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May 02, 2005
Pombo continues hearings on off-reservation gaming
The House Resources Committee held its second hearing on the controversial subject of off-reservation gaming last week,drawing views on both sides of the heated debate. Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), the...

Mohegan Tribe votes to withdraw from USET
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut has voted to withdraw from the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) over testimony USET President Keller George recently gave on the influence of non-Indians...

Race an issue in Native inmate group in Nebraska
A founding member of a Native inmate group in the Nebraska State Penitentiary says non-Natives are welcome to participate in powwows and other ceremonies but draws the line at who...

Paiute Tribe dedicates fifth children's playground
The Paiute Tribe of Utah dedicated its fifth children's playground on Saturday. The tribe built the playgrounds using funds from the Special Diabetes Project. Tribal leaders hope it will give...

Tribe gets ready to host 8,000 for Canoe Journey
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington is preparing to welcome 8,000 people who are expected to attend the closing celebration of the 2005 Canoe Journey. The tribe is hosting...

Editorial: Where were feds when tribe needed help?
"The Crow Creek Tribal School's gym has been closed for more than a year because the Bureau of Indian Affairs decided the building was unsafe. Just last year, the state...

Oklahoma challenges EPA on tribal sovereignty
The state of Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's recognition of tribal sovereignty. The EPA granted the Pawnee Tribe as treatment-as-state status. The designation recognizes the...

Minneapolis mayor declares Clyde H. Bellecourt Day
The mayor of Minneapolis has declared Friday to be Clyde H. Bellecourt Day in honor of the co-founder of the American Indian Movement. Bellecourt, 68, will be honored at a...

FBI field office in charge of Red Lake investigation
An FBI field office known for its high-profile Indian Country investigations has another one on its plate -- the March 21, 2005, deadly shootings on the Red Lake Reservation in...

Abramoff a target in federal bank fraud probe
The Washington Post on Sunday published a lengthy article about disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff's involvement in a $145 million failed casino deal that has led to a federal bank fraud...

Jack Abramoff breaks silence on lobbying scandal
Disgraced lobbyist is finally talking about the scandal that has brought his Washington, D.C., empire down -- but it's not to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. He pleaded the Fifth...

Colombian tribe keeps rebels, drugs out through peace
Caught in the crossfire of a 41-year civil war, a Colombian tribe's campaign of peace against violence and drugs is earning praise and seeing success. Four years ago, the Nasa...

Court allows damages for residential school abuse
Canada's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a Native man who suffered abuse at a government-sponsored residential school is entitled to damages. The court held that the man, who was...

Rosebud Sioux Tribe saddened horses sent to slaughter
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is saddened that some of the horses it bought from the Bureau of Land Management were sent to slaughter, said the chief of...

Crow Creek Tribe needs up to $40M for new schools
Photo Gallery: Crow Creek Schools (Sioux Falls Argus Leader) The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota needs anywhere from $30 million to $40 million to completely replace two...

Navajo president vetoes bill to ban gay marriage
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. vetoed a bill that would have banned same-sex marriage on the reservation, saying it does little to promote family values. "Same-sex marriage is a...

Lamberth to hold hearing on trust fund security
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth will hold an evidentiary hearing today to determine whether the Interior Department's computer systems are safe from Internet hackers. The hearing was called in response...

Mark Trahant: Public sees bias in the news media
"Do the news media -- in general -- have such a mental leaning or inclination? Sure. The very nature of writing starts because someone has an inclination to write about...

Yellow Bird: The amazing Monarch butterfly
"When I was about 6 or 7, there was big coulee next to our house. It was overgrown with weeds and grass. We kids used to play in the tangled...

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