Native American News

Mayan Pyramid Bulldozed for Road Fill in Belize

A construction company in Belize all but destroyed a Mayan pyramid more than 2,000 years old, using the crushed rock for road fill, the Associated Press has reported.

Interior Releases Updating Proposal for Hydraulic Fracturing on Public, Indian Lands

While roughly 90 percent of wells drilled on federal and Indian lands use hydraulic fracturing, the Bureau of Land Management’s current regulations governing hydraulic fracturing operations on public lands are more than 30 years old.

Superheroes Meet Native Design in Jeffrey Veregge’s Work

Graphic designer Jeffrey Veregge (Port Gamble S’Klallam) created his first ‘Native Superhero’ design just a few years ago, at a point when the Seattle-based graphic designer was searching for a new, personal and bold direction in his work.

Mohawk Ironworkers Help Raise Spire for Freedom Tower at One World Trade Center

From beginning to end, from rise to fall to rise again, the noble Mohawk ironworkers have shepherded the sky-scraping towers of the World Trade Center in New York City into existence.

Oneida Nation and New York State Enter ‘Historic’ Revenue Sharing

Decades of contentious lawsuits between the Oneida Indian Nation and the State of New York have ended in an historic agreement that resolves all disputes over land rights, tax issues, gaming exclusivity and profits between the two sovereigns. Oneida Indian Nation owns Oneida Nation Enterprises, parent company of Indian Country Today Media Network.

The Greatest Stories Never Told: A Dialogue on Theater

Donna Loring is an author, playwright, and Penobscot Tribal Elder. Yvette Nolan is a playwright, director, and dramaturge of Algonquin heritage (Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation).

How The Rattlesnake learned to bite

After people and the animals were created, they all lived together. Rattlesnake was there, and was called Soft Child because he was so soft in his motions.

3 Generations

Water Spirit’s gift of Horses

In the days before horses a poor orphan boy lived among the Blackfoot. Because he was so poor he knew that he could never obtain the things he wanted without the secret power of the gods. One day he left his camp to seek a vision that would tell him what he must do. He slept alone on a high mountain, he prayed near some great rocks, he fasted beside a river, but no vision came to him, no voice spoke to him.

Butterflies

One day the Creator was resting, sitting, watching some children at play in a village. The children laughed and sang, yet as he watched them, the Creator’s heart was sad. He was thinking: “These children will grow old. Their skin will become wrinkled. Their hair will turn gray. Their teeth will fall out. The young hunter’s arm will fail. These lovely young girls will grow ugly and fat.

How the Butterflies came to be

Now, one day after Earth-Maker shaped the world, Iioi, our Elder Brother was sitting and watching the children play. He saw the joy and the youthfulness they displayed. He saw the beauty of their surroundings, and the fresh fragrance of the trees and the flowers.

The Owl Husband

In many tribes the owl has a sinister meaning. In the Northwest the owl calls out the names of men and women who will die soon. Among the Sioux, Hin-Han the owl guards the entrance to the Milky Way over which the souls of the dead must pass to reach the spirit land. Those who fail the owl’s inspection because they do not have the proper tattoo on their wrists or elsewhere are thrown into the bottomless abyss.

The Giant and the Four Wind Brothers

There were four brothers in a family that lived in a huge cave on the top of a high mountain in the present state of Maine. One brother was North-wind, one South-wind, another West-wind, and the other one East-wind. They were the ones who made all of the winds blow.

Official: Exact effects unclear, but health care reform will present issues for Indians in MT

POLSON – You can look at the potential questions and problems facing many Indian people across the nation when it comes to the Affordable Health Care Act, and quickly check off all the ones that don’t apply on the Flathead Reservation.