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May 13, 2005 Court allows residential school abuse class action Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal of a $2.3 billion class action filed by former students of a Native residential school. The former students say they were abused... Tribal sovereignty must be respected, court rules STATE RAID: Troopers pin tribal members on the ground during raid of the Narragansett Reservation on July 14, 2003. The state of Rhode Island violated the Narragansett Tribe's sovereignty... Opinion: Tide has turned for Indians in Montana "Indian tribes have watched governors come and go in Montana. Some of them came to the reservation on the campaign trail promising to remember Indian issues once they got into... Bush finally steps up for Crow Creek Tribe's school The Bush administration