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National Native American NewsRecord number turn out for third annual fundraiser RED LAKE, Minn. ? A record number of nearly 100 bikers, riders and passengers, participated in the Third Annual Ride Against Youth Suicide. The ride was held in conjunction with the Red Lake Nation Fair Celebration and Traditional Pow-Wow at Red Lake, Minn. Aug. 28. Organizers invited all motorcyclists to join in the ride to help battle this social issue. Tribes open fall commercial fishery PORTLAND, Ore. ? The Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Yakama tribes opened the first of three commercial fishing periods for the 2010 fall commercial season Aug. 24. The tribal sales allow the public to purchase salmon and steelhead directly from tribal fishers. Most of the catch will be chinook salmon and steelhead with smaller numbers of coho salmon also available. The large run of salmo... Hitting the fairway every time VERONA, N.Y. ? Coming in 10 under par, Hunter Mahan and Cristie Kerr beat a field of PGA and LPGA stars to win the third annual Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge. Their final score was two better than the runner-up pairing of Rickie Fowler and Annika Sorenstam. Native people more likely to be foreclosed on DURHAM, N.C. ? American Indians are 31 percent more likely to have had their homes foreclosed on than whites, and Native Hawaiians are 40 percent more likely, according to a report by the Center for Responsible Lending in Durham. Listening cure EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. ? The district candidate Julie Garreau wants to represent in the South Dakota State Senate stretches from the hilly banks of the Missouri River mid-state across rolling prairies, buttes, and pocket ?badlands? to South Dakota?s western boundary. Covering more than 13,000 square miles, the rugged terrain of District 28 encompasses ranches, farms, towns, and two large Indian rese... Judge blocks part of NY tax on tribal cigarettes BUFFALO, N.Y. ? A federal judge on Aug. 31 temporarily blocked New York state?s plans to tax cigarette sales by two American Indian nations to non-Indian customers while the tribes challenge the policy shift as a threat to sovereignty and their financial well-being. No ?teachable moment? after Obama meets with Bloomberg WASHINGTON ? When word came that President Barack Obama was going to have an impromptu meeting with Mayor Michael Bloomberg Aug. 27, many in Indian country were hopeful. Hopeful that a president who has sometimes made it his business to call attention to issues tinged by race, religion, and other ?hot button? forces would talk to the New York City leader about a racially-charged comment he had ... Honolulu?s trash woes growing worse HONOLULU ? Gigantic piles of shrink-wrapped garbage have been moldering in the heat of a Hawaii industrial park for more than five months, waiting for a place to be shipped. Oenga case conclusion delayed, again The Oenga trial against British Petroleum and the BIA took place in Seattle at the end of July but no conclusion was reached. The family of Andrew Oenga had hoped for a settlement before it went to court. Navajo report cites need for discrimination?s demise WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. ? Citing an impetus for change in the wind, the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission called for an ?end to an oppressive and subservient relationship that existed and exists between the Navajo and its non-indigenous neighbor.? |
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