Wednesday February 22, 2012
Breaking News
50 American Indian Protestors Seek to Stop Desecration at Construction Site
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
Human Remains Disturbed
SAN DIEGO COUNTY - In a story unfolding this afternoon, a group of 50 American Indians, including tribal council members and elders, are prepared to step in front of bulldozers to stop the further desecration of an ancestral burial ground. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Student College Entry Tested Before Supreme Court
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Affirmative Action
WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court decided to hear a case that may ultimately do away with affirmative action in college entry decisions. Thus, would impact entry potential entry for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Read More »
Discussion »
Guest Commentary
Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned
Derek Bailey in Native Condition »
Great Lakes Basin Protection
The US Army Corps of Engineers requested public comment, this time setting a February 17th deadline for comments on 39 identified options for reducing the threat of invasive species, Asian carp, transferring between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes water basins. Read More »
Discussion »
Ethnic Dental Groups to Host First Ever Joint Convention
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
WASHINGTON - Three of the nation's premier dental organizations for ethnic minorities will join forces and cultures for the first time to host a historic joint annual convention July 20-24 in Boca Raton, Florida.Read More »
Discussion »
Native American Contractors Announces New Executive Director Kevin Allis
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Kevin J. Allis-Potawatomi
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - The Board of Directors of the Native American Contractors Association announced Tuesday that they have selected Kevin J. Allis as the organization's new Executive Director. Read More »
Discussion »
Pendleton Gives Nearly $80,000 to the American Indian College Fund
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: DENVER - Since 1995 Pendleton Woolen Mills has supported the American Indian College Fund to help Native college students pursue their dreams of obtaining a college degree. Pendleton has continued its longstanding support by granting two gifts to the Fund. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Vote 2012
Tribal Leaders Host Campaign Fundraiser for Grand Traverse Band Chairman Derek Bailey
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
Thursday, February 23
LANSING - Several tribal leaders from various Michigan American Indian tribes are hosting a campaign fundraiser for Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Derek Bailey, who is running for the Democratic nomination in Michigan's 1st Congressional District. Read More »
Discussion »
Authorities Seeking Assistance in Locating Missing Ho-Chunk Man
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Gene Cloud Jr is Missing
Native Brief: HO-CHUNK NATION, WISCONSIN - Officials on the Ho-Chunk Nation - or Hocak Worak - and with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, are asking anyone with information about Gene Jacob Cloud, Jr. Read More »
Discussion »
Winter Stories Language Conference to be Held This Week
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
E Pok Yatsokagnen
Native Brief: MAYETTA, KANSAS - The Prairie Band Potawatomi Language Department is planning to host E Pok Yatsokagnen, Winter Stories, today and tomorrow at the Bingo Hall and Prairie Band Casino & Resort. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Vote 2012
GOP Presidential Hopeful Santorum Stumps for Keystone XL Pipeline
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
Rick & Karen Santorum
GRAND RAPIDS - GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum visited three cities in West Michigan on Presidents' Day. He finished his day's campaigning at the Kent GOP 125th Lincoln Dinner. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Nation Offers Online Scholarship Assistance
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Transparency and Convenience
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Students who sign up can use the portal to simplify the process of researching and applying for scholarships offered by the Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Nation Foundation or other entities. Read More »
Discussion »
Presidents' Day
US Presidents in Their Own Words Concerning American Indians
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
18 Speak
WASHINGTON - Today some tribal offices and federal government offices are closed to commemorate Presidents' Day.
American Indians have a different worldview than do non-Indians of the federal government including American presidents. Read More »
Discussion »
Liberation Day: Remembering Wounded Knee II
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Briefs »
Morning Prayer 2011
Native Brief: SAN FRANCISCO - Thirty nine years ago on February 27, 1973, the American Indian Movement with Oglala Lakota tribal members began a 71 day occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Arts Center Sets Up Historic Loom
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
Historic Loom Set up
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Cherokee Nation recently set up an historic loom at the tribe's art center in Tahlequah, Cherokee National Treasure Dorothy Ice will be offering lessons on the loom. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President Shelly Begins Town Hall Meetings About Utah Navajo Trust Funds
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
Aneth Chapter House
Read More »“We have water damage in this area. I have over 120 families that need power lines. We need help,”
Discussion »
"Powwow of Love" Kicks Off Powwow Season in Michigan
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
5,000 Love Powwow
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN - Even with the mild winter the state of Michigan is experiencing this year with less than normal snowfalls, attendees on Saturday at Michigan State University's 29th Annual "Powwow of Love". Read More »
Discussion »
Native American Indian Commission in Los Angeles Celebrates 35 Years
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
Over 10,000 American Indians Received Emergency Services
LOS ANGELES - With the release of the latest census data for American Indians and Alaska Natives that discloses some 78 percent of the Native population lives away from tribal lands, it is not surprising that a county such as Los Angeles has a large Native population. Read More »
Discussion »
Book Review
Urban Indian Relocation Program Story a Big Part of "Native Chicago"
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
During the 1950s, the federal government implemented the Urban Indian Relocation Program that moved American Indians from reservations to cities, such as Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and San Francisco. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Recording Artist and Anti-Domestic Violence Advocate Wins Crystal Microphone Award
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
Radmilla Cody - Navajo
NEW YORK - Every February "Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie" observes Black History Month, with the month long "Salute to Black History Makers" series and the presentation of the Initiative Radio Black History Makers Award. The award is granted to a noteworthy person whose life journey represents black history in the making. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Natural Resources Director Testifies Before Congress
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Fred White -Navajo
WASHINGTON - Navajo Division of Natural Resources Director Fred White testified before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources today in support of HR 785, a bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Read More »
Discussion »
Statement from the Council of Seneca Nations
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
Seneca Nation Council
SENECA NATION - The following statement was issued by the Council of the Seneca Nation. This is the first time the Native News Network has published anything about the incident that occurred last Friday night, February 10 at the Seneca Niagara Casino. Read More »
Discussion »
CANCELLED
2nd Annual Gun Lake Snowsnake Games CANCELLED
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Lack of Snow
Native Brief: HOPKINS, MICHIGAN - It takes snow to have snowsnake games. West Michigan has lacked its normal snowfall this year.
