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  • University of Oklahoma Suspends Professor Amid Sex Abuse Charges

    Dec 19, 2011

    University of Oklahoma Suspends Professor Amid Sex Abuse Charges Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/12/14/university-of-oklahoma-suspends-professor-amid-sex-abuse-charges-67780 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/12/14/university-of-oklahoma-suspends-professor-amid-sex-abuse-charges-67780#ixzz1gzZQO3LU...

  • White Mountain Apache police seek help in hit-and-run investigation

    Dec 19, 2011

    White Mountain Apache police are asking for help in locating the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run Saturday night on Arizona 73 on the reservation. Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/12/18/20111218white-mountain-apache-police-seek-help-hit-run-investigation.html#ixzz1gzZi3mOM...

  • Dec 19, 2011

    As the Oneida Indian Nation re-emerged about 20 years ago with flourishing businesses and a growing tribal population, Nation representative Ray Halbritter and the Nation Men’s Council realized that public safety would be their responsibility....

  • Melting Permafrost Could Release Greenhouse Gases: NYT

    Dec 19, 2011

    Long trapped inside permafrost, stores of methane and carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gases, have been held in thrall for millennia. As temperatures rise globally, the organic matter that is trapped in the frozen soil is at risk of thawing, decaying and releasing these gases. The New York Times reports today that although the frozen carbon isn’t a surprise, the volume of organic debris is. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/12/17/melting-permafrost-could-release-greenhouse-gases-nyt-68168?utm_sou...

  • Dec 19, 2011

    Prairie Island Indian Community Tribal Council leaders acknowledged the challenges facing them and encouraged cooperation during a ceremony Wednesday....

  • Dec 19, 2011

    CHICAGO - The plea came in an email posted as an "Urban" Smoke Signal from the American Indian Center of Chicago:...

  • Dec 19, 2011

    For the seventh consecutive season, KTNN 660, the Voice of the Navajo Nation, will broadcast a Raiders game to their audience in the four-corners of the Southwest this Sunday when the Oakland Raiders take on the Detroit Lions at O.Co Coliseum. Raider games have been broadcast in Navajo 12 previous times over the past six seasons through an agreement with KTNN 660 AM – one each in 2010 and 2009, two in 2008, four in 2007, two in 2006 and two in 2005. L.A. Williams and Ray Tsosie, both award-winning broadcasters, will again call the a...

  • Dec 19, 2011

    Deputy police chief Doug LePard – who authored an internal review into the botched Robert Pickton murder investigation – fended off suggestions of wider police department failures, standing by his report at the Missing Women's Inquiry today and its conclusions that although the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) failed to act, two Vancouver detectives in particular “compromised” the Pickton case with sexist and racist bias and a refusal to follow orders....

  • Dec 19, 2011

    Members of the Roseau River First Nation are demanding a police investigation after a federal audit report raised serious concerns about the southern Manitoba band's finances....

  • Overcrowded housing crippling the North's future: report

    Dec 19, 2011

    While the Attawapiskat crisis has grabbed the nations' attention, a new report says overcrowded housing across communities of the North is one of the biggest barriers to Inuit health and well-being. Read more: http://www.canada.com/Overcrowded+housing+crippling+North+future+report/5868051/story.html#ixzz1gzpt09vJ...

  • Dec 19, 2011

    Navajo Nation Ethics Office Director Lawrence John lashed out recently at chapter officials and staff who help themselves to tribal funds....

  • Dec 19, 2011

    A senior criminal investigator for the Division of Public Safety has been put on investigatory leave with pay and the head of the division has been accused of being involved in a cover-up....

  • Dec 19, 2011

    DURANGO, Colo. — The Southern Ute Indian Tribe has a new leader. Jimmy Newton Jr. was inaugurated as the tribe’s chairman on Thursday in Ignacio along with two other new tribal council members....

  • Dec 19, 2011

    Seattle Police Chief John Diaz and Mayor Mike McGinn reacted with skepticism Friday as the U.S. Department of Justice declared that the city's police officers routinely and illegally use excessive force....

  • Dec 19, 2011

    VISTA — A man linked to the 2008 beating death of a teenager on the Pala Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to 15 years to life in prison....

  • End of Mayan calendar sparks apocalypse fears

    Dec 19, 2011

    MEXICO CITY -- A city in southern Mexico wants to live each moment as if it were the last. Tourism officials in Tapachula have installed a digital clock to count down the time left before the Dec. 21, 2012, solstice, when some believe the Mayan long-count calendar "runs out." Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/12/16/20111216end-mayan-calendar-sparks-apocalypse-fears.html#ixzz1gzupnwkj...

  • Dec 19, 2011

    A former jail deputy on the Spokane Indian Reservation has been acquitted of accusations that he raped an inmate....

  • Altercation a possible factor in Fort Hall man's death

    Dec 19, 2011

    Results from the autopsy indicate that Mr. Stacey sustained injuries consistent with being in an altercation. He suffered injuries to his brain that ultimately led to his death. Currently, there are two tribal juveniles of interest in this case. Whereas, they may both be charged in Tribal and Federal court at the conclusion of the investigation. In accordance to the Juvenile Code (chapter 19) of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Law & Order Code, those names cannot be disclosed until further notice. Juvenile is defined as any male or female under...

  • Anita Jean (Stacy) Britten

    Dec 19, 2011

    Anita Jean (Stacy) Britten, age 65, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at the University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, MN. Anita was born on September 18, 1946 in Black River Falls, WI to Freida M. (Stacy) Sky and Royalton Cornelius. Anita grew up in the Neillsville community, graduating from Neillsville High School in 1964. Anita joined the U.S Army on September 24th, 1964 and was honorably discharged. After leaving the U.S. Army, Anita was united in marriage to Aubrey Britten in...