Senecas Get New President
IRVING — Robert Odawi Porter, a polished speaker with a Harvard Law School degree, took over as the Seneca Nation’s new president Tuesday, promising to overhaul a Seneca economy that depends on casino...
View ArticleAmerican Indians fought and bled for nation that fought them
In June, 30 cars pulled into the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, S.D., to lay a legendary Marine to rest. South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds asked that flags be lowered across the state to half...
View ArticleNative Americans Have Long Tradition of Service in US military
Native-Americans have been influential in the U.S. military for more than 200 years. They assisted George Washington, served during the War of 1812 and have continued to defend the country into the...
View ArticleNew president of Seneca Nation ready to meet President Obama
The new leader of the Seneca Nation of New York will attend the second White House Tribal Nations Conference on Thursday. President Robert Porter is eager to share a message of self-sufficiency with...
View ArticleIndians bring list to W.H. pow-wow
A year after President Obama vowed more than “empty promises” to American Indians, tribal leaders are preparing to demand that he follow through. “We’ve had presidents who’ve ignored us,” Robert...
View ArticleSeneca leader to meet with Obama
Seneca Nation President Robert Odawi Porter will be at the White House on Thursday to attend a meeting on Indian issues with President Barack Obama. While he is there, he hopes to ask for the...
View ArticleNY’s Senecas among tribes to meet with Obama
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York tribal leaders on Thursday praised President Barack Obama’s support of a United Nations declaration defending Native American rights, but said the administration can do more to...
View ArticleSeneca Nation has message for Obama on taxes
Robert Porter, president of the Seneca Nation tribe of Native Americans in western New York state, has a message for President Obama. “I’d like to see the president not be so timid in his efforts to...
View ArticleNative American leaders express mixed views on Obama administration’s...
A group of Native American leaders met with President Obama on Wednesday to discuss what they see as slow progress on several promises made by the administration. Their concerns include the dire...
View ArticleHas President Obama Kept His Promises to American Indians?
President Obama last year promised American Indian leaders from across the country that his administration would work to improve what he called the federal government’s history of broken promises to...
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