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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...
Filed Under: Law | Politics
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...
Filed Under: Law
BIA detention facility had highest sexual misconduct rate (05/17)
A Bureau of Indian Affairs detention facility on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota had the highest rate of staff sexual misconduct than any other in the U.S., according...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
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...
Filed Under: Law | Recognition
Secretary Jewell mum on Little Shell Tribe recognition bid (05/16)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell declined to comment about federal recognition for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana at a hearing on Wednesday. During the Clinton administration,...
Filed Under: Opinion
Chukchansi Dispute: Rival factions fight it out in the media (05/16)
A leadership dispute continues within the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of California. Reggie Lewis claims to be the rightful leader of the tribe. He says the results of...
Filed Under: National | Opinion
Indian parents air complaints about child welfare system (05/16)
The Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit opened on Wednesday with heartbreaking testimony from parents and grandparents whose children were taken from their homes. Several speakers said they worked...
Filed Under: Law | National
NPR: South Dakota officials boycotted tribal ICWA summit (05/16)
Amid complaints about their compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act, state officials boycott the Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit in Rapid City, South Dakota: Federal officials met...
Filed Under: Politics
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...
Filed Under: Law
Appeals court rules for Cahto Tribe in disenrollment dispute (05/15)
Disenrollment decisions made by the Cahto Tribe of California cannot be appealed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. The tribe removed 22...
Filed Under: Law | National
South Dakota won't attend Indian Child Welfare Act meeting (05/14)
The South Dakota Department of Social Services won't be sending representatives to an Indian Child Welfare Act summit, the Associated Press reports. A spokesperson for the department said the Bureau...
Filed Under: Law
BIA releases schedule for more tribal court training sessions (05/14)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will be hosting more tribal court training sessions. The BIA's Office of Justice Services is providing training to tribal court prosecutors, defenders and judges. The...
Filed Under: Law | National
Closure date set for Torres Martinez Reservation trailer park (05/14)
A federal judge has ordered a trailer park on the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Reservation in southern California to close by June 30, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. Upwards of 3,000...
Filed Under: Environment | National | Technology
KRQE: BIA wasted $10M on school distance learning system (05/13)
An ELKNet terminal. Photo from ELKNet Site Operator Training Manual. The Bureau of Indian Affairs wasted $10 million on a distance learning system, Larry Barker of KRQE-TV reports. The...
Filed Under: Environment
Mescalero Apache Nation explores for rare earth elements (05/10)
The Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico is exploring for rare earth elements on its reservation. The tribe is working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the project. Exploration...
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...
Filed Under: Law | Politics
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...
Filed Under: Law
BIA detention facility had highest sexual misconduct rate (05/17)
A Bureau of Indian Affairs detention facility on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota had the highest rate of staff sexual misconduct than any other in the U.S., according...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
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...
Filed Under: Law | Recognition
Secretary Jewell mum on Little Shell Tribe recognition bid (05/16)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell declined to comment about federal recognition for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana at a hearing on Wednesday. During the Clinton administration,...
Filed Under: Opinion
Chukchansi Dispute: Rival factions fight it out in the media (05/16)
A leadership dispute continues within the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians of California. Reggie Lewis claims to be the rightful leader of the tribe. He says the results of...
Filed Under: National | Opinion
Indian parents air complaints about child welfare system (05/16)
The Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit opened on Wednesday with heartbreaking testimony from parents and grandparents whose children were taken from their homes. Several speakers said they worked...
Filed Under: Law | National
NPR: South Dakota officials boycotted tribal ICWA summit (05/16)
Amid complaints about their compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act, state officials boycott the Great Plains Indian Child Welfare Act Summit in Rapid City, South Dakota: Federal officials met...
Filed Under: Politics
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...
Filed Under: Law
Appeals court rules for Cahto Tribe in disenrollment dispute (05/15)
Disenrollment decisions made by the Cahto Tribe of California cannot be appealed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. The tribe removed 22...
Filed Under: Law | National
South Dakota won't attend Indian Child Welfare Act meeting (05/14)
The South Dakota Department of Social Services won't be sending representatives to an Indian Child Welfare Act summit, the Associated Press reports. A spokesperson for the department said the Bureau...
Filed Under: Law
BIA releases schedule for more tribal court training sessions (05/14)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will be hosting more tribal court training sessions. The BIA's Office of Justice Services is providing training to tribal court prosecutors, defenders and judges. The...
Filed Under: Law | National
Closure date set for Torres Martinez Reservation trailer park (05/14)
A federal judge has ordered a trailer park on the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Reservation in southern California to close by June 30, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. Upwards of 3,000...
Filed Under: Environment | National | Technology
KRQE: BIA wasted $10M on school distance learning system (05/13)
An ELKNet terminal. Photo from ELKNet Site Operator Training Manual. The Bureau of Indian Affairs wasted $10 million on a distance learning system, Larry Barker of KRQE-TV reports. The...
Filed Under: Environment
Mescalero Apache Nation explores for rare earth elements (05/10)
The Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico is exploring for rare earth elements on its reservation. The tribe is working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the project. Exploration...
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