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December 13, 2005
Elderly couple found dead on Fort Peck Reservation
Tribal and federal authorities are investigating the deaths of an elderly couple on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. The elderly man and woman were found in their home on...

Appeals court hears Oglala Lakota hemp case
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Monday in the case of an Oglala Lakota family who wants to grow hemp in the Pine Ridge Reservation. Alex White...

Book Review: 'Indian Wars' truthful about tribes
"In the weeks after Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his men in the 7th Cavalry were massacred at the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876, the U.S. Army...

Review: 'The New World' evocative and credible
Ed. Note: The New World opens December 25 in Los Angeles and New York and nationwide on January 13, 2006. "Terrence Malick's "The New World" is a visual tone...

Variety: 'New World' promising but story falls short
Ed. Note: The New World opens December 25 in Los Angeles and New York and nationwide on January 13, 2006. "The skies surrounding Jamestown in "The New World" are almost...

Pine Ridge teenager dies from gunshot wound
Tribal and federal authorities are investigating the death of a 16-year-old on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Apollo Blaze White Calf, 16, died at a hospital on Saturday...

Fire Thunder removal hearing delayed a week
The Oglala Sioux Tribe postponed a hearing to determine whether to remove President Cecelia Fire Thunder from office. The hearing was to be held on Monday but had to be...

Skateboarding popular among Indian Country youth
Skateboarding has become a popular sport for Native youth on reservations across Indian Country. The trend has prompted tribes to join in. According to The Arizona Republic, the Navajo...

Illegal dumping a big problem on reservation
The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians of California and the Environmental Protection Agency are trying to stop the reservation from being used as an illegal dumping ground. Nearly 25,000...

Bush officials make big claims on ANWR drilling
The Bush administration renewed its push to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas drilling. Interior Secretary Gale Norton made two speeches about ANWR yesterday....

Oklahoma governor seeks to crack down on tribes
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry (D) laid out a series of proposals on Monday that would give the state more enforcement authority over the sale of tobacco at tribal retailers. Henry...

Monacan Tribe to rebury skull listed on eBay
The Monacan Tribe of Virginia plans to rebury a skull that was put on sale on the auction site eBay. New York City chiropractor Steven Mendola found the 300-year-old skull...

Dorgan returns donations from Abramoff tribes
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) returned $67,000 in contributions from former tribal clients of Jack Abramoff. “I don’t want one cent related to this guy. I think returning this money...

Yellow Bird: Road rage and good samaritans
"I'm happy that the men just stormed away, because the situation could have been worse. Trivial and insignificant things have led to accidents and even deaths, news stories report. This,...

Tim Giago: BIA schools turned abused into abusers
"I would welcome the hierarchy of any BIA boarding school or Indian mission boarding school to produce a list of former students and track them through the years they have...

Editorial: Probe of Abramoff scandal widens
"What began as an almost garden-variety federal probe of corruption involving a Washington lobbying firm is reportedly blossoming into an exploration of influence-peddling, conspiracy and unethical dealings involving lobbyists, at...

Former Burns aide talks with Abramoff investigators
A former aide to Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) has provided information to the Department of Justice as part of its probe into disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, The Billings Gazette reports....

Graphic: How Jack Abramoff spread the wealth
The Washington Post runs a graphic describing how disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff collected $4.7 million in donations from tribal clients and directed tribes to make contributions to lawmakers and political...

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