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BRASILIA, BRAZIL-Ambrósio Vilhalva, a prominent leader of the Guarani-Kaiowa Tribe in Brazil, was stabbed to death outside his home. Authorities believe Vilhalva was killed by his father-in-law, who has been arrested. He allegedly told his wife who attacked him as he stumbled into his home and died. Vilhalva pressured the government to demarcate lands for his tribe that has been forced out of their ancestral territory. He starred in the 2008 film Birdwatchers, about...
What is "The Canon of Indian Country?" Those stories that are recited in schools, the ones most young people know by heart, tales of valor, excellence and an optimistic future. We do have great modern stories to tell. How leaders like Joe Garry or Lucy Covington out-maneuvered Congress and put an end to the nonsense called termination. Or how Taos leaders patiently pressed the United States for the return of the sacred blue lake, even though that effort took nearly seven...
PINE RIDGE-It takes a special kind of person to continuously volunteer to place themselves in harm's way. To willingly travel into hostile territory knowing all the dangers takes someone who cares more about freedom around the world than the average American. Luckily, Myron Tapio is anything but average. That's because Tapio is a Marine. He is a part of the smallest, yet "the best," branch of the United States Military, according to many. Tapio is not your ordinary Marine...
PINE RIDGE, SD-The Oglala Sioux Tribe's land buyback program is set up and ready to get the word out to tribal members about their options regarding selling fractionalized interests. As part of the Cobell Settlement, $1.9 billion was set aside for the Trust Land Consolidation Fund to purchase and consolidate fractionalized trust lands across Indian Country. The land that is purchased will go back in to trust status and will be the property of the tribe. "The fractionalized...
COLUSA, CA-The Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of California, also known as the Colusa Indian Community, donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross. The money will be used for relief efforts in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. It will also help victims of recent tornadoes in the Midwest. The tribe presented the money to the American Red Cross on December 4. © 2013 Indianz.com...
SANTA FE, NM-Deb Haaland, a member of Laguna Pueblo, is seeking the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in New Mexico. Haaland is the first Native American on a gubernatorial ticket in the state. She held her first campaign event on her reservation on December 10, 2013. "I have announced to my friends and family, as well as to the media. I have filed the appropriate paperwork and have hired a staff, so it's official!" Haaland said in a press release. Haaland is a...
WINNIPEG, MB-A Manitoba Member of Parliament is crying discrimination after two aboriginal women were not allowed to board a plane with her, even though they had tickets. Niki Ashton, who represents the Churchill riding for the New Democratic Party (NDP), said Gail and Joyce Nepinak were scheduled to fly to Ottawa from Winnipeg with her on Sunday evening, December 8, 2013. The Nepinaks had been invited by the House of Commons to speak at the special committee on missing and...
WASHINGTON, DC-The House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 2319, the Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013, by unanimous consent on December 4, 2013. The bill authorizes the National Museum of the American Indian to raise funds and start work on a memorial for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian veterans. The memorial would be located on museum property on the National Mall. "This memorial to our Native American veterans will serve...
TORONTO, ON-Music legend Neil Young will perform four benefit shows in January for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Alberta. The concert cities are Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, and Calgary. His concerts will include special guest Diana Krall. The "Honor the Treaties" tour will help the band with legal fees in its fight against oil sands development in the province, according to Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation spokeswoman Eriel Deranger. "All the ticket sales, all the...
McCALLA, AL-Students from an Alabama high school held up an offensive banner which read "Hey, Indians, get ready to leave in a Trail of Tears Round 2". A second banner was held up at a school in Tennessee which stated "Trail of Tears". Tod Humphries, the principal at McAdory High School in McCalla, Alabama, said he takes "full responsibility" for the banner. The banner was directed at the school's opponents, the Pinson Valley High Indians. On the school's website, the...
VANCOUVER, BC—Rising Above recently held their 20th Annual Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia and it was a great success. Reports of God’s healing power evident in many lives, “setting them free from deep wounds and bondages of the past.” According to a letter from Terry Martin, Director of Operations and Event Manager for Rising Above, “the team of Rising Above speakers, most of them First Nations, addressed the issues of sexual abuse and residential school experience head on, acknowledging the reality of the pain...
ELSIPOGTOG, NB-Since June, First Nations people have held protests at a potential shale gas site in New Brunswick. However, recent protests by Elsipogtog First Nations and their supporters resulted in a violent clash when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) moved in to enforce a court ruling against the protesters' blockade. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), First Nations leaders had raised concerns about the failure of the government and the oil...
