Native American news and events that occurred in Indian Country in 2008.
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–Obama visits Crow Nation
–BIA back online, after 6 years absence
–Fake indian tribre found guilty of defrauding immigrants
–Standing Horse wins Powwow Idol contest
–Voice your opinion on renaming Squaw Peak to ‘Piestewa Peak’
–70 foot Skywalk at Grand Canyon will open to public on March 28
–Gambling success brings controversy for Mashantucket Pequot tribe
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.
Continue to Human skull found near Snake River may be ancient Nez Perce →
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.Continue to Gambling success brings controversy for Mashantucket Pequot tribe →
Internet access is being restored to the Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) via the BIA’s network following a recent court order. This means that Indian Affairs, BIA and BIE employees will soon be able to communicate by email with tribes, other federal offices and the general public to provide services and conduct business.Continue to BIA finally back online after six years →
The Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, or Tigua Indians, are preparing for one of their most important holidays this weekend, the feast day of their patron, St. Anthony.Continue to Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo prepares for the Feast of St. Anthony →
A new PBS series will feature a segment on the Cherokee Trail of Tears.Continue to Film crew documents drama of Cherokee tears →
The Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commissioners have acknowledged that Minnesota committed ethnocide and genocide against Native Americans during its early history.Continue to Healing the painful wounds of a genocide in Minnesota →