congress of American Indians dominated discussion at the opening of the organization's annual meeting on Monday. Tribal leaders from Alaska and South Dakota took initiative in response to a crisis affecting their communities. Several mentioned an incident that occurred just days ago at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage. http://www.indianz.com/News/2015/019306.asp...
The issue of blood quantum remains a long-running hot topic among Native Americans. I’ve always been a believer that people who are enrolled, or affiliated, with a recognized tribe will argue for their own circumstance when it comes to the issue of how much Indian blood it takes to be determined a card-carrying Indian. For instance, if you’re a full-blooded Native person, with no known non-Indian ancestors in your family tree then you might feel that you are the only ‘real’ kind of Indian, or Native American (whichever you prefer). You might c...
Canada’s election was one for the history books: A third-place Liberal party won enough seats to form a government; Aboriginal voters cast so many ballots that in some areas they ran out; and across the country people demanded a reversal of a decade of Conservative policies. Not that elections fix everything. In Canada, like the U.S., there is no ideal representation for Native voters. One phrase I heard on Aboriginal People’s Television Network last night summed it up well: A lesser of three evils. (Canada has five major parties, three of the...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two former leaders of an online lending company owned by Montana's Chippewa Cree Tribe have pleaded not guilty to new criminal charges that accuse them of funneling money from the company, through a business partner in Nevada and into their own pockets. The grand jury indictment made public Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Great Falls charges Neal Rosette and Billi Anne Morsette with eight criminal counts that include conspiracy to defraud the tribe, accepting bribes and evading taxes. http://www.sfgate...
PINE RIDGE, SD - Tribal officials on the Pine Ridge Reservation are searching for solutions to high rates of suicide and substance abuse. Sen. John Thune is working with the tribe on those issues, and he believes a big part of the answer will be beefed-up law enforcement. Thune, R-S.D., and Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., were on the Pine Ridge Reservation last week for meetings with tribal officials and other tribal members about the spikes in suicide rates, including some children, and ongoing drug and alcohol problems. http://w...
YAKIMA, Wash. Some civil and criminal cases involving members of the Yakama Nation will be returned to the tribe's jurisdiction, after being handled for decades by the state. The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs on Monday granted the tribe's petition for what is called "retrocession." Retrocession removes state jurisdiction over tribal members in certain cases but does not give the tribe any new jurisdiction over nonmembers. It will affect cases such as car crashes, domestic violence calls and truancy complaints. Read more here:...
UPTOWN — In one of its last stops before it returns to a permanent display case at the end of October, the Stanley Cup held court at the American Indian Center, 1630 W. Wilson Ave., Tuesday afternoon. Despite a small group of protesters outside rallying against what they viewed as a racist team logo, dozens of hockey fans streamed through the city's flagship Native American cultural center to take pictures with the trophy. Visitors were asked to give $10 donations to the center, and were invited to buy tickets for a raffle that included s...
Justin Trudeau rode a red tidal wave Monday that began in Atlantic Canada before sweeping across the country to give his party a majority government mandate. Now, with the levers of power at his disposal, Trudeau faces high expectations he will move on the major promises he made during the campaign and some of the biggest were made to Indigenous peoples. During his victory speech at his Montreal riding of Papineau, Trudeau pledged to build a “nation-to-nation” relationship with the Indigenous peoples in Canada. http://aptn.c...
Tribes and the U.S. Department of the Interior heralded the outcome of a copy86 million settlement signed earlier this month between the federal government, the Choctaw and the Chickasaw nations to solve a longstanding land trust dispute as a new chapter in relations. “This settlement represents a significant milestone in helping solidify and improve our relationship with the United States,” said Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby in a statement during the October 5 signing ceremony that also gave a nod to the impetus provided by U.S...
WASHINGTON – For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are launching a demonstration program to offer a permanent home and supportive services to Native American Veterans who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The Tribal HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (Tribal HUD-VASH) Program will combine $4 million in rental assistance from HUD with case management and clinical services provided by VA to serve approximately 600 Native A...
It's flu shot season again and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is reminding groups more vulnerable to infection to take advantage of free influenza vaccine clinics. Between 10 to 20 per cent of Canadians catch the flu every year, and people with aboriginal ancestry are on the list of groups most at risk. They are hospitlized and die more frequently of flu infections than their non-native counterparts, Canada's National Advisory Committee of Immunization (NACI) says on its website. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Imagine being blocked completely when trying to access the same emergency contraception that every other woman can get by walking into their neighborhood pharmacy. That’s what Native American women have faced for years. Last week, after years of advocacy by the Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center, Native American women, the ACLU, Amnesty International, and numerous other reproductive justice partners, Indian Health Services finally updated its policy to require its facilities provide Plan B emergency contraception, the mor...
The Indian Health Service (IHS) released a long overdue policy last week that will make over-the-counter emergency contraception more accessible for Native American women of all ages. The policy comes more than two years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted age restrictions on certain emergency contraceptive pills and more than six months after a group of U.S. senators called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a policy that would ensure access for women who rely on IHS. http:/...
To improve relationships with American Indian tribes and students at the University of Minnesota, the Board of Regents is considering reviving an advisory body made up of state tribal leaders. The group would include a representative from each of the 11 tribes in Minnesota, as well as University representatives. Leaders say the council would help attract American Indian students and faculty members to the school while bettering services to current indigenous students at the University. Although American Indian representatives say the idea is...
of their costs fighting this summer’s record wildfires. Gov. Jay Inslee’s office announced late Tuesday the Obama administration has approved part of the state’s request for a major disaster declaration for the wildfires in Central and Eastern Washington. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/oct/20/8-counties-colville-tribe-getting-disaster-aid-for/...
B.C.'s civilian police watchdog (IIO) has found police were not connected to the death of a man who viciously attacked the Bridge River Indian Band office near Lillooet, B.C. earlier this month. David Allan Patrick James, 22, died after he allegedly entered the band office with weapons just before 8:30 a.m. PT on Oct. 14, and assaulted staff, sending 11 people to hospital. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lillooet-band-office-attack-police-iio-1.3281110...
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has ordered a new trial for Wendy Scott, the co-accused and Crown’s key witness in the Connie Oakes murder case. The Court of Appeal’s three-judge panel struck Scott’s guilty plea and quashed her second degree murder conviction. http://aptn.ca/news/2015/10/22/alberta-appeal-court-quashes-murder-conviction-orders-new-trial-for-co-accused-in-connie-oakes-case/...
(CBSA) is investigating a case of alleged brutality after a 67-year-old man who was trying to drive himself to the hospital was put in a cell when he refused to leave his vehicle for a search. "He didn't get out of the vehicle because he was sick. And he didn't feel he was going to be able to get out," the man’s wife, Donna Delormier, told CBC News Ottawa after the September 23 incident. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/10/21/ill-67-year-old-akwesasne-mohawk-man-claims-canada-border-guard-brutality...
VERMILLION— In January of 2009, Darelle Red Bear, an enrolled citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation, died in an assisted living facility while under the custody of the state of South Dakota. In a court proceeding that began on Wednesday in Vermillion the family is suing the nursing home alleging that the nursing home “failed to provide sufficient staff, services, training and supplies to meet the needs of Darelle Red Bear and the residents of SESDAC, Inc.” http://www.indianz.com/News/2015/019312.asp...
The B.C. government is facing questions after choosing election day to release its long-awaited response to a scathing report blaming the province for the tragic death of a girl in ministry care named Paige. The 19-year-old aboriginal girl, who was legally blind, died after a childhood spent on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside exposed to constant violence and neglect. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/paige-death-government-release-report-1.3280603...
