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More things to do
El Estándar
Folk music and dance performances, 7 pm Mondays, on the lawn; this week: American Indian Hoop Dance wth Carl Moore, Jr., and Chile Una Postal. ...

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US president George Washington on Islam
Rupee News (blog)
Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State Clinton during the campaign called Pakistanis paranoid about Indian intentions. Ms. Clinton please explain this article ...

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Montrose Hosts First Indian Nations Powwow, Sept. 24-26
Telluride Watch
The Delta powwow concentrated on the heritage of the Southern and Northern Ute tribes, she said, but the Montrose powwow will honor all Indian nations. ...


Obama signs Tribal Law and Order Act
Boston Globe
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has signed a bill giving American Indian tribes more authority to combat crime on their reservations. ...

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Obama signs bill to combat crime in Indian Country
Houston Chronicle
President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes. Obama signed the Tribal Law ...

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Barack 'Black Eagle' Obama
CNN Political Ticker (blog)
At an otherwise somber signing ceremony of the Tribal Law and Order Act, a law aimed at giving Indian tribes more authority to combat crime on reservations, ...

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The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010: A Step Forward for Native Women
FavStocks (blog)
Astoundingly, one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes. At the White House Tribal Nations Conference in November 2009, ...

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Remarks by the President Before Signing the Tribal Law and Order Act
FavStocks (blog)
And all of you believe, like I do, that when one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes, that is an assault on our national ...

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Obama signs bill targeting crime on Indian reservations
CNN International
Crime rates on some Indian reservations are 20 times higher than the national average, Obama said, adding that one in three Native American women are raped ...

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Bay Area Indymedia

What Type of Marine Protection Is This?
Bay Area Indymedia
Why does the MLPA Initiative refuse to acknowledge California Indian Tribes as sovereign nations? Finally, why did 300 Tribal members, fishermen, ...

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Tribe seeks to halt shipping of trash
UPI.com
... a move opposed by an American Indian tribe. The Yakama Nation filed suit for an injunction to stop Hawaiian Waster Systems from starting shipments of ...

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Indian Relays: Think horse racing with pit stops
News from Indian Country
The races help promote and preserve Native American horse culture, Real Bird said. “It also gives these young men a goal so they can ride their horses, ...


Dr. Oliver was pediatric nephrology pioneer
AAP News (subscription)
A world traveler, he conducted research on the Yanomami Indians, one of the world's few remaining primitive tribes in the Amazon and in Venezuela. ...

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Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers For July 29
NPR
She was strapped onto the back of a horse and taken north, back into the Plains where the powerful American Indian tribe lived. Parker became a ward of the ...

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NDTV.com

Congress rethinks its ban on Internet gambling
NDTV.com
The two measures -- which are backed by banks and credit unions but have divided casinos and American Indian tribes -- are far from becoming law. ...

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Plateau Center for American Studies to be co-managed
WSU Today
... Plateau Tribes and other diverse groups”, said Rector. Recognized as one of the nation's treasured American Indian cultural and historical resources, ...


Zaid set the record straight
Ventura County Reporter
In turn, the dispossessed and decimated native Indian tribes were considered “savage terrorists” by the land grabbing colonists. ...

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Some American Indians No Longer Qualify For Michigan's Tuition Waiver
Interlochen Public Radio
Only some American Indians in Michigan will qualify for a college tuition waiver this fall. Until this month, any Native American student ...


Daily Yonder (blog)

Indian Casinos: More Is Less Education
Daily Yonder (blog)
Examining long-form responses to the 1990 and 2000 census, Evans and Kim looked at data from 265 Native American tribes. Of that group, 142 tribes “had ...


Iowa Independent

King's opposition to bill combating rape on tribal land questioned
Iowa Independent
The Tribal Law and Order Act, which bolsters American Indian law enforcement power to investigate rape and other crimes ...

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Indian Tribes Get More Muscle to Fight Crime on Reservations
Politics Daily (blog)
"Native communities have seen increased gang and drug activity. . . . The federal government's relationship with tribal governments, its obligations under ...

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Take a world tour staycation
Lansdale Reporter
In addition to the Northeast Woodland tribe exhibits, the museum's Inter-Tribal Room displays a variety of American Indian artistry, such as leatherwork, ...


Diabetes-prevention grants have unexpected 'side effects'
Indian Country Today
Further, eating wholesome food prevents and controls diabetes, a devastating illness affecting Alaska Native and American Indian people at twice the rate of ...

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Black Church Group Criticizes California NAACP On Marijuana Support
Seattle Medium
In 2008, The Sacramento Bee reported that Huffman and the NAACP together received more than $100000 dollars from a coalition of Indian tribes while at the ...


CRIT Dynasty wins gold at Piestewa Games
Parker Pioneer
IN THE PHOTO: Parker-based CRIT Dynasty won the gold medal for women's volleyball at the Lori Piestewa National Native American Games held July 16-18 in ...


Obama Announces He Will Sign The Tribal Law and Order Act Thursday
Talk Radio News Service
Those are raised from the previous maximums of one year imprisonment and a $5000 fine as outlined in the Indian Civil Rights Act. President Obama said in a ...

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Mid-Atlantic American Indian Unity Powwow
Indian Country Today
This event will feature a gathering of American Indian tribes from across the nation dressed in tribal regalia, traditional and contemporary American Indian ...


Environment News Service

Park Service Spends $29 Million on Immigration Gateway Island
Environment News Service
Indian tribes had called it "Kioshk" or Gull Island and it was known for its abundant oyster beds and plentiful shad runs. Samuel Ellis became the island's ...

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Disc jockey still going strong
Native Times
Weston, Chairman of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) commission, said his programming serves all age groups, however. ...


TRIBAL JUSTICE NEWS WEEK OF JULY 27, 2010
Native Times
The indictment alleged that on or about April 21, 2010, Kelley, a Native American and member of the Cherokee Nation, deliberately and maliciously assaulted ...

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