Editorials
Supreme Court drops the ball on Redskins suit
 A 17-year effort to end the use of the Washington Redskins’ name hit a stone wall Nov. 16 when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit over the NFL team’s name and trademark. Read more » Past EditorialsPursuing the ‘American Indian dream’
President Barack Obama met with tribal leaders in Washington Nov. 5. The president upheld a campaign promise to meet with Indian leaders annually, and he made good for the first year. Read more » 
Obama making good on promises
Looking to end decades of government negligence of Native people, President Barack Obama spoke Nov. 5 to tribal leaders gathered from across the nation for the White House Tribal Nations Conference. Read more » Cultural training needed for FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents don’t receive cultural awareness or language training when assigned to serve Indian reservations. Many tribal communities don’t believe non-tribal court personnel and non-tribal police are culturally sensitive. Read more » Gathering again to discuss climate crisisNative peoples have enjoyed a great many millennia of flourishing cultures and “green” economies in the rich and diverse environments that comprise these native homelands in the Americas long before “green” was fashionable. Every American Indian tribe today is the recognized descendant of indigenous ancestral nations, tribes, villages, bands and communities that have successfully adapted to changing environmental, historical and social circumstances to survive into these modern times. Simply put, those that did not adapt are no longer with us. Read more » Researching violence, recovering responsibility
Recently, the U.S. attorney general appointed members to the Violence Against Women in Indian Country Task Force. The primary purpose of the task force is to assist the National Institute of Justice to establish a research program focused on developing reliable information about violence against Native women including domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking and murder. Read more » Barreiro: Immigration issue sparks American racism
Perhaps the flare-up of the immigration issue started out more legitimately. Certainly there are serious problems with waves of hundreds of thousands of people entering any country illegally. But like the head of a monstrous snake coming out of a thorny bush, the issue has grown its own nasty viper. Immigration has become the new magnet of American racism. Read more » 
Tribes, states must manage concurrent powers
The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians has a long history of upholding its political sovereignty. It also has a long history of legal actions and encounters with state and county authorities. Police refer to the Soboba reservation as “hostile Indian country” to this day. After the most recent shooting incident of several since 2002, Soboba chairman Robert Salgado reported county police did not respect his authority, and did not cooperate with him as the reservation’s elected leader. Read more » |
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