AMERICAN INDIANS

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Feds will pay Indians for mismanaging accounts

Feds will pay Indians for mismanaging accounts DUNSEITH, N.D. — In the dim bleakness of the dilapidated shelter he shares with two grown sons and several small “ankle-biter” dogs on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, Jessie Cree, 57, listens intently as cousin Delvin Cree and another visitor talk money.

By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications , December 10, 2012

Tribes raise $9M for sacred SD land

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — After months of high-profile fundraising that drew celebrities' attention and dollars, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota's Black Hills that they consider sacred, an official with an Indian land foundation said Friday.

By Kristi Eaton, Associated Press , November 30, 2012

New tribal president wants change

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The newly elected president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe says he's ready to hit the ground running once he's sworn into office next month.

By Associated Press , November 26, 2012

Students donate to tribe to buy sacred land

ROSEBUD, S.D. (AP) — A kindergarten class on the Rosebud Indian Reservation is donating their loose change to an effort to secure land in the Black Hills that tribal members consider sacred.

By Associated Press , November 21, 2012

Baby addicted to methamphetamine returned to mom at Spirit Lake

FARGO — A baby born addicted to methamphetamine reportedly has been returned to a mother from the Spirit Lake reservation who an official said failed to submit to drug tests.

By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications , November 12, 2012

Steps at Spirit Lake

FARGO — The Bureau of Indian Affairs has handled more than a hundred reports of suspected child abuse or neglect on the Spirit Lake reservation since taking over social services Oct. 1.

By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications , November 12, 2012

Official: Tribe’s children still at risk

FARGO — A child who routinely soiled underpants as a defense against rape. Little boys brazenly engaging in outdoor sex acts. Children left in homes with known sexual predators.

By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications , November 05, 2012

Projects teaching children to speak Lakota younger

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Peter Hill's daughter was born two years ago, he made a conscious decision to only speak Lakota to her.

By Kristi Eaton, Associated Press , October 20, 2012

Spirit Lake cut off from any appeals

FARGO — The door to the appeals courtroom has been slammed shut for more than a year for American Indian residents of Spirit Lake Nation.

By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications , October 01, 2012

On reservation, rec center puts offenders’ photos on display

FORT TOTTEN, N.D. — Jon Lawrence cradles his 2-year-old daughter, Sophia, as he surveys the 36 photographs in a glass case at the entrance to the Spirit Lake Recreation Center, a gathering place and playground for children of the reservation.

By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications , September 17, 2012

Tribe cedes control of embattled Spirit Lake social services unit to federal officials

FARGO — The Bureau of Indian Affairs will assume control of social services programs for the Spirit Lake Tribe, which has been beset with criticisms that it has failed to protect endangered children.

By Patrick Springer and Chuck Haga, Forum Communications , September 15, 2012

Other Views: Tribe’s reaction is an outrage

The reaction of Spirit Lake Nation tribal officials to revelations the tribe failed to protect children is misguided and outrageous: misguided because the goal in this sorry saga should be protecting kids, not trying to save the tribe’s bacon; outrageous because the defensive posture of the tribal chairman and other tribal officials is a purposeful distraction, not a responsible focus on the welfare of children.

By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , September 11, 2012

Deadline looms: Review team returning to Spirit Lake reservation

Deadline looms: Review team returning to Spirit Lake reservation FARGO — This week could decide the future governance of social services for the Spirit Lake Tribe as a deadline looms about who should run programs recently found to be riddled with deficiencies.

By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications , September 10, 2012

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Tribe's child protection problems draw criticism

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's Spirit Lake tribe has left children on its reservation vulnerable to abuse because of shortcomings in its social welfare programs, a federal administrator said.

By Associated Press , September 02, 2012

Lakota speakers looking to start immersion daycare

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Tama I'atala doesn't want his children to feel as disconnected from their Lakota heritage as he does from his Samoan culture.

By Kristi Eaton, Associated Press , June 29, 2012

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