Thursday May 17, 2012
Tribal Homeownership Act Passes House of Representatives 400 to 0
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, the US House of Representatives passed the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership (HEARTH) Act. The unanimous vote was 400 to 0 Read More »
Discussion »
New Global Standards Set for Working with Indigenous Peoples
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
NEW YORK – In recent years, there have been major advances in Indigenous Peoples' global influence Read More »
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Native Vote
Navajo Congressional Candidate Wenona Benally Baldenegro Reacts to House VAWA Vote
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA – Congressional Candidate Wenona Benally Baldenegro, who seeking the Democratic Party's nomination in Arizona's First Congressional District, issued the following statement. Read More »
Discussion »
House Passes Violence Against Women Act Without Tribal Provisions
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
WASHINGTON – As expected the US House of Representatives passed its own version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization - HR 4970 - on Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately, it does not contain the key tribal jurisdictional provisions that are in the US Senate version of the bill, S.1925 Read More »
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Four Winds Invitational Tickets Will Go Sale June 1
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
Blackthorn Golf Club
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Webcast Live
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing on the Federal Trust Responsibility
Steve Mohan in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON – The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will be holding a oversight hearing on fulfilling the federal trust responsibility. Read More »
Discussion »
Released by Chicago Bears, Northern Cheyenne Levi Horn Still Wants to Play in NFL
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
CHICAGO – Levi Horn, Northern Cheyenne, was waived by the Chicago Bears on Monday. Horn is an offensive right tackle. He spent most of his time on the practice squad during the past two years he was with the Bears organization. Read More »
Discussion »
Slain Navajo Police Sergeant Honored in Washington DC
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
WASHINGTON – Navajo Police Sergeant Darrell Curley, who was shot and killed after responding to a domestic dispute between two brothers in Kaibito, Arizona, June 26, 2011, was honored this week at several National Police Week memorial events in Washington, DC Read More »
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Oregon Tribes Celebrate Tribal Government Day at State Capitol
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
SALEM, OREGON Last Friday the American Indian tribes in Oregon celebrated the annual Tribal Government Day at the State Capitol. With the state legislature not in session, the annual event aimed at educating legislators and state employees about Oregon's nine federally recognized Tribes and their government-to-government relationship with the state Read More »
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Prevention & Treatment to Combat Alzheimer's Disease by 2025
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday released a national plan to fight Alzheimer's disease Read More »
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Commentary
Say NO to the House Bill 4970
Say NO to Representatives Who Will Not Support Native Women
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives chamber bent on doing things its way. It has been that way since the GOP took it the chamber in 2010. Its stubbornness allowed for the federal government bankruptcy last summer. Read More »
Discussion »
Guest Commentary
House VAWA Bill Misses Historic Opportunity to Protect Native Women
John Harte in Native Condition »
On Wednesday, May 16th, the House of Representatives will likely pass HR 4970, its version of the 2012 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization. Sadly, that version misses an opportunity to truly protect Native women and children by restoring tribal government authority over all acts of domestic violence, regardless of race. Read More »
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Guest Commentary
The Importance of Keeping Native Provision in Violence Against Women Act
Jodi Gillette and Lynn Rosenthal in Native Condition »
WASHINGTON – Last week, the House Judiciary Committee considered legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. However, the bill that came out of the House Judiciary Committee failed to include a key provision which has already been accepted by the Senate on a bipartisan basis and is essential to protecting Native American women. Read More »
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Potawatomi Tribal Police Celebrate National Police Week
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
MAYETTA, KANSAS – On Monday, the Potawatomi Tribal Police Department celebrated National Police Week by showing off their newly remodeled building. Read More »
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Stay Active to Reduce Health Risks
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
BETHESDA, MARYLAND – Unfortunately, American Indians and Alaska Natives struggle to keep their weights down. American Indians and Alaska Natives are 1.6 times as likely to be obese than non-Hispanic Caucasians, according to the Office of Minority Health Read More »
