Paladino talks tough about Seneca issue
(NEW YORK) -- Gubernatorial candidate Carl P. Paladino said Wednesday that if he is elected, he would take a hard line against the Seneca Nation of Indians.
Judge blocks part of NY tax on tribal cigarettes
(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked New York state's plans to tax cigarette sales by two American Indian nations to non-Indian customers while the tribes challenge the policy shift as a threat to sovereignty and their financial well-being.
OP/ED: Cigarette customers, not tribe, taxed
(NEW YORK) -- To The Editor: In announcing the movement of the Oneida Indian Nation’s cigarette plant to its bingo hall on Route 46, the OIN has finally acknowledged the fact that treaties and quasi-sovereign status of the tribe do not prevent the state from the valid collection of sales tax on purchases made by non-member customers of tribally owned businesses whether those businesses are located on or off a reservation.
Seattle police have questions about fatal shooting by officer
(WASHINGTON) -- Seattle police Tuesday offered different details of Monday's fatal shooting of a homeless man by a patrol officer, with commanders saying they now don't know if the man advanced toward the officer with a knife as police originally reported.
Community in shock after shooting of Nuu-chah-nulth carver
(WASHINGTON) -- A community is shocked and in mourning after one of their members was gunned down by Seattle police. Dididaht First Nation member John T. Williams, 50, was shot and killed on Monday by a Seattle Police Department officer.
Indian commission violated Tennessee Open Meetings Act
(TENNESSEE) -- In a settlement expected today, the state attorney general will admit that the now-defunct Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs violated the state Open Meetings Act in failing to give public notice for its June 19 meeting.
Navajo report cites need for discrimination’s demise
(ARIZONA) -- Citing an impetus for change in the wind, the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission called for an “end to an oppressive and subservient relationship that existed and exists between the Navajo and its non-indigenous neighbor.”
Honolulu’s trash woes growing worse
(HAWAII) -- Gigantic piles of shrink-wrapped garbage have been moldering in the heat of a Hawaii industrial park for more than five months, waiting for a place to be shipped.
OP/ED: Storing spent nuclear fuel in Utah simply a bad idea
(UTAH) -- Tim Vollmann contends that the Goshute Tribe has the right to store spent nuclear fuel on tribal property (Opinion, Aug. 28). I do not contest his legal assertions. The fact that it may be legal, however, does not necessarily make it a good idea.
Native people more likely to be foreclosed on
(NORTH CAROLINA) -- American Indians are 31 percent more likely to have had their homes foreclosed on than whites, and Native Hawaiians are 40 percent more likely, according to a report by the Center for Responsible Lending in Durham.
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick design unveiled
(ARIZONA) -- Touting its unique architectural design, HKS Architects have unveiled the much-anticipated design plans for Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, the new spring training home for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
Houma Nation leaders set meetings
(LOUISIANA) -- Leaders of one of southeast Louisiana’s American Indian tribes is holding meetings this month and next. The 11-member United Houma Nation Tribal Council will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 11 at Dularge Baptist Church, 2567 Bayou Dularge Road, in Theriot.
Oenga case conclusion delayed, again
(WASHINGTON) -- The Oenga trial against British Petroleum and the BIA took place in Seattle at the end of July but no conclusion was reached. The family of Andrew Oenga had hoped for a settlement before it went to court.
Grand Traverse Band joins Asian carp lawsuit
(MICHIGAN) -- The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians filed a motion Tuesday to join Michigan and the Great Lakes states in a lawsuit regarding the concern of Asian Carp. It's the first motion by a tribe to join the litigation.
Wakefield students learn language, culture firsthand
(VIRGINIA) -- First, fly to Buenos Aires. Then travel to the Argentinean city of Salta. Then head to the small town of Tartagal near the Bolivian border. Then board off-road vehicles for a 15-mile trip into the jungle.
Salazar touts tuition bill
(COLORADO) -- It is only fair that the federal government pay the Native American tuition waiver for out-of-state students attending Fort Lewis College, U.S. Rep. John Salazar said Wednesday.
Arizona State University increases graduation rates
(ARIZONA) -- Arizona State University ranked fourth place in the nation among universities awarding Native students bachelor degrees during the 2007-08 academic year, according to a report from the National Center for Education Statistics, released in March.
