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Apr 16, 2013 — After a South Carolina couple adopted a baby girl, her biological father sought full custody. Normally, the Supreme Court does not hear such disputes, but this case tests a federal law meant to stop Native American children's being improperly taken from their families.
Apr 16, 2013 — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case testing the meaning and reach of the Indian Child Welfare Act. The question before the court was whether a Native American biological father who gave up his parental rights could later object after the non-Indian mother gave up the child for adoption.
Feb 6, 2013 — Eight tribes have delivered a report to Congress saying South Dakota is willfully ignoring a federal law meant to protect Native American children. Several lawmakers are demanding action. The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Wednesday agreed to convene a summit meeting of key players, and says it will urge state officials to respond.
Jan 11, 2013 — Diane Tells His Name was 37 when she discovered she was adopted as a child. Rather than feeling anger or sadness, she embraced the opportunity to discover her Native American roots and eventually adopted a child of her own.
Nov 29, 2012 — Federal officials are working to send out $1,000 checks in the next few weeks to hundreds of thousands of Native Americans. The money stems from a settlement of the Cobell case, a landmark $3.4 billion settlement over mismanagement of federal lands held in trust for Native American people.
More Native American news from indianz.com, a continental news service based on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska and with offices in Washington, DC
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An otherwise peaceful protest by members of the Mapuche Tribe of Chile turned violent on Monday after vandals infiltrated the...
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"Native Peoples face the never-ending torrent of racial stereotypes, misconceptions and sports logos. When Natives are discussed outside of cultural...
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The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in California is hoping to avoid controversy that follows the tribe whenever it...
Column: Native children pay the price in education stalemate
"The Harper government is determined to push forward with a new first nations education act despite the opposition of native...
Crow Tribe reports results of primary vote for executive seats
The Crow Tribe of Montana held a primary election on Saturday. Incumbent Chairman Cedric Black Eagle garnered enough votes to...
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Assembly of First Nations to intervene in Tsilhqot'in title rights hearing - Canada First Perspective
Assembly of First Nations to intervene in Tsilhqot'in title rights hearingCanada First Perspective“We have a multitude of examples and decades of economic uncertainty and conflict over lack of recognition of Aboriginal title and rights. This...
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First Nations post-secondary program builds up aboriginal communityWaterloo Record“The scoop” isn't part of mainstream Canadian history. But in First Nations, the term is so well-known it needs no explanation. In the 1960s and 1970s child...
First Nations don't count in Harper's Canada - rabble.ca (blog)
First Nations don't count in Harper's Canadarabble.ca (blog)The simple fact is that in Canada, First Nations simply don't count -- aren't counted -- and each effort to reduce the evidentiary basis for policy choices only amplifies...
Millennial First Nations: 3 Young Aboriginal Canadians To Watch - Huffington Post Canada
Millennial First Nations: 3 Young Aboriginal Canadians To WatchHuffington Post CanadaBut then along came Idle No More, an ongoing grassroots movement led by Canada's First Nations, Métis and Inuit to defend treaty rights and demand respect from...
Status of Women committee shuts down testimony on controversial First Nations ... - iPolitics.ca (subscription)
Status of Women committee shuts down testimony on controversial First Nations ...iPolitics.ca (subscription)The survey noted that aboriginal children are much more likely to be living with single mothers than any other family make-up; fewer than...
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The Plattsburgh Press Republican is reporting this morning that at $75 million expansion is underway at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino in northern Franklin County.
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe intends to add more than 30,000 square feet of space to the...
The Plattsburgh Press-Republican is reporting that the Bingo Palace and the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino could merge in a project that might also include a new, seven-story hotel complex.
[I]n an announcement of the referendum on its website, the Tribal ...
North Country newspapers today — their on-line editions at least — were filled with reports of former Akewsasne Mohawk chief Phillip Tarbell’s arrest in the Adirondacks on alleged drug-smuggling charges.
This from the Associated...
Mohawk Tribal Council Seeks to Insure Non-violent Crossing
Apr 12, 2001 — The St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council is hoping to insure a non-violent crossing as activists head into Canada at the Cornwall next Thursday. Mohawks from both sides of the border have promised to escort people headed to the FTAA talks across the international bridge from Cornwall Island. But the tribal council hopes the action will stop at a symbolic show of solidarity. Yesterday, council announced it's taking a zero-tolerance stand against rumored blockades or other confrontations. Jody Tosti reports. Go to full article
Free Trade Opponents Try to Enter Canada
Apr 06, 2001 — Opponents of free trade talks in Quebec City this month will try to cross into Canada at Cornwall next week, escorted by Mohawks from Akwesasne. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article
St. Regis Mohawks Divided over Competing Casino Plans
Mar 02, 2001 — Plans for a downstate casino are stirring up years of internal strife for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. The tribal council has ordered a dissident court to disband or be ejected from the reservation. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article
Chief Ransom Goes to Washington
Feb 12, 2001 — We've been hearing a lot in the news about changes in our federal government that accompany the transfer of power from one president's administration to another. How Janet... Go to full article
How Hermit Thrush Got His Song
Jun 19, 2000 — Ray Fadden (Tehanetorens), Mohawk Elder and educator of Onchiota NY, tells the traditional story "How Hermit Thrush Got His Song." Go to full article
Meet the Masters: Ray Fadden, Mohawk Elder, Onchiota
Jun 19, 2000 — In the 1940s, Ray Fadden [Tehanetorens] began to teach young Mohawks about their own culture. With a group of young men from the reservation, he traveled to collect... Go to full article
Meet the Masters: Mohawk Choir of St. Regis
Hogansburg, NY, Feb 28, 2000 — Catholicism has its roots deeps in the history of Akwesasne, the St. Regis Mohawk reservation straddling the St. Lawrence River between the US and Canada, going back to the... Go to full article
Meet the Masters: Akwesasne Basketmakers
Hogansburg, NY, Jan 24, 2000 — The traditional basketmakers of the Mohawk nation at Akwesasne are known for fine ash splint and sweetgrass work. Some travel to colleges, museums and international pow-wows... Go to full article
Fractured Family
Jan 01, 1990 — Illegal gambling casinos flourished on the St. Regis Mohawk reservation in the 1980s. But the issue of gambling and how it fit into Mohawk traditions and laws, and state and... Go to full article
Sweetgrass Baskets
Jul 15, 1987 — Martha Foley followed the scent of sweetgrass to find a group of Mohawk women making baskets at the 1987 North Country Folklife Festival in Massena. Go to full article
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