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March 11, 2005
Pombo circulates draft of off-reservation bill
Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), chairman of the House Resources Committee, is circulating a draft bill that would limit off-reservation gaming. The bill would allow off-reservation casinos in no more than...

Montana's Indian lawmakers change focus of caucus
Montana's seven Indian lawmakers have changed the mission of their caucus and will seek to make it more inclusive. The Indian Caucus will educate others on Indian issues rather than...

Norton lobbies Congress on trust fund accounting
Interior Secretary Gale Norton urged Congress on Thursday to get involved in the battle over an historical accounting that the Bush administration is taking to a federal appeals court. In...

Jodi Rave: Indians don't pay taxes and other myths
"American Indians endure some common stereotypes: Drunk, lazy Indians get a free education, free housing and are free from paying taxes. American Indians are drunks? I've made a choice not...

Ex-tribal housing director pleads guilty to theft
The former housing director for the Crow Tribe of Montana pleaded guilty on Thursday to embezzling more than $10,000. Dwight Elwin Stewart allegedly used some of the money to take...

Report: Churchill, CU reach buyout agreement
Controversial professor Ward Churchill would receive less than $1 million under a buyout deal reached with the University of Colorado, The Denver Post reports. Details are sketchy but sources told...

Troubles continue for Metis Nation of Saskatchewan
The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan has canceled a legislative assembly due to lack of funds, delaying a new election that could resolve financial woes. The Métis Nation has lost more...

Cherokee Nation boys and girls teams head to state
The Cherokee Nation is sending its boys and girls basketball teams to the state playoffs in Oklahoma City. The Sequoyah High School boys and girls teams are both competing in...

Onondaga Nation names state, companies in land claim
The Onondaga Nation is filing a land claim against the state of New York and private companies. The tribe is claiming about 4,000 square miles, including the entire city of...

Column: Honoring the late, great Fritz Scholder
"Fritz Scholder was a great colorist, but it was far more than a brilliant use of color that gave his work its emotional resonance. The power in his art comes...

Column: Civilized Tribes owe reparations to slaves
"We must also remember that some of our own American nations became corrupted by white-style slavery, including especially the Cherokee, Muskogee, Chickasaw, and Chakta republics. Between about 1800 and 1865...

Court joins Navajo Nation in discrimination case
The Navajo Nation must answer to an employment discrimination suit brought against Peabody Coal, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. The tribe signed leases with Peabody that contain a...

Bill gives New Mexico tribe a tax break on land
A bill making its way through the New Mexico Legislature would give the Jicarilla Apache Nation would get a major tax break on the tribe's 32,000-acre ranch. When the tribe...

Army Corps allows permit for mine in Creek homeland
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday approved a permit for mine for clay in the homeland of the Muscogee Creek Nation. The permit allows Cherokee Brick & Tile...

Editorial: Myers still 'unworthy' choice for appeals court
"The Senate is preparing for a major showdown over the Democrats' use of the filibuster to block a handful of President Bush's judicial nominees. When the arguments about procedures are...

Stillaguamish Tribe opposes ban on hunting
The Stillaguamish Tribe, conservationists and hunters spoke out against a proposed ban on hunting on Leque Island in Washington. A local resident submitted a petition to the state Department of...

Deloria hailed as 'visionary' for role in Indian affairs
Lakota author/activist Vine Deloria Jr. received the 2nd annual American Indian Visionary Award from Indian Country Today last week. Deloria, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of South...

Violence against indigenous women discussed at UN
Participants in the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women spoke about violence against indigenous women around the world. Mirna Cunningham, a former Nicaraguan government minister, said women of the...

Chief Illiniwek relegated to sidelines for games
Fans won't see the Chief Illiniwek mascot when the University of Illinois basketball team heads to the Big Ten tournament this week. Controversy over the use of the mascot has...

Editorial: Closure of Si Tanka campus a 'shame'
"There still is a chance Si Tanka University could survive, although as a dramatically changed entity - separate accreditation for the Eagle Butte and Huron campuses, and that alone will...

Si Tanka University campus to shut down by April 1
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota plans to close Si Tanka University's off-reservation campus by April 1 unless federal funds are provided. Si Tanka needs Bureau of Indian...

Navajo president vetoes funds for Boys & Girls Club
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. vetoed $1.25 million in emergency funds that would have allowed the 14 Boys & Girls Clubs on the reservation to reopen. The Navajo Nation...

House approves $284 billion transportation bill
The House voted 417 to 9 on Thursday to approve a $284 billion transportation bill that reauthorizes the Indian Reservation Roads program. According to the Thomas Congressional web site, the...

EPA proposes rule to curb power-plant emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule to curb power-plant emissions in 28 eastern and midwestern states along with the District of Columbia. The rule requires power...

Washington tribes press Congress on whale hunt
Washington tribes are lobbying Congress to grant the Makah Nation a waiver to conduct its controversial whale hunt. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the tribe's right to whale...

Retailers criticize state tobacco deal for Puyallup Tribe
Indian and non-Indian retailers are grumbling about a last-minute tobacco deal the state of Washington reached with the Puyallup Tribe. The deal requires the tribe to collect a tax of...

Two Montana tribes conducting study of ethanol plants
Two Montana tribes are studying the possibility of building ethanol plants on their reservations. Leaders of the Chippewa Cree Tribe say an ethanol plant will create jobs and generate revenue...

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