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May 05, 2005
House panel acts to restore Bush budget cuts
A House subcommittee restored some of President Bush's budget cuts to Indian programs on Wednesday with the approval of the Interior Department's fiscal year 2006 budget bill. Although detailed figures...

Indian income data presented at AICCO summit
The American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma's Indian business summit ended on Wednesday with a keynote from former assistant secretary and famed entrepreneur Dave Anderson. The summit also heard...

McCain, Kyl sought visit to Tohono O'odham Nation
Arizona Sens. John McCain (R) and Jon Kyl (R) both urged new Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff to visit the Tohono O'odham Nation but the Bush administration official decided to...

Lawsuit over Havasupai blood moved to state court
An Arizona county court will be handling two lawsuits that accuse researchers of misusing the blood of Havasupai tribal members. The Havasupai Tribe and members of the tribe each filed...

Another Oklahoma tribe denied out-of-state land
An Oklahoma tribe's effort to reclaim ancestral land in another state was dealt a devastating blow by a federal appeals court on Tuesday. Ever since gaining federal recognition more than...

Cayuga Nation land case back before federal judge
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has sent the Cayuga Nation's land rights case back to a federal judge for further proceedings. The appeals court did not vacate a preliminary...

Schaghticoke chief to testfy at recognition hearing
Chief Richard Velky of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Connecticut will testify at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on federal recognition, The New London Day reports. Velky is just...

Man pleads not guilty in Blackfeet-related murder
A 29-year-old man pleaded not guilty to the murder of Fernandel Omeasoo Jr., the 17-year-old grandson of the late Blackfeet spiritual leader George Kicking Woman, The Great Falls Tribune reports....

Man guilty, brother acquitted for Pine Ridge murder
A federal jury in South Dakota convicted a man for second-degree murder but acquitted his brother for a murder on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Wicahpe George Milk, 20, was found...

California tribe's workers to negotiate union contract
Casino employees of the Pala Band of Mission Indians will be negotiating a contract with a labor union at the center of a tribal sovereignty fight in California. The employees...

Marquette University won't revive 'Warriors' name
The chairman of the Forest County Potawatomi Tribe of Wisconsin praised a decision by Marquette University not to revive its old "Warriors" nickname. Chairman Harold Frank objected to a proposal...

Wild horses sold by tribe saved from slaughter
A wild horse sanctuary in South Dakota will take care of about 50 mustangs that were saved from slaughter after being sold by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. The tribe...

Abenaki Nation presses case for state recognition
The Abenaki Nation of Vermont and its supporters pressed the tribe's case for state recognition at a hearing on Wednesday. The tribe wants state recognition in order to obtain federal...

Deal in works to pay residential school students
The Assembly of First Nations and the Canadian government are working on a deal to pay all former students of residential schools, according to the Canadian Press. One proposal includes...

No names being added to police officer memorial
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of Homeland Security are holding a ceremony today to honor the law enforcement officers who have been killed while serving Indian Country....

State steps in to help Crow Creek Tribe with dorm
The state of South Dakota is offering to help the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe build a temporary student dorm, Gov. Mike Rounds (R) said. The tribe needs $2.2 million immediately...

Tribe still raising money for its share of mine buyout
A Wisconsin tribe faces a deadline to raise its share for a $16.5 million buyout of a proposed d zinc and copper mine. In October 2003, the Sokaogon Chippewa Community...

Wampanoag Tribe relations an issue in town politics
A member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts is running for public office in the town of Aquinnah, where relations with the tribe have become a political issue. The...

Dinosaur found in Utah called the first vegetarian
Research being published today in the science journal Nature details what paleontologists in Utah are calling the first dinosaur to go vegetarian. The dinosaur, found in the mountains of eastern...

Tom Cole recuses himself in any probe of DeLay
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), the only Native American in Congress, recused himself on Wednesday from any ethics probe into embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas). Cole sits on the...

Aloha! Michael Liu leaving HUD for private sector
Michael Liu, the Department of Housing and Urban Development official who has overseen Indian housing programs since the start of the Bush administration, is joining the private sector. Liu, who...

Column: Why Abramoff isn't just another lobbyist
"Why is this lobbyist different from all other lobbyists? Because as much as he'd like you to think otherwise, Abramoff is -- or, more precisely, was -- different, in degree...

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