The 2nd Gun Lake Snowsnake Games that were postponed from January 21 to today, February 18, 2012 have been cancelled due to the unseasonably warm weather conditions and lack of snow. Read More »
Discussion »
NIEA Sets its Agenda to Improve Indian Education
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Full Video Address
WASHINGTON - Just half of American Indian and Alaska Native high-school freshmen - more than 90 percent of whom live in urban and suburban communities outside of reservations - will graduate on time. American Indian tribes, bands, and nations are struggling with the lack of high-quality, culturally-based school opportunities. Read More »
Discussion »
American Indian Cultural Awareness Training to Begin in Catholic Schools
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
SHAWANO, WISCONSIN - In the aftermath of the incident that resulted in the one game suspension of Miranda Washinawatok of playing basketball for speaking in her ancestral Menominee language, the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay has agreed to hire Changing Winds, an American Indian consulting firm to conduct a series of cultural awareness trainings in its schools. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Film Series Set for Today & Tomorrow in Mt. Pleasant
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
Older Than America
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN - The Ziibiwing Center, which is owned and operated by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, based in Mt. Pleasant, and Central Michigan University are co-sponsoring a film series today and tomorrow. Read More »
Discussion »
$6.5 Million to 19 Projects in Indian Country Granted by US Department of Energy
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Tribal Energy Development
WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to strengthening partnerships with Tribal Nations and supporting tribal energy development, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu Thursday announced that 19 clean energy projects to receive more than $6.5 million. Read More »
Discussion »
Wolakota Omniciye Underway on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
Treaty Delegates Welcome
PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION - A Wolakota Omniciye for the Tiospae Bands of the Oceti Sakowin will gather today and tomorrow at the Prairie Wind Casino on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Read More »
Discussion »
Klamath Tribes Hosts with Forest Officials
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Important Discussions
CHILOQUIN, OREGON - In an effort to maintain a government to government spirit of cooperation, Klamath Tribes' Chairman Gary Frost met in Chiloquin, Oregon, to welcome Regional Forester Kent Connaughton and Deputy Regional Forester Nora Rasure. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Transportation Director Wins Prestigious White House Award
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Paulson Chaco - Navajo
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - Navajo Nation Division of Transportation Director Paulson Chaco was one of 11 leaders honored at the White House Wednesday as a Champion of Change. Chaco was recognized for his department's actions to improve safety. Read More »
Discussion »
Live Webcast
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing on Energy Development
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Live Webcast 2:15 pm est
WASHINGTON - The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold an oversight hearing on energy development in Indian Country Thursday afternoon. Read More »
Discussion »
POWWOW Calendar
Powwow of Love This Weekend at MSU
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
10 Powwows this Weekend
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN - Each year the North American Indigenous Student Organization at Michigan State University sponsors a powwow on a Saturday close to Valentine's Day. The powwow is aptly named the Powwow of Love. Read More »
POWWOW Calendar »
Discussion »
Native Vote 2012
With His Back to the Wall, Romney Comes Out Swinging On His Home Turf
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
Romney in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS - Mitt Romney came home to Michigan yesterday to campaign in the state he was born. During the 1960s, his father, George Romney was a very popular governor here. Read More »
Discussion »
White House Initiative to Discuss Native Students at Roundtable Today
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: SHELTON, WASHINGTON - President Obama created the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education at the end of last year to improve outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native students. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President Ben Shelly Applauds Water Rights Settlement Act
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Little Colorado River
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly commends Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl and Sen. John McCain for introducing S 2109, the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act, legislation that authorizes a settlement of the legal claims. Read More »
Discussion »
Native American Lending Alliance Applauds Court's Sovereign Immunity Affirmation
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Native eCommerce
BELCOURT, NORTH DAKOTA - The State District Court in Colorado gave sovereign immunity a big win today in their ruling of Cash Advance v State of Colorado. Following the ruling, Merle St. Claire, the tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Read More »
Discussion »
Celebrating One Year of the Native News Network
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
Chi Megwetch
GRAND RAPIDS - Today is a special day for the Native News Network. It marks our first year anniversary since we began publishing last February 15, 2011. Read More »
Discussion »
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing on Energy Development
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Live Webcast Thursday
WASHINGTON - The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold an oversight hearing on energy development in Indian Country Thursday afternoon. Read More »
Discussion »
Miss Chief: After-Hours Performance with Kent Monkman
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
WASHINGTON - In his first performance in the United States, acclaimed Canadian artist Kent Monkman, Cree, presents a new work featuring his alter ego, Miss Chief. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Vote 2012
Navajo Congressional Candidate Benally Baldenegro Gets Machinists Endorsement
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Wenona Benally Baldenegro
PHOENIX - Navajo Congressional candidate Wenona Benally Baldenegro continues to garner labor union support in her run in Arizona Congressional District One. Read More »
Discussion »
Building a Fair and Stable Economy for Indian Country
Kimberly Teehee in Native Currents »
Built to Last
WASHINGTON - In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last - an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Vote 2012
Navajo President Shelly Signs Law Changing Election Dates
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
President Ben Shelly
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed into law today a bill that makes it easier for Navajos to vote in Arizona primaries. Read More »
Discussion »
Valentine's Day 2012: February 14
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
24.7 lbs of Candy
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - Valentine's Day is being celebrated today. Expressing one's love to another is a celebrated custom on Valentine's Day. Sweethearts and family members present gifts to one another. Read More »
Discussion »
In the Spirit of Love
"I Love You" in Native Languages
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
Are You Represented?
GRAND RAPIDS - It is said "love is universal." As Valentine's Day is celebrated today we thought it would be appropriate to share "I love you" in dozens of Native languages. Read More »
Discussion »
The Graphic Native
Monica Whitepigeon in Native Condition »
Discussion »
FNX TV Kicks Off Donor Campaign with Ceremonial Unity Launch
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
Native TV
SAN BERNARDINO - The leadership behind FNX: First Nations Experience TV held its Ceremonial Unity Launch on Feb. 10 at the KVCR/FNX studios here to celebrate the success of the new channel and to kick off a major donor campaign among Indian tribes, foundations and private donors. Read More »
Discussion »
President's 2013 Budget for Indian Affairs:Strengthening Tribal Nations
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
$2.5 billion
WASHINGTON - President Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 budget request for Indian Affairs, which includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), is $2.5 billion - a $4.6 million decrease below the FY 2012 enacted level. Read More »
Discussion »
NIEA President Roman Nose: "The Whole United States is Indian Country"
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Quinton Roman Nose
NIEA President
WASHINGTON - Now, more than ever, Native communities should now have the choice of "excellent education" for their students, declared National Indian Education Association President Quinton Roman Nose during Monday's State of Native Education Address. Read More »
Discussion »
Next 24 Hours Critical for Keystone: Congress Needs to be Stopped
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - Since last month's announcement by the Obama administration to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, big oil companies and their lobbyists have worked overtime to try to get legislation to overturn the decision. Read More »
Discussion »
Commentary
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
Carlisle School Arrival
The story of Miranda Washinawatok, the seventh grader suspended for a game for speaking in Menominee, hit a nerve in Indian Country and - thanks to the Internet - around the world. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Nation Offering Tribal Registration Help in Claremore
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
February 22
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Cherokee Nation is providing convenient, local assistance in Rogers County with applications for Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood cards and Cherokee Nation citizenship. Help with registration will be available on Wednesday, February 22, and Wednesday, March 28, Read More »
Discussion »
Menominee Students Watch Election of New Chairman Craig Corn
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
100 Students On Hand
KESHENA - Some 100 Menominee students were on hand, along with over 200 tribal citizens of all ages of the Menominee Nation, to witness democracy in action as the Menominee Tribal Council elected its new chairman. Read More »
Discussion »
Chickasaw Nation-owned Bank2 Celebrates 10th Year Anniversary
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Top 100 Business
Native Brief: OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA - Bank2, headquartered in Oklahoma City, celebrated its 10th Anniversary in January. The community bank, which opened in 2002, is a subsidiary of the Chickasaw Banc Holding Company. The Holding Company and Bank2 are 100 percent owned by the Chickasaw Nation. Read More »
Discussion »
National Indian Education Association Legislative Summit Underway in Washington
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Three Day Summit
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - The 15th Annual National Indian Education Association Legislative Summit kicks off today in the nation's capital at the Holiday Inn Capitol. The three day summit will conclude on Wednesday. Read More »
Discussion »
US Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Sewer Water Snow Making
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
Young Protester
SAN FRANCISCO - In what is considered a major setback for several Southwest American Indian tribes, a three member panel of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled unanimously in favor of Arizona Snowbowl. Read More »
Discussion »
Obama Administration Announces New Steps to Combat Alzheimer's Disease
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
Urgent National Priority
WASHINGTON - As many as 5.1 million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease, which is a progressive, irreversible brain disorder that destroys memory and thinking skills. Read More »
Discussion »
Guest Commentary
Indigenous Language Institute Response to the Miranda Washinawatok Suspension
Jerry L. Hill in Native Condition »
Show Your Support
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - On January 19 a Menominee 7th grader was benched and suspended from a Catholic School in Shawano, Wisconsin, for speaking Menominee with two other girls from the Menominee Indian Reservation. Shawano is a small town several miles south of the Reservation. Read More »
Discussion »
Calling All Native Playwrights
Monica Whitepigeon in Entertainment »
Larissa FastHorse - Lakota
LOS ANGELES - Native Voices at the Autry is showcasing a reading from their First Look Series: Plays in Progress entitled "Hunka" tomorrow. For years, Native Voices have supported and instructed Native American playwrights, directors, and actors with various workshops and public presentations. Read More »
Discussion »
Menominee 7th Grader's Mother Calls for School Staff to be Disciplined
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
Miranda 'Ketapanen' Washinawatok
SHAWANO, WISCONSIN - Tanaes Washinawatok, the mother of Miranda, wants something more from the Sacred Heart Catholic Academy than an apology. She is not happy on how the matter has been handled this far. Read More »
Discussion »
Celebrating the Two Year Anniversary of Let's Move! in Indian Country
Kimberly Teehee in Native Currents »
Fighting Childhood Obesity
WASHINGTON - This article was placed on the White House blog by Kimberly Teehee, Cherokee, is the Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, White House Domestic Policy Council:
Since launching Let's Move! on February 9, 2010, significant progress has been made to solve the problem of childhood obesity. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President Supports Bill Creating Arizona Indian Affairs Department
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Cabinet Level Department
Native Brief: PHOENIX - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly said he supported a bill that would create an Indian Affairs Department in Arizona while testifying before an Arizona legislative committee Wednesday morning. Read More »
Discussion »
Ecotrust 2012 Indigenous Leadership Award Call for Nominations
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Deadline is April 1
PORTLAND, OREGON - Nominations are open for Ecotrust's 11th annual Indigenous Leadership Award, recognizing native leaders dedicated to improving the social, economic, and environmental conditions of their homelands. Read More »
Discussion »
Oglala Sioux Tribe Sues to Stop Illegal Alcohol Importation onto Pine Ridge
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Illegal Alcohol Sales
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - The Oglala Sioux Tribe has filed a lawsuit against brewers, retailers and distributors of alcohol sold in Whiteclay, Nebraska. The lawsuit was announced Thursday at a news conference hosted by Nebraskans for Peace. Read More »
Discussion »
Live Webcast
NMAI-NY IndiVisible African-Native American Lives Hosts Dr. Heriberto Dixon
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
Live Tonight 6:00 pm
New York - Tonight IndiVisible exhibit curator Dr. Gabrielle Tayac, Piscataway, will host a conversation with Dr. Heriberto Dixon, Tutelo, about the history and contemporary cultures of mixed heritage Native people. The discussion will also be simultaneously webcast. Read More »
Discussion »
Reminder
Live Webcast
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Hearing on Internet Gaming
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
What's at Stake?
