Native American news and events that occurred in Indian Country in 2005.
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—The Red Lake massacre was an incident of spree killing that occurred in two places on the Red Lake reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota, United States. The first murders began on the morning of March 21, 2005, when 16-year-old Jeffrey Weise killed his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend.
He later drove his grandfather’s police vehicle to Red Lake Senior High School, where he shot and killed seven people on the school campus, comprising five students, one teacher and an unarmed security guard, and wounded five others. The shooting ended when Weise committed suicide.
For decades Hollywood portrayed Indians as savages, enemies and losers. Now a generation of Native American filmmakers and actors is trying to overturn stereotypes and tell its own truth.
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BISMARCK, N.D. - The federal Bureau of Land Management says it is selling
wild horses to American Indian tribes for the first time.
The BLM has sold 141 horses to the Rosebud Sioux in South Dakota and 120
horses to the Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. More sales are planned in
the next several weeks, bringing the total to more than 500 horses.
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RED LAKE, Minn. – A Red Lake High School student went on a shooting rampage Monday afternoon, killing his grandfather and a woman at their home and then strapping on his grandfather’s police weapons and driving to the high school, where he shot as many as 21 people, killing seven, before turning the gun on himself.Continue to Ten dead in school shooting on Red Lake reservation →
South Dakota men are planning Native American Holocaust Monument. Three South Dakota men are trying to leave a permanent memorial for their people. Bryan Williams and his father Laurs, both of Veblen, and Milton Quinn of Sisseton are planning a Native American Holocaust Monument.Continue to South Dakota men planning Native American Holocaust Monument →
The House Resources Committee will hold a hearing this Thursday on a bill that seeks to speed up the federal recognition process for tribal groups that have been waiting decades for an answer. Making good on one of his legislative promises, Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), chairman of the committee, introduced H.R.512 last Wednesday. He said he is concerned about the number of tribes whose petitions at the Bureau of Indian Affairs haven’t received action since he held a hearing on…
Oklahoma Hall of Fame seeks Indian nominations… KEYWORDS: oklahoma hall of fame modern day heroes Indian hero Wilma Mankiller Alice Brown Davis Robert L. Owen Fred LookoutHere is your chance to nominate a fellow Native American to join what is already a prestigious list. Officials with the Oklahoma Hall of Fame are seeking nominations. The rules limit the number of living inductees to eight, in addition to one posthumous induction. The 2005 class of honorees will be inducted into the…