NATIVE AMERICANS

previous page   |   Showing 16 - 31 of 247   |   next page
Start a blog » Blog posts related to this topic:
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/1/50/50/ STAFF BLOG REPUBLIC INSIDER
Jackley investigating food for votes claims
New from The Associated Press: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says his office is investigating whether three rallies held by Democrats on American Indian reserv...
Posted on 10/20/10 at 9:36 AM
More blog posts about native americans

Tribes to file lawsuit against SD social services

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Two Native American tribes in South Dakota are expected to file a class action lawsuit Thursday alleging that the state's Department of Social Services has violated the Indian Child Welfare Act.

March 21, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

New federal prosecutor starts job at Standing Rock

PIERRE (AP) — Federal authorities say a new prosecutor has begun handling cases on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota and North Dakota.

March 13, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

Prosecutor: Native Mob gang used violence

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors are hearing closing arguments in the racketeering trial of three members of an American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest.

By Amy Forliti , March 12, 2013

Sioux tribes forming coalition to act as 1 nation

About 60 people took part in the meetings and signed a proclamation declaring their intent to work together as the Oceti Sakowin, or the seven council fires of the great Lakota-Dakota-Nakota people.

March 11, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

Deadline for 2nd installment of Cobell Indian settlement passes

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Friday was the deadline for American Indians to apply for their share of the second installment of the Cobell settlement with the federal government, a $3.4 billion redress of faulty U.S. handling of Indian lands and money over many years.

By Chuck Haga , March 02, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

Deputy Ag Secretary meeting with Lower Brule tribal leaders

Deputy Ag Secretary meeting with Lower Brule tribal leaders LOWER BRULE (AP) — Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan is touring a Native American-owned and operated business and meeting with tribal leaders on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation on Thursday.

February 28, 2013

Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary

Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary WOUNDED KNEE (AP) — A Pine Ridge Indian Reservation resident who found herself in the middle of the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation said Wednesday amid ceremonial gunfire and chants that little has changed since the fatal standoff.

By Kristi Eaton , February 28, 2013

WOSTER: Wounded Knee can still teach us

WOSTER: Wounded Knee can still teach us Occupation began 40 years ago today.

By Terry Woster , February 27, 2013

Indian-run gaming up in SD, US

Revenue for tribes in state was $108M in 2011.

By Anna Jauhola , February 27, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

Reflection as Wounded Knee occupation 40th anniversary approaches

"It just caused a complete awareness all over the world about Indian people and the struggle they'd been going through here in our own country," said Clyde Bellecourt, who helped found the AIM movement in the late 1960s.

By Kristi Eaton , February 26, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

Lack of funding cancels Crazy Horse journalism workshop

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — An annual workshop to promote diversity and encourage Native Americans to enter the journalism field has been canceled this spring because of a lack of money, the president of the organization that provides funding said.

February 21, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

SD leads nation in Native American poverty rate

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota leads the nation in the percentage of Native Americans living below the poverty line, and more than half of the Native Americans in the state's second largest city live in poverty, according to new U.S. Census data released Wednesday.

By Kristi Eaton , February 20, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

State of SD appealing ceremonial tobacco policy change at prison

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota corrections officials on Thursday appealed a federal judge's decision that reinstated Native American inmates' ability to use tobacco for religious ceremonies.

By Dirk Lammers , February 14, 2013

RELATED CONTENT

Landowner asks $3.9M for part of Wounded Knee site

Landowner asks $3.9M for part of Wounded Knee site SIOUX FALLS (AP) — One of the country's poorest Native American tribes wants to buy a historically significant piece of land where 300 of their ancestors were killed, but tribal leaders say the nearly $4 million price tag for a property appraised at less than $7,000 is just too much.

By Kristi Eaton , February 14, 2013

SD lawmaker withdraws bill on Indian foster care

The House Judiciary Committee scrapped the bill at the request of its main sponsor, Rep. Kevin Killer, D-Pine Ridge, who said state legislation needs to be delayed a year to see how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a South Carolina case dealing with the Indian Child Welfare Act.

February 13, 2013

RELATED CONTENT
previous page   |   Showing 16 - 31 of 247   |   next page

View your ad here! Cost effective targeted advertising.
Contextual advertising starting as low as $79/month. This includes targeted ad delivery and search results!
Add your business to the Marketplace »