WASHINGTON - The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is holding an oversight hearing on Thursday, February 9 at 2:15 pm on the US Department of Justice opinion on Internet gaming. The hearing is named: "What's at Stake for Tribes?" Read More »
Discussion »
Sign a Petition to Support Menominee Seventh Grader Suspended Basketball Player
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
Miranda Washinawatok-Menominee
SHAWANO, WISCONSIN - Some people in this small town in central Wisconsin town would love to see the media attention surrounding seventh grader Miranda Washinawatok die down and so things can get back to normal.
Sign the "I Love You" Petition here. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Nation Attorney General Addresses Reducing Hazardous Emissions
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Attorney General Tsosie
WASHINGTON - The Navajo Nation supports the goal of reducing hazardous emissions and recommends a tailored implementation coupled with proven health benefits to balance the potential economic impacts to the Navajo Nation. Read More »
Discussion »
Native American Contractors Association Responses to GAO Report
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
No 'Smoking Gun'
WASHINGTON - In response to Tuesday's Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled, "Monitoring and Oversight of Tribal 8(a) Firms Need Attention," the Native American Contractors Association released the following statement: Read More »
Discussion »
More Than $400 Million in Indian Housing Block Grants
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
300 Tribes
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - The US Department of Housing and Urban Development Wednesday announced $404 million in Indian Housing Block Grant allocations to nearly 300 tribes in 27 states. Read More »
Discussion »
Fighting Sioux Mascot Ballot Petition Further Marginalizes North Dakota University Athletics
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
New Sports Imagery
Grand Forks, North Dakota - After a seeming quiet, six plus year transition to the new North Dakota sports teams logo, a ballot petition threatens the University's position within the NCAA and the Big Sky Athletic Conference. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Nation Foundation Creates Cherokee Language Audio Books
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Reading Center
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Through a partnership with Cherokee Media Ltd., the foundation will create a one-of-a-kind Cherokee reading center featuring audio books in the Cherokee language. The first books were donated by Cherokee sisters America and Samonia Meredith of Noksi Press. Read More »
Discussion »
American Indian Physicians to Host Conference to Curb Obesity
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
Obesity Epidemic
SAN DIEGO - The Association of American Indian Physicians will host a two day conference March 13 and 14 in San Diego focused on developing sustainable obesity prevention programs. Read More »
Discussion »
Implementing a New Era in Government to Government Relations
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Cobell Land Consolidation
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - This information was placed on the White House blog by Charlie Galbraith, Navajo, who is an associate director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement with the Obama administration. Read More »
Discussion »
9 of 10 US Adults Get Too Much Sodium Every Day
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
ATLANTA - American Indian and Alaska Native adults are 1.3 times as likely as Caucasian adults to have high blood pressure according to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. Read More »
Discussion »
Grand Traverse Band Gives $183,000 to School District that Supports Native Language
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Chairman Derek Bailey
SUTTONS BAY, MICHIGAN - Michigan school districts are suffering from the prolonged impact of loss of manufacturing jobs which has translated into loss of state funding to school districts.
However, one school district's financial headaches lessened on Monday by a gift of one Michigan Indian tribe. Read More »
Discussion »
The Graphic Native
Monica Whitepigeon in Native Condition »
Discussion »
Cherokee Students "Shadow" Professionals Last Week on Groundhog Day
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Talking Leaves Job Corps
Native Brief: TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - In honor of National Groundhog Job Shadow Day, students from Cherokee Nation's 'Talking Leaves' Job Corps ventured out to offices, hospitals and municipal buildings in Muskogee and Tahlequah. Read More »
Discussion »
Clyde Bellecourt Retraces AIM's History in Pacific Northwest
Yvonne Swan in Native Currents »
Today in Spokane
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON - Co-founder of the American Indian Movement Clyde Bellecourt, a tribal citizen of the White Earth Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota, is on a speaking tour of the Pacific Northwest. Read More »
Discussion »
Guest Commentary
Indian Country Stands with Menominee Seventh Grader
Rhonda LeValdo in Native Condition »
Rhonda LeValdo-Acoma Pueblo
Nothing made me more upset than seeing the article "Menominee Seventh Grader Suspended for Saying 'I Love You' in her Native Language" in the Native News Network last Friday. Just the mere mention of a student being punished for speaking their tribal language in 2012 does not seem real, but a regulation of the 1800s. Read More »
Discussion »
Message from Leonard Peltier on the Anniversary of Incarceration
Leonard Peltier in Native Challenges »
Leonard Peltier
COLEMAN FEDERAL PENTITENARY - Greetings to my relations, my friends, and to my many supporters the world over.
It is that time again. Another year has passed, and on February 6th I will be marking 36 years since my arrest. Read More »
Discussion »
Meeting Set to Discuss Healing of Menominee Student Suspended for Speaking Native Language
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
Miranda Washinawatok
Menominee
SHAWANO, WISCONSIN - This morning the family of twelve year old Miranda Washinawatok, Menominee, tribal, church and school officials will meet to discuss the next steps in the healing process at Sacred Heart Catholic School. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President and Council Delegates Meet with New Mexico Governor Martinez
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and members of the Navajo Nation Council offered support for a redistricting plan when they met with New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez last Friday. Read More »
Discussion »
Senate Committee Advances Violence Against Women Bill
Resistance from GOP Senators
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Violence Against Women
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - On a strictly party line vote of 10 Democrats for, and 8 Republicans against, the US Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday reported the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011, S 1925, to the Senate floor. Read More »
Discussion »
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
INDIANAPOLIS - American Indians, along with millions of others, will tune in the Super Bowl this Sunday. Advertisers take advantage of the high ratings Super Bowls generate by running ads on Super Day Sunday. Read More »
Discussion »
Book Review
Momaday's "The Way to Rainy Mountain" a Treat to Read Over Again
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
Reads Like Poetry
"The Way to Rainy Mountain" is about a journey of discovery. Discovery of myth and history. Told in three voices that merge myth, history and memoir into one short narrative, the compilation of the three reads like poetry. Read More »
Join the Discussion of this Book »
Commentary
On Native Language: Contrast between Code Talkers and Suspended Basketball Player
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
Miranda Washinawatok
Menominee
Today another Navajo Code Talker will be laid to rest. US Marine Corps Sergeant Jimmie Begay, 88, passed away Wednesday. He was one of the courageous Navajo soldiers who were trained to speak in code language utilizing their Navajo language during World War II. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Code Talker Jimmie Begay to be Laid to Rest Today
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Code Talker Jimmie Begay
FORT DEFIANCE, ARIZONA - Funeral services for Navajo Code Talker Sergeant Jimmie Begay, 88, will be held today at the Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Fort Defiance.
