Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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SAINT MICHAELS, NAVAJO NATION –The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission is attempting to have the backs of the Navajo people – when it comes to predatory sales tactics by area automotive dealers....
WASHINGTON –The Obama administration moved forward today to implement provisions in the health care law that would make it illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. The provisions of the Affordable Care Act also would make it easier for consumers to compare health plans and employers to promote and encourage employee wellness....
Over five million people in the U.S. claim some form of Native American identity, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. As part of Tell Me More's series on Native American Heritage Month, host Michel Martin speaks with author Anton Treuer about America's first people and how they're reflected in pop culture....
The pipe ceremony was held to honor veterans of all conflicts. This is the seventeenth year that the ceremony was held on a day during November close to Veterans Day....
WASHINGTON – As National American Indian Heritage Month continues, many people across the country may not be aware that the states they live in have names derived from American Indian or Alaska Native words....
In thinking about my earliest memories of elementary school, I remember being asked to bring a brown paper sack to class so that it could be decorated and worn as part of the Indian costume used to celebrate Thanksgiving. I was also instructed to make a less-than-authentic headband with Indian designs and feathers to complete this outfit. Looking back, I now know this was wrong....
(CNN) -- Mexico City, home to 20 million people, represents the paradox of the modern Mexico, the side-by-side juxtaposition -- in everything from politics to architecture -- of old and new....
November 23 is Native American Heritage Day, and I hope you’ll join me in honoring American Indians and Alaska Natives who are building a stronger and healthier future for Native American communities across the country. In 2009, the President signed legislation recognizing Native American Heritage Day to coincide with November’s National Native American Heritage Month – celebrating the history, culture, and character of American Indian and Alaska Native people....
We just saw some $6 billion spent on the most expensive election in history. It’s a couple of weeks later, and I think I’ve recovered from the drama and excitement. Here in the North Country, we are rather saturated with Fox News, and lack, frankly, discussion of what is going on outside of our lakes and woods. And, we are a conservative bunch, generally, perhaps, except the Native community....
A North Dakota woman who pleaded guilty to stealing from a tribal organization has been sentenced to home monitoring and ordered to pay restitution....
The discovery of a suicide pact involving dozens of young people has prompted community groups to call for changes to youth and family services in East Vancouver....
Ontario is rallying other provinces and territories to put pressure on Ottawa to reconsider its decision not to ban generic forms of OxyContin, a highly addictive and much-abused painkiller....
During this time of year, school children are often taught the story of the first Thanksgiving where the Pilgrims met the Indians upon coming to North America. Much like the first Thanksgiving, the true story of the current struggle of Native Americans has remained largely untold and misunderstood....
Exalted in grade-school lore as the great coming together of Native peoples and Pilgrim settlers, Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. It's the time when we as a nation gathered to appreciate and share what we have—food, fellowship, and football....
American Indian tribes in northern Wisconsin have until Wednesday to respond to the Department of Natural Resources' plea to stop their plans for night hunting of deer using lights, set to begin Monday....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Chippewa tribal commission has until mid-week to respond to state wildlife officials' demand to block tribal hunters from going after deer at night....
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The federal government is seeking to have a lawsuit over management of wolves moved to a court in Wyoming. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/feds-seek-to-have-wolf-lawsuit-moved-to-wyoming/article_821b81bb-7330-5700-bcca-a33018799c02.html#ixzz2DL3Qp5dS...
MOOSE, Wyo. — Hunters shot and killed a grizzly bear in Grand Teton National Park. Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/hunters-kill-charging-grizzly-in-grand-teton-national-park/article_3f2615b4-16e3-580d-84f9-6a616d51f224.html#ixzz2DL3hK1CD...
