2015 Culture and Tradition News Stories
Federal judge rules tribe can continue Urban Outfitters lawsuit (Albuquerque Journal) 12/28/15
Ban on disparaging trademarks violates First Amendment, Federal Circuit rules in band's appeal (ABA Journal) 12/23/15
Federal court to clarify legality of Native American adoptions (Verde Independent) 12/19/15
It takes a tribe: ICWA under assault (Native American Times) 12/18/15
We hope the U.S. will honor Billy Frank's life and his dream (North County Outlook) 12/16/15
Federal judge dismisses Anti-ICWA Suit (Indian Country Today) 12/11/15
John Trudell, American Indian Movement activist, poet and actor, dies in California at 69 (Star Tribune) 12/9/15
Event focuses on foster care of Indian children (The Robesonian) 12/2/15
Gay marriage is legal but not on tribal lands (ABC News) 11/27/15
Native tribes want cultural sites protected (The Journal) 11/25/15
Court sides with Indian inmates over closure of sweat lodge (Indianz) 11/24/15
Senate bill introduced to rename wildlife refuge after Billy Frank Jr. (Indian Country Today) 11/20/15
Honoring Billy Frank Jr.: a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a Bellingham Street (Indian Country Today) 11/17/15
Tribes recruit foster families (KOAM) 11/14/15
Tribes want protections for sacred grizzlies to stay (TRIB) 11/13/15
Tribes sue Caltrans for alleged destruction of cultural resources (Indian Country Today) 11/3/15
Senate passes National Bison Day resolution (Newsroom) 11/5/15
Immersion school bill clears hurdle (Indianz) 11/5/15
Native American Rights Fund in Boulder notes 45 years of legal service (Denver Post) 11/3/15
CRIT appeals to Obama in dispute over solar projects (Havasu News) 11/2/15
Alaska Supreme Court decision effectively blocks Alaska native families from asserting their rights under the Indian Child Welfare Act (Alaska Native Federation) 10/28/15
State, feds defend tribal adoption law (Casa Grande Dispatch) 10/20/15
Couples sue over tribal adoption hurdles (Wall Street Journal) 10/16/15
Momentum created by tribal official's White House work (Jamestown Sun) 10/19/15
Brown signs AB 30, Redskin mascot banned (Union Democrat) 10/13/15
Seattle City Council votes to acknowledge "historical traumas" of American Indian boarding school policy (The Stranger) 10/13/15
Alaska is first State to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day (Indian Country Today) 10/13/15
Indigenous Peoples' Day recognized for first time in Michigan (Public News Service) 10/12/15
Columbus' 'legacy' takes hits during St. Paul's first-ever Indigenous Peoples Day (Twin Cities) 10/12/15
U.S. Supreme Court: Jim Thorpe's body to remain in town that bears his name (Morning Call) 10/5/15
UA researchers release new findings in tribal child welfare study (Native American Times) 10/1/15
AVCP panel offers solutions for tribal-state child welfare (Alaska Public Media) 10/1/15
SD officials, inmates group adjust ceremonial tobacco policy (Rapid City Journal) 9/30/15
Tribe receives $1 Million from Department of Justice (Indian Country Today) 9/26/15
Erin Grace: Reservation boarding school promotes tribal culture (Indianz) 9/21/15
For Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, a homecoming (Boston Globe) 9/19/15
George Will gets it all wrong in his attack on ICWA (Indian Country Today) 9/13/15
Want to lead a more sustainable lifestyle? Here are some ideas (Indian Country Today) 9/11/15
Improving treatment of Native American children Washington Post (News List Online) 9/7/15
OPINION: Indian Child Welfare Act doesn't help Indian children (Indianz) 9/3/15
UNM research project examines modern impact of historical trauma (Daily Lobo) 9/2/15
OPINION: The case for tribal lands in trust: giving back to rural Alaska communities (Alaska Business) 9/1/15
Rhonda Pitka: Alaska Natives put priority on subsistence rights (Indianz) 9/1/15
Obama announces Alaska's Mount McKinley to be renamed Denali � and lawmakers Are Angry (Policy Mic) 8/31/15
