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Editorials: Sen. Barack Obama has been meeting with tribal leaders throughout the country
Posted on Friday, August 22 @ 12:11:55 CDT (353 reads)

AUTHOR: Wilma Mankiller

Now, as the campaign has narrowed to a general election, my hope for the future of this country and its policies toward tribal governments and individuals only grows. I know we have an advocate in Sen. Barack Obama, who unveiled his First Americans platform while the campaign was still in its infancy and has since been meeting with tribal leaders around the country.

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Law->Court Cases: Unrecognized indian tribe found guilty of defrauding immigrants
Posted on Wednesday, August 20 @ 09:19:33 CDT (86 reads)

AUTHOR: Roxana Hegeman

The self-proclaimed leader of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe was found guilty Wednesday of defrauding immigrants by falsely telling them tribal membership would make them U.S. citizens.

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Law->Court Cases: Fake indian tribre found guilty of defrauding immigrants
Posted on Wednesday, August 20 @ 09:18:43 CDT (55 reads)

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Law->Misc.: Would John McCain be good for Indian Country?
Posted on Tuesday, August 19 @ 23:09:40 CDT (80 reads)

AUTHOR: Jerry Reynolds / Indian Country Today

McCain entered the presidential campaign with considerable standing in Indian country - not bad for a Republican on overwhelmingly Democratic turf. But even prior to the rapprochement with Reed, a number of announcements and positions had compromised his support in some quarters and led to a re-evaluation in others.

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MailBag Archive: How do I know if 'Indian Jewelry' is authentic and made by a real indian?
Posted on Saturday, July 26 @ 21:26:58 CDT (2071 reads)

QUESTION:
My sister taught school on the reservation in Pine Ridge (Porcupine) about 20 years ago. She will be 50 this year. I am looking to buy her turquoise jewelry. I'd like to know it's authentic and made by the Indians. She would hold this as being very special. I understand that some jewelry has tribes' names inscribed on the back. Can you give some reputable stores or web sites that I can look at and buy. I would be particularly interested in Lakota, Sioux.
~Submitted by Kathy C.

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TNB->Crow Tribe: Crow Tribe wants to exploit coal
Posted on Thursday, July 17 @ 14:30:27 CDT (791 reads)

AUTHOR: Mathew Brown

They tried casinos on the Crow reservation. The one designed to bring in the biggest crowds, Res-a-Vegas, went broke within a year and has been converted to a fireworks stand. But now the Crow are convinced a really big jackpot lies below the surface: coal.

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Law->Misc.: U.S. and states should establish Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Posted on Wednesday, July 09 @ 21:52:48 CDT (473 reads)

Wahkon writes Truth and reconciliation commissions seek to uncover facts and distinguish truth from lies. The process allows for acknowledgement, appropriate public mourning, forgiveness and healing. And if the US House of Representatives passes their version of Brownback’s apology bill and President Bush signs it Congress should then be pressed to launch a national Truth and Reconciliation Commission. And each state should also debate the need for its own Truth and Reconciliation Commission and then to fund it."

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MailBag Archive: When did native americans get the right to vote and drink alcohol?
Posted on Wednesday, July 02 @ 05:25:26 CDT (1031 reads)

QUESTION:
When did it become legal in Arizona for Native Americans to buy alcohol and to vote?
~Submitted by Mel H.

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Law->Misc.: Alcohol Prohibition timeline
Posted on Wednesday, July 02 @ 04:42:46 CDT (499 reads)

The 1933 appeal of prohibition did not apply to native americans. They continued under prohibition laws until 1953, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower Indian prohibition was repealed country-wide. Indian reservations, however, remained dry unless they opted to permit the possession and sale of alcohol on the reservation.

Many reservations remain "dry" today. However, most frequently, tribal police do not enforce the alcohol law in areas where Anglo federal employees reside, or unless the drinker is causing a disturbance or has committed other crimes.

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Editorials: Proposals to help heal the genocidal wounds of indigenous peoples
Posted on Tuesday, July 01 @ 12:12:02 CDT (319 reads)

Wahkon writes In an article published in the Star Tribune, Minnesota's best-selling state-wide daily newspaper, Jeffrey Kolnick proposed that Minnesota "take a leadership role in the nation in dealing with the legacy of the genocide of indigenous peoples in the Americas".

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TNB->Colville Tribes: Sinixt Lake indians fact sheet
Posted on Tuesday, July 01 @ 12:09:14 CDT (385 reads)

Today the Sinixt, or Lake Indians, as they are also known, live primarily on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State, where they form part of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which is recognized by the United States government as an American Indian Tribe. A few Sinixt live in their traditional West Kootenay territory, particularly the Slocan Valley. They are no longer legally recognized by the Canadian government.

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Educ->Funding/Grants: Oregon tribes, university partner to mentor prospective Native teachers
Posted on Tuesday, July 01 @ 06:37:03 CDT (469 reads)

In order to encourage more Native students to enter the teaching field, the University of Oregon and the nine federally recognized tribes of Oregon partnered to create a master's degree program.

Once students are accepted into the program, their tuition is paid and they receive a monthly living stipend of $1,775, a book allowance of $250 per term and $1,500 for a laptop. Altogether, the program runs into the $50,000 range.

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Humor->FunnyPicture: The indians were here first
Posted on Sunday, June 22 @ 23:46:57 CDT (1248 reads)

In case you don't know who was here first...

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TNB->Nez Perce: Human skull found near Snake River may be ancient Nez Perce
Posted on Thursday, June 12 @ 19:19:13 CDT (1009 reads)

A partial human skull and bone fragments found near a site known for its American Indian petroglyphs, pictographs and ancient graves may be the remains of a Nez Perce ancestor.

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TNB->Pequot Indians: Gambling success brings controversy for Mashantucket Pequot tribe
Posted on Tuesday, June 10 @ 21:17:58 CDT (587 reads)

AUTHOR: Claudia Parsons

Most of the past 400 years have been miserable for the Mashantucket Pequot. Almost annihilated by English settlers and the smallpox, the survivors were enslaved and scattered. Reduced to just a few dozen members by the 1970s, they grew lettuce and tapped maple syrup, living in poverty in trailers on a scrap of Connecticut woods.

Gambling has changed all that.

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