The Winnebago Tribe’s award-winning economic development corporation Ho-Chunk Inc. has watched as crop prices and farm revenues have soared in recent years. Now the tribe is looking to invest in its remaining 20,000 farmable acres, reported the Omaha World-Herald. The…
April 9, 2012
Winnebago Tribe Seeks to Reclaim Farming
Echo Hawk Sets Resignation Date For April 27
The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs just announced that Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk will resign his position effective April 27, 2012 to assume a leadership position in the Church of Jesus…
FTC Seeks to Shut Down Two Oklahoma Tribes’ Online Payday Lending Services
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to shut down online payday lending operations owned by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, reported NewsOK.com. Complaints against the lending firms to the Better Business Bureau (BBB)…
Quapaw Tribe Honored with Wendell Chino Humanitarian Award
The Wendell A. Chino Humanitarian Award – National Indian Gaming Association’s most prestigious honor – is usually given to a tribal leader whose actions have improved the lives of American Indian peoples. For the first time in the 14-year life…
April 8, 2012
The Gods of Prophetstown: Review and Interview
Chronicle of a Takeover Foretold: Book Review What began as Adam Jortner’s doctoral dissertation became instead an in-depth look at the complexities of religion and politics and their impact on the nations of 19th century America. As such, The Gods…
Flagstaff Becomes First Arizona Community to Sign MOU With Navajo Nation
On March 27, a signing ceremony was held where Johnny Naize, Navajo Nation speaker, and Flagstaff, Arizona Mayor Sara Presler signed a memorandum of understanding to address and improve race relations between Navajos and non-Navajos. The MOU was a result…
April 7, 2012
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Files Suit to Stop Impersonation
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Placerville, California, recently filed a lawsuit against more than two dozen individuals, who were connected to a previous lawsuit in regards to improper misappropriation of the tribe according…
April 6, 2012
Cheyenne River Welcomes Worldwide Participants to Anti-Pipeline Hunger Strike
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was recently the site of a two-day hunger strike, lasting from the evening of April 1 to the evening of April 3. Several dozen people camped and fasted in solidarity with the children of Heiltsuk First…
April 5, 2012
UANativeNet Provides Training in Tribal Governance and Law
Whether you want to learn a little or a lot about topics of interest to indigenous cultures, you’ll get any answers you seek on UANativeNet, a locus of learning formerly known as Arizona NativeNet. Begun in 2006 and re-launched under…
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