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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
Air ambulance to be stationed near S.D.'s Rosebud Indian Reservation 
An air ambulance will be stationed just seven minutes from the heart of South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation starting Wednesday, when it begins flying out of nearby Valentine, Neb.
By Dirk Lammers , November 29, 2011
American Indians see lessons in sweat lodge trial
New age guru James Arthur Ray faced more than a judge at his sentencing last week for a sweat lodge ceremony that left three people dead.
By Felicia Fonesca , November 23, 2011
U.S. Attorney Purdon says public safety on reservations must improve
U.S. Attorney for N.D. unveils ‘Anti-Violence Strategy’North Dakota’s U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon said he wants to improve the safety of the state’s tribal communities by cracking down on the prevalence of violent crime there.
By Kristen Daum , June 23, 2011
Lawyers seek to double fees in Indian claims case
Lawyers representing Native Americans helped win a record $3.4 billion settlement with the federal government. Now they want a judge to double their fees.
By Matthew Daly , February 25, 2011
Bemidji speaker compares Holocaust to American Indian reservation system
Humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson, who spoke at Bemidji State on Tuesday, compared the Native American reservation system to the Holocaust.
By Patt Rall , February 23, 2011
Some claim American Indian population undercounted in South Dakota
University of South Dakota history professor emeritus Herbert Hoover tells the Argus Leader that he thinks Native Americans are undercounted. He thinks Indians account for about 15 percent of South Dakota's total population, not the 8.8 percent cited by the Census Bureau.
By Associated Press , February 21, 2011
Meetings set in North Dakota on Indian trust settlement
Meetings are being held to educate American Indians in North Dakota on the recently approved $3.4 billion settlement of Indian trust claims.
By Associated Press , February 14, 2011
Indian leader: Unleash energy on tribal lands
To achieve energy independence, the United States should focus on tribal lands with vast untapped supplies of coal, natural gas, oil and wind, the leader of the nation's largest Indian organization said Thursday.
By Matthew Daly , January 27, 2011
Dorgan spurs action on Indian issues
By any measure, 2010 was a banner year on Capitol Hill for American Indians.
And a huge factor was the pending retirement of a lone senator — North Dakota’s Byron Dorgan.
By Matthew Daly , December 29, 2010
Report lays out problems in Indian Health Service
The Aberdeen Area of the Indian Health Service is in a "chronic state of crisis" stemming from serious management problems and a lack of oversight, Sen. Byron Dorgan said in releasing a congressional report on today.
By Associated Press , December 29, 2010
Petitioners to seek Leech Lake Secretary/Treasurer's removal from office
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe members of the group RIGHTS (Reclaiming Inherent Government Honoring Tribal Stability) will serve a petition to remove and/or recall LLBO Secretary-Treasurer Michael Bongo from the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee also known as the Leech Lake Tribal Council at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Leech Lake Tribal Council headquarters, 6530 U.S. Highway 2 in Cass Lake.
By Molly Miron , December 15, 2010
Lakota language gets a boost
Officials at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates are developing bachelor's-degree programs to train teachers of Lakota as a second language.
By Steve Young , November 26, 2010
New Mexico tribe bans newspaper after it publishes graphic story of killing
The leaders of a small Indian reservation nestled in northern New Mexico's mesas and red rocks were horrified by the seven-paragraph story recounting a gruesome murder in their community.
By Sue Major Holmes , November 02, 2010
Reservations to receive $1.8 million for diabetes
BISMARCK — Faye Foote took off for Bismarck at midnight, urging her 7-year-old son not to fall asleep in the backseat.
By Teri Finneman , August 11, 2010
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