Sergeant Begay passed away on Wednesday night at Tsehootsoi Medical Center in Fort Defiance. Read More »
Discussion »
Council Delegate Leonard Pete Advocates Congress on Transportation Bill
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Navajo Nation Opposes MAP-21
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - Navajo Nation Council Delegate Leonard Pete, representing Chinle, and Navajo Department of Transportation division director Paulson Chaco were on Capitol Hill January 30 to February 1, meeting with members of the US Senate to advocate the Navajo Nation's position on a transportation bill. Read More »
Discussion »
Chickasaw Nation Breaks Ground on Ada Softball Complex
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
12-acre Softball Complex
Native Brief: ADA, OKALAHOMA - Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby was joined by tribal officials and several Ada area residents, Tuesday, January 31, to break ground on the new Chickasaw Nation Softball Complex Read More »
Discussion »
Tomorrow is International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier
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Wrongfully Convicted
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA - The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee calls on supporters worldwide to protest against the injustice suffered by Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier. Gather on February 4 at every federal court house and US embassy or consulate worldwide to demand the freedom of a man wrongfully convicted and illegally imprisoned for 36 years! Read More »
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"The Power of Chocolate" Festival at NMAI Feb 11&12
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian's annual "Power of Chocolate" festival will be held Saturday, February 11, and Sunday, February 12, from 10 am to 4:30 pm daily. Read More »
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Menominee Seventh Grader Suspended for Saying "I Love You" in her Native Language
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
SHAWANO, WISCONSIN - What's love got to do with it? Not much, especially if you say the words "I love you" in the Menominee language in front of a certain Wisconsin teacher. Read More »
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Interior Department Seeks Comments on Cobell Land Consolidation Draft Plan
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - The Interior Department announced the publication of a draft plan and a request for comment on implementing the potential Cobell Land Consolidation Program. Read More »
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Navajo Code Talker Jimmie Begay: A Look at a Fallen War Hero
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
SAWMILL, ARIZONA - Before he finished high school, 17 year old, Navajo Jimmie Begay left home to go fight in World War II in November 1942. From the small town of Fort Wingate, New Mexico, he boarded a bus for Camp Pendleton, California, where he completed boot camp before transferring to Camp Elliot to train as a Navajo Code Talker. Read More »
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Update
Navajo Nation Mourns the Passing of Code Talker Sgt. Jimmie Begay
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
FORT DEFIANCE, ARIZONA - Navajo Code Talker Sergeant Jimmie Begay, 86, passed away yesterday one week after sustaining a head injury due to a fall. Read More »
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Live Webcast
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing Three Bills
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
UPDATE: The US Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing is available LIVE starting today at 3:30 pm est. To view the webcast use the new Read More »
Discussion »
Second Generation of Air Native Footwear Now Available
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
BEAVERTON, OREGON - On Wednesday, Nike launched the 2012 Air Native Tempo+ N7 shoe, the second generation of Air Native footwear designed specifically for the unique needs of Native American Read More »
Discussion »
Northwest Indian College Awarded Funds for Weavers Teaching Weavers Conference
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON - The Northwest Indian College announced it has received funding for its annual Weavers Teaching Weavers conference that is set for April. Read More »
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President Shelly Signs MOU with National Lab
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory initiating a gateway for future development of Navajo energy. Read More »
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NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY: Friday to Support Women's Heart Disease Awareness
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
BETHESDA, MARYLAND - As part of February is American Heart Month, The Heart Truth will celebrate the 10th National Wear Red Day, when Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness. American Indian and Alaska Native women are encouraged to participate in this awareness effort. Read More »
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Pachamama to be Shown in Denver Tonight
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
DENVER - The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management is pleased to partner with the XicanIndie Film Festival to present a special screening of PACHAMAMA at Su Teatro tonight. Read More »
Discussion »
Vice President Biden: State of the Union is Getting Stronger
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: GRAND RAPIDS - Vice President Joe Biden made a 40 minute speech today at the American Seating plant telling the audience of 300 that "the state of the union is getting stronger, and we've gone too far to turn back." Read More »
Discussion »
Clyde Bellecourt to Speak in Spokane on Saturday
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON - Clyde Bellecourt will make the mid-afternoon speech as part of "Our Journey: Pacific Northwest USA Speaker Tour 2012." American Indian Movement co-founder and White Earth Ojibwa, Bellecourt will speak on Saturday, February 4. Read More »
Discussion »
SBA Focuses into Native Cities for Emerging Leaders Training
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, the US Small Business Administration, sba, kicked off its 2012 e200/Emerging Leaders executive-level training initiative in 27 cities and communities. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Heirloom Seed Program Sprouts Again
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The days are getting longer and all good gardeners know what that means. It will soon be time to start your seeds for those spring and summer gardens. Cherokee gardeners will take delight in knowing Read More »
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February: A Month to Spread Awareness about Heart Health
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
WASHINGTON - February is American Heart Month. Unfortunately, American Indians and Alaska Natives, on average, are more likely to suffer from heart disease than their Caucasian counterparts. Read More »
Discussion »
Russell Means on His Brother Ted, Janklow, Peltier and Indian Killers
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
San Jose, New Mexico - Recently the Native News Network interviewed Russell Means, Lakota, by telephone to get an update on his health and to discuss other topics. It was last July when he was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus by doctors at the UCLA Medical Center. Read More »
Discussion »
First Nations Development Receives $2.88 Million Award from Kellogg
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Read More »“The spending in border towns located near reservations creates more than $100 million in economic value”
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Transportation Secretary LaHood Happy with Asks for Road Improvement in Indian Country
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
GRAND RAPIDS - According to the "Indian Country: Budget Request" released last week by the National Congress of American Indians to total 2013 budget requests by the US Department of Transportation is $544,200,000. Read More »
Discussion »
House Speaker Boehner to Tie Keystone XL to Infrastructure Jobs Act
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner is at it again. Dissatisfied he could not get President Obama to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline after having a provision attached to the payroll extension he now wants to attach to tie the approval to a new jobs bill being introduced next week. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President Shelly Asks EPA for Rule Update
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: PAGE, ARIZONA - President Shelly, along with other Navajo Nation officials, met with Gina McCarthy, EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, at Navajo Generating Station on Sunday. Read More »
Discussion »
Two Tribes Want Apology from Mayor for Calling Native Lobbyist "Chief Chicken Little"
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
LANSING, MICHIGAN - The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan are calling for a public apology from Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, who used a racial slur against an American Indian lobbyist named James Nye. Read More »
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Office Clara Pratte Approved by Navajo Nation Council as Director of Navajo Nation DC Office
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Clara Pratte, the director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office was slated to be on a panel at the US Census Bureau's release of 2010 American Indian and Alaska Native data last Wednesday. Read More »
Discussion »
Commentary
Our Readers Weigh In: Tribal Leaders Should Not Have Paid to Attend Obama Fundraiser
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
By the comments posted on our site and Facebook page since its publication, the attendance by 75 tribal officials hit a nerve among our readers. Read More »
Discussion »
"A Song for the Horse Nation" Review
Horse Nation Exhibit is a Must See for Those Traveling to the Nation's Capital
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
"A Song for the Horse Nation" begins with a monitor that shows the introduction of horses to the Americas. Changing screens show the progression of penetration of horses into various regions across the Americas with corresponding time periods. Read More »
Discussion »
Exercise, Lose Weight & Eat Healthy Diet
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest rates of type 2 diabetes in the United States. Once exclusively a disease of adults, type 2 diabetes is increasingly common among American Indian and Alaska Native youth, threatening the health, well-being, and quality of life of future generations. Diabetes prevention efforts are an urgent priority, as well as diabetes management to prevent complications. Read More »
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Volunteer Work Put Final Touches on Community Center on Cherokee Nation
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: SALLISAW, OKLAHOMA - Community members and Cherokee Nation Entertainment employees have joined forces to put the final touches on the Brent Community Center in Sequoyah County. Read More »
Discussion »
Book Review
Dennis Banks Autobiography Traces American Indian Movement
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
The origins and activities of the early years of the American Indian Movement are told in "Ojibwa Warrior: The Rise of the American Indian Movement," by Dennis Banks. Published as an autobiography, Banks, along with bestselling author, Richard Erodes, provides a vivid insider's view of how Banks became a foremost American Indian leader and has fought for over a quarter century for Indian rights and causes. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Vote 2012
President Obama to Indian Leaders: "Stick with me… I'm Going to be Sticking with You"
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - President Obama echoed the themes of his State of the Union address he made on Tuesday night on late Friday afternoon to a group of about 75 American Indian leaders. Our leaders paid at least $15,000 each to attend a fundraiser for his reelection campaign. Read More »
Discussion »
Chickasaw Nation Dedicates Renovated Senior Center
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
COLBERT, OKLAHOMA - Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby was joined by tribal officials and many of the area's elders to dedicate the Chickasaw Nation Panola Senior Center in a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday. Read More »
Discussion »
"A Good Day to Die" on Life of Dennis Banks & Rise of AIM a Hit in Germany
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
STUTTGART, GERMANY - The award-winning film, "A Good Day to Die" was featured on January 21 at the Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika Filmfestival received a standing ovation in Stuttgart, Germany. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Nation Vice President Jim Wraps Up Washington Consultations
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - Navajo Nation Vice President Rex Lee Jim met last week with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, federal officials, and members of the Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee. Read More »
Discussion »
Help Bring Jim Thorpe Home by Participating in an Online Petition
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - The legendary great Jim Thorpe family and the Sac & Fox Nation want to have Jim Thorpe's remains returned to Oklahoma for a proper burial with dignity and respect. Read More »
Discussion »
NCAI President Jefferson Keel:
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON -
Read More »“The State of Indian Nations is strong.
