Environmental groups, tribes join to protest nuclear power plant

Environmental groups and Native American tribes gathered Saturday at the site of a proposed nuclear power plant to protest its location and plans to divert water from the Green River.

Environmental groups, tribes protest nuclear power plant along Green River

Environmental groups and Native American tribes gathered Saturday at the site of a proposed nuclear power plant to protest...

Native American language advocate dies; Tom Parsons spent years promoting teaching of Indian languages

Tom Parsons, who helped develop local Native American language programs as the director of Humboldt State University's Community Development Center, died last week at the age of 88 in Atlanta.

Oregon bans American Indian team names, mascots for schools

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The Oregon state board of education has banned public schools from using American Indian names and mascots for their athletic teams, out of a concern they disparage native American people. The move is believed to be one of the nation's most sweeping prohibitions of its kind in favor of native Americans who say their culture is stereotyped by a number of sports teams ...

Killing of bald eagles divides Native American tribes

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A plan by a Native American tribe to kill two bald eagles for use in a religious rite has drawn the ire of a fellow tribe, which says it doesn't want any eagles sacrificed on the Wyoming reservation they share. An attorney for the Eastern Shoshone tribe told Reuters on Thursday that killing bald eagles on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming would violate its ...