Recently added articles from The Native Voice:
Native American Vote Crucial to Obama, Clinton
May 01, 2008; ... Swing vote could be Indians, with 10% of S.D. Democrats SOUTH DAKOTA - Voters in Indian country could be a key voting block in this year's Democratic presidential primary, and the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton know it. Both campaigns are courting the Indian vote ...
An Exclusive Interview with Senator Barack Obama
May 01, 2008; ... The Native VOICE: What is your understanding of Indian Country, and what your understanding of tribes in America? Senator Barack Obama: Well, obviously I have enormous respect for the traditions and the history of the first people on this continent. And I think it is very ...
The BIA Network Reconnects to the Internet
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON, D.C. Internet access is being restored to the Office of the Assistant secretary - Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) via the BIAs network following a recent court order. This means that Indian Affairs, BIA and BIE employees ...
Political newcomers headed to Democratic National Convention
May 01, 2008; ... JACKSON, WYWyoming Democrats say the selection of two 18-year-olds as delegates to the party's national convention this summer is representative of an upswing in youth interest in politics - a trend both Democrats and Republicans hope will translate into votes. Neither Layha Spoonhunter, ...
New Study Discusses Predatory lending in Indian Country
May 01, 2008; ... The recent collapse of the subprime mortgage lending market has elevated concerns surrounding predatory lending to national attention. Senators, legislators and even the current presidential candidates have weighed in on this discussion, most calling for more effective regulation to address the ...
Choosing a Candidate: The Native Voice Endorses Barack Obama
May 01, 2008; ... When we talk about endorsing a candidate, we are not talking about a personal choice. Rather, we take on the responsibility of making a decision based upon the best interest of our readers. And, it is not a decision we take lightly. In the case of The Native Voice newspaper, our choices ...
Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2008 Awarded to Frmr Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)
May 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK, NY - Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of the Cheyenne Tribe of Oklahoma, was one of 100 people honored with the NECO Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award at this year's ceremonies on Saturday, May 12, 2008. The award recognizes Campbell as a powerful leader for his many years of ...
Protect Your Right to Vote
May 01, 2008; ... Our right to contribute to the choosing of elected officials is one of the most important birthrights we have "as Americans. But for too many of us, especially minorities, we may find our exercise of that right facing obstructions or challenges when we arrive at our polling places to vote on ...
The Native Vote and The New Empowerment
May 01, 2008; ... The Native Vote experience is a fairly new, post-modern phenomenon. And while it does reflect a certain grow ing savvy and sophistication in Indian country, it also belies a much deeper and more profound collectixe loss. It is the loss of an inward-focused insulated and vibrant traditional ...
Frmr. Senator Tom Daschle re-caps the S.D. Tribal leaders Meeting with Barack Obama
May 01, 2008; ... Sioux Falls,-South Dakota, May 16, 2008 The Native VOICE: Can you give us a wrap up about what happened in the closed-door meeting with the South Dakota tribal leaders? Senator Tom Daschie: Well, first of all I think it was an important opportunity for Barack to ...
Clinton Campaigns on Flathead Reservation
May 01, 2008; ... Candidate pledges she would name American Indian adviser to her staff PABLO - Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was welcomed to Salish Kootenai College in Pablo late Tuesday afternoon by a cheering crowd of about 1,200 supporters and an honor song from the Chief ...
The Native Voice: Bits of Blog from the Obama Campaign Trail
May 01, 2008; ... Saturday, May 17, 2008 This morning started early, with bright, warm sunshine in Portland, Oregon. Sunday morning is no time to relax if you are on the campaign trail with Barack Obama, and the bus headed out of town, over the river and into the suburbs, accompanied all the way by the ...
Get Ready for the Digital TV Transition
May 01, 2008; ... Get Ready for the Digital TV Transition WASHINGTON, DC - One of the biggest changes in television history is about to take place in the U.S. But some TV viewers may be left in the dark if they don't take action by March 2009. A federal law enacted in 2006 requires all full-power ...
Clinton speaks en reservation, promises to be tireless advocates for Indian Country
May 01, 2008; ... KYLE. SD - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton asked Native American voters to look ahead to the November general election as they cast their votes Tuesday in the Democratic presidential primary. "Who is the most likely to win? That's the ultimate question to ask yourself," Clinton said during a ...
Tribal leader Escorted from Clinton Event Slap In Face of Sovereignty
May 01, 2008; ... VOICES Today on the campus of Sinte Gleska University, the heart of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, I attended an event where former President William Jefferson Clinton was present to remind us why his wife Hillary Clinton is the best choice for the democratic nominee and as president. Standard ...
NCAI Expands 2008 Native Vote Initiative
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON, DC - The National Congress of American Indians has expanded its 2008 Native Vote initiative, announcing an aggressive plan to count every Indian vote in the 2008 elections and to create a national infrastructure and network for empowering the Native Vote throughout the United ...
Lakota Sioux Olympic legend Billy Mills Announces Support for Barack Obama
May 01, 2008; ... Gold medalist cites Obama s ability to unite, relate to Americans in underserved communities SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills, a Lakota Sioux born and raised on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, today endorsed U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for President. Mills, ...
Crows Thrilled to Be Obama's 'Brothers and Sisters'
May 01, 2008; ... CROW AGENCY, Mont.Some Crow tribal members waited in line more than six hours to ensure they would have a good view when the first presidential candidate to visit their reservation stepped to the stage to speak. Others spent those hours braiding their hair and fastening the ties of their ...
Horses help at-risk Indian Youth
May 01, 2008; ... Horses are part of new court diversion program aimed at building trust, responsibility and self-esteem in at-risk American Indian youth. The program, started last fall by the Spirit Lake juvenile court system, is called Shunka Wakan Ah-Ku, or Bringing Back the Horses. "A lot of ...
National Museum of the American Indian Hosts National Powwow in Washington, D.C.
Aug 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian holds its National Powwow starting at 10 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10-12 at the Verizon Center in downtown Washington, D.C. Dancers representing hundreds of tribal nations from across the United ...