Our nations are strong.
Our peoples are strong.”
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Navajo First Lady Encourages Young Parents to Continue Their Education
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO - Navajo First Lady Martha Shelly encouraged young parents of San Juan County to continue with school and achieve higher education at the 10th Annual Young Parent Conference at McGee Park on Wednesday. Read More »
Discussion »
Monica Whitepigeon in Entertainment »
FERNDALE, MICHIGAN - A small publishing house has big ideas for revitalizing the Anishinaabemowin language for both Native and non-Native children. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Congressional Candidate Picks Up Labor Endorsement
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: TUCSON, ARIZONA - Wenona Benally Baldenegro, Navajo, who is running for the Democratic Party's nomination in Arizona's Congressional District One picked up the endorsement of the AFSCME #449 of Pima County. Read More »
Discussion »
San Francisco Rally
AIM-WEST Set Leonard Peltier Rally in San Francisco for February 6
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: San Francisco - AIM-WEST will hold a Leonard Peltier rally on Monday, February 6. The rally will be held to remind the public that in the United States Leonard Peltier is considered a political prisoner and that we haven't forgotten the date of his arrest in Canada on February 4, 1976. Read More »
Discussion »
"Free Our Economies" to be Focus of NCAI State of Indian Nations Address Today
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - President Jefferson Keel, Chickasaw, of the National Congress of American Indians will make the State of Indian Nations address today. Read More »
Discussion »
Two Men Sentenced for Hate Crime Against Navajo Man
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
Santa Fe - Paul Beebe and Jesse Sanford of Farmington, New Mexico, were sentenced on Tuesday in US District Court in Santa Fe on federal hate crime charges related to a racially-motivated assault on a 22 year old developmentally disabled Navajo man. Read More »
Discussion »
American Indian Census
American Indian & Alaska Native Growth 39% in Decade; 78% Live Away from Tribal Lands
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - Today the US Census Bureau held the "Profile America Forum on the American Indian and Alaska Native Population" where it released the latest data available on American Indians and Alaska Natives at the National Museum of the American Indian. Read More »
Discussion »
Blueprint for an America Built to Last and Indian Country
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - The following was released by the White House to the Native News Network late Wednesday afternoon: Read More »
Discussion »
Expansion of Clean and Renewable Energy on Salt River Pima Land
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
PHOENIX -
Read More »“It is our intent to develop NuPower technology within tribal nation boundaries.”
Discussion »
President Obama Inserts term "Native American" into State of Union Address
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - President Obama inserted the term "Native American" into his spoken remarks. The prepared speech sent to the Native News Network just prior to the address last night did not contain the term. Read More »
Discussion »
President Ben Shelly Calls for Unity in State of the Navajo Nation
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly called for the Navajo leaders to set aside differences and work together.
The President called for unity during his State of the Navajo Nation address Monday. Read More »
Discussion »
New Scientific Evidence: Indigenous Population was Cut by Half After European Arrival
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
SEATTLE - A just released study by the University of Washington, Seattle, and Göttingen University in Germany confirm what American Indians have long known:
There was significant decline in indigenous populations in the Americas, both North America and South America. Read More »
Discussion »
Third Educational Roundtable in Albuquerque Today
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: ALBUQUERQUE - Another White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education educational roundtable will be held in Albuquerque today at the Sheraton Uptown conference center. Read More »
Discussion »
Justice Delayed in Patty Dawson Case
Sign Describes Prevailing Message
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
FRESNO - Patty Dawson will have to wait until February 6 for the formal arraignment of Jennifer Devette Fraser, 27, who is accused of attacking her in broad daylight last June 14. Read More »
Discussion »
Movie Trailer
World Premiere of "More Than Frybread" Set
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
CHANDLER, ARIZONA - Every once in a while we all have one of those moments that stop us cold in our tracks and gives us goose bumps. Read More »
Discussion »
White House Wants to Hear from You on State of the Union
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - Tonight at 9:00 pm est, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address. He will lay out his vision for a nation where hard work and responsibility are rewarded, where everyone does their fair share, and where everyone is held accountable for their actions. Starting immediately after the speech Read More »
Discussion »
Obesity Compounds Problems Associated with Breast Cancer
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA - A new study released the Mayo Clinic reveals that obese women have larger problems when they develop aggressive breast cancer than do their slimmer counterparts. Read More »
Discussion »
President Shelly Statement of Gratitude for Giffords' Congressional Service
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly released the following statement Monday after Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced her resignation on Sunday: Read More »
Discussion »
Update
Indian Education Discussed in Rapid City
Elected Tribal Officials Urge Money and Action
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA - Thirteen elected American Indian tribal leaders participated in the first education roundtable in Rapid City on Friday. They were there to make participate in a dialogue about improving educational opportunities for American Indian students. Read More »
Discussion »
Commentary
Keystone XL Pipeline: The Lies Go Beyond American Indians Now
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
The other side is mad. They are demonizing President Obama for rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. There they were on the Sunday talk shows demonizing him for his decision of last Wednesday. Read More »
Discussion »
American Indians Seek Hate Crime Charge Against Skinhead
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
FRESNO - Over two dozen American Indians gathered on Sunday to drum, sing and pray to show their support of Patty Dawson, Navajo/San Carlos Apache, on the day before she goes to court to seek justice. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Vote 2012
American Indian Congressional Candidates Weigh In on US Rep Giffords Leaving Congress
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
TUCSON - US Representative Grabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, who was senselessly shot just over a year ago, announced on Sunday that she is resigning from Congress week so that she can devote her attention to her full recovery. Read More »
Discussion »
Breast Cancer "Think Pink" Theme Basketball Game Set on Cherokee Nation
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Sequoyah Schools will host its annual "Think Pink" basketball game on Tuesday, January 31. The game is part of a nationwide breast cancer awareness event that encourages fans to wear pink shirts and teams to hold events to raise awareness of breast cancer. Read More »
Discussion »
White House to Provide Its Own Coverage of State of Union Address Tomorrow Night
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama delivers the annual State of the Union address Congress tomorrow night at 9:00 pm est.
If you are tired of the commentary from the television media, you may want to hear what the White House says about the speech directly - online. Read More »
Discussion »
Book Review
American Betrayal Triggered by Greed
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
The story of the removal of five tribes, the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole, from the southeastern portion of the United States is collectively known as the Trail of Tears. Read More »
Discussion »
Film Review
Keeping Anishinaabe as a First Language
Monica Whitepigeon in Entertainment »
What does a native sound like? So many times we, as a culture, have asked ourselves this question. Do we follow society's stereotypes? Do we follow what we've seen in movies? Are Indians really the slow-talking, broken-English, all-knowing sages that we've been led to believe? Read More »
Discussion »
Thunderbird Indian Singers & Dancers Perform at NMAI New York Tonight
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
NEW YORK - Louis Mofsie, Hopi/Winnebago, and the Thunderbird American Indian Singers and Dancers, will present an evening of social dancing tonight at the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center. Read More »
Discussion »
Indian Education Discussed in Rapid City
Elected Tribal Officials Urge Money and Action
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA - Thirteen elected American Indian tribal leaders participated in the first education roundtable in Rapid City on Friday. They were there to make participate in a dialogue about improving educational opportunities for American Indian students. Read More »
Discussion »
Youth & Elders Conference and Powwow Postponed until Next Saturday
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN - The Heritage of Healing Youth and Elders Conference for the Great Lakes Region scheduled for today has been postponed until next Saturday, January 28.