Local activist wants the Seattle City Council to acknowledge the trauma of American Indian boarding schools (The Stranger) 8/21/15
Native Americans' totem pole journeys to oppose coal exports (Native Times) 8/21/15
Tribes encouraged that Kennewick Man will be reburied (Tri-City Herald) 8/20/15
Native Americans lose fight for long hair in prisons (Dailynews724) 8/7/15
Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage doesn't apply to tribes (Fronteras) 7/31/15
Juvenile Justice System failing Native Americans, studies show (NPR) 7/31/15
Fort Wingate back to Indian Country: Pueblo say ‘yes,’ Navajo Nation says ‘maybe’ (Indian Country Today) 7/23/15
Navajo Nation eases leaders' language requirements (Salt Lake Tribune) 7/22/15
More children live in poverty today than during 2008 recession (USA Today) 7/21/15
25 years of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (KJSD) 7/20/15
Expose the lies told about ICWA (Indian Country Today) 7/17/15
American youth gather at White House for inaugural summit (UPI) 7/09/15
Arizona lawsuit challenges Indian adoption preference (Arizona Daily Sun) 7/08/15
War of words: ICWA faces multiple assaults from adoption industry (Indian Country Today) 7/08/15
Arizona think tank challenges US Indian Child Welfare Act (AP) 7/07/15
Tribal marriages might trump same-sex ban by states (Indian Country Today) 6/24/15
Kennewick Man linked to Native Americans (IOL SciTech) 6/19/2015
Pope Francis: indigenous peoples 'should be the principal dialogue partners' on projects (Indian Country Today) 6/18/15
Senators Schatz, Thune, colleagues introduce bipartisan legislation to improve and grow tourism in Native communities (Senator Thune) 6/17/2015
Judge denies injunction request for NextEra solar power project (EnergyCentral) 6/16/2015
Montana tribe: We're entitled to more than 2 bison (HeraldNet) 6/15/2015
Why 2016 is the ideal election for a Native candidate (Indain Country Today) 6/10/2015
Cheyenne River Sioux tribe goes smoke-free (Indian Country Today) 6/9/2015
Parisian auction house plans to sell more Hopi Katsinam Wednesday (Indian Country Today) 6/9/2015
American Indian couple sues over adoption notification laws (Native Times) 6/9/2015
California student wears eagle feather at graduation after lawsuit (The Telegraph) 6/5/2015
Foster-parenting rules may change for natives (Durango Herald) 6/1/2015
Jim Thorpe's sons ask Supreme Court to allow reburial
(New York Times) 6/2/015
BIA politicizes placement of Indian children in new rule (Indianz) 6/1/2015
Jail time over eagle feathers? One Native American's religious freedom fight (Catholic News Agency) 5/29/2015
Navajo Nation to decide on fluency requirements for candidates (Indianz) 5/29/2015
Native village secures return of ancestral territory (Indianz) 5/26/2015
Law helps tribes reclaim remains from museums (Arizona Daily Star) 5/25/2015
ICWA opponents wrong to cite blood quantum (Indianz) 5/25/2015
Starr County gardener finds peyote patches, looks towards legal path for the Native American medicine (The Monitor) 5/23/2015
Navajo Nation wages battle over 'Navajo' products (Indianz) 5/22/2015
School bars Indian student's eagle feather (Courthouse News) 5/22/2015
Rep. Gosar spearheads bipartisan effort to protect sacred Hopi artifacts from auction (Gosar.gov) 5/21/2015
Why the US and Canada fear a human rights court, pt. I: the global expansion of international law (Indian Country Today) 5/21/2015
Are tribal courts developed enough for VAWA? Pascua Yaqui proves it (Indian Country Today) 5/20/2015
Burials, sacred objects returned to tribes (Cortez Journal) 5/20/2015
Report calls for changes in handling of Native American children in foster care (Black Hills Fox) 5/16/15
What's lurking behind the suicides? (New York Times) 5/16/2015
Proposed changes to tighten enforcement of ICWA (Native American Times) 5/15/2015
FBI broke rules in probe into Keystone XL Pipeline opponents (Indianz) 5/13/15
Young Din� walk another 350 miles in prayer for people, land, culture
(Indian Country Today) 5/6/15
Montana governor signs bills to encourage Indian language preservation, immersion programs