HAVRE, MT—Members of nearly every Montana tribe met on October 2, 2013, to form a group aimed at battling corruption on their reservations. Ken Blatt St. Marks, the chairman of the Chippewa Cree Tribe hosted the meeting. He was targeted for removal because he helped federal authorities with investigations that have resulted in multiple indictments. “When I was elected, I knew there was a little corruption that needs to be cleaned up,” St. Marks at the meeting, The Havre Daily News reported. “I had no idea how much....
SEMINOLE, OK-The idea was simple. Brent Sykes wanted to give his daughter a tangible way to remember her mother, Traci, who died in a 2007 car crash. Mr. Sykes, a Chickasaw citizen, decided to establish the Traci R. Sykes Foundation. Today, his daughter Paige, an energetic eight-year-old, is bringing joy, peace, happiness and educational opportunities to others through foundation gifts in her mother's name. "When she was about five, she began talking about the meaning of the...
ALBUQUERQUE, NM-Youth involved in the University of New Mexico's Honoring Native Life initiative want to be heard. The Native American Suicide Prevention Clearinghouse, a resource to tribes in New Mexico for suicide prevention and suicide response, today helped their voices reach far and wide with the release of a video directed toward tribal leaders and policy makers. "What we need from our tribal leaders and policy makers is more sympathy towards the different generations...
OTTAWA, ON-Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo commented on the federal government's Speech from the Throne officially opening the 41st session of Parliament on October 16, 2013. "Seizing Canada's moment must mean action for First Nations," said National Chief Atleo. "It must include working with First Nations people and governments to realize the potential of our citizens, our governments and our nations. This is how we will ensure security...
Bud Adams, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and owner of the Tennessee Titans, died on Monday. He was 90. Adams, whose uncle, W.W. Keeler, served as chief for two decades, was born on tribal territory in Oklahoma. He was a successful businessman who founded the American Football League, which later merged with the National Football League. "In 2000 he received the highest honor awarded by the Cherokee National Historical Society for his support and dedication to...
VANCOUVER, BC—Enrollment doubled going into the second year of the Vancouver School Board’s Aboriginal Choice school on East Hastings, “The plan was to start small and grow slowly,” says Vonnie Hutchingson, principal, “although we’ve doubled our enrolment.” The majority of the new enrollment is in kindergarten. The VSB called the school-within-a-school an ‘Aboriginal Focus School’ and established it in 2012 as the school year began at Macdonald School, 1950 E Hastings Street. “It’s a great location, big classrooms and studen...
MISSOULA, MT- The University of Montana began construction on a new facility that's dedicated to the legacy of Elouise Cobell, who was the lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit. The Elouise Cobell Land and Culture Institute will be located on the lower level of the Payne Family Native American Center. It will help students research land and cultural issues. Construction will be complete in spring 2014....
WASHINGTON, DC-The shutdown of the U.S. government, coming on top of the sequestration of the budget, hit Indian Country particularly hard. Programs at the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service were already underfunded. Sequestration, in the form of across the board cuts, took its toll earlier this year and the shutdown has led to a second round of pain. "You're already looking at a good number of tribes who are considered the poorest of our nation's people,"...
RICHMOND, VA-A newspaper in the city where the Washington National Football League team holds its training camp has stopped using the team's "racist" name. The Richmond Free Press said the name was offensive to Native Americans. The paper will stop using the R-word and will remove it from its news and editorial pages. Richmond, Virginia, is about 110 miles south of Washington, D.C....
GABORONE, BOTSWANA-Two travel companies have suspended their tours to the country and several others have expressed concern about the Botswana government's continued persecution of the Bushmen. The government is stopping the Bushmen from hunting and forces them to apply for permits to access their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). International tour operator Travelpickr joined Survival's boycott and said, "We have canceled our pending [tour] requests...
TULSA, OK-The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) elected Brian Cladoosby as their new president. Two-term President Jefferson Keel stepped down October 18. In his first statement after being sworn in as the 21st president of the NCAI, Brian Cladoosby, Chairman of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, called for reduced thresholds for federal tribal disaster assistance and challenged Congress to prioritize Native peoples in the post-shutdown legislative calendar,...
RAPID CITY, SD-Heavy rains, winds, lightning, and eventually snow were the gifts that winter storm Atlas, brought to residents of Wyoming and South Dakota. The storm that has been labeled as a 100 year storm brought just over two feet of snow to the majority of areas in its path and up to forty in others. The storm would leave tens of thousands without power and even more stranded in their homes and the most unfortunate in stranded cars alongside highways across the state....
OTTAWA, ON-The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Mr. James Anaya, made a recent trip to Canada, visiting Indigenous territories in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Québec. The report states: "Over the last nine days I have met with federal and provincial government authorities, and with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders, organizations and individuals in several parts of the country...I am grateful to t...