The event will be held at the Ypsilanti Senior & Community Center, 1015 Congress. Read More »
Discussion »
Internet Wide Protest Succeeds As Congress Retreats
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: Washington DC - Last Wednesday Internet websites like Wikipedia and Google draped black graphics on their home pages to bring awareness to the shortcoming of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and a companion bill, PIPA proposed by Congress. Read More »
Discussion »
Guest Commentary
Tucson Schools Ban is Chilling Step Towards Ethnic Cleansing
Corine Fairbanks in Native Condition »
The recent decision to ban Chicano and American Indian books, which includes the award-winning "Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years", follows the four to one vote last week by the Tucson Unified School District. Then, Read More »
Discussion »
White House Education Initiative Underway Today in Rapid City
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA - White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education director William Mendoza will join senior Obama Administration officials to meet with tribal and community leaders on Friday in Rapid City to discuss expanding American Indian and Alaska Native educational opportunities. Read More »
Discussion »
Search for Green Ribbon Schools Begins
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Indian Education funded schools can now apply for the US Department of Education's Green Ribbon School program, which provides national recognition for schools using outstanding environmental programs and techniques. Read More »
Discussion »
Haskell American Indian Students Journey 550 Miles for Wetlands Preservation
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
DENVER - Several students from Haskell Indian Nations University journeyed the 550 plus miles to attend a federal appeals court hearing on where to build the South Lawrence Trafficway. Read More »
Discussion »
Washington State's Tribal Economic Contribution Grows
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON - A new economic impact analysis shows Washington's 29 tribal governments are having a significant and growing beneficial impact to the state. Read More »
Discussion »
President Shelly, State and County Agree to Joint Police Staffing
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: SANTA FE - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly in collaboration with New Mexico public safety officials and the San Juan County Sheriff's Office came to a collaborative agreement to use the Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Police Substation after meeting Wednesday. Read More »
Discussion »
Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury Agrees to New Deal After Career Making Year
Steve Mohan in Native Currents »
Boston, Massachusetts - Jacoby Ellsbury agreed to a 1 year, $8.05 million contract with Boston that allowed both parties to avoid salary arbitration. Ellsbury will be a free agent after the 2012 season and will be free to sign with any team. Read More »
Discussion »
POWWOW Calendar
Native Youth Alliance to Hold a Presidential Inaugural Powwow
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN - The Heritage of Healing Youth and Elders Conference for the Great Lakes Region will be held this Saturday. The event will be held at the Ypsilanti Senior & Community Center. Read More »
POWWOW Calendar »
Discussion »
Smoke Signals Director Chris Eyre to Chair at Santa Fe U of Art & Design
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
SANTA FE - Award-winning director and producer, Chris Eyre, Cheyenne/Arapaho, has been named chairman of Santa Fe University of Art and Design's Moving Images Art Department. He will assume the position on February 1. Read More »
Discussion »
Tribes - $101.4 Million in Public Safety Funding Available
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - The US Department of Justice announced that the comprehensive grant solicitation for funding to support improvements to public safety, victim services and crime prevention. Read More »
Discussion »
Tribal Law Enforcement Officials Attend Counterterrorism Briefing
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - Tribal law enforcement officers from several tribes joined state and local law enforcement officials from around the country on Wednesday in Washington to hear a briefing and to discuss the Obama's administration's Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States. Read More »
Discussion »
Traditional Sculpture Class Available at Cherokee Arts Center
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Cherokee Arts Center has a sculpture class available in Tahlequah for adults who are interested in learning how to make traditional clay pottery. The two session class takes place on Saturday, February 4 and Saturday, February 11. Read More »
Discussion »
Updated
Obama Administration: NO to Keystone XL Pipeline
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
WASHINGTON - In what is considered a victory for American Indians and environmentalists, the Obama Administration rejected the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The announcement came at 3 pm at the US State Department that handles international affairs. Read More »
Discussion »
Department of State: NO to Keystone XL Pipeline
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
WASHINGTON - Here is Department of State's complete announcement on the Keystone XL pipeline: Read More »
Discussion »
Commentary
Web Darkness is about American Indians
Mike Mohan, publisher in Native Condition »
Native Americans are more connected than the US national average in the use of the Internet and email. So today's coordinated Internet-wide protest taking place against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and a companion bill, PIPA proposed in Congress is about American Indians. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo PGA Champion Notah Begay on Diabetes
We can Beat it… We Can Win!
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Health »
INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA - Navajo PGA golfer Notah Begay III participated in the Clinton Foundation "Health Matters: Activating Wellness in Every Generation" conference. Read More »
Discussion »
Prairie Band Chair Elected Co-chair of HHS Tribal Advisory Committee
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Chairman Steve Ortiz was elected Tuesday as co-chairman of the US Health and Human Services Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee in Washington. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President Calls for Arizona to Establish an Indian Affairs Department
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
PHOENIX - Navajo President Ben Shelly said Arizona needs to create a Department of Indian Affairs. President Shelly made his statement during the Indian Nations and Tribes Legislative Day on Tuesday before a joint session of the Arizona Legislature. Read More »
Discussion »
NATIVE VOTE 2012
Navajo Congressional Candidate Reports Over 2,000 Individuals Contributors
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - The Wenona for Arizona campaign committee announced on Tuesday that over 2,000 individual donors made campaign contributions during the 4th quarter of federal reporting to the committee. Read More »
Discussion »
Gun Lake Snowsnake Games Postponed Until February 18th
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
HOPKINS, MICHIGAN - The 2nd Annual Gun Lake Snowsnake Games, hosted by the Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi Indians and the Great Lakes Lifeways Institute, are being postponed until Saturday, February 18 Read More »
Discussion »
The Alleged Rape of Jacinta Eagle Deer Haunts Janklow Even in Death
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
MINNEAPOLIS - Even though many in South Dakota remembered their late governor and congressman in favorable terms at his funeral yesterday, some American Indians don't see him as being a great leader, as non-Indians do. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President Shelly Connects at Local Level
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - As a means to contact with the Navajo Nation citizens on a local level, Navajo President Ben Shelly attended the quarterly Fort Defiance Agency Council meeting this past Saturday. Read More »
Discussion »
Students Compete to Become Cherokee Language Bowl Champs
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Cherokee Nation recently held the Cherokee Language Bowl, a competition promoting the study, use and retention of the Cherokee language to students throughout the tribe’s jurisdiction in a fun, competitive environment. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo PGA Golfer Notah Begay to Participate in President Clinton's Health Conference
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA - Navajo PGA golfer Notah Begay III will participate today with an all-star list at the Clinton Foundation's inaugural Health Matters: Activating Wellness in Every Generation conference at the Renaissance Esmeralda Indian Wells Resort & Spa near Palm Springs. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Attorney Robert Thompson III Named to Indian Oil
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: DENVER - Robert S. Thompson III, a shareholder in the Denver office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, has been appointed to the Indian Oil Valuation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee representing the interests of the Western Energy Alliance. Read More »
Discussion »
Harvard Study Shows Coffee May Reduce Depression in Women
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
BETHESDA, MARYLAND - It now appears grandma may have had it right. American Indian grandmothers seem to have always had coffee on hand to share with love ones and even unexpected guests. Read More »
Discussion »
Tucson Unified School District Not So UNIFIED: Ban Rethinking Columbus
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
TUCSON - Last Tuesday the governing board of the Tucson Unified School District voted by a vote of four to one to do away with ethnic studies programs, which dismantles immediately the Mexican American Studies. Read More »
Discussion »
Bike Riders Sought for Cherokee Nation's Retracing of Trail of Tears Route
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Cherokee Nation is currently accepting applications from students who would like to participate in the 2012 Remember the Removal Bike Ride, a journey that takes participants across seven states to experience what is commonly known as the Trail of Tears. Read More »
Discussion »
Sogorea Te: The Sight of What Has Been Done to Our Beloved Land was Devastating
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA - The Native News Network received this letter over the weekend from the Committee to Protect Sogorea Te. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President: New Casino Another Step to Self Sufficiency
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
UPPER FRUITLAND, NEW MEXICO -
“We are working toward becoming a self sufficient tribal nation,”
Navajo President Ben Shelly stated, as one of six speakers at a ceremony to open the Navajo Nation's newest casino. Read More »
Discussion »
Ndns for Justice March for First Nations Woodcarver Killed by Police
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
SEATTLE - Members of the Ndns for Justice joined the Occupy Seattle Police Accountability Coalition march for justice, calling for the ouster of Seattle Police Chief John Diaz. Read More »
Discussion »
Commentary
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr:
Our Nation was Born in Genocide
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
As Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Day today, across America, many tribal, federal, state and local governments will be closed to honor the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Read More »
Discussion »
Book Review
Book Creates an Easy View of American Indian History
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
Since European contact, American Indian tribes have evolved with time in order to survive under the most adverse set of circumstances. Sadly, not all tribes survived.
