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Lumbees excited about Bill Clinton campaign visit (04/03)
Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are excited that former president Bill Clinton will be coming to town on Friday to campaign for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York). Clinton will start his day at the University...
Snohomish Tribe expects fight on recognition (04/02)
As it pursues a lawsuit over its lack of federal recognition, the Snohomish Tribe of Washington expects a fight from the Tulalip Tribes. The Snohomish were rejected by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Tulalips say they are the rightful...
BIA holds hearing on Mashpee land-into-trust (03/27)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs held a public hearing on the land-into-trust application filed by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts. The tribe gained federal recognition in May 2007 and is seeking to have 140 acres in the town of...
Snohomish Tribe files suit to gain recognition (03/06)
The Snohomish Tribe of Washington filed suit on Wednesday in hopes of gaining federal recognition. The tribe went through the Bureau of Indian Affairs process but was rejected in 2004. The lawsuit claims the BIA denied the tribe due...
Column: Duwamish Tribe finally gets some respect (02/29)
"That must have been some cat, people joked. But before anyone knew what they were, the bones found in a crawl space at the Pike Place Market Clinic Wednesday were simply, mysteriously, remains. Someone at the construction site called state...
Lumbee Tribe irked by 'Lumbee' cigarettes (02/22)
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is urging its members not to buy "Lumbee" cigarettes. The cigarettes started popping up in local stores last December. But tribal leaders say the brand has nothing to do with the tribe. “At...
Lumbee Tribe sued by former administrator (02/21)
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina treats male and female employees differently, a lawsuit in federal court alleges. Donna Cummings, a former employee, says men are hired and promoted more frequently by the tribe. She claims former tribal administrator Leon...
Town to vote on Mashpee Wampanoag deal (02/15)
Voters in the town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, will vote April 7 on an agreement with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The tribe agreed to give up any land claims and agreed not to pursue any type of gaming in the town....
Hearing sought on Little Shell recognition bill (02/14)
Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Montana) is asking the House Natural Resources Committee to schedule a hearing on a bill to recognize the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana. Rehberg says the tribe deserves federal recognition. The state of Montana and other...
Lawmaker drops bill for Gabrielino Tribe (02/05)
A California state lawmaker has withdrawn her support for a bill that would create a reservation for the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe. Sen. Jenny Oropeza, a Democrat, introduced the bill just last week. But after learning that tribal leaders hoped to use...
Letter: Equal rights for Little Shell Chippewa Tribe (01/28)
"We, the Little Shell Indians of Montana, would like to know when we of these United States are going to get our equal rights, as all other races of the U.S. people are supposed to have? There has been prejudice...
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe discusses shunning (01/21)
Members and leaders of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts held a special meeting yesterday. The main topic was the tribe's shunning of four members. According to The Cape Cod Times, attendees voted overwhelmingly to rescind the shunning. Yet elder...
Delaware Tribe removed from state Indian list (01/14)
Three years after losing federal recognition, the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma has been removed from another list. The tribe is no longer listed by the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission, The Tulsa World reported. The Euchee Tribe was also removed,...
Yosemite accused of excluding Paiute history (01/11)
The leader of an unrecognized Paiute tribe says Yosemite National Park is wrongly excluding his people from historical displays. David Andrews, the chairman of the Yosemite Mono Lake Paiute Tribe, wants the park to give a more prominent role...
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe close to deal with town (12/20)
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts is reportedly close to an intergovernmental agreement with the town of Mashpee. The tribe promised not to reopen its land claim in return for the town's support on its federal recognition petition. That...
Wampanoag woman seeks to reopen land claim (12/17)
A member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts wants to reopen the land claim the tribe lost in the 1970s. The federal courts threw out the claim because a jury ruled that the Wampanoags were not an Indian...
Bill creates Gabrielino-Tongva state reservation (12/13)
A California state lawmaker has introduced a bill to create a state reservation for the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe. Sen. Jenny Oropeza, a Democrat, hopes the bill will help the tribe obtain federal recognition. But the leaders of one Gabrielino-Tongva faction say...
Mashpee Wampanoag princess not allowed to vote (12/11)
The powwow princess of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts wasn't allowed to vote in elections on Sunday. Brailyn “Bright Star” Frye and some her relatives were told they couldn't vote because their membership status is "pending. The 19-year-old...
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe holds council election (12/10)
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts held an election for two council seats. Aaron Tobey Jr. won the most votes of the nine candidates. He said he wants the tribe to be more open with its finances and tribal council...
Juaneno factions fail to unite for recognition (12/03)
Rival factions of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians tried to come together as recently as August in hopes of gaining federal recognition. But the effort failed when the leaders of two factions said the leader of the third...
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