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Navajo President Calls Living Conditions "An Emergency"
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
CAMERON, ARIZONA – Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly called for immediate action to help people purchase new homes after he toured two homes affected by a 40 year old policy that was lifted in 2009. Read More »
Discussion »
Closed Grocery Store Has Its Day in Court Today
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA : With a temporary restraining order in effect for selling outdated meat, the parking lot of the Sioux Nation Shopping Center was completely empty on Monday afternoon. Read More »
Discussion »
One Year Ago
Geronimo’s Stolen Identity: Why It Matters
by Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
MAY 2011 – A Northern Paiute woman, who lives and works in Chicago, took her six-year old daughter to get something to eat at a restaurant last week. She and her daughter sat near a father and son who were also there eating. They were close enough for the Paiute woman to overhear the conversation that took place between the father and his son, who was still… Read More »
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Commentary
New Operators of Sioux Nation Grocery Store NEEDED
Current Operators Deserve "F" for FRAUD
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA – As the Native News Network reported yesterday, the Sioux Nation Shopping Center was closed down last Friday "due to health and safety issues" by the Oglala Sioux Tribe's court. Read More »
Discussion »
Miss Cherokee Competition Applications Now Being Taken
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – For more than 50 years Miss Cherokee has served as a cultural icon and a goodwill ambassador on behalf of the Cherokee Nation. Read More »
Discussion »
Traditional Native American Foodways Camp About Healthier Communities
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Health »
HOPKINS, MICHIGAN – "We are eating our way through our heritage," commented Ed Pigeon, vice chairman of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, commonly known as the Gun Lake Tribe. Read More »
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Funeral Set for Wednesday for Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA – Funeral services for Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso are scheduled to start at 10 am on Wednesday, May 16 at St. Isabel Catholic Church in Lukachukai, Arizona. Read More »
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Central Consolidated Schools 50 year Lease Renewals Completed by Navajo President
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO – Navajo President Ben Shelly was busy this past Friday. He signed four land lease renewals for Central Consolidated School District. Each of the leases are for 50 years. Read More »
Discussion »
Food Warning
Pine Ridge Grocery Store Closed by Tribal Court
"Where is Diane Sawyer When We Need Her?"
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA – On Thursday the Sioux Nation Shopping Center reopened its meat department after being shut down for almost a week by an Indian Health Service sanitarian because the store sold outdated meat. Read More »
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Commentary
In Praise of Native Mothers
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Condition »
We know within many tribes and communities, women are the driving forces behind change and progress.
They are not simply Native women. They are our mothers. Read More »
Discussion »
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
from the Native News Network
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
WASHINGTON – Mothers play a key role within American Indian and Alaska Native families. This is compounded when fathers are not fulfilling their roles within families. In those cases, mothers have to sometimes serve in dual roles. Read More »
Discussion »
Book Review
One Valuable Lesson I Learned from My Mother
One Person Can Make a Difference
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
Mother's Day is tomorrow. It is a great day to reflect on the influence our mothers have had in our lives. My siblings and I are blessed to still have our mother with us. My mother turns 81 this July. She is a strong Potawatomi woman, who has never hesitated to voice her opinion or ask hard questions. This trait she passed on to her children. Read More »
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The Benefits of Bilingualism for Native Youth: Better at Multitasking
Monica Whitepigeon in Native Currents »
CHICAGO – Over the past couple of decades, America has encouraged its citizens to break away from its monolingual roots and encourage a second language. Read More »
Discussion »
Guest Commentary
Albert Hale Supports Non-Navajo Special Interest Groups
Milton Bluehouse, Sr in Native Condition »
Former Navajo President Albert Hale has proved not to be a very loyal leader of the Navajo Nation or a loyal supporter of the will of the people, who are overwhelmingly against the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012, commonly known as S. 2109. Read More »
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Women's Health Week
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
WASHINGTON – Given the large disparities American Indians and Alaska Natives face when it comes to health, many efforts on many fronts are important to remind one another of the importance in maintaining healthy living. Read More »
