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Pricey Painting
Pricey Painting
Richard West, while director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, spent $48,500 in museum funds for a portrait of himself by a non-Native artist. Two U.S. senators call for an investigation into West's spending.  (1/4/2008)
‘Love the Bread’
‘Love the Bread’
Here's a question that almost no one will agree on but everyone will love to weigh in on: Who cooks the tastiest Indian taco?  (5/13/2008)
Jacoby Ellsbury Is a Catch
Jacoby Ellsbury Is a Catch
Although the Navajo baseball player starred in last year's World Series, he's still eligible to be named rookie of the year this season. (5/13/2008)
Slot Machines Made Easy
Slot Machines Made Easy
So how do you play those complicated slot machines that fill tribal casinos with the sounds of bells, whistles, cheers (from the winners) and groans from the not-so-lucky? We asked some experts at the Indian Gaming '08 trade show.  (5/7/2008)
Speaking Salish
Speaking Salish
A language immersion school on Montana's Flathead Reservation works to preserve Salish for students in preschool through high school grades.  (5/5/2008)
Powwow Dreams
Powwow Dreams
After 10 hours of watching Native people and dances at the Gathering of Nations powwow, guess what you see when you fall asleep? (5/2/2008)
Leave Stereotypes at Door of Navajo Museum
Leave Stereotypes at Door of Navajo Museum
'There is a lot to learn,' says the staff cultural specialist, who travels to schools on the reservation to give presentations about Navajo culture, traditions, taboos and language. (5/1/2008)
Here's What's Cookin' at the Custer Café
Here's What's Cookin' at the Custer Café
Are you hungry for a Custer steak sandwich with fries for $6.95? Then come to the Custer Battlefield Trading Post Café on the Crow Reservation.  (4/30/2008)
Adam Beach: ‘Our Worst Enemy Is Us’
Adam Beach: ‘Our Worst Enemy Is Us’
The Native actor’s role on 'Law and Order: SVU' is coming to an end, but he plans to stay busy with an Internet TV show, a book and a new baby.  (4/28/2008)
Joba on the Mound
Joba on the Mound
The Winnebago pitcher with the 100-mph fastball has a family emergency, then loses his first game. Meanwhile, Yankee co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner calls the team "an idiot" for not starting him. (4/27/2008)

  • Tell us what you think about the 'Navajobama' T-shirt, and we'll send your comments to the manufacturer—and to the Obama for President campaign. (No profanities, please.)
  • A Native American gay wedding ceremony takes place at a Two Spirit gathering in Montana.
  • Omission disappoints Native Americans attending the presidential candidate's speech in Wisconsin. Others express concern over Obama's stance on Indian gaming.
  • Here's how our petite, 5-foot-4 Navajo reporter managed to elbow her way through a mob of crazed sports journalists and ask the Super Bowl superstar what he knows about Indian people. And as for that football player who looked down her blouse ...
  • Floyd Red Crow Westerman's death has left a void in Indian Country and a burden Native people must find a way to shoulder in his absence.

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