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March 16, 2005
EPA seeks to reduce mercury from power plants
Two tribes with coal-fired power plants on their reservations will see mercury pollution reduced by more than half under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule released on Tuesday. The Navajo...

Bush budget test inconsistent on Indian programs
Accountability and performance have been a cornerstone of the Bush administration's budget proposals but the standards aren't always applied equally when it comes to Indian programs. When he took over...

Editorial: Montana governor on right track with tribes
"Montana Native Americans have heard it before. 'A top priority is improving the economies on the state's Indian reservations;' 'Native Americans will play a more important role in a new...

Yellow Bird Series: Suicide on the reservation
"A woman whom I'll call Jane, the mother of a suicide victim, may remember Lakota history. But she doesn't attribute the death of her 18-year-old daughter to that history. In...

Teen still in custody over triple murder on reserve
A 17-year-old teen is still in custody on charges that he murdered three people on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. The teen is being charged as a juvenile....

Mississippi Choctaw girls basketball team is No. 1
For the second year in a row, the girls basketball team from the Mississippi Choctaw Reservation won the state Class 3A championship. The Lady Warriors of Choctaw Central High School...

Thousands attending job fair on Tulalip Reservation
Hundreds of people attended the first day of a job fair on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington, with up to 2,000 expected. The tribe is creating 600 jobs with the...

Schaghticoke chief debates foe of tribe's recognition
Richard Velky, chief of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, and Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal appeared for the first time together at a forum on the federal recognition process. Velky defended...

David Risling, father of Indian education, passes on
David Risling, a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe of California who was considered the father of Indian education, died on Sunday. He was 83. Risling was a longtime professor...

South Dakota Supreme Court to hear voting rights case
The South Dakota Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a voting rights case affecting members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. A federal judge...

Editorial: Fire proves Kickapoo Tribe in need of water
"The Kickapoo Nation has in recent years made its argument for a new reservoir to serve the Northeast Kansas reservation numerous times. A major fire that consumed about six square...

Three Native women honored for their achievements
Three Native women were among the six honorees at the 21st annual Women of Excellence recognition banquet in Sioux City, Iowa. Marilyn Charging of Vermillion, South Dakota, was recognized in...

Students develop play based on tribal traditions
Students at two middle schools in Billings, Montana, are turning to their tribal traditions to develop a theater production. With the help of their acting teacher, Jane Lind-Garritson, a member...

Letters: Gale Norton still wrong on ANWR drilling
Margi Fox: "Gale A. Norton, the interior secretary, claims that winter operations in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska would leave little trace. My experience on the contested coastal...

DeLay denies wrongdoing on trip linked to tribe
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) denied any wrongdoing for an overseas trip indirectly funded by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and a gaming firm DeLay said the trip...

Former Catawba Nation official pleads guilty to theft
Wanda George Warren, the former executive director of the Catawba Nation of South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to embezzling more than $24,000 from the tribe. Warren was accused of...

Native lawyers file lawsuit against Chief Illiniwek
The Illinois Native American Bar Association filed suit on Tuesday against the University of Illinois board of trustees, arguing that the school's Chief Illiniwek mascot violates the state's civil rights...

Commentary: What happened to the Catawba Nation?
"With the news of Wanda George Warren's pleading guilty to embezzlement on Tuesday, my first thought was, 'What's happened to all the bright plans and promise of the Catawba's $50...

Members of Michigan tribe protest state tax deal
Members of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community are staging a protest against a proposed tax agreement with the state of Michigan. Council member Fred Dakota is leading the protest. He...

Florida dedicates first sculpture in honor of tribes
The state of Florida dedicated a bronze sculpture of a Miccosukee family at the state capitol on Monday, the first of four that will honor the state's tribal heritage. The...

Man goes free for murder on Nevada reservation
A man who was charged with murdering a member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe of Nevada was set free on Monday after the FBI lost a key piece of...

Noted Peltier foe expected to announce retirement
Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Illinois), one of imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier's biggest foes in Congress, is expected to announce his retirement in a matter of weeks, The Washington...

Another resignation at troubled Civil Rights Commission
Russell G. Redenbaugh, a conservative member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, resigned on Monday, blaming the panel for refusing to change its partisan agenda and implement financial reforms....

Democrats vow to shut down Senate on judicial picks
Senate Democrats vowed on Monday to shut down the Senate if Republicans try to push through judicial nominee Bill Myers and other controversial picks. Democrats have used filibusters to block...

Senate vote on ANWR drilling said to be very close
Advocates for and against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge intensified their lobbying efforts as the Senate prepared to vote today on a budget resolution that authorizes development. Debate...

Vitter responsible for anti-tribal appropriations rider
Former Congressman and current Sen. David Vitter (R-Louisiana) was responsible for language in an appropriations bill that discouraged approval of an off-reservation casino that was opposed by Jack Abramoff's clients,...

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