NDN News - Native News/Daily Headlines in Indian Country

December 2, 2009

Jeff Martin
jemartin@argusleader.com
The Internal Revenue Service plans to auction land on one of America’s poorest Indian reservations, the Crow Creek Reservation east of Pierre, according to a federal lawsuit which seeks to block Thursday’s sale.
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe sought to block the 10 a.m. auction in Highmore. A judge denied the request, but [...]

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December 2, 2009 
Written by: Tamra Brennan
Founder/Director Protect Sacred Sites   
There is no greater atrocity than the continual violation of our religious freedom and inherent right to partake in sacred ceremonies without being spiritually violated, or suffering from the destruction and blatant disregard of our sacred lands. 
These Sacred lands are the bloodline and life way of our [...]

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By Glenn Coin / The Post-Standard
December 02, 2009, 10:16AM
  
Michelle Gabel/The Post-Standard, 2000 
Oneida Indian clan mother Maisie Shenandoah 
Oneida Castle, NY — Maisie Shenandoah, an Oneida Indian Nation clan mother who was among the first to return her family to the tribe’s ancestral lands, died at 3:30 a.m. today at the Oneida Castle home of her daughter, [...]

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