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07/19/11 TULSA, Okla. - Since an election was held three weeks ago for chief of one of the largest American Indian tribes, the incumbent and challenger have each been declared the winner - twice.
07/18/11 ( Smithsonian ) The Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian will host a symposium on climate change, sustainability and indigenous values Saturday, July 23, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the museums Rasmuson Theater as part of the museum's Living Earth Festival.
07/16/11 Vallejo officials agreed this week to dramatically scale back plans for a park on an American Indian burial ground, in response to protesters who have been camped on the site for three months. The Vallejo parks board...
07/14/11 PEMBROKE, NC (AP) -- Farmers who belong to the Lumbee Indian Tribe have begun filing claims now that a nationwide discrimination case involving the federal government has been settled. The US Department of Agriculture has settled a $680 million lawsuit on behalf of American Indian farmers who said they were denied loans over several decades because of discrimination. Lawyers handling claims are ...
07/14/11 American Indian Artists Inc., the New York City-based organization dedicated to empowering Native Americans, will take up a brief residency at the Public Theater in August.
07/12/11 Members of the Choctaw nation packed up and traveled over 13-hundred miles to our nations capitol. The Choctaws are the first Oklahoma tribe to be featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. Rita Kotey traveled with the tribe and brings us more.
07/11/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa's 18 state-regulated casinos report an overall increase of 1.1 percent in gambling revenue over the past 12 months, compared with the previous 12 months. The new report from the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission doesn't include data from three Iowa casinos operated by American Indian tribes. According to The Des Moines Register, the ...
07/07/11 Wanda Tiger and her husband needed a new home after a long-term house-sitting arrangement came to an end. But for members of their American Indian tribe in rural Oklahoma, affordable housing options were few.
07/07/11 Inspirational Storytelling Workshops Promote Writing Skills and Creativity for Chicago Area StudentsChicago, IL (PRWEB) July 07, 2011 On Tuesday, July 12, Arts Across the Waters will host the second annual Stories Afloat Festival. Approximately 100 college, high school, and middle school students from Gallery 37, 826CHI, the American Indian Association of Illinois, Chicago Public Schools, Peggy ...
07/06/11 Nearly six years after Hurricane Katrina, the mobile homes that became a symbol of the government's failed response are finally being put to good use. FEMA has quietly given many of them away to American Indian tribes that are in desperate need of affordable housing.
07/06/11 The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, an American Indian tribal government in Washington state, has sued the city of Martinsville in federal court.
07/06/11 FERNLEY--A fight that took place between an American Indian man, his son-in-law and three younger men on May 24 on Truckee Lane is now the focus of a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry as a possible hate crime.
07/05/11 WASHINGTON, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is hosting a series of public satellite broadcasts with a multinational team of researchers, engineers and archaeologists in Peru on the origins and engineering of the Inka Road of South America. For the full press release and high resolution images, visit http://newsdesk.si ...
07/03/11 SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) - A wildfire that forced federal employees to flee the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb neared the sacred sites of several American Indian tribes on Saturday, raising fears that tribal lands passed down for generations would be destroyed.
07/03/11 A wildfire that forced federal employees to flee the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb neared the sacred sites of several American Indian tribes on Saturday, raising fears that tribal lands passed down for generations would be destroyed.
07/03/11 A mammoth wildfire raging in northern New Mexico is threatening sacred sites of American Indian tribes.
07/02/11 SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. - A wildfire that forced federal employees to flee the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb neared the sacred sites of several American Indian tribes on Saturday, raising fears that tribal lands passed down for generations would be destroyed.
07/01/11 The Barton County Sheriff's Office says a partial human skull found in December is that of an American Indian male who probably died before 1900. The Great Bend Tribune reports a forensic anthropologist in Manhattan determined the remains were those of a man 35 to 45 years old, if not older.
06/30/11 American Indian males are needed as extras for a scene to be shot Friday in Henrietta for the film "Yellow." The request by Freihofer Casting requires all applicants to be 18 years old or older for a sequence taking place in a biker bar. "Extras will be paid $7.25 per hour with a guarantee of at least four hours of pay, but applicants should expect to stay the entire day. A $50 gas allowance ...
06/29/11 American Indian tribes on California's North Coast will retain the right to harvest plants and wildlife for subsistence purposes under a plan for new marine preserves north of Fort Bragg.
06/29/11 AITKIN COUNTY - A former New Ulm resident and fisherman is moving forward with his legal challenge of American Indian treaty rights in Minnesota. Steve Fellegy, of Aitkin, strongly opposes treaty right. | 