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Best in the World: Native Athletes in the Olympics
Coming to the National Museum of the American Indian
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
WASHINGTON – If you are traveling to Washington DC in late May or during the summer, you will not want to miss the "Best in the World: Native Athletes" exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Read More »
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NCAI President Keel to Congress
Violence Against Women Act Tribal Provisions are Constitutionally Sound
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
WASHINGTON – During the US Senate debate on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, Republican senators made the argument that tribal provisions within the Act were unconstitutional. Read More »
Discussion »
Revitalizing Traditional Native Food-ways Topic of Weekend Workshop
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
HOPKINS, MICHIGAN – The Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi and the Great Lakes Lifeways Institute in partnership with the Native American Institute and MSU Extension have announced an in-depth weekend hands-on workshop on revitalizing access to traditional and healthy Native foods. Read More »
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Navajo President Demonstrates Support for Community Food Pantry
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
GALLUP, NEW MEXICO – On Wednesday morning, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly came to Gallup to tour The Community Pantry, one of the area's largest food pantries. He did so in hopes of a possible collaboration with the pantry. Read More »
Discussion »
BIE FACE Recognized for Exceptional Work in Preventing Childhood Obesity
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
WASHINGTON – Working against obesity among American Indian children has earned the Bureau of Indian Education, BIE, Family & Child Education Program, FACE, national recognition. Read More »
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Native Vote
Native Congressional Candidate Responds to Media Usage of Indian Terms
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA – Harvard Law School graduate ('06) and Democratic candidate for Arizona's First Congressional District, Wenona Benally Baldenegro has issued a statement in response to offensive media characterizations of American Indians, following questions of US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's American Indian ancestry. Read More »
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Navajo Nation Mourns Code Talker Samuel Tso
Flags Ordered Flown at Half Mast
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA – The Navajo Nation has lost yet another Code Talker. Samuel Tso, of Lukachukai, Arizona, passed away Wednesday evening with family members beside him. Read More »
Discussion »
Twilight Star Chaske Spencer in Be the Native Vote
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
WASHINGTON – Native Vote 2012 has released a 33-second Public Service Announcement video featuring American Indian actor Chaske Spencer, Assiniboine/Sioux, of the "Twilight" Saga fame, encouraging American Indians and Alaska Natives to "Be the Shift…Be the Native Vote" Read More »
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Shut Down for Spoiled Meat Sioux Nation Grocer Reopens Meat Counter
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA – Last Friday, May 4, Indian Health Service had the Sioux Nation Superstore close down its meat department after it discovered the grocer was selling outdated meat Read More »
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Native American Tanya Fiddler Featured at White House Financial Summit
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON – Tanya Fiddler, who serves as the executive director of the Four Bands Community Loan Fund, a Native American Community Development Financial Institution, located on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, will attend the White House Summit on Financial Capability and Empowerment today Read More »
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POWWOW Calendar
Lightning Medicine Cloud Festival Continues as Planned
Steve Mohan in Native Currents »
GREENVILLE, TEXAS – The 18th Annual Greenville Scholarship Powwow will take place this weekend despite the senseless death of Lightning Medicine Cloud and his mother. Read More »
POWWOW Calendar »Discussion »
Native Firms Capture $6.8 Billion, Add 109,000 Jobs through SBA 8(a) Program
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WASHINGTON – Addressing Native poverty through the SBA 8(a) program not only shifts economic activity, it stimulates the economies of some of the poorest communities in the country as it replaces welfare and/or social service spending, moves people into the labor force. Read More »
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Names Native American Advisory Council
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
PHILADELPHIA – Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, based in Philadelphia, announced today it has established a Native American Advisory Council to guide the national organization in its strategic efforts to expand one-to-one staff-supported mentoring services to help American Indian youth do well in school and succeed in life Read More »
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AIM-WEST UN Delegation to Screen "Guatemala Lives!"
