http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains RSS Feed for ICT - National - Plains en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:58:20 GMT 2010-03-19T14:58:20Z en-us http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/88558427.html PLUMMER, Idaho – The Coeur d’Alene Tribe was awarded $12.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to construct a broadband network that will provide high-speed Internet access for the rural communities and surrounding areas on the reservation. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:58:20 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/88558427.html 2010-03-19T14:58:20Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87806922.html BOZEMAN, Mont. – Conclusive research has concluded that developing early learning habits help children develop long-term success in school and life. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:30:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87806922.html 2010-03-18T15:30:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87807537.html BILLINGS, Mont. – For Glenda McCarthy, working with urban area indigenous students has been a story of success. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87807537.html 2010-03-19T04:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87806252.html TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – In an ongoing effort to strengthen the use of the Cherokee language, the Cherokee Nation has developed a unique keypad that allows the user to more easily type in the Cherokee syllabary instead of using the Latin alphabet that is standard to modern computer keyboards. The special keypad is made of thin black silicone, and fits over the top of a regular computer keyboard. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87806252.html 2010-03-17T04:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87481122.html MAYETTA, Kan. – Appearances are everything in small communities. This is especially true in Indian country, where close family, social and work relationships may appear to compromise the integrity of tribal judicial systems. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87481122.html 2010-03-15T04:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87477397.html LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) – Law enforcement officials in northern Idaho say they have interviewed people who may be responsible for vandalism to ancient tribal pictographs near Lewiston’s Hells Gate State Park. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:48:18 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87477397.html 2010-03-12T17:48:18Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87137747.html SALINA, Okla. – More than 100 people braved the cold temperatures to watch the Cherokee Nation break ground for a new dental clinic in Salina Feb. 23 as part of an expansion of the tribe’s Amo Health Center. The dental clinic will be the sixth in the Cherokee Nation Health Services system and will join the others in Tahlequah, Muskogee, Jay, Sallisaw and Stilwell. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87137747.html 2010-03-12T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87136637.html DURANT, Okla. – Choctaw Nation Tribal Police officer Lt. Stan Briggs has a new partner on the job – a 13-month old Belgian Malinois named Taz Taz. The dog will assist the Tribal Police Force by sniffing vehicles for drugs and searching buildings and suspects as needed in locations throughout the Choctaw Nation’s 10 counties and by request from other local agencies. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/87136637.html 2010-03-11T17:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/86650957.html NEW TOWN, N.D. – An oil boom on American Indian land has brought jobs, millions of dollars and hope to long-impoverished tribal members who have struggled for more than a century on the million-acre (405,000-hectare) Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/86650957.html 2010-03-10T05:00:00Z http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/86636007.html RAPID CITY, S.D. – Children, grandchildren, and tribal nations – enrollment and inclusion can spell collective survival, because “Every tribe is one generation away from cultural and political extinction,” according to Maylinn Smith, a law professor. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/86636007.html 2010-03-10T05:00:00Z