Chelsea King Killer Suspect

The Skeletal remains of 14 year old Amber Dubois, missing over a year, have been found in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation, home of the Pala Casino Resort & Spaand the The Pala Band of Mission Indians. The reservation is located Pala, California, in North San Diego County. Read more…

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Kevin Graman, Staff writer

USK, Wash. - For the first time in a couple generations, young people are speaking ancient words of hope for Native Americans on the brink of losing the first language of the Inland Northwest. Thanks to an innovative language acquisition program, Salish is being spoken on the Kalispel Indian Reservation in northeastern Washington, not just by a dwindling number of tribal elders but by their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Read more…

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By Staff, City News Service

One person was killed and another was injured in a two- vehicle crash near the Barona Resort & Casino Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said. Read more…

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Jack D. Forbes, Professor Emeritus Native American Studies

Heretofore the history of the United States has been largely treated as the story of a process, rather than the complete history of a land “from sea to shining sea.” And this process always begins either in Europe or on the Atlantic Coast of North America. Read more…

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Viejas Casino Hosts Women’s Professional Billiard Association Classic Tour Season Opener
Sixty-Four of the World’s Best Players Compete for Top Honors

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Viejas Casino hosts the world’s top women billiard players at the 14th annual Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Classic Tour March 11-14. Read more…

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In 1995, a benefit album to raise funds to fight the allegedly wrongful imprisonment of convicted murderer Leonard Peltier was supposed to come out on Columbia. The record– dubbed Exiled in the Land of the Free– was to feature feature rare, live, and unreleased tracks from Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Superchunk, Mike Watt, Josh Homme, and more. (Via Billboard.) Well, the compilation never came out, and everyone moved on. Read more…

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By Emiley Morgan, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY - Despite the suicide death of the government’s main witness, prosecutors say they plan to proceed with the criminal cases against those accused of stealing Native American artifacts. Read more…

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Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk says he will decide on a membership dispute within the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians of California.

In January 2009, the tribe blocked the descendants of the late Marcus R. Alto Sr. from participating in an election. About 60 to 80 people — around a third of the tribal membership — are affected. Read more…

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A major exhibition of southern California baskets, “Generations of Symbols,” opens at the San Bernardino County Museum on Saturday, March 13. The exhibit, which will occupy both the Fisk and Schuiling galleries, runs through October 17. It is sponsored in part by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Admission to the exhibit is included in paid museum admission. Read more…

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Darrell R. Santschi, The Press-Enterprise

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has donated $242,000 to a gang prevention program in San Bernardino schools, the tribe announced. Read more…

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