While it is difficult to capture several centuries of history in 400 pages, Read More »
Discussion »
NCAI President Keel to Deliver State of Indian Nations Address
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - Jefferson E. Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians will deliver the State of Indian Nations Address on Thursday, January 26 at 10:30 am est at the Newseum, located at 555 Pennsylvania in Washington DC. Read More »
Discussion »
Feds Will Not Prosecute Former Seattle Police for Killing Woodcarver John T. Williams
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
SEATTLE - The US Department of Justice and the Western and the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington announced Friday that they are closing the federal criminal civil rights investigation of a former Seattle Police Department Officer for the fatal shooting of the late American Indian woodcarver John T. Williams. Read More »
Discussion »
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - American Indians and Alaska Natives are 1.6 times more likely to be overweight than their Caucasian counterparts, according to the Office of Minority Health. Read More »
Discussion »
Grammy Winning American Indian Flutist Robert Mirabal Performs at Hope College
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN - Three time Grammy Award winner Robert Mirabal will collaborate with ETHEL on the campus of Hope College on Friday, January 27 at 7:30 pm, as part of their Great Performances series. Read More »
Discussion »
Anti-Indian Former Governor Bill Janklow Dead from Brain Cancer
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA - The longest serving governor in the history of South Dakota, Bill Janklow has died from brain cancer. He was 72. Janklow was labeled the most anti-Indian governor in the history of South Dakota because Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Nation Focuses in on Importance of STEM by Giving Scholarships
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Cherokee Nation Foundation, in partnership with Cherokee Nation Businesses, has selected 28 students to pioneer a new program focusing on the importance of an education in, STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Read More »
Discussion »
POWWOW Calendar
May be January, but There are Still Powwows Happening
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
BEL AIR, MARYLAND - This Saturday's Morning Star Powwow marks the twelfth year the Baltimore American Indian community has come together to host a powwow to benefit the St Labre Indian Schools in Ashland, Montana. Read More »
POWWOW Calendar »
Discussion »
Partnership Spurs Substantial Economic Benefits to American Indian Communities
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - A partnership among Department of the Interior agencies and American Indian communities in North Dakota has spurred a 400 percent increase in revenues from increased domestic energy production over last year. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President Ben Shelly Expedites Help for To'Hajiilee Chapter
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: TO'HAJIILEE, NEW MEXICO - President Ben Shelly has expedited emergency services to To'Hajiilee Chapter based on their resolution passed to declare a local emergency and is continuing to monitor the chapter for any new developments. Read More »
Discussion »
Slideshow
Save the Peaks Coalition in Pictures
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
SAN FRANCISCO - The solidarity of the supporters of the Save the Peaks Coalition was demonstrated by the coming together of 150 American Indians from numerous American Indian tribes. Read More »
Discussion »
Guest Commentary
Every Day Little Issues and the Infestation of "Egothoids" in Indian Country
Corine Fairbanks in Native Condition »
By contrast to yesterday's discussion of "Apathoids" in Indian Country, "Egothoids" are so "Indian", they are super Indian! Read More »
Discussion »
iPads will Improve Real-time Information at Tribal Hospital
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Cherokee Nation recently received an award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region allowing them to buy 30 iPads for health care professionals at the tribe's hospital in Tahlequah. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Nation to Open Northern Edge Casino Monday
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
UPPER FRUITLAND, NEW MEXICO - The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise announced today that the grand opening of its Northern Edge Navajo Casino, located on N36, 1 mile west of NM-371, will take place at noon on Monday, January16 near Farmington, New Mexico. Read More »
Discussion »
Indian Education Roundtables Announced
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - On the day tribal leaders met in Washington for the Third Annual White House Tribal Nation's Conference, President Barack Obama issued Executive Order 13592 establishing the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education. Read More »
Discussion »
NCAI Welcomes Appointment of Muñoz as Director of White House Domestic Policy Council
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - The nation's oldest and largest American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, the National Congress of American Indians, has issued a statement welcoming the appointment of Cecilia Muñoz as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. Read More »
Discussion »
Minnesota Shakopee Tribe Donates $585,000 to American Indian College Fund
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
DENVER - The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota donated $585,000 to the American Indian College Fund, helping it to meet a three year challenge grant from the Johnson Scholarship Foundation in a record six months. As a result, the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, which pledged to match up to $750,000 over three years. Read More »
Discussion »
Klamath Indian Sobriety Queen Named
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON - Throughout Indian Country, several American Indian tribes and urban communities host sobriety events on New Year's Eve, as an alternative to a night of drinking. The purpose is the show there you can have fun with family and friends without consuming alcohol. Read More »
Discussion »
Soboba Tribe Celebrates Water Rights Settlement with Feds
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA - Scott Cozart, chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians, today will welcome Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle, Counselor to the Deputy Secretary Letty Belin and other US officials to celebrate conclusion of an historic US-tribal water rights settlement. Read More »
Discussion »
Guest Commentary
Every Day Little Issues and the Infestation of "Apathoids" in Indian Country
Corine Fairbanks in Native Condition »
American Indians suffer the highest suicide rate of any ethnic minority in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. The suicide rate among Native youth in the Great Plains is ten times the national average. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo President Ben Shelly Designates $6 Million for Spring Scholarships
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly has finalized plans to make available $6 million to ensure that Navajo Nation scholarship recipients will receive their scholarship funding. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Nation Awarded Suicide Prevention Grant
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA -
Read More »“This funding will directly impact the lives of our Cherokee citizens by promoting mental wellness and reducing risk factors associated with youth suicide,”
Discussion »
Binge Drinking is a Bigger Problem than Previously Thought
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
ATLANTA - New estimates, release by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show that binge drinking is a bigger problem than previously thought. Binge drinking is broken down as men drinking five or more alcoholic drinks within a short period of time or women drinking four or more drinks within a short period of time. Read More »
Discussion »
FBI Seeks Assistance to Identify Unknown Female
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: PORTLAND - The Federal Bureau of Investigations Portland, Oregon office is seeking assistance in identifying and locating an unknown female who may be a witness to a crime. She is described as: Read More »
Discussion »
Fire Update
Fires Still Smoldering on Blackfeet Nation
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Comments »
BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION - While the wild winter fires on the Blackfeet Nation, near Browning, Montana, are for the most part contained, there are still signs of smoldering. Read More »
Discussion »
Plaintiffs Optimistic after Appeal Heard in San Francisco Peaks 'Sewage Snow' Case
Save the Peaks vs US Forest Service
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
SAN FRANCISCO - Five plaintiffs and representatives of Save the Peaks Coalition, with their attorney and supporters, optimistically exited the James R. Browning United States Courthouse following oral arguments. Read More »
Discussion »
Editor's Note: On Monday, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Obama administration's decision to extend the ban to mine uranium in the Grand Canyon. Below is a statement issued by Wenona Benally Baldenegro, Navajo, Democratic candidate for Arizona Congressional District One.
