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By Andrew Ramonas | September 10, 2009
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved legislation today by voice vote that would give the Justice Department Office of Tribal Justice a presidentially appointed head. 
The Office of Tribal Justice was created under a federal statute in 1995, but exists at the discretion of the Attorney General. OTJ serves as [...]

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Legislative Update, Septemeber 10, 2009
In addition to a business meeting, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is scheduled to hold a legislative hearing on S. 1635 – 7th Generation Promise: Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 2009 this Thursday, September 10, 2009, at 2:15 pm in the Senate Dirksen Office Building.  The bill is sponsored [...]

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Nominees Announced for the
Eleventh Annual Music Awards
To Be Held On October 3rd, 2009
In Niagara Falls
 
Hosted By Gil Birmingham
Ritchie Valens To Be Inducted into NAMA Hall of Fame
Stevie Salas To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
September 4, 2009 – Niagara Falls, NY. Nominations for the 11th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMA) were announced today by The Native [...]

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Sep 10, 2009 – 04:05:31 CDT
By SARA KINCAID
Bismarck Tribune
Speakers urged local action at the United Tribes Technical College Tribal Leaders Summit on Wednesday.
The summit, which continues today at the Bismarck Civic Center, coincides with the United Tribes Technical College Powwow.
The theme of the summit is renewal in Indian Country. During afternoon sessions on civil rights [...]

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Sep 10, 2009 – 04:05:32 CDT
By LAUREN DONOVAN
Bismarck Tribune
NEW TOWN – Randy and Terry Fossen own a number of rental properties near where a proposed refinery would be built on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and they attended a meeting at New Town on Wednesday night to learn the latest from the federal agencies involved [...]

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By Lee Conrad
September 9, 2009
 
In a deal that creates the first financial services firm to be 100%-owned by a Native-American tribe, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe acquired New York-based Westrock Group today for an undisclosed amount.
Westrock, which has an independent broker-dealer as well as asset management and wealth management units, becomes one of the largest [...]

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(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chuck Stoody, File)
By CARSON WALKER (AP) – 2 hours ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Canadian man and a South Dakota woman were charged in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member, who prosecutors say was killed because the group’s leaders suspected she was a government informant.
John Graham, of [...]

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Septemeber 10, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Indian Education Association will be honoring eight Native individuals and one school who have had a large impact on the world of education during their 40th annual convention to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 22-25th. Since 1977, the membership association has honored Native leaders who have changed [...]

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