Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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RED ROCK, Okla. – On a recent research trip to the online lending companies run by the Otoe-Missouria tribe, it became clear that a large part of the story of this legal battle against tribal lending has been ignored by the mainstream news media....
The process of digging out from the record-breaking snow storm continues on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where at least 85 percent of the roads were clear and open on Tuesday, according to Dave Kelly of the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Transportation Department....
Oglala Sioux tribal officials on October 8 were preparing to declare a state of emergency in the wake of a blizzard that dumped an unseasonable two to three feet of snow, swept the Pine Ridge Reservation with record winds and killed thousands of cattle. Read more at https://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/09/oglala-sioux-declare-state-emergency-after-record-breaking-early-blizzard-151672...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – All tribal employees were ordered to work on Monday after a Thursday tribal council vote to keep services open despite lack of federal funding due to an ongoing Congressional budgeting stalemate that has left other agencies and services shutdown....
Today, 306 members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe in northern Washington State are fighting mass disenrollment from their community. For the Nooksack 306, as they have come to be known, this struggle encompasses more than tribal citizenship – it is about their most fundamental human rights as indigenous peoples. Read more at https://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/08/fighting-disenrollment-nooksack-306...
HELENA — If the man the Chippewa Cree tribal council previously removed as chairman is reinstated after winning a special election this summer, the council will just vote him out again, the tribe’s interim chairman said....
Defendants in a new set of charges alleging embezzlement at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation pleaded not guilty in federal District Court in Great Falls, with two of them entering not guilty pleas in amended embezzlement charges in a previously filed case....
There has been tension between members of the Cross Lake First Nation and Manitoba Hydro for decades....
Sen. Patrick Brazeau’s sex assault trial was postponed for what his lawyer called, medical reasons, Wednesday while the RCMP are now seeking Brazeau’s bank records as investigators probe fraud allegations into the embattled Algonquin senator....
A weekend of talks has failed to bring down the barricades in Rexton, New Brunswick....
Colonization and the corporate mentality that grew out of it have been ravaging Indian country for centuries. But since the 1800s, increased industrialization have stepped up the scale of destruction to Mother Earth. From the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, to the PCBs left at the General Electric federal Superfund site in Mohawk territory, industry has been as hard on the environment as it has on Indian country. Below, some of the most egregious examples of what industry has wrought on Turtle Island. Read more at http:/...
Native American tribes in the country have not done well in recent decades. After a brief resurgence following the civil rights movement, the surviving tribes of the United States have been pushed aside and hidden, suffering from severe poverty while the tribal governments have trouble creating an economy that allows them to live decently on the reservation. The notion of tribes building casinos to generate revenue for the reservation has not only created a new stereotype for Native Americans to endure, but has also failed, due to too many...
Wisconsin, much to its dismay, is a leader in more than just dairy farms and cheese. It’s also the national leader, by far, in incarcerating African-Americans and Native Americans....
In the last week of September, the Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center at Norfolk State University (NSU) held a conference called “1619: The Making of America.” That year is historically significant because it was the first year Africans were brought to the colonies and it was the year America’s first legislative body was founded. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/09/5-little-known-facts-about-african-americans-natives-and-slavery-17th-century-151664...
More power to the people, that's the driving force behind a government overhaul at Red Lake Nation. Tribe officials received a $1.5 million grant to reform their constitution over a span of about three years. We explore just what these changes will mean for the Chippewa Tribe. Kayla Strayer reports. See more at: http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/18895/#sthash.aZrywr4j.dpuf...
Celebrity Roasts have become a hit amongst fans over the last few years, sprouting similar events like the one held on October 7 for former Vice President Dick Cheney. The events are usually a comedic event filled with jokes and harsh ribbing, Cheney’s was no different complete with waterboarding and mentions of Indian squaws. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/09/roasting-dick-cheney-comes-waterboarding-and-indian-squaw-151669...
