March, 2008

Cherokee Freedmen Gain Powerful Allies March 31, 2008
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
... descendants of Cherokee Freedmen, through the Velie and Velie law firm, filed suit against the US Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), ...

'Cheyenne and Arapaho Revisited' at Denver March March 31, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Bear Butte, a mountain near Sturgis, SD, on the periphery of the Black Hills, was the topic of a presentation by Mann and her daughter, Montoya Whiteman,

Longest Walk II participants warmly welcomed in Flagstaff March 31, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
From the holy San Francisco Peaks to Black Mesa, Yucca Mountain, Bear Butte, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Shell Mounds and many, many more, ...

Need smoking exemption for Native Americans March 30, 2008
Galesburg.com - Galesburg,IL,USA
Even a Native American Church in Illinois would not be able to perform their Native beliefs, as this would be in direct violation of the law, ...

Code of honor: One of the last of the Navajo Code Talkers receives ...March 30, 2008
Prescott Daily Courier - Prescott,AZ,USA
During the war Allied forces used American Indian languages as a code in order to confound the efforts of the Axis military to intercept and decode their ...

Tribe To Vote On Changing Constitution March 30, 2008
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Monday is the deadline for Oglala Sioux tribal members to register to vote in an April 22nd election on a series of amendments to the tribal constitution. ...

Lac du Flambeau Takeover Results in Arrests March 26, 2008
WJFW-TV - Rhinelander,WI,USA
That group of people, both young and old, were demanding that the Bureau of Indian Affairs step in. A support of the takeover says, "I'm very proud of those ...

Protesters stage coup attempt on Lac du Flambeau reservation ...March 26, 2008
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA
Jim Doyle and state Attorney General JB Van Hollen have been notified of the coup attempt, and representatives of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, ...

American Indian Remains Returning to Putnam County March 26, 2008
WSAZ-TV - Huntington,WV,USA
Reporter: AP WINFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - The skeletal remains of about 600 American Indians stored at Ohio State University for more than 40 years will be ...

Tribal Wildlife Grants Benefit Rare and Endangered Species March 26, 2008
Environment News Service - USA
These are a few of the grants totalling more than $6.2 million that were awarded Friday to 38 Native American conservation projects in 18 states by the US .

Indian suit seeks $58 billion March 23, 2008
Forbes - NY,USA
WASHINGTON (AP) - American Indian plaintiffs say the United States owes them $58 billion in a long-running lawsuit over government mismanagement of lands. ...

January 2008

South Dakota wrestles over sacred mountain and Sturgis biker rally January 17, 2008
Seattle Times - United States
By CHET BROKAW AP PIERRE, SD — For centuries, members of the Lakota, Cheyenne and other American Indian tribes have been climbing South Dakota's Bear Butte ...

Opponents challenge uranium mine expansion  January 17, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
"If there is underground contamination, it might take years to affect the Pine Ridge reservation. You can't just look at today; you have to look at ...

Misconceptions slow tourism on reservations  January 17, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
For more information about visiting the Pine Ridge reservation, call the chamber of commerce at 455-2685 or go to www.pineridgechamber.com. ...

Freezing to Death: One Elder at a Time  January 17, 2008
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Every year, people die in Indian Country—elders, too proud to ask for help, families too dysfunctional to get it together—somewhat like in Anytown, USA. ...

ND Indian reservation gets its first bank January 17, 2008
Jamestown Sun - Jamestown,ND,USA
JD Colbert, president of the Denver-based Native American Bank, said banks owned by American Indians or tribes "is a concept within Indian Country that is ...

Cherokees discuss HIMC takeover; UKB announces bid January 16, 2008
Tahlequah Daily Press - Tahlequah,OK,USA
... federal court rulings that say the UKBCIO has no jurisdiction; only the Cherokee Nation has jurisdiction over Indian Country within our 14-county area. ...

Dubuque and northeast Iowa January 16, 2008
Chicago Tribune - United States
When it came to burial mounds, the Indians knew their real estate. The most magnificent mounds--giant effigies of animals--are found here, ...

Canadian indigenous numbers soar January 16, 2008
BBC News - UK
There are three indigenous groups in Canada: North American Indian or First Nations people; Inuit who live in Canada's far north and Metis, ...

Reservation addiction counselors win referral right January 16, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
The Oglala Sioux Tribe's addiction program on the Pine Ridge reservation is called Anpetu Luta Otipi, or "Living in a Red Day. ...

Oklahoma tribes step up fight against meth January 16, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Barton said Indian country is doubly vulnerable to methamphetamine. Drug use among non-Indian populations also touches tribes because users might gravitate ...

