NATIVE AMERICANS
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND Law School’s Joseph Morsette inspires American Indian youth to consider careers in law
Theres no fixed path to the law. Just ask Joseph Morsette, director of theUND School of LawNative Americans Into Law Programand faculty fellow at theNorthern Plains Indian Law Center. Though most fo...
Posted on 4/24/13 at 3:00 PM
Native American vets push for recognition 
The Navajo Code Talkers are legendary. Then there was Cpl. Ira Hamilton Hayes, the Pima Indian who became a symbol of courage and patriotism when he and his fellow Marines raised the flag over Iwo Jima in 1945.
By Susan Montoya Bryan , May 26, 2013
Quirk in health law will affect few in Dakotas
A wrinkle in the federal Affordable Care Act that could affect tens of thousands of people who consider themselves Native Americans nationwide isn't expected to hit many in Minnesota.
By Steve Karnowski , May 15, 2013
Sebastian Braun, Grand Forks, ND. Letters: Gun control has nothing to do with Wounded Knee
Braun, associate professor and chairman of the Department of American Indian Studies at UND, writes in about gun control.
By Sebastian Braun , February 05, 2013
Senate tries again to move anti-violence bill
Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support, on Monday launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding its provisions to cover gays, lesbians and Native Americans.
By Jim Abrams , February 04, 2013
North Dakota’s outdoors and history converge this February
North Dakota’s outdoors and history will converge Feb. 9, when the State Historical Society sponsors its 2013 Heritage Outbound Winter Adventure. The annual day of activities and learning will be held at Fort Clark State Historic Site and Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site near Stanton, N.D.
By Herald Staff Report , January 20, 2013
Program exposes music to youth on SD reservation
Independence Through Music matches young musicians on the Pine Ridge reservation with well-established Native American musicians to learn the ropes of the music business — from properly holding a microphone to planning a tour and creating a marketing plan. Before Independence Through Music started, no school on the reservation offered music. Now three do.
By Kristi Eaton , January 18, 2013
Government rolls out $1.9 billion Indian land buyback program
U.S. government officials said Tuesday they are launching a $1.9 billion Native American land buyback program now that a nearly 17-year lawsuit over more than a century's worth of mismanaged trust royalties is settled.
By Matt Volz , December 18, 2012
Spending cuts shadow Obama meeting with tribes
Hours after talking tough against Republicans in "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Barack Obama and members of his Cabinet reassured hundreds of Native American leaders the administration's programs and efforts on their behalf would continue.
By Suzanne Gamboa , December 15, 2012
Treasury spells out rules on taxing of tribes
Taxes cannot be levied on honoraria to a shaman or spiritual leader for religious services, but could be assessed on per-capita payments from gambling revenues to tribal members, under a proposal for taxing Native Americans by the Internal Revenue Service.
By Suzanne Gamboa , December 14, 2012
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe starts training program for oilfield workers
The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is starting a rock crusher job training program to give tribal members the skills needed to work in North Dakota's booming oil patch.
By Associated Press , December 03, 2012
Tribes have enough to buy sacred land in SD Black Hills
After months of high-profile fundraising that drew celebrities' attention and dollars, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota's Black Hills that they consider sacred, an official with an Indian land foundation said Friday.
By Kristi Eaton , November 30, 2012
Tribal leaders push for big Indian voter turnout
A tribal newspaper in Arizona is publishing a detailed voter guide for the first time ever. A New Mexico pueblo is sending kindergartners home with get-out-the-vote buttons for their parents. Tribes in Wisconsin are reaching out to young adults with a Rock the Vote event.
By Susan Montoya Bryan , November 01, 2012
Some question tribal ID usability under amendment
Some are concerned that American Indians in Minnesota could be negatively affected by the proposed voter ID amendment, citing uncertainty of whether their tribal IDs will be accepted.
By John Hageman , October 27, 2012
Native women face patchwork of policies for Plan B
Months after the federal Indian Health Service said it was finalizing a policy that would make emergency contraception more accessible to American Indian women, advocates say they're still waiting.
By Felicia Fonseca , October 25, 2012
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