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Karuk Tribe blockades logging on ceremonial site

17 Dec, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Members of the Karuk Tribe blockaded a logging crew along the Klamath River in Northern California on Wednesday after learning t...

Feds Give Approval for Shinnecock Recognition

15 Dec, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

The federal government gave preliminary approval Tuesday to formally recognize a small tribe of Indians based in Long Island’s Hamptons region, a de...

Indigenous people convene in Carbondale

9 Dec, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada, South America, United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

CARBONDALE, Colorado — Humankind can take one of two trains, says Dr. Ramon Nenadich, organizer of this past weekend’s gathering of indigenous...

US to pay $3.4bn to settle Native Americans land case

8 Dec, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

The US government has agreed to pay $3.4bn to settle a long-running case over Native American land. The Cobell case, filed in 1996, alleged the govern...

Deaths at Sweat Lodge Bring Soul-Searching

15 Oct, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

SEDONA, Ariz. — Tucked into stunning red rock formations and canyons punctuated with splashes of green junipers, this town of about 11,500 has long ...

First Nations targeted at U.S. border, N.B. Mi’kmaq say

27 Aug, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: Canada, United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

Some Mi’kmaq people from Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick say they’re concerned about the treatment they received from U.S. custom...

Tribe calls mining ruling a victory

10 Jun, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

The Quechan Indian Tribe’s long-standing fight to protect a sacred site from being mined for gold received a government decision Tuesday that tr...

Central Valley gains another Indian tribe — officially

9 Jun, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

The U.S. Interior Department has officially recognized the Wilton Miwok Rancheria as an Indian tribe, ending years of litigation, the tribe says. Wilt...

Yaquis will get IDs for crossing border

28 May, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

The Pascua Yaquis based near Tucson have reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security so that enrolled members can use special t...

Shinnecock Nation moves closer to federal recognition

27 May, 2009 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

With a judge’s signature, the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton moved closer than ever to securing long-elusive recognition from the feder...