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
AIM-West UN Deligation
NEW YORK – "Guatemala Lives!" will be screened courtesy of AIM-WEST, that has a delegation in New York this week during the 11th UN Permanent Forum. Read More »
Discussion »
Navajo Nation Praises Educators on National Teachers Day
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA – Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and Vice President Rex Lee Jim offered a statement of gratitude for teachers and educators for National Teachers Day, which was celebrated yesterday: Read More »
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Fifth Tribal Consultation Tomorrow at Choctaw Casino Resort
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
DURANT, OKLAHOMA – The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education are seeking tribal input on ways to streamline their respective organizations to meet budgetary constraints and increase efficiency. Read More »
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Institute of American Indian Arts to Honor Momaday, Luan, Trudell
Native News Network Staff in Entertainment »
SANTA FE – This Friday, the Institute of American Indian Arts will bestow honorary doctorates to N. Scott Momaday and James Luna at its 2012 commencement Read More »
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Cherokee Nation Industries Honored by Aerospace Industry Leaders
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
STILWELL, OKLAHOMA – Cherokee Nation Industries, the manufacturing and distribution division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, has been named one of the most prestigious suppliers in the aerospace industry. The company was recently awarded the Gold Supplier Certification from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Read More »
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Navajo Nation to Receive Block Grant Maximum
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA – The Navajo Nation Community Development Block Grant program has been awarded the Indian Community Development Block Grant maximum ceiling amount of $5.5 million by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2012 Read More »
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Detroit American Indian Community Celebrates Grand Re-Opening of Health Clinic
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
DETROIT – American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeastern Michigan is celebrating its Grand Opening of its renovated medical and behavioral health clinic tomorrow, May9th, which is also National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. Read More »
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Sudden Death Birdie Putt Propels Rickie Fowler to First PGA Win
Steve Mohan in Entertainment »
CHARLOTTE – Considered a rising star in golf since his arrival on the PGA Tour back in 2009, Rickie Fowler showed us why. This past weekend he took another step in becoming a star by winning the Wells Fargo Championship. Read More »
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White Buffalo and Mother Killed in Texas
Reward at $30,000
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
GREENVILLE, TEXAS – Lightning Medicine Cloud and his mother, Buffalo Woman, were killed and slaughtered before the special white buffalo reached his first birthday. He was slaughtered and skinned while the Little Soldier Family was out of town. Read More »
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Former Navajo President Hale Endorses Water Rights Bill
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
PHOENIX – In a letter dated May 2, the former president of the Navajo Nation and now an Arizona state representative, Albert A. Hale, endorsed the passage of the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012, commonly referred to as Senate Bill 2109. Read More »
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UN Special Rapporteur Studying Native Concerns Shunned by Members of Congress
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
NEW YORK – James Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, spent twelve days the United States visiting Alaska, Arizona, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington State and Washington, DC, talking to indigenous peoples, tribes and nations investigating living conditions of Native people living in the United States Read More »
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Guest Commentary
Yesterday, Today, and Forever
Warren Petoskey in Native Condition »
I am an Indian and by human standards I am living in the last quarter of my life on this earth. I say last quarter knowing that the Creator promised 70 years and I am nearing my 67th birthday, but also remembering a dream message saying I would live until I am 97. Read More »
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Cherokee Nation Registration Department Closes to Mourn
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Tribe Plans War Dance
US Forest Service Ignores Winnemem Wintu Tribe's Request
Native News Network Staff in Native Challenges »
Ecumenical Voices at United Nations Support Indigenous Peoples
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Interior Releases Draft Rule Requirements in Fracturing on Indian Lands
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Book Review
Indian Education: "Some Things Never Change"
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainment »
May is High Blood Pressure Education and Stroke Awareness Month
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
Our Spirits Don't Speak English Screening at Trickster Gallery
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Entertainments »
Navajo President Shelly Pays Respects to Slain Navajo Police Sgt. Curley at Memorial Service
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
Third Consecutive Four Star Rating Awarded American Indian College Fund
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Gross Disrespect in Headlines Native American Journalist Association Reacts
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges »
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Members Approve Lansing Casino
Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
POWWOW Calendar
The Tradition of the Graduation Powwow is Back at Sequoyah
Steve Mohan in Native Currents »
Native Vote
American Indians Influencing Vote in New Mexico
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
Cherokee Nation Businesses Report Record Profits for March
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
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Native News Network Staff in Native Currents »
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Protect Your Native Children from Cyberbullying
Native News Network Staff in Native Health »
56 Million Granted to 76 Tribal Communities by HUD
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Gold LEED Certification
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents »
Center for Native American Youth Receives $600,000 grant from Kellogg
Native News Network Staff in Native Briefs »
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