Meanwhile, the National American Indian Housing Council is warning that the NAHSDA won't be passed this year due to the controversy. "This would be an unfortunate outcome for the hundreds of thousands of American Indian and Alaska Native low-income families that would be unwitting victims in a controversy involving one Indian tribe," Chairman Marty Shuravloff wrote in a letter.
Get the Story:Cole charges 'blackmail' over Indian housing bill (The Tulsa World 4/24) Cherokee-Related Legislation:
H.R.2786 | H.R.2895 | H.R.2824 | H.R.3002 BIA Letters:
August 9, 2007 | July 11, 2007 | June 22, 2007 | May 21, 2007 | March 28, 2007 | August 30, 2006 Sovereign Immunity Court Decision:
Vann v. Kempthorne (December 19, 2006) Cherokee Nation Judicial Appeals Tribunal Decision in Freedmen Case:
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