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During April’s National Child Abuse Prevention Month, statistics tell a dire story of American Indian/Alaska Native children suffering the second-highest rate of victimization of any ethnic group, a recent child welfare conference highlighted the solutions, the personal stories, and the importance o...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s state-licensed casinos reported March revenues of $212.5 million, down about $8.3 million from February.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A group of Sioux Falls business leaders and the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe are developing a plan to build a resort casino in or near the city that would compete with a proposed casino just across the Iowa border.
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BOSTON – America’s “energy future” has trumped the most cherished sacred site of the People of the Dawn – the indigenous Wampanoags who welcomed the first European settler colonists to Turtle Island.
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The ability to govern is the capability to make decisions about the future and from within the culture and goals of your community. To the extent that outside agencies can control or interfere with community issues and actions, tribal communities will be restricted in their ability to realize their ...
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New Zealand’s announcement of support for the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, after having been one of four countries voting against the Declaration at its adoption in 2007, was an opening day highlight of the Ninth Session of the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. (AP) – Skin has gathered at the corners of her eyes into soft brown wrinkles, and the tattoos on her forearms have faded into an inky blue. Bernice Spotted Eagle rests on a couch in her three-bedroom house, her feet protected from cold linoleum floors by red slipp...
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NEW YORK – Cherokee saxophone player and bandleader Sharel Cassity has a trademark lick. It sounds like the wavering falsetto that starts a powwow song.
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NEW YORK – A groundbreaking report examining the roots of Christian domination over indigenous peoples and their lands was released this week at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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PHOENIX – An Arizona State University journalism student has won an Edward R. Murrow Award, one of the most prestigious honors in professional broadcast journalism.
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TULALIP, Wash. – Tulalip Resort Casino, a AAA Four Diamond resort destination located 40 minutes north of Seattle, has been awarded the Washington Wine Restaurant Award for “Best Event Featuring Washington Wine” by the Washington Wine Commission for its 2009 Taste of Tulalip event.
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Lake Huron First Nations recently reaffirmed its support of the Lake Huron Anishinabek Transmission Company to develop new electrical transmission infrastructure in Ontario.
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For 35 years Bill Miller has been traveling the world and delighting audiences with his music. In 2010, Miller won his third Grammy in the Native American Music category for “Spirit Wind North.”