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Obama To Native Americans: "You Will Not Be Forgotten"

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans Summit, American Indians, Cherokee Nation, Tribal Leaders, Domestic Policy Council, Native Americans, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Kimberly Teehee, Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Reservations, Indians, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Obama Native Americans, National Congress of American Indians, Dr. Yevette Roubideaux, Barack Obama Campaign Promise, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tr...

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Mexican Pot Gangs Infiltrate Indian Reservations In U.S.

wsj.com | JOEL MILLMAN | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Harvest, Indian Reservations, Indian Reservations Pot, Marijuana, Growing Marijuana, Marijuana Violence, Mexico, Pot, Politics News

WARM SPRINGS, Ore. -- Police Chief Carmen Smith says he knows three things about suspected drug trafficker Artemio Corona: He's from Mexico, prefers a...

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Stopping Economic Growth on South Dakota's Indian Nations

Tim Giago | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Casinos, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Indian Reservations, Slot-Machines, South Dakota, Politics News
Tim Giago

Indian casino profits go to economic development, college scholarships, schools, road and building maintenance and improvement, health care, daycare for children and more.

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It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent

Tim Giago | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, Indian Reservations, Independents, Democrats, Indians, 2010 Elections, Republicans, Indian, Politics News
Tim Giago

The advantages of becoming an Independent are many and the detractions few. It is something I encourage all Native American voters to look into, to thoroughly research, and to openly consider.

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Chocolate Spray Paint and Hollywood Indians

Tim Giago | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Indian Movies, Lakota Tribe, Indian Reservations, Pine Ridge Reservation, Media News
Tim Giago

One year, I believe it was 1951; my brother and my cousins, "Red Tapio" and Sonny Torres were cast in a movie called "Tomahawk," and it starred Van Heflin, Rock Hudson, and Susan Ball. Of course Tony, Red and Sonny were the Indians.

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Native America and Green Jobs: Spring Wind Rising from Sand Creek

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Environment, Green Jobs, Winona LaDuke, Indian Reservations, Wind, Department of Interior, Native Americans, Fossil Fuels, Solar, Department of Energy, Green Recovery, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Recognizing that poverty rates on reservations are twice the national average, Native groups called for support to "operate a new crop of renewable electricity generating infrastructure."

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McCain And The Times Are Both Gamblers

Mark Evitt | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Gambling, New York Times, Indian Reservations, John McCain, Home News
Mark Evitt

There's no question the Times' gambling story is damaging. It tells how McCain gleefully investigated rivals during the probe into lobbyist Jack Abramoff's dealings with American Indian tribes.

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A Story Dying to Be Told

Tim Giago | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Black Hills Claims Settlement, Casinos, Indian Reservations, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Native Americans, Media News
Tim Giago

If nothing else, the money lost by the Indian people of South Dakota by the money market collapse should be news. If it rocked America, it certainly rocked the "poorest of the poor."

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Navajo Nation: Election 2008

Rebecca Ford | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Native American Rights, Indian Reservations, Navajo Nation, Native Americans, Arizona, New Mexico, Voting, Utah, Navajo, Obama Navajo Nation, Minority Vote West, Mccain Native American, Arizona Campaign, Mccain Navajo, Obama Minority Vote, Western Campaign, Navajo Vote, Home News
Rebecca Ford

With over 38,000 registered voters, the residents of Navajo Nation in the southwest are being courted by McCain and Obama. After 140 years, said one man, "a minority president might change things."

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Higher Cigarette Taxes Lure Buyers To Black Market

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Indian Reservations, Cigarette Tax, Cigarette Smuggling, Counterfeit Cigarettes, Black Market Cigarettes, Illegal Cigarettes, Cigarette Cartons, Cigarette Tax Increases, Black Market, Business News

NEW YORK — The big cigarette tax increases that many states are instituting to balance their out-of-whack budgets are raising fears that the tre...

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