http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest RSS Feed for ICT - National - Midwest en-us Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT 2010-03-14T05:00:00Z en-us http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/87480962.html DENVER – After years of litigation and controversy, the Osage Nation was told by a federal appeals court March 5 that its reservation was dissolved a century ago and that the court therefore did not need to address whether its residents were exempt from state income tax. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/87480962.html 2010-03-14T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/87139572.html FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Her earliest memories are of standing up in her crib as a toddler. She remembers her mother looking in and the happiness she felt upon seeing her. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/87139572.html 2010-03-14T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/87117187.html DENVER – WorthGroup Architects celebrated the early opening of the Choctaw Casino Resort expansion project in Durant, Okla. for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/87117187.html 2010-03-12T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/85818602.html DENVER – The American Civil Liberties Union is arguing that former professor Ward Churchill should be reinstated by the University of Colorado because he was wrongly fired for exercising his right to free speech. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/85818602.html 2010-03-06T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/85501717.html DENVER – With the advent of an increasingly urban, multiracial country, it’s possible that Indian America will slowly be transformed as well, perhaps following a controversial trajectory toward inclusion in an ethnic American identity. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/85501717.html 2010-03-03T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/85498882.html DENVER – A grisly crime three years ago on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation resurfaced in federal appellate court Feb. 4 when one of four convicted killers unsuccessfully challenged his conviction on charges of premeditated first degree murder. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:42:31 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/85498882.html 2010-02-26T16:42:31Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/85045702.html DENVER – Reservation dwellings no longer owned or operated by the Fort Peck, Mont. Housing Authority cannot be included in an Indian Housing Block Grant program, federal appeals court judges decided Feb. 20 in a ruling that may influence funding received by tribal nations with large rent-to-own programs. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/85045702.html 2010-02-24T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/84470882.html DENVER – Calm and cerebral may be the route high school mascot issues will take in coming months, as some of the state’s American Indian educators and others begin conversations with Colorado school districts whose high schools have “Indian” mascots and names. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/84470882.html 2010-02-19T05:00:00Z