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New York tribe files international human rights complaint against US

New York tribe files international human rights complaint against US

by Mallory Black | Apr 15, 2014 | Environment

WASHINGTON — In an ongoing battle with the state of New York for tribal land rights, members of the Onondaga Nation Tuesday filed a petition with an international human rights commission against the federal government. Citing broken treaties with the United...

Native alliance asks Congress for $3 million to teach Lakota language

by Mallory Black | Apr 8, 2014 | Education

WASHINGTON — A Native American coalition is asking Congress to designate $3 million in existing education money for a native language immersion program to help save the Lakota language. The National Alliance to Save Native Languages proposed that the Bureau of...

Tribal leaders call on Interior for speedier payout of $3.4 billion settlement

by Mallory Black | Apr 3, 2014 | Politics

WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior turned over $580,000 to a Native American scholarship fund Wednesday, the first installment of a larger $3.4 billion settlement involving mismanaged tribal trust funds. However five tribal leaders aired frustrations...
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