Author: Joe Duggan

Source: Lincoln Journal Star

http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/article_1f4da392-d41b-11df-82d6-001cc4c002e0.html

They drove more than 400 miles from Oklahoma to fulfill an obligation to people they never knew.

Upon their Sept. 10 arrival in Lincoln, eight citizens of the Pawnee Nation checked inventory records against boxes of Native bones at the...

Author: Laura Collins-Hughes

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/09/28/reviving_wampanoag_earns_linguist_a_genius_grant/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed5_HP

First she cried. Then she found out about the money and nearly fainted.

Jessie Little Doe Baird was overcome at the news that her 17 years of linguistic work —...

Author: Jennifer Dobner

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

Wire Service: The Associated Press

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50301530-76/church-american-court-peyote.html.csp

An American Indian church is suing state and federal police and prosecutors over the right of its members to use peyote in religious ceremonies, even if they aren’t of Indian ancestry.

The...

Author: Jennifer Dobner

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

Wire Service: The Associated Press

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50301530-76/church-american-court-peyote.html.csp

An American Indian church is suing state and federal police and prosecutors over the right of its members to use peyote in religious ceremonies, even if they aren’t of Indian ancestry.

The...

Author: Gale Courey Toensing

Source: Indian Country Today

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/home/content/First-Peoples-Festival-featured-indigenous-culture-in-a-cityscape-101642723.html

The Montreal First Peoples’ Festival – the city’s signature celebration of indigenous peoples art, history and cultures – took place in a brand new outdoor festival...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard

Wire Service: AP

http://www.syracuse.com/religion/index.ssf?/base/national-136/128040987979590.xml&storylist=religion

A Roman Catholic priest, a Taoist master and a Lakota holy man joined forces to help rebury 130-year-old remains uncovered in the western South Dakota town of Deadwood.

Author: Joanna Smith

Source: The Star

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/836532--six-nations-passport-more-than-travel-document-say-users

A passport is more than a key to the world — it is an expression of national identity, say members of the Six Nations Confederacy who have been using their own special travel document for years.

That is why members of the Iroquois...

Author: Nina Chestney

Source: Reuters UK

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE66E2WQ20100715

A team of native Americans hoping to compete at the world lacrosse championships in Manchester has been refused entry to Britain because they are travelling on tribal passports.

The Iroquois men's team, whose ancestors are credited with founding the game 1,000 years ago, have been forced to forfeit their first match on Thursday as they await...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

http://lubbockonline.com/state-news/2010-07-11/court-texas-american-indian-boy-can-wear-hair-braids-school

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Texas school district cannot punish an American Indian kindergartner for wearing his hair in traditional braids to express his family's religious beliefs.

Author: C. Ryan Barber

Source: Cape Cod Times

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100704/NEWS/7040325/-1/NEWS01

Bill Pocknett remembers.

He remembers the powwows of 50 years ago — intimate gatherings of friends and family members who would stay in each other's homes or pitch tents in backyards. He remembers the dancers who competed simply for enjoyment and dinners later at night...

Author: Lynda V. Mapes

Source: The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012175246_snofalls22m.html

Mist cruises through the air in great clouds, twining through the branches of a giant cedar and falling in crystal drops, renewing the cycle of life.

The falls are held sacred by the Snoqualmie Tribe, particularly the mist, believed to unite the worlds of heaven and earth. Its cool touch is...

Author: Nicole Neroulias

Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/06/pagans-to-pray-for-earths-heal

Bonfires, drum circles, dancing, candlelit...

Author: Scott Mobley

Source: The Record Searchlight

http://www.redding.com/news/2010/may/15/mayor-pushes-prayer-diversity/

Redding Mayor Patrick Jones wants to diversify City Council invocations.

Police chaplains currently deliver these prayers, which essentially are entreaties to some higher power for guidance at the beginning of a council meeting.

The council on Tuesday will consider Jones’ proposal to open...

Author: Greg Peterson

Source: Indian Country Today

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/greatlakes/92880679.html

As the spirits whispered through the towering pines on 40 mile per hour winds atop sacred Eagle Rock, American Indian warrior Levi Tadgerson said, “you can feel our relatives and the spirits with us.”

He stood on the cliff’s edge looking out upon northern Michigan’s Yellow Dog...

Author: Patrick Cassidy

Source: Cape Cod Times

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100501/NEWS/5010321

The federal and state government upped the ante this week in betting that Cape Wind is a winner.

When U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm Wednesday he more than doubled a multimillion dollar financial mitigation offer for local Indian tribes...