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Home > Politics Latest Stories Rep. Hastings asks DOI for answers about Jeanette Hanna (05/17) Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington), the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, is pressing the Obama administration for answers about Jeanette Hanna, a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee who has... Analysis: A power dispute within Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes (05/17) Analysis of a leadership dispute within the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma: In western Oklahoma, tension and drama seem perpetually to surround the governance of the Cheyenne & Arapaho... House repeals health care act, including IHCIA, once again (05/17) The House voted 229-195 to pass H.R.45, a bill that repeals the Affordable Care Act. All Republicans voted to repeal the ACA. That included the only two tribal members in... Audio from House subcommittee hearing on six Indian bills (05/16) The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held a lengthy hearing this afternoon on six bills that addressed land issues. H.R.623, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land... House approves bill to authorize land swap with Ute Tribe (05/16) By a voice vote, the House on Wednesday passed H.R.356, the Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act. The bill allows the Ute Tribe of Utah to protect 20,000... DOI releases update to fracking regulation on Indian lands (05/16) The Interior Department today released a new draft of its regulation to cover hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. The regulation applies to fracking on... Audio from SCIA hearing with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell (05/15) The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this afternoon with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Jewell took over the Interior Department on April 12. She vowed to improve government-to-government relations... Mississippi Choctaws to hold election for six council districts (05/15) The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will hold an election on June 11. Tribal members in six districts will elect representatives. Bogue Chitto, Conehatta and Pearl River will elect two... Witness list for House subcommittee hearing on Indian bills (05/15) The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will take up six bills at a hearing on Thursday. The subcommittee will take testimony on: • H.R.623, To provide for... Senate Indian Affairs Committee with Secretary Sally Jewell (05/14) The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will take testimony from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell tomorrow. Jewell will offer her views and priorities on Indian issues. This will be her second appearance... Sen. Murkowski leads Native voter outreach for Republicans (05/13) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will be leading Native American voter outreach for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Murkowski was the first Alaskan and the first woman to serve as vice... Mark Trahant: Republicans put target on Indian health care (05/13) The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote Thursday to repeal the Affordable Care Act (including the permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act). House Majority... Chippewa Cree Tribe bars ousted leader from running again (05/10) The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana won't let former chairman Ken Blatt St. Marks try to regain his old job. St. Marks filed as a candidate in a special election... Cabazon Band elects Douglas Welmas as its new chairman (05/10) The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians in California has a new leader. Douglas Welmas won election as chairman. He succeeds David Roosevelt, who served in the post since 2009. Also... House Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee hearing (05/09) The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will hold a hearing next Thursday, May 16. The subcommittee will consider six bills. They are: • H.R.623, To provide for... Blackfeet Nation asks Congress to approve water settlement (05/09) The Senate Indian Affairs Committee heard testimony on S.434, the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act, on Wednesday. The bill ratifies a water rights compact between the Blackfeet Nation and the... Voters oust two incumbents from Spirit Lake Nation's council (05/09) Members of the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota ousted two incumbents in a general election on Tuesday. Nancy Greene-Robertson defeated incumbent Barbara Jackson for the secretary-treasurer position. Leander “Russ”... Bill authorizes tribal police to enforce state laws in Oklahoma (05/09) Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) is expected to sign HB 1871, a tribal law enforcement bill, into law. The bill allows tribal police officers to enforce state laws on trust... Chippewa Cree Tribe suspends two following theft indictment (05/09) The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana has suspended a council member and a business executive after they were indicted on theft charges. Council member John "Chance" Houle and Tony Belcourt,... In The Loop: Jeanette Hanna overspent on detail to BIA in DC (05/09) In The Loop on the saga of Jeanette Hanna, who spent 775 days on detail to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., before being given a permanent job...

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