Chippewa Cree seek traditional approaches to break methamphetamine ...January 16, 2008
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
As one of the eight tribes in the Indian Country Meth Initiative, the Chippewa Cree get to share ideas and successes with the other tribes and get $50000 in .

Holiday To Honor American Indians Proposed January 15, 2008
WBAL - Baltimore,MD,USA
Branch said that most people call the day after Thanksgiving Black Friday, but that the American Indian designation would be an improvement. ...

Court ruling settles Riverton jurisdiction question January 15, 2008
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
In a unanimous 44-page opinion Monday, the court again found that Riverton is not part of Indian Country. Rather, the town was ceded from the Wind River

Mud everywhere Navajo chapters declare mud emergency January 15, 2008
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
The Navajo Dept. of Transportation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, chapters and the county have all been plowing snow-packed roads this week. ...

Colorado woman gets 11 years in big Pine Ridge drug case January 15, 2008
News from Indian Country - Hayward,WI,USA
A Colorado woman will serve more than 11 years in prison for her part in a drug ring on the Pine Ridge Reservation involving at least two dozen people. ...

Indian-American sworn in as Louisiana governor January 14, 2008
Reuters - USA
By Russell McCulley BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Republican Bobby Jindal was sworn in on Monday as governor of Louisiana to become the first .

Tribes may fight BIA over land decision January 14, 2008
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
Two area tribes with pending trust applications for land outside of their reservation areas say they may appeal a recent Bureau of Indian Affairs decision ...

St. Regis Mohawks to appeal denied land into trust application January 14, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''Skibine stated he had recommended an approval on the tribe's trust application ... to the tribe and its legal partners,'' Logan told Indian Country Today. ...

American Indians want to rebury remains dug up by Berkeley ...January 13, 2008
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
The bones, along with 400000 American Indian artifacts, are held by the university's Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, which has a small exhibit space on campus but ...

Politics crackle at crackerbarrel January 13, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Mike Rounds to protect land around Bear Butte from development. “All kidding aside, Senator Katus, don’t make judgments on me,” Haverly said. ...

Tribes skirt reporting campaign gifts January 12, 2008
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
Pipestem picks candidates who are “supportive of Eastern Band issues and Indian Country issues generally,” he said. The candidates deemed worthy last year, ...

California Assembly Committee Supports Recognition of Winnemem ...January 12, 2008
California Progress Report - Oakland,CA,USA
... education, and healthcare, in the 1980s the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs terminated the tribe's services without warning or explanation. ...

Judge denies Little Coyote's reinstatement request January 12, 2008
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
A US District Judge refused to grant a request Friday, for a restraining order against two Bureau of Indian Affairs officials. On Thursday, ousted Northern ...

Auburn Indians to purchase sacred sites in Clover Valley January 11, 2008
Roseville Press Tribune - Roseville,CA,USA
The United Auburn Indian Community announced Thursday plans to purchase about 65 acres of Clover Valley. The agreement was made with owner Clover Valley ...

NCAI to launch updated Native Vote Web site January 11, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Native Vote, a groundbreaking and successful campaign to register and turn out a record number of American Indian and Alaska Native voters, was launched in ...

SD senator: Indians' struggles ignored in speech January 10, 2008
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
Mike Rounds mentioned his plan to preserve land around Bear Butte, but that Indian struggles with economic development, jobs and education were ignored in ...

Utah activists pack eastern Nevada power plant hearing January 10, 2008
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
... government said his tribal council also opposes to the project, and will take the opposition to the Interior Department and Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

The State of Indian Economic Development January 8, 2008
News from Indian Country - Hayward,WI,USA
... a number of Native-owned businesses have popped up and are now doing well, even without much direct support from the Oglala Sioux tribal government. ...

Ruling suspends BIA decision on tribe's president January 8, 2008
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... president Eugene Little Coyote touted a federal ruling that appears to suspend a Bureau of Indian Affairs decision that led to his removal from office. ...

White Buffalo calf born to Cheyenne tribal member January 8, 2008
Tulsa Native American Times - Tulsa,OK,USA
Cheyenne tribal member, Reverend Jay Swallow’s, amazing surprise is the birth of a white buffalo calf. According to Swallow spiritual leaders from across

County challenges Rounds on Bear Butte plan January 7, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Mike Rounds’ proposal to use $250000 in taxpayer money to help buy 700 acres of conservation easement at the base of Bear Butte. ...

Uranium issue contaminates politics on Pine Ridge January 7, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
PINE RIDGE, SD - Possible uranium exploration and mining on the Pine Ridge Reservation has caused a furor within the political structure of the Oglala Sioux ...

Navajo officials urge tribal members to vote January 6, 2008
KOB.com - Albuquerque,NM,USA
Several presidential candidates have outlined initiatives in support of Indian Country, though none have personally campaigned on the Navajo Nation. ...