Hot cars: Choctaw Central High School’s Solar Program
(TEXAS) -- The all-Native American Choctaw Central High School solar car team won the Hunt-Winston School Solar Car Challenge this year, has been invited to the Solar Car World Challenge in Australia next year, probably ranks among the top 10 secondary school and collegiate solar car teams in the country, and is eager to share their knowledge and experience with other schools.
Solar car team wins national title
(TEXAS) -- The Choctaw Central High School Solar Car Team has an opportunity to participate in the World Solar Car Race in Australia in 2011 after winning a national championship this summer.
Bridgeton historic tour part of CrabFest
(NEW JERSEY) -- To pass through the shadows of the past is to gain a glimpse of the future. Some local history buffs proved that at Saturday's Cohansey RiverFest, during a tour of historic downtown sites.
BLOG: Background research on Native stereotypes
(CALIFORNIA) -- Here's a good summary of what stereotypes are and how they affect people: Stereotypes are cognitive tools that people use to form impressions of others (Gilbert & Hixon, 1991; Macrae, Milne, & Bodenhausen, 1994).
Raiford Starke: He blows the doors off the bar
(FLORIDA) -- This is a story about a brainy guy in a cowboy hat who plays hard rock, soft love songs, ballads, blues, white gospel, black gospel, medium-weight metal and all sorts of other music, from Afrobeat to zydeco, from Aerosmith to ZZ Top.
BLOG: Jance's Tohono O'odham mysteries
(CALIFORNIA) -- Mystery writer J.A. Jance has written a series of Native mysteries that I haven't read. Here's the first one: Drawing on Native American life and lore as it describes the hunt for the killer of a Papago Indian girl, Jance's contemporary novel delivers suspense through rich layers of flashbacks and gritty characterization.
Circle of Life Powwow
(TEXAS) -- In conjunction with Celebrate Bandera, the sixth annual Circle of Life Intertribal Powwow takes place over Labor Day weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3, 4 and 5, under the trees in the back of Mansfield Park off Highway 16. A three-day pass is $5.
BLOG: The Great Inka Road
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- This summer, Ramiro Matos, an archaeologist and curator on the staff of the National Museum of the American Indian, is conducting field research to document oral histories and contemporary life along the roads that traversed, and united, the Inka Empire.
Construction Methods of the Ancient Inca Offer Sustainable Lessons
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Civil engineers and other researchers working under a $90,000 National Science Foundation grant are studying the Great Inca Road of South America for clues to help modern society build roads, bridges and other infrastructure that last longer and have a less harmful impact on the environment.
Murder of Mayan Champion Engenders Outrage
(NORWAY) -- This summer, under the leadership of multi-talented artist Lisandro Guarcax, the group called Sotzil took part in the Riddu Riddu Festival. On 25 August Lisandro Guarcax was abducted. The next day he was found assassinated and his body showed clear signs of torture.
Marri chi weu!: Mapuche hunger strike protest
(CHILE) -- Marri chi weu! (We will win 10 times). This is for those who arent here! For our “peņis” (brothers). Those where some of the chants at the latest protest by the Mapuche (indigenous Chileans) who are demanding equal treatment under the law.
Australian leader acquires Aboriginal land
(AUSTRALIA) -- The leader of Australia's resources-rich western province has been accused of 'another invasion' by forcibly acquiring coastal land slated for return to native tribes to build a gas plant.
Kerr, Mahan win Begay Challenge
(NEW YORK) -- Annika Sorenstam still has game, even if she rarely plays. Sorenstam had three birdies and playing partner Rickie Fowler added an eagle - all in the first eight holes - before Cristie Kerr and Hunter Mahan rallied with six birdies on the back nine for a 10-under 62 and a two-shot victory at Notah Begay's NB3 Challenge.
NM man convicted of assaulting federal officer
(COLORADO) -- A federal jury has convicted a New Mexico man of assaulting a federal officer in a Colorado jail. A jury announced the verdict Thursday against 46-year-old Ronald Romero of Gallup, a member of the Nambe Pueblo tribe.
N.M. man convicted in Four Corners jail assault
(COLORADO) -- A New Mexico man faces up to 20 years in prison after a jury of Durango today found him guilty of attacking a guard at a Ute Mountain Ute Reservation jail in Montezuma County in 2008.
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