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April 21, 2005 Brownback reintroduces Native apology resolution A conservative Republican from Kansas urged the United States on Wednesday to apologize for its treatment of Native people. In a statement on the Senate floor, Sen. Sam Brownback said... Text of S.J.Res.15: Native American Apology Resolution The following is the text of S.J.RES.15, a joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and... Senator Sam Brownback on Apology Resolution The following is the text of a statement made by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) on the Senate floor. Brownback has introduced S.J.Res 15 to apologize to Native peoples for their... Lamberth holds hearing on Indian trust security The federal judge handling the Indian trust fund case moved forward with his oversight of the Interior Department's computer systems on Wednesday in light of new reports of vulnerabilities. U.S.... Fire destroys Mashantucket Pequot artifacts A fire that destroyed an historic barn in Connecticut also destroyed about 40 priceless Mashantucket Pequot baskets from the 1800s. Anna Palmer Coit, 97, owned the barn and the collection... Professor calls apology resolution 'empty' A professor who is the director of Kansas University's Center for Indigenous Nations Studies said a resolution to apologize to Native peoples for their treatment by the United States is... Tribe seeks higher standard on Columbia River The Confederated Umatilla Tribes will be meeting with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to discuss toxicity standards on the Columbia River. The tribe and the state are in disagreement... Lytton Band may take over Bay Area hospital The Lytton Band of Pomo Indians is said to be discussing a possible takeover of a hospital in the Bay Area. The tribe owns 9.5 acres in San Pablo where... Red Cliff Band won't allow chair to seek re-election The chairman of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has been told he cannot seek re-election because he has lived off the tribe's reservation in Wisconsin. Ray DePerry,... Colombia's Indians threatened by high death rates Indians in Colombia are being killed at a rate three times the national average. Indian communities have been victimized by rebel forces in a country that has been gripped by... Graduation announced for Si Tanka University Graduation exercises will be held May 1 for students of Si Tanka University in South Dakota. Commencement will take place at the campus on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Students... Monument to Native Americans planned in South Dakota Two members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribe are starting to make plans for a monument to Native Americans that would be built in South Dakota. Laurs Williams said the vision for... Army Corps starts work to help tribe avoid water crisis The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin work immediately to prevent the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe from running out of water. South Dakota's Congresisonal delegation secured $6 million to... Red Lake chairman seeks federal aid for tribe Red Lake Nation Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr. was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to seek federal aid for his tribe one month after a tragedy of school-related violence that left... ASU celebrates Native American Culture Week Native students at Arizona State University are busy selling fry bread, choosing a new Ms. Indian ASU and hosting a powwow during Native American Culture Week. The events help bring... Indian academics meeting in Kansas for conference More than 100 Indian professors, researchers and graduate students are expected to attend a conference co-sponsored by Kansas University's Center for Indigenous Nations Studies and Haskell Indian Nations University. The... Agua Caliente leader welcomes move of museum The former vice chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians said he is happy the tribe's museum will be moving to downtown Palm Springs. Anthony Andreas had opposed... Ute Tribe elects candidate critical of finances Members of the Northern Ute Tribe of Utah have elected an Army veteran who has criticized the way the tribe's finances are being handled. Frances Poowegup, a former Army sergeant,... Democrats to introduce bill to address Abramoff Two House Democrats plan to introduce legislation to address the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, The Hill newspaper reports. According to the paper, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Illinois) and Rep. Marty Meehan... Morongo Band denies any ties to Abramoff scandal A lobbyist for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians says the California tribe is not connected in any way to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Some of the tribe's lobbying activities... DeLay used skybox funded by Abramoff's tribes Embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) used a Washington arena's luxury skybox that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was able to rent thanks to his work for tribes, The Houston... McCain subpoenas GOP groups linked to Abramoff Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) has subpoenaed two Republican organizations as part of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee's investigation into the activities of two Washington insiders accused of bilking tribes out... House Republicans offer ethics probe into DeLay House Republicans offered to start an investigation into Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) in hopes of resolving a dispute with Democrats over the ethics committee. The GOP rewrote the rules... |
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