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House Oks anti-violence against women bill

Problematic for some were provisions that prevent Native American authorities to prosecute non-Indians who commit abuse on Indian land. WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans set up a showdown Wedne....

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House Passes VAWA with Weakened Tribal Provisions

NCAI Voices Serious Concerns Regarding HR 4970 
 NCAI Calls for House and Senate to Restore Bi-Partisan Tribal Provisions of S.1925 Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives voted and ....

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Federal Court Decision in Timbisha Shoshone Case Permits Government to Take Millions from Tribe

Federal Court Decision in Timbisha Shoshone Case Permits Government to Take Millions from TribeWashington, D.C. -- The Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed on May....

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Groups raising funds for arrest, conviction in white buffalo slaying

The senseless loss of the White Buffalo known the world over as Lighting Medicine Cloud and his mother Buffalo Woman is a tragedy that has many American Indians asking why?The American Indian all C....

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Lakota Man Accuses Hospital of Healthcare Hate Crime

Rapid City, South Dakota – A member and resident of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota came home from a 14-day stay in the hospital to find he had been horribly mutilated.  Three K....

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Life

NM teens find possible 900-year-old artifact

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A group of New Mexico seventh-graders have found could be one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in a while.Seventh-graders from Sandia Prep discovered a ....

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NM teens find possible 900-year-old artifact

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A group of New Mexico seventh-graders have found could be one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in a while.Seventh-graders from Sandia Prep discovered a ....

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Santa Fe festival will honor Navajo artist

SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) – Artist Tony Abeyta just can’t help himself.Pushing up his sleeves and letting his fingers make one more run through his deliberately tousled hair, he reaches for a b....

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Native American women seek protections from abuse

WASHINGTON (AP) – Diane Millich’s ex-husband was never arrested for any of the more than 100 times he slapped, kicked or punched her before showing up at her Colorado workplace and firing a 9 m....

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Tupelo to better interpret Chickasaw heritage

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – The Chickasaw Nation is partnering with the Natchez Trace Parkway to develop a heritage center in Tupelo.The center will be at the current Chickasaw Village site on the parkw....

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Business

RFQ: Architectural/Engineering Services

Request for QualificationsThe Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma is advertising for Architectural/Engineering Services for the design and construction of an Elder Center which will contain the elderly nutri....

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NC Senate approves Cherokee casino card games bill

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday began weighing whether to allow live-dealer card games at the state’s only casino rather than the video machines that are now offered.....

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Okla. tribal casino fight moves to federal court

TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A small American Indian tribe doesn’t have the jurisdiction to build a casino in a Tulsa suburb because the 20-acre site lies within the boundaries of another larger tribe, ....

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BCBSOK weaves Native culture into corporate culture

TULSA, Okla. – Today’s continually changing corporate culture can sometimes seem worlds away from Native American culture, focused on the preservation of traditions and tongues of distant ances....

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Judge rejects Okla. tribe’s motion to dismiss suit

TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A tribe seeking to build a casino in Broken Arrow can’t use sovereign immunity as an argument to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office, a feder....

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Sports

Oregon bans Native American mascots in schools

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Eight Oregon high schools will have to retire their Native American mascots after the Board of Education voted Thursday to prohibit them, giving the state some of the nation's ....

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SDSU joining growing number of schools to snub UND

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The leader of University of North Dakota’s alumni on Tuesday kicked off a campaign to dump the school’s Fighting Sioux nickname by reeling off a list of schools that will n....

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Judge throws out tribes’ lawsuit on Sioux nickname

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge has thrown out a federal lawsuit by a committee of tribal members trying to save the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname, an issue that has been deba....

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$46K for Fighting Sioux legal bills

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A dispute over whether North Dakota voters should decide if the University of North Dakota should keep its Fighting Sioux nickname cost taxpayers more than $46,000 in lawyer....

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Compromise sought in Native American mascots use

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Opponents of a proposal to ban the use of Native American names and images as mascots for Oregon high schools are seeking a waiver to allow districts to work out agreements wit....

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Cimarron Casino, located in Perkins, OK is accepting applications for Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  The CFO will be responsible for the financial statements and financial activities of Cimarron ....

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Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, OK is seeking qualified applicants for the following positions:  HS Academic CounselorHS Math Teacher HS Science Teacher HS English/Reading Teacher Special Edu....

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