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National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day The first day of winter. The longest night of the year. Memorial Feast and Fire Mishkwaa-ga-mii-wii-zaaga’iganiing Giiwishiiwigamig (Red Lake Homeless Shelter) Monday, December 17, 2012 Memorial Fire – dawn to dusk Ceremony & Feast – 11:00 AM Please join us for our 9th annual remembrance of all our relatives whose lives were shortened by homelessness. For more information, call 679-3228...
A ruling handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeal in the District of Columbia will allow the descendants of slaves once owned by the Cherokee Nation to proceed with lawsuits to reclaim their official membership in the tribe. The descendants of those slaves are known as Cherokee Freedmen, and for decades they have battled against measures that would deny their tribal membership. The federal court’s ruling grants the Freedmen the ability to sue Cherokee Nation Principle Chief Bill John Baker directly, overturning a previous ruling from a lower c...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Current and former principal chiefs and deputy chiefs will be offered state funerals thanks to new legislation approved by the Tribal Council on Dec. 10....
A woman from Portland, Maine who claimed she was discriminated against at Zales Delaware, Inc. because of her race has been awarded more than $120,000, the Portland Press Herald reported....
The Blackfeet Tribe is hoping the goodwill of people all over the world will help them provide for their 3,500 children again this holiday season....
A $1.1 million federal grant will enable Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College and the University of Wisconsin-Superior to launch a collaborative program to prepare more American Indian teachers, including some proficient in the Ojibwe language....
Amherst College is apologizing for a poster some students considered racist and insensitive that was displayed December 5 on a wall in a biology classroom....
A northern First Nation is accusing both the RCMP and Health Canada of negligence after one of their band members died while in custody....
Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff of the Cobell v Salazar class action lawsuit would be a happy woman today, knowing beneficiaries in the case will finally be receiving compensation for the mismanagement of individual Indian money (IIM) accounts held in trust by the federal government....
Indigenous groups in Canada are holding nationwide protests while one prominent leader has gone on hunger strike...
WASHINGTON — A federal lawsuit filed here against the Cherokee Nation by the descendants of freedmen can continue even without the tribe's consent, a U.S. appeals court ruled Friday....
The Cherokee Nation says it wants to communicate with its members electronically more often, starting with this year's annual report. In the past, the tribe has sent out reports in printed and DVD formats, which cost money to mail. Chief Bill John Baker says that sending material electronically makes material available instantaneously. The Cherokee Nation, however, says it needs good contact information on its members. It said an evaluation this year found that it had correct contact information for fewer than 40 percent of its citizens. The...
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued conflicting decisions in two Indian Country sexual assault cases on Thursday....
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a tribal court should decide the fate of two sisters who have spent most of their young lives in foster care....
A Cumberland County judge commuted the sentences of three death row inmates to life in prison without possibility for parole at an emotionally charged hearing on Thursday after finding that racial discrimination played a role in their trials and sentences. Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/12/14/3724530/judge-finds-racial-bias-played.html#storylink=cpy...
A judge in North Carolina on Thursday ruled that race had played a significant role in the sentencing of three convicted murderers to death, and changed their sentences to life in prison without possibility of parole. It was the second such decision under the state’s Racial Justice Act and the first since the act was amended by the state legislature....
NEAR MORTON, Minn. — Dakota Indian horseback riders and support teams are gathering in South Dakota on Monday for an annual memorial journey to southern Minnesota....
Dec. 21, 2012, has long been rumored to be the day of the Mayan apocalypse, when Earth comes to its inglorious end. The good folks at NASA want you to know that isn't going to happen....
Angered. Confused. These are the two words that would describe me as I heard about the shootings in Newtown Connecticut. I was angered because it was so senseless and heartless. I was also confused because I couldn’t believe that places as safe as a school can so quickly become a war zone. I have been given a great opportunity to travel this country and talk about the success stories of our Native people and of how strong, innovative and full of hope we are. It has been a blessing. And I’m thankful to share that good news. We are strong and...
St. Paul resident Thomas LaBlanc, 66, is a Native American dancer who travels the country. While in Missouri in early 2009, he met a boy who later reached out to him on social media. The boy's Myspace profile said he was 16, but he was really 13 or 14 at the time....
The parents of an aboriginal girl found murdered last week in Kamloops, B.C., have joined the call for a national inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women. Read more: http://bc.ctvnews.ca/death-of-b-c-teen-renews-calls-for-public-inquiry-1.1076852#ixzz2FJjmi1Py...
PINE RIDGE | Representatives from a New York-based consulting firm visited a school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as part of a U.S. Department of Education research study examining after-school and summer programming....
LINCOLN — A preliminary autopsy report indicated that no foul play was involved in the death of a Native American man who was found on a street in Whiteclay, Neb., this week....
The Big Drum house was so much more than a building—it contained the stories and memories of our people,” says Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe tribal member Jackie Cadotte. “Some remember sitting on their father’s laps during ceremonies there. I was just devastated when I found out it was burned....
Shady car salesmen certainly aren't unique to the border towns around the Navajo Nation....