(Greenfield Reporter) 5/6/15
Native American activists work to remove offensive site names
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin) 5/4/15
Navajo zoo receives permit to provide protected eagle feathers
(AZ Daily Sun) 5/1/15
Rare silent film featuring Native American cast, customs screens decades after surviving Dallas fire
(Dallas News) 4/29/15
American Indian mascot bill fails
(Loveland News) 4/29/15
Opinion: Federal circuit ruling could harm Blackhorse case; NFL no longer tax-exempt
(Indian Country Today) 4/29/15
Washington state tribe's whale hunting request triggers new backlash (Reuters) 4/29/15
History of the Mandan People wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize
(Indian Country Today) 4/26/15
Sea Shepherd announces revival of campaign against Makah treaty rights (IREHR) 4/22/15
Racial slurs shouldn't be trademarked (Slate) 4/21/15
Eagle feathers case continues (Native News) 4/21/15
NAGRPA grants awarded to help repatriate remains, cultural objects
(Indian Country Today) 4/21/15
County addresses spiritual needs of inmates
(Indianz) 4/20/15
Corps says it can release Feather River Levee artifacts (ENR California) 4/18/15
Colorado Republicans ready to kill mascot bill in Senate (Indian Country Today) 4/14/15
Whale magic in the 21st century: Study brings the Makah closer to whaling
(Indian Country Today) 3/31/15
Senate seeks to kill Mascot Bill; Sponsor receives more hate mail
(Indian Country Today) 3/27/15
Native Americans threaten lawsuit over Levee artifacts (Fox 40) 3/20/15
Louise Erdrich wins Library of Congress award (New York Times) 3/17/15
Federal judge rules for tribe in dispute over eagle permits
(WRAL) 3/13/15
New longhouse at UW a dream realized (Seattle Times) 3/12/15
Urban Outfitters seeks review of decision in Navajo case (Herald Media) 3/11/15
U.S. returns eagle feathers to Lipan Apache religious leader after court fight
(Indian Country Today) 3/10/15
Two high schools refuse to play opponent named 'Redskins'
(Indian Country Today) 3/7/15
Choctaw translation project eagerly anticipated (Mission Network News) 3/5/15
Grants will help Ojibwe language preservation efforts (Indian Country Today) 2/22/15
Native American activist to sue Facebook over site's 'real name' policy (The Guardian) 2/19/15
Opinion: My high school mascot is offensive
(Education Week) 2/17/15
Human remains found on Bainbridge will be repatriated to Suquamish Tribe
(My Northwest) 2/6/15
Museum hosts play and panel on Jim Thorpe repatriation dispute (Indianz) 2/11/15
Facebook fail: Native Americans accused of using fake names (IB Times) 2/10/15
Researchers, Native American team to protect artifacts (Laboratory Equipment) 2/10/15
Two men, one cause: Elected officials in D.C., Denver take on Native American mascots (Indian Country Today) 2/5/15
Lawmaker sponsors Little Shell Tribe bill to remove "halfbreed" from place names (Fox Business) 2/5/15
North Dakota Natives win eagle feather fight for graduating students
(Indian Country Today) 2/15
Why Native Americans are concerned about potential exploitation of their DNA
(Genetic Literacy Project) 2/2/15
The bizarre ESP experiments conducted on aboriginal children without parental consent (Washington Post) 1/16/15
Opinion: NAGPRA, Indian burials, and the unquiet grave (Jurist) 11/22/14
Ruling could boost Native American inmates' case
(Montgomery Advertiser) 1/21/15
Controversy over Jim Thorpe's remains subject of play reading, panel discussion
(Indian Country Today) 1/21/15
To some in California, founder of church missions is far from saint
(New York Times) 1/21/15
Kennewick Man's DNA likely that of a Native
(Herald Net) 1/20/15
Broken promises on display at Native American treaties exhibit
(NPR) 1/18/15
Opinion: NAGPRA and Congress's foresight (Jurist) 1/18/15
Mille Lacs Band State of the Nation focuses on cultural sovereignty
(Indian Country Today) 1/17/15
Squaw Island to be renamed 'Deyowenoguhdoh' (Buffalo News) 1/16/15
Navajo president rejects language fluency bill (Salon) 1/3/15
