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Leon Yazzie speaks fluent Navajo. He grew up on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona. His grandfather was a medicine man....
A Quebec snack company's decision to re-issue a logo featuring a cartoon depiction of a young native boy comes amid an ongoing debate over the use of native imagery and culture by sports teams. Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/native-names-logos-have-long-tradition-in-sports-1.1546663#ixzz2l04LwSjV...
MONTREAL – A Quebec snack-maker won’t back down from plans to re-introduce a popular old logo of a cartoon aboriginal boy in a loincloth and feathered hat....
Daniel Thomas doesn’t hesitate to sport his Redskins gear around Oneida County in central New York. The 32-year-old Mohawk Indian has even worn his burgundy-and-gold paraphernalia on visits to Turning Stone Resort Casino, which is owned by the tribe pushing Washington’s football team to change its name....
Tobias Vanderhoop, who resigned last year as tribal administrator, won election as tribal chairman Sunday, defeating Cheryl Andrews-Maltais in her attempt at a third term....
President Barack Obama on Wednesday promised tribal leaders that he will make his first trip as president to Indian Country next year, as part of a pledge to keep historic covenants forged between the federal government and tribal nations....
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA – Shoni Schimmel, one half of the “Umatilla Thrillas”, scored 16 points as No. 5 Louisville beat Oklahoma 97-92 in overtime on Sunday to win the preseason WNIT title....
PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) - The Osage Congress alleges wrongdoing by chief and has approved a motion calling for his removal....
In 2006, Sunny Clifford was a normal young woman with a normal life....
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Elementary school students in western New Mexico are wearing their moccasins. So are students at Northern Arizona University, Purdue and the University of Michigan....
Dubbed the Tewa Warrior, Charles Youvella was known for not giving up and for helping others....
NEW TOWN, N.D. - An oil refinery in Indian Country is a first for America. The Three Affiliated Tribes’ fledgling oil refinery is the keystone in an arch of triumph and prosperity for the people of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (MHA) Nation, according to the Three Affiliated Tribes Chair Tex Hall....
Building on the participation of tribes announced in President Barack Obama’s recent executive order laying out a plan to deal with climate change, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) announced that it too would partner with the administration. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11/17/feds-reach-out-natives-climate-change-tribal-nations-conference-152290...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Subsistence fishermen appealing their convictions of illegal fishing say the state failed to weigh their spiritual right to fish for king salmon before imposing tight restrictions on the Kuskokwim River during a weak run....
Eight Native American youth and their mentors will weave together stories, music, art and theater Sunday in a collaborative project born during two intensely creative days....
During April 1886, more than 500 Chiricahua Apaches — including Pascal Enjady’s great-great grandfather — were rounded up and sent to Fort Marion, Fla., where they were held as prisoners of war for more than two decades....
Lansing — At least five wolves have been killed during Michigan’s wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula. From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131117/METRO06/311170030#ixzz2l0EIZWlO...
A brewing dispute at a high school near Philadelphia, Pa., offers a twist on student free speech cases....
Tribal leaders made abundantly clear at this year’s White House Tribal Nations Conference that they appreciate the good things the Obama administration has done for their tribal nations to date, but that doesn’t mean they are content—far from it. Indian Country Today Media Network was there to compile the following tribal desires expressed at the summit: Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11/15/top-10-tribal-desires-2013-white-house-tribal-nations-conference-152267...
WASHINGTON – Tribes were urged to make a push toward renewable energy during the fifth annual White House Tribal Nations Conference....
On two separate occasions over the past eight days, law enforcement officers on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation have entered tribal headquarters in Browning and attempted to remove three Blackfeet Tribal Business Council members from the premises....
A study ordered by Congress into safety and justice for Native Americans this week condemned the situation in village Alaska as the worst in the United States and not getting any better. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/11/13/3175123/federal-panel-condemns-alaskas.html#storylink=cpy...
More than 100 American Heritage Girls and leaders gathered around a council fire the night of Nov. 8 at Weatherford’s Camp Holland to learn about Native Americans and hear the sounds of a Native American flute and hand drum and the voices of Sayani. See more at: http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/top-news/x2060573651/American-Heritage-girls-experience-Native-American-living#sthash.yjWr4PV5.dpuf...
I grew up in the white world. Anyone not white was a minority. In school we learned that Christopher Columbus was a hero who discovered America. Indians fought cowboys in the Old West, and Custer was tragically killed by a huge group of “bad savages." Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11/16/we-are-all-related-white-man-red-world...
Elizabeth Nelson tasted then added more spice to a soup made with fiddlehead ferns, those curly leaves of a young fern that resemble the scrolled neck of a superbly crafted violin. See more at: http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/11/15/reaching-back-to-traditional-native-american-cooking-in-search-of-healthier-meals/#sthash.082PjEwV.dpuf...