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One million dollar grants will go to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and the Yankton Sioux Tribe.

The Native American Music Association is asking for support for a toy drive on the Rosebud Reservation and for winter relief efforts on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

The Crow Nation of Montana, the Oneida Nation Veterans, the Suurimmanitchuat Eskimo Dance Group and the United Tribes Technical College were among 1,382 groups that applied to march in the parade.

San Diego State University's Native Scholars and Collaborators Projects support students in nationally accredited graduate programs in school psychology and school counseling.

American Indian veterans from United Tribes Technical College who have served in Middle East conflicts will march in the inaugural parade.

Bobby L. Barrett has been re-elected as chairman of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, and six tribal members won seats on the Tribal Council.

The Skylar Wolf Children and Family Christmas Benefit Concert and Coat Drive will take place Dec. 26 at 3 p.m. at the Little Wound School Auditorium in Kyle, S.D., on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Two dozen members of the Crow Nation of Montana Horse Mounted Unit will ride paint horses single file in the Inaugural Parade in Washington after Barack Obama's swearing-in

The North Dakota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) bestowed its 2008 North Dakota Champion of Liberty honor on David M. Gipp at the group's annual meeting in Bismarck.

More than 1,000 tribal members watched swearing-in ceremony for the Crow tribe's executives.

Native American Public Telecommunication's Native Radio Theater project has kicked off its third season of audio plays with a story of young love and a new variety show that includes music, poetry, comedy and more.

NCAI encourages Natives and non-Natives alike to celebrate the Friday after Thanksgiving as the first Native American Heritage Day.

National Indian Education Association convention-goers elect six new members to the board of directors.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers puts new plans in place to improve processes for repatriation and reburial of Native American human remains and cultural objects.

NCAI president Joe A. Garcia praised the reported selection of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration.

Seminole Tribal Council members cut a grand opening ribbon in front of the tribe's new Public Safety Complex on the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation.

The National Museum of the American Indian's "Through the Eyes of the Eagle" exhibit seeks to educate Native children about "the joy of physical activity and healthy eating."

The Native American Music Association is asking for donations for people hit hard by a severe blizzard on the Pine Ride and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota.

The 200 elders from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians will be eating and meeting in a new "green" elders center, thanks to a $350,000 grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.

Denise Juneau, Three Affiliated Tribes, is the first American
Indian woman elected to statewide office in Montana and only the third
tribal member ever elected statewide.

Ron Allen, a lifelong Republican and longtime tribal chairman, explains why he's decided to endorse and vote for Barack Obama.

Native Vote Washington conducted a poll of 600 American Indian and Alaska Native voters from 30 states, including Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana and Oklahoma.

In a press release, Crow Nation says Chairman Carl E. Venne 'has his Creator (and his seatbelt) to thank for the fact that he is still here to continue to fight for the future of the Crow Nation.'

More than 100 films have been screened and judged by a jury panel designated by the American Indian Film Institute, which announces nominess for 14 awards.

Two new Youth Ambassadors were sworn in at the annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians.

The Navajo Nation Council votes, 59-21, to endorse Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama for president.

NCAI convention delegates hear video remarks by Barack Obama, John McCain and Sarah Palin.

Census Bureau Director Steve H. Murdock will sign the Census Bureau's first American Indian and Alaska Native policy.

The National Indian Education Association will be honoring eight Native individuals and three schools for their large impact to the world of education.

Congress adjourns without addressing health care of Native Americans but made substantial progress on other Native-specific bills.