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Moody's downgrades Native American casino debt (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday cut credit ratings on $2.2 billion of collective debt issued by two Native American casino companies, citing a downturn in gambling revenue.
Obama appoints Native officials to transition team (Missoulian)
As President-elect Barack Obama appoints a new team of cabinet members and fills other key federal work posts, he's named six Native people to his transition team - half of them assigned to assist in Interior Department policy, budget and personnel changes.
Tribal leaders accused of smoke-shop tax scam (Everett Herald)
Leaders of the Stillaguamish Indian Tribe lived in luxury for four years while Washington residents were cheated out of more than $25 million that should have been collected as state tax on cigarettes, according to a federal court indictment.
2 tribal council races in doubt (The Robesonian)
PEMBROKE — More than 1,000 tribal members cast votes in Tuesday’s Tribal Council election, leaving two of the four contested district seats in doubt.
LHS to welcome the music of the Nanticokes Nov. 21 (Cape Gazette)
The haunting lilt of a wood instrument remains a cherished legacy of the Native American people. The sounds of handmade flutes and the bass beat of tribal drums have dominated Indian culture from time immemorial.
Wilmot Native Receives National Award (Ashley County Ledger)
Wilmot native Mamie Parker has been selected The Wilderness Society's national Faces of Conservation award for her lifetime commitment to fish and wildlife conservation. Her photo will hang on a specially-designated wall in the nonprofit's Washington headquarters.
Renowned storyteller, motivational speaker will be at UMC Thursday (Crookston Daily Times)
Internationally acclaimed motivational storyteller, author and success coach, D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas, will present on Thursday, Nov. 6 at the University of Minnesota, Crookston.
Indian Heritage Month ignored (The Bismarck Tribune)
As north winds whip across the prairies and mountains, we should expect to hear more conversational gusts about Native people as we reach the midway peak of American Indian Heritage Month.
More Native Americans Now In Prisons (New America Media)
Native Americans are incarcerated in record numbers, according to the Department of Justice.
Mossett speaks during Native American Awareness Week at MSU (Minot Daily News)
Kandi Mossett was ice fishing with a group of relatives on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation when one of them caught a whopper. The group looked at her in disbelief when she told them to throw it back, because it was one of the fish on a state government list of fish contaminated by mercury.
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