Monthly Archives: December 2007

An Arizona man has pleaded guilty to tax evasion in an ongoing probe of the Seminole Nation’s casinos in Oklahoma. Authorities began investigating a prostitution and drug ring in the parking lot of a Seminole travel plaza and casino. They … Continue reading →

as minnesota celebrates its 150 birthday; a columnist asks this question: “This isn’t an ancient story. It is the story of Minnesota’s original sin. And as we prepare for next year’s 150th anniversary of statehood, we should remember history is … Continue reading →

A group of Lakota Indians notified the State Department in Washington this week that, in the words of activist Russell Means, “We are no longer citizens of the United States of America, and all those who live in the five-state … Continue reading →

The Red Lake Nation of Minnesota has reopened its commercial fishery.  The Red Lake Fisheries is processing walleye now that the fish population has rebounded. The company hopes to process 820,000 pounds. The fishery began in 1917 but closed in … Continue reading →

Nambe Pueblo in northern New Mexico is seeking to develop what would be the largest wind farm in the state and the largest in Indian Country.  The tribe has teamed up with Green Energy Wind, a new company, on the … Continue reading →

The first Lakota Nation Invitational Storytelling Competition began on Wednesday.  Sixteen students are participating in the competition. They are sharing traditional Lakota and Dakota stories, contemporary stories and family knowledge. “Something like this preserves our oral traditions,” Lydia Whirlwind Soldier … Continue reading →

Emory Sekaquaptewa, a Hopi linguist, artist and scholar, died on December 14. He was 78.  Sekaquaptewa wrote the tribe’s first dictionary. He spent 30 years on the project and was working on a children’s language workbook when he died. Sekaquaptewa … Continue reading →