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The governing board of the Shiprock Associated Schools Inc. – located in the northern region of the Navajo Nation – voted to place the school district’s executive director and human resources coordinator on administrative leave during its May 14 meeting.
The move came months after the board voted to drastically restructure the school district by replacing the entire staff. Since then, staff have made numerous complaints about both Executive Director Leo Johnson and Human Resources Coordinator Endora Sisco, board members said.
Sam McCracken has traveled near and far sharing his story about how one man rose from one of Montana’s most desolate Indian reservations to a managerial position at the biggest sports apparel company in the country-Nike.
He has told many audiences about how he was unsure about his place in the world as a young man but rarely mentions how his Montana roots helped him become an influence in Indian Country.
Health care has been a poplar topic in almost every community in America especially the Native American communities. The ideas or threats for new health care plans have flooded headlines in newspapers and have even become discussion topics for many programs and debates, but this isn’t something new in Indian Country.
While the general population tries to find a solution to many health care issue, Native Americans are also trying to to solve their own issues with health care in the United States.
MISSOULA, Mont. – About 50 people attended a town hall meeting at the University of Montana to discuss fallout from several incidents that involved racial discrimination.
New Mexico Senator Tom Udall joined others Thursday in criticizing the U.S. military’s use of the code name Geronimo during the mission that led to Osama bin Laden’s death days ago.
The Democrat Udall praised the mission’s intent but said Geronimo’s association with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks was “highly inappropriate and culturally insensitive.”
SPOKANE, Wash. – Patrick Pierre’s lifelong passion with the Salish language has been a guide in his life. Recently, it led him to the hectic Pend d’Orielle Pavillion in the massive Northern Quest Resort and Casino.
He seemed a world away, attending the Celebrating Salish 2011 Conference. Pierre had left behind his Greek wife and sweat lodge on the shores of Dog Lake, Mont., driving three hours to be recognized for his extensive work in revitalizing the ancient tribal language.
Amid cutbacks, President Barack Obama is requesting to decrease the allocation to Indian Affairs by nearly $120 million in his proposed 2012 fiscal year budget.
However, Obama’s budget proposal, which was released Monday, also includes significant increases allocated to tribal programs in a proposed Strengthening Tribal Nations initiative.
In Obama’s plan, Indian Affairs – which includes the BIA and the Bureau of Indian Education – would get 2.5 billion, a decrease of $118.9 million from the previous levels, according to the Department of Interior.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Senate gave preliminary approval Monday to adopt the "Code of the West" as Montana's code.
Senate Bill 216 sponsored by Senate President Jim Peterson deals with the 10-point cowboy code from the book Cowboy Ethics by James P. Owen.
The code includes items such as "Live each day with courage," "Be tough, but fair," "Ride for the brand," and "Know where to draw the line."
The State of Indian Nations is bound in red tape.
Jefferson Keel, president of the D.C.-based National Congress of American Indian, delivered the organization’s ninth annual address on Thursday. He urged the federal government to clear the way and allow tribes to participate fully in economic life by invoking rights to natural resource mining on Indian lands.
Hundreds of thousands of notices have been sent out to American Indians this week that could be affected by the $3.4 billion class action settlement Cobell v. Salazar, in which a Montana banker sued the federal government over misspent money accounts.
As ordered by the court, and later approved by the legislative and executive branches, a third party firm has launched an effort to notify the potentially hundreds of thousands of American Indians that might have been affected by the mismanaged accounts.
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