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 | May 09, 2008 -- Carol Schmidt, MSU news Montana State University, United States - Resel credits part of her achievement to an MSU program geared to helping students with Native American backgrounds excel in engineering. ... |
Energy production - not just for the Rockefellers anymore Indian Country Today, NY - At the Navajo Nation, one of Indian country's most experienced energy-producing tribes, the Desert Rock Energy Project is poised to test the effectiveness ... |
Political cost of Cherokee stance on freedmen continues to mount Indian Country Today, NY - In a mid-April letter to tribal leaders, National American Indian Housing Council Chairman Marty Shuravloff wrote, ''The NAIHC is very concerned that the ... |
Yankton hog farm clash widens Indian Country Today, NY - International expressions of support for the tribe have poured in. Andrea Carmen, Yaqui and executive director of the International Indian Treaty Council, ... |
Freedmen are confident following Cherokee appeal Indian Country Today, NY - WASHINGTON - The Cherokee Nation and its freedmen met in court May 6 in a case over tribal sovereignty and minority rights. A three-judge panel of US ... |
A nuclear problem Indian Country Today, NY - Tribal leaders, including Chief Oliver Red Cloud and Chief Joe American Horse, have also made arguments against the proposed expansion, and the OST could ... |
High honors for Keeble Grand Forks Herald, ND - He is the first full-blooded Sioux Indian to receive the Medal of Honor. A spokesman for Hoeven said he believes that Keeble is the first Native American to ... |
Breaking the mold Indian Country Today, NY - ''It's because of them that we're able to have a Native American studies department, and I'm very honored to be here, standing in front of all of you as the ... |
UW-Green Bay to graduate 25000th at spring ceremony UWGB, Wisconsin - She has worked in education as a teacher or administrator since 1964 and has served the Menominee Indian Tribe as superintendent of education, ... |
Sioux urged to take Hills payment Rapid City Journal, SD - "I personally, as a Native American attorney, will oppose vigorously any attempted distribution of those funds to any individual or tribe," he said. ... |
Canada's First Nation Gaming: Towards The Adoption Of The US Model? GamblingCompliance.com, UK - Today, 14 of Canada’s 60 casinos are Indian-run venues, with combined revenues of over C$400m annually, leaving experts on US tribal gaming to reflect on ... |
UCLA Pow Wow offers glimpse of native culture The UCLA Daily Bruin, CA - Angelo Isaac Sandoval, president of the American Indian Student Association, said that the event was a celebration of Native American culture and that the ... |
David Archuleta running for Senate from Idaho Indian Country Today, NY - He served as the tribe's chief prosecutor from 1998 - 2000 and, later, as associate tribal judge. He now works in private practice. ... |
Promoting traditions Indian Country Today, NY - An artwork exhibit currently featured at Nokomis is from Suzanne Cross, a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and an associate professor at MSU. ... |
Vine Deloria Jr.'s legacy continues to inspire Indian Country Today, NY - Wildcat headed the American Indian studies portion of the Western Social Science Association's 50th annual conference April 23 - 26, a key venue for ... |
Natives & newcomers: 'We didn't get justice' Billings Gazette, USA - Tribes try to avoid taking sovereignty questions to federal court now, attorneys from Native American groups around the country say. ... |
College of Menominee Nation Recycling 101: EPA Great Lakes 2008 ... Gather.com, MA - Cardboard and other items are also recycled by the Menominee tribe. Native American and other students also made garbage monsters at the Keshena Public ... |
Hazardous Materials Transportation; Registration and Fee ... Trading Markets (press release), CA - It does not result in costs of $120.7 million or more, in the aggregate, to any of the following: State, local, or Native American tribal governments, ... |
Tribes, feds sign off on Columbia River pact Longview Daily News, WA - The leaders of four American Indian tribes and federal hydropower regulators on Friday celebrated a landmark agreement intended to improve fish runs in the ... |
United Tribes honors graduates Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND - The commencement ceremony concluded the 2007-08 academic year, the college's 39th year serving American Indian students and their families. ... |
BIA chief quits unexpectedly Indian Country Today, NY - ''I am afraid we will not make enough progress on the issues affecting the Native American community, from law enforcement issues to economic development. ... |
Tribe takes healthy pride in new buffalo herd HeraldNet, WA - "This isn't to replace our elk, our deer, our fish," said Shawn Yanity, chairman of the Stillaguamish Indian Tribe. Bison aren't native to Western ... |
Cibola County opposes Mount Taylor cultural listing Las Cruces Sun-News, NM - Pitts said her position is "not anti-Native American. I want to preserve their sacred sites and I want them to have a say, but I want to have a say, too, ... |
PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES DISCUSSES WAYS TO MORE ... PressZoom (press release), Netherlands - United States and Canadian laws worked against Native American peoples, and there was “something fundamentally wrong” with the context in which they ... |
Programs praised for slowing diabetes on O'odham Nation Tucson Citizen, AZ - Tribal members, through Tohono O'odham Community Action, reintroduced farming of native foods to the O'odham community in 2001. A three-year, $475000 grant ... |
PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES EXAMINES VALUE OF INCREASED ... Media Newswire (press release), NY - Tribal and local community members were blocking the access road to that hog farm’s site and a lawsuit had been filed. Not only were the Indian lands being ... |
Indian Affairs official resigns Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - Artman told Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in a letter that the work done in Indian Affairs will leave “an infrastructure upon which American Indian and ... |
 | Tribes aim to revive language San Diego Union Tribune, United States - But like native languages the world over, American Indian languages have suffered because of a focus on mainstream culture, long-ago government policies ... |
Group marches in name of 'Mother Earth' Topeka Capital Journal, KS - What: a coast-to-coast walk to raise awareness of environmental and American Indian issues. The start: Feb. 11 on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco. ... |
'In the Shadow of the Eagle' Indian Country Today, NY - In her introduction, Loring promises that the book will provide ''a flavor of the day-to-day aspects of what it's like to be a Native American trying to ... |
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