Native Vote 2012
Wenona Benally Baldenegro Statement on the Moratorium on Uranium Mining
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA -
"I sincerely applaud Secretary Salazar, Rep. Grijalva, and the Obama Administration for their leadership in protecting our national treasure, the Grand Canyon, from uranium contamination and potential environmental disaster for the people of Arizona." Read More »
Discussion »
HHS Launches First Consumer Health IT Video Challenge of 2012
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
WASHINGTON - The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced today a nationwide, open call for entries in the Healthy New Year Video Challenge, highlighting personal stories of patients and families using health technology to improve health. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Reaction to Ban on Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - Navajo President Ben Shelly applauded Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar for signing "A Record of Decision" withdrawing one million acres of land near the Grand Canyon from new mining claims for 20 years. Read More »
Discussion »
150 American Indian Show Support for Save the Peaks
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
SAN FRANCISCO - Today about 150 supporters of the Save the Peaks Coalition are voicing their opposition to the US Forest Service allowing reclaimed sewage waste to be used for artificial snowmaking purposes at the Snowbowl Ski Resort near Flagstaff, Arizona. Read More »
Discussion »
American Indians in San Francisco for Save the Peaks Hearing
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
SAN FRANCISCO - Numerous carloads of American Indians, representing various American Indian tribes, caravanned from Flagstaff, Arizona to San Francisco this weekend to demonstrate their support for the plaintiffs in the Save the Peaks Coalition vs US Forest Service court case. Read More »
Discussion »
Native Vote 2012
Navajo Candidate Wenona Baldenegro Benally Responds to Rep Gosar Abandonment
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - With newly redrawn boundaries in Arizona's Congressional District One favoring more Democratic votes, current Republican US Representative Paul Gosar announced Saturday that he is opting to run for re-election in Republican-dominated Congressional District Four. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Nation President Receives $14 Million Royalty Check from Peabody Energy
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - The $14 million check was a welcome payment for mined coal on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly met with executives from Peabody Energy and accepted the check on behalf of the Navajo Nation. Read More »
Discussion »
US to Block Uranium Mines Near Grand Canyon
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON - In a move that will please American Indian tribes located near the Grand Canyon, the Obama administration is set to announce today that it will block new uranium mining on one million acres in northern Arizona for 20 years. Read More »
Discussion »
Book Review
Washington Football Team Remains Clueless When it Comes to Its Name
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
Reading "Showdown: JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins" allows the American Indian reader a fast clue as to why the ownership of the football team, located in the nation's capital city, has remained clueless as to why the vast majority of American Indians oppose its name. Read More »
Discussion »
Late Code Talker Keith Little Lauded: If It Wasn't for These Guys, We Wouldn't be Here
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly delivered a commanding statement of gratitude in a keynote address during a memorial service for Navajo Code Talker Keith Little. Read More »
Discussion »
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
BETHESDA, MARYLAND - If you feel you over ate during the last month at the tribal holiday celebration and you're now on a diet, you may want to watch what you eat on your mid-morning coffee break. Read More »
Discussion »
Editor's Note: One in three American Indian women will be sexually assaulted during her lifetime. The Native News Network has published several articles regarding this subject. While yesterday's announcement did not specifically mention Native women, the expansion of the term rape for purposes of nationwide reporting will have implications within the Native community.
Definition of Rape Revised Nationwide
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - For the first time since 1927, the federal government has changed its definition of rape for nationwide data collection; thus ensuring that rape will be accurately reported nationwide. Read More »
Discussion »
BIA to Hold Tribal Consultation Meetings on Proposed Leasing Rules
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Indian Affairs will hold tribal consultation meetings for tribal leaders to review and provide input on the proposed rules on leasing in Indian Country. Read More »
Discussion »
Fire Update
"An Act of Creator" Prevented More Damage on Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION -
Read More »“We are fortunate there was no more damage than there was. I've never seen anything like it,”
Discussion »
2nd Annual Gun Lake Snowsnake Games Announced
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
HOPKINS, MICHIGAN - The Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi Indians and the Great Lakes Lifeways Institute invite you to attend the 2nd Annual Gun Lake Snowsnake Games, Saturday, January 21 at Camp Jijak, just south of Hopkins, Michigan. Read More »
Discussion »
SBA Launches Online Course to Help American Indians Start Businesses
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: WASHINGTON - The US Small Business Administration Wednesday launched a new online tool that helps American Indian entrepreneurs prepare for business ownership. The Native American Small Business Primer: Strategies for Success is a free online business course developed for Native American entrepreneurs. Read More »
American Indian Twins Born in Separate Years are Home and Doing Well
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA - "It is finally sinking what a big deal this is," commented Jolene Anthony, Lakota Sioux, to the Native News Network on Thursday evening about having twins each born in two separate years. Read More »
Discussion »
Commentary
President Should Exercise Recess-Appointment Option for Kiowa Arvo Mikkanen
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
Yesterday President Barack Obama exercised his presidential authority provided by the US Constitution to recess-appoint Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and, in a separate move, three members to the National Relations Relations Board. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Nation Flag at Half-staff to Honor the Late Code Talker Keith Little
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly has ordered the Navajo Nation flag to be flown at half-staff through sundown January 8, to honor Navajo Code Talker Keith Little, who passed away on Tuesday at age 87, for his service to his country in World War II. Read More »
Discussion »
Petroleum Institute to Obama: "Huge Political Consequence" if Keystone Pipeline Rejected
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
WASHINGTON - Jack Gerard, the president of the American Petroleum Institute, said President Barack Obama would face a "huge political consequence" if the president does not approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Read More »
Discussion »
BREAKING NEWS
Blackfeet Tribe Calls State of Emergency
Five Fires Cause Highway Closure & Evacuations
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Briefs »
BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION - Wild winds are blamed for the spreading of several fires on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Eyewitnesses tell us fires are concentrated near the Browning area all the way to Blackfoot, Montana. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Nation Offers Classes for New Business Owners
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Cherokee Nation is hosting a series of business entrepreneurship classes in January that teach new business owners how to write a successful business plan. Read More »
Discussion »
Vision Loss from Glaucoma is Irreversible
Editor's Note: Within some American Indian tribes, there is a high prevalence of low-tension glaucoma. Eyeglasses seem to correct this problem. January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. The Native News Network is publishing the following article prepared by Paul A. Sieving, director of the National Eye Institute.
Paul A. Sieving, MD PhD, director of the National Eye Institute in Native Health »
BETHESDA, MARYLAND - Glaucoma is a major cause of vision loss in the United States, affecting about 2.2 million Americans. The National Eye Institute, NEI, leads research toward better prevention, detection, and treatment of this often silent but devastating disease. Read More »
Discussion »
American Indian College Fund Receives $150,000 from UPS
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Native Brief: DENVER - The American Indian College Fund received $150,000 to continue the UPS Foundation Tribal College Scholarship Program. For 14 years, the program has been providing scholarship support to students attending the nation's tribal colleges and universities. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Nation Mourns Loss of Code Talker Keith Little
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
FORT DEFIANCE, ARIZONA - Keith Little, who served as president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association, passed away last night at the Tsehootsooi Medical Center in Fort Defiance. Mr. Little was 87. Read More »
Discussion »
Cherokee Nation Volunteers Offer Income Tax Preparation Service
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Cherokee Nation volunteers will once again be donating their time and expertise to file federal and state income tax returns for those earning less than $50,000 annually. Read More »
Discussion »
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Tejon Indian Tribe Gains Federal Reaffirmation
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Read More »“We're still in shock,”
Discussion »
22 Ft Totem Pole Part of NMAI Artist-in-Residence Program
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
WASHINGTON - A 22-foot totem pole arrived in Washington DC from Washington state on Tuesday at the National Museum of the American Indian. The totem pole will be part of the artist-in-residence program this week. Read More »
Discussion »
Dental Kits Available - Must Act Fast
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
OWNINGS MILLS, MARYLAND - By the end of 2012, the school-based oral health initiative is expected to have reached 15,000 youth. The Lessons In a Lunch Box: Healthy Teeth Essentials & Facts About Snacks program will kick off for a fifth straight year. Read More »
Discussion »
CALL TO ACTION: Save the Peaks Looking for Support
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
SAN FRANCISCO - Supporters of the Save the Peaks have a "Call to Action" out to assist them in their campaign march on Monday, January 9. Read More »
Discussion »
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
BETHESDA, MARYLAND - Since American Indians and Alaska Natives develop type 2 diabetes at a rate of two to three times the national average, the following information provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services make you pause at the beginning of the New Year. Read More »
Discussion »
Disappointment Persists at Sogorea Te
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
“I am disappointed. There are way too many trees cut down and the road was graded too much. I think we have been lied to,”
remarked Henry Padilla, Diné, Apache & Cherokee Read More »
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