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March 18, 2005 Lance Morgan: Federal trust land policy hurts tribes Ed. Note: Lance Morgan is CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Ho-Chunk Inc. owns Indianz.Com and its sister e-commerce site http://www.allnative.com.... House committee takes up off-reservation gaming The leader of the House Resources Committee said on Thursday he would move forward with a bill to restrict off-reservation gaming as tribal leaders and local government officials called on... Alaska Native leader recovering from cancer Buddy Brown was re-elected as president of the Tanana Chiefs Conference on Thursday amid his battle against cancer. Brown was diagnosed with cancer and underwent two operations. He expects a... Graduate on way to become next Navajo surgeon Nazhone Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation, will become only the fourth Navajo surgeon in the county, The Arizona Daily Star reports. Yazzie, a graduate University of Arizona College... Panel finds Wal-Mart bias against Native woman The Anchorage Equal Rights Commission has issued a preliminary ruling in favor of an Alaska Native woman who said she was discriminated by employees at a Wal-Mart store. Paula Starbard,... Bush administration won't give up fight on Cobell The Bush administration continued its lobbying effort against the Indian trust fund lawsuit on Thursday with the testimony of a senior official who said the Interior Department would approach Congress... First Nation in Manitoba nears federal recognition A Cree community in Manitoba is nearing federal recognition as a First Nation in Canada. The South Indian Lake community is on track to sign an agreement with provincial and... More asbestos risks found in First Nation homes Canadian inspectors have identified four more First Nation homes at high risk of asbestos exposure. The homes are located on reserves in Saskatchewan. Previously, 11 homes on reserves in Manitoba... Oregon tribe plans Chinook language immersion The Confederated Grand Ronde Tribes of Oregon and a local school district are reaching an agreement to offer a Chinook language immersion program. The tribe has developed a program to... Michigan tribe rejects talk of tax deal with state Leaders of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community say they aren't negotiating a tax deal with the state of Michigan. The KBIC executive board says the tax issue is being mediated... Huge slaughter of bald eagles on First Nations The remains of eight bald eagles were discovered on the Squamish First Nation in British Columbia, bringing the total of eagles slaughtered on tribal land to more than 40. Officials... Agency urged to reject tribe's nuclear waste dump Utah's Congressional delegation wrote a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday to urge the rejection of a nuclear waste dump on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation. The delegation... Si Tanka University to discuss future of school Si Tanka University in South Dakota is holding a press conference to announce its plans for the future. The university's off-reservation campus in Huron may be forced to close due... Indian teens to be banished from Idaho reservation Two Indian teens with a troubled past are being banished from the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho on Monday. The teens have a history of substance abuse, thefts and assaults.... Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe faces water shortage The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is fearing the worst when the system that supplies water to the reservation runs out. The 1,400 residents of the reservation could... Chairman: Montana tribes support Senator Burns "Senator Conrad Burns has recently come under some unjustified criticism of his legislative efforts on behalf of Native Americans. As Chairman of the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, it is... Nephew of Reno Sparks chairman shot by officer Kyle Melendez, the nephew of Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Chairman Arlan Melendez, was shot and killed by a tribal officer after he tried to rob a smokeshop on the reservation, police... Gwich'in leader blasts Senate vote on ANWR drilling A leader of the Gwich'in Nation is speaking out against the Senate's vote to favor drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Luci Beach, executive director of the Gwich'in steering... Breakthrough cited in tribe's plan for old airstrip The Gila River Indian Community is earning praise from its neighbors for responding to concerns about the tribe's plans to redevelop an old airstrip. Last month, neighbors asked Arizona's Congressional... University to return remains, items to First Nation The University of Michigan's Museum of Anthropology is repatriating human remains and other items to the Whitefish River First Nation in Ontario. The artifacts were taken from the First Nation... Senate panel votes to advance Myers nomination The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10 to 8 along party lines to send the nomination of controversial judicial nominee Bill Myers to the Senate floor. Tribes and tribal organizations, along... Coushatta Tribe hires law firm linked to DeLay The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is being represented by the same law firm that is defending a political action group founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas). The tribe... |
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