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The Ute Indian Tribal Business Committee (Tribe) has announced that a deceased tribal member, Teddy Serawop has been returned to his family for proper burial. The matter relates to a dispute between Mr. Serawop’s wife and other family members as to the method of burial of Mr. Serawop. The dispute had originated in Ute Tribal Court, which concluded, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Marie Morningstar Pawwinnee was the common-law wife of the deceased. The Court issued its order after considering the testimony and evidence provided at t...
B.C. aboriginal leaders spoke out against the federal government's funding cuts to First Nations organizations on Thursday. Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/life/Cuts+against+promise+relationship+leaders/7558423/story.html#ixzz2COPJb0DW...
Winnipeg's Most, a local hip-hop group, has purchased headstones to honour two aboriginal women who were killed within the past decade....
Who would think that a group that makes up about one percent of the overall population could carry such a wallop? From 2000, when we defeated infamous “Indian fighter” U.S. Senator Slade Gorton (R-Washington) and replaced him with Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), to 2012, when we re-elected Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana) Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota), we’ve been the deciders in states where our vote made the crucial difference. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/native-vote-packs-a-punch%e2%80%94again http:...
The 2012 elections have come and gone, President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term as Commander and Chief and the minority vote helped in his reelection. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/11/15/the-native-youth-voice-this-election-year-145705 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/11/15/the-native-youth-voice-this-election-year-145705#ixzz2CORnmtxz...
RAPID CITY — Reservation schools across the country score lower on standardized tests, have lower graduation rates than off-reservation schools and often struggle to recruit teachers who have the credentials and ability to connect with students....
TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee veterans will soon not pay sales tax on items purchased from Cherokee Nation-owned businesses....
Beating out an unusually competitive field, Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for “The Round House,” a novel about a teenage boy’s effort to investigate an attack on his mother on a North Dakota reservation, and his struggle to come to terms with the violence in their culture....
CASPER, Wyo. -- Everything was in order three weeks ago for today's Northern Arapaho general election. The Bureau of Indian Affairs confirmed the Oct. 18 primary election results. Election judges placed an order for the general election ballots. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/northern-arapaho-oust-tribal-election-judges-postpone-general-election/article_ec4c73f6-a9a0-5290-9a43-3c42800f83cd.html#ixzz2COXXmzaB...
When you travel the largest Native American Tribe in the U.S.-the Navajo Nation, the beautiful geographic location is ridden with home made signs. One might argue, why can’t they just buy some new outdoors signs?...
A feud between family members in Utah over what to do with a dead man’s body took an outrageous turn this week when one side of the clan stole the corpse from a funeral home and buried it in secret, according to local reports. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-body-stolen-funeral-home-article-1.1202783#ixzz2COaPxcd8...
KINGSTON — Klallam and Suquamish tribal members are mourning the loss of fellow tribe members Anthony Adams and his wife, Marion Sparks, a couple who often opened their Little Boston home to help others. Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/nov/15/tribes-mourn-loss-of-couple-in-car-accident/#ixzz2COb67Yjl...
A former El Dorado Hills businessman has been arrested on charges of running a multimillion-dollar insurance fraud that victimized a California Indian tribe and a host of employers. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/15/4987321/fraud-suspect-accused-of-cheating.html#storylink=cpy...