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The Miss Hozhoni Pageant, part of Fort Lewis College’s Hozhoni Days celebration, begins Monday, March 22 with the contestant introductions.

While nearly 1/3 of children in the US are overweight or obese – a rate that has tripled in adolescents and more than doubled in younger children since 1980 – the overweight/obesity rate is even higher among AI/AN children, approaching 50%.

The Native Youth Language Project will train 30 students from the Santa Fe Indian School on the use of technology tools to create digital stories and short films.

Renewables on Tribal Homelands: A Rosebud Sioux Tribe Renewable Energy Conference will be held April 28-30, 2010, at the Rosebud Casino & Hotel in South Dakota.

Honoring Nations is a national awards program that identifies, celebrates, and shares outstanding examples of tribal governance. Deadline is January 29, 2010.

Inauguration ceremonies will be held Jan. 7 at the Hopi Veterans Memorial Center for new tribal Chairman LeRoy N. Shingoitewa and Vice Chairman Herman Honanie.

The Meadows at Mystic Lake has been selected as the tenth Best Casino Golf Course in the country by Golfweek magazine.

Tribal Council solicits member email addresses to enable new “community-building” website, which will include a Facebook-type social networking site, forums / discussion groups, and directories.

A proposed Settlement has been reached with American Indian Plaintiffs
in a long-running class action lawsuit against the federal government
for mismanagement of individual Indian trust accounts and trust assets.

The White House announced a settlement in the 13-year-old Cobell class-action lawsuit Tuesday.

NCAI President Jefferson Keel, along with tribal leaders, met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi today to discuss Indian Country’s inclusion in the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

Thanks to amendments offered by Congressman Pallone and guarantees from the Speaker of the House, our health care of choice, the Indian Health Service, will be supported and sustained through this national reform movement.

Tribal representatives from all corners of Indian Country will be joined by international dignitaries, Members of Congress, Administration officials and tribal supporters to officially open the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Embassy of Tribal Nations in Washington, D.C.

First enacted in 1976, IHCIA is the primary source of medical care for 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, many of whom live in isolated, sparsely populated, and underserved areas of the country. Yet, the program was allowed to expire in 2001.

Six candidates were certified to run for chairman of the Hopi Tribe by the Oct. 20 deadline, and five candidates qualified to seek the office of vice chairman in the Nov. 4 primary.

BCRC tells Seattle crowd that enrollment will not be part of the proposed changes

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Lillian Sparks as commissioner, Administration for Native Americans, in the Department of Health and Human Services.

This legislation is a very important item to artists and business people everywhere. It pertains to DVD/CD piracy on the Navajo Nation.

In testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health, NCAI President Jefferson Keel asked the Committee to set a schedule and establish a strategy to ensure passage of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

The 3.1 mile event will start at Dakotah! and wind through The Meadows at Mystic Lake, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community golf course.

Deadline is Oct. 15 to apply for the Freedom Forum's Chips Quinn Scholars Program for Diversity in Journalism internships and multimedia training.

Tinsel Korey, who portrays Emily in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," spent a week on the Quileute Nation, teaching acting classes at the K-12 Tribal School.

Westrock Group becomes the first Native-American-owned, full-service financial services business. 'This is a landmark event for our tribe and for all American Indians,' Lower Brule tribal chairman says.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 22 tribal colleges in nine states have been selected to receive $4.7 million through the USDA Rural Development Tribal College Grant program.

Congress of American Indians President Joe A. Garcia expresses sorrow over the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, calling him a champion for Native people.

Recent press stories have sought to scare Americans about health insurance reform by highlighting the Indian Health Service system.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that $1 million in Recovery Act funds will be spent to improve the collection of tribal crime and justice data.

The economic stimulus funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will allow work to continue on the estuary restoration project, critical to salmon recovery in Puget Sound.

Working to improve each other's culture-based writing was the primary purpose of this year's Oak Lake Tribal Writers' Society retreat in South Dakota.