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Homecoming: 34 genetically pure bison released onto MT reservation 23 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
“They took care of us at one time and now it’s time for us to take care of them.” According to tribal councilman Mike Fox, that was just one of the reasons to celebrate the release this week of 34 ge...
Navajo bodybuilder turns eye toward diabetes prevention 21 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
By David Michaud, Native Sun News correspondent Deb Butler has always been a very physically active person; she has just decided that she would start competing in a sport because of it. Butler is a ...
Blackfeet artist wins Best of Show with hat box beadwork 20 Aug 2013 | 12:08 am
Jackie Bread’s (Blackfeet) intricate homage to her ancestors won her Best in Show at the Santa Fe Indian Market last week. Jackie Larson Bread’s beaded hatbox, “Memory Keeper,” took the top prize in ...
Crow Tribe introducing new ‘Scout’ currency 17 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
The Crow Tribe in Eastern Montana is gearing up to mint sets of copper, silver and gold coins it hopes will slowly replace the dollar as the reservation’s main currency. Eddie Allen of Sovereign Econ...
Vote ends alcohol sales ban on Pine Ridge 15 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
Tribal members voted 1,843 to 1,678 to end the ban on alcohol sales on the Pine Ridge Reservation this week. Hobert Spotted Bear voted Tuesday on whether to allow alcohol sales across the Pine Ridge ...
Hundreds rally in MT to demand justice for Native homicide victims 13 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
Nearly 200 Northern Cheyenne tribal members joined Malinda Harris Limberhand on Monday as she organized a march for her daughter Hanna, age 21, who was found dead outside Lame Deer in July. (Photo by ...
‘National Geographic’ blogger reflects after watching Cree naming ceremony 9 Aug 2013 | 01:19 am
National Geographic’s Digital Nomad Andrew Evans spent time on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation this summer where he watched baby Madzigaleh Booth receive her Cree name, Sweetgrass Speaks For Her. Dawn Ho...
Nez Perce hold rally to briefly block megaload passage through Idaho reservation 6 Aug 2013 | 10:19 pm
Here’s the Associated Press story on the Nez Perce rally that halted two shipments by truck of oil refinery equipment bound for oil sands in Alberta, Canada. The first of two massive shipments of oil...
Oregon governor set to veto Native mascot exception bill 6 Aug 2013 | 02:03 am
Could this be the end of the long high school Indian mascot debate in Oregon? As Oregonian reporter Christian Gaston reports, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is set to veto a bill that would have offered ...
Native playwrights take spotlight at Flathead festival 3 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
The playwrights know it, that the stories of the Flathead Reversation are rich, beautiful and plentiful. Audiences will get a chance next week to experience five stories from the reservation next wee...
