Redlines
Headlines from North America
Redlines are pulled from multiple news sources to keep you up-to-date on issues which involve or affect Native Americans.
May 18, 2011
Lincoln, Neb., teen Lila Mechaley was recently awarded a $1,000 grant to study the problem of wild "rez" dogs on the Santee Sioux Reservation.
May 18, 2011
Tribes in Montana and Idaho are seeking clarification on the management of hundreds of bison in Yellowstone National Park. The tribes are among several agencies that control the bison.
May 12, 2011
Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff of a class action trust lawsuit against the federal government, is among nine people who will receive honorary degrees during commencement ceremonies next month at Dartmouth College. Also receiving a degree will be former President George H.W. Bush.
April 26, 2011
A sheriff's deputy in New Mexico has been fired for beating a man from the Navajo Nation, all of which was caught on camera.
April 25, 2011
The Hualapai tribe in northwestern Arizona are embroiled in a legal battle with an investor of its famed Grand Canyon Skywalk.
April 21, 2011
Kimberly Craven, a Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe member, has filed an objection to the $3.4 billion settlement in Cobell V Salazar case.
April 19, 2011
The former chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for taking $875,000 in bribes and concealing that income from the IRS.
April 19, 2011
Hundreds of residents of the Peguis First Nation in southern Manitoba, Canada have left their homes after widespread flooding in that area.
April 12, 2011
Tahnee Robinson, a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe in Wyoming, was drafted into the WNBA Monday.
March 30, 2011
Coeur d'Alene Chairman Chief J. Allan is accusing FOX anchor John Stossel of insensitive on-air comments made about American Indians.