Native Americans
ACLU challenges disfranchisement
February 9, 2010The American Civil Liberties Uunion has filed a federal lawsuit in South Dakota on behalf of Native American voters who were denied the right to vote in 2008.
Read moreFirst Americans & all Americans
November 11, 2009Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Obama met with nearly 400 leaders of Native American tribes, Nov. 5, at a White House Tribal Nations Conference.
Read moreNew bridge symbolizes river’s rebirth
October 2, 2009An important envirnomental project is completed in Washington state.
Read moreNative Americans celebrate history, struggle in northwest
August 9, 2009'Paddle to Suquamish” Aug. 1-11 was a dramatic sign that the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest are in the midst of a cultural reawakening. Participation continues to grow 20 years after “Paddle to Seattle,” the...
Read moreAmerican Indians pull with pride in Elwha
August 26, 2005PORT ANGELES, Wash. — “Paddle to Elwha” brought thousands of Pacific Northwest Indians and their friends to the waterfront of this old Olympic Peninsula mill town Aug. 1 to celebrate the arrival of 76 dugout canoes...
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