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Wyo. State Prison Serves Inmates' Religions

There's a Native American talking stick mounted on the wall, a series of volumes about Scientology on the bookshelf and a few Bibles strewn about Raymond Spray's office in the south facility of the Wyoming State Penitentiary.

 (4/7/2010)
Indian Inmates' Strip-Search Complaint Rejected

The Montana Human Rights Commission has rejected a discrimination complaint filed by American Indians who were subjected to group strip searches at a privately run prison in Shelby.

 (2/19/2010)
Christian Church, Native American Tribe Reconcile
Christian Church, Native American Tribe Reconcile

Members of one of America's oldest Protestant churches officially apologized Friday — for the first time — for massacring and displacing Native Americans 400 years ago.

 (11/29/2009)
Lawsuit Aims to Curb Arizona Ski Resort

The U.S. Forest Service is being sued in an effort to block expansion of a ski resort on an Arizona mountain that American Indian tribes consider sacred.

 (9/22/2009)
Negotiations Under Way in Eagle Killing

The lawyer for a Northern Arapaho man who killed a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance four years ago says he's working with federal prosecutors to resolve the case ahead of a scheduled October trial date.

 (8/26/2009)
Cherokee Wisdom Invoked as Obama Begins

President Barack Obama on Wednesday participated in a traditional, post-inaugural national prayer service and listened intently to a message attributed to Cherokee wisdom.

 (1/22/2009)
Tribes Appeal Arizona Snowmaking Decision

American Indian tribes are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision that allows for snowmaking on an Arizona peak the tribes consider sacred.

 (1/8/2009)
Indian Ministry to Open in Minnesota
Indian Ministry to Open in Minnesota

Closed for 30 years, a school in Cass Lake, Minn., re-emerges this fall as a center for Indian ministries providing mentoring, biblical education and training in both ministry and life skills with the goal of preparing American Indian Christians to be leaders

 (10/6/2008)

Clergy Vows Support for Tribes in Fight to Protect Environment


The Turtle Island Project: Centering prayer, jubilation, fighting for the environment, and clergy standing up for social change were all part of ecumenical retreat in northern Michigan

Acid Mine Alert: Turtle Island Project, KBIC tribe want to stop a sulfide mine near Lake Superior

Silence from Gov. Granholm, Actor Jeff Daniels, Huron Mountain Club

A declaration of war: Tribes across country oppose sulfide "Acid Mine" - Northern Michigan tribes doesn’t want acid mine built near Marquette

In recent years, Indian tribes across the U.S. have bitterly opposed the creation of sulfide mines - one tribe called it a declaration of war.

  • 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.)

  • Omission disappoints Native Americans attending the presidential candidate's speech in Wisconsin. Others express concern over Obama's stance on Indian gaming.

  • 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.

  • A Tennessee high school, whose mascot is the Indians, takes the Native American motif one step further: It calls school grounds "The Reservation."

  • Native reaction to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain's vice presidential choice, is 'pretty mixed,' says one critic. A supporter says Palin 'has been open to and concerned about Alaska Native issues.'

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