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Actions on Indian gambling termed dishonest

10 Aug, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

WASHINGTON — Just weeks after dropping a controversial Indian gambling proposal, a key federal agency is being accused of using a dishonest backdoor...

Tribe puts year-round focus on combating substance abuse

10 Aug, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

Once recognized as the American Indian Sobriety Month committee, members have decided to make their efforts not just month-long, but year-round. A sim...

Residents opposed to three-chief system causing confusion: counci

2 Aug, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

A group of residents who have been organizing informal votes and meetings on the U. S. side of Akwesasne is creating confusion in terms of what’...

Soboba tribal chairman vows to stop Riverside County deputies at reservation gate

31 Jul, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

Despite the threat of arrest and possible closure of their casino, leaders of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians said Wednesday that they would conti...

Comanche Nation battling Fort Sill over rights to Medicine Bluff

30 Jul, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

Lawton_The Comanche Nation and Fort Sill are in a bit of a battle over Medicine Bluff – one of the post’s most famous landmarks. But, Medi...

Salmon regaining place in tribe’s culture

23 Jul, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

Grilled salmon for dinner is an exceptional way to end a day spent kayaking on the Spokane River. For the Spokane Tribe, it’s also a link to history...

Tribal police want commissioner’s wife charged

23 Jul, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police are asking federal authorities to charge the wife of a Benewah County commissioner with felony assault on a police o...

Blackfeet police say alcohol ban proved to be effective

23 Jul, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

A four-day ban on alcohol sales on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation helped temporarily curb traffic deaths and violence, according to tribal police ch...

Smoking main cause of heart disease among Alaskan Inuit: study

15 Jul, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

Smoking may be the main reason why heart disease is on the rise among Alaskan Inuit, according to a scientific article published in the U.S. this mont...

BIA bison roundup leads to lawsuit

2 Jul, 2008 | Author: Ryan Paul | Category: United States | Share: Digg | Facebook

A Fort Smith couple has filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs after the agency rounded up more than 150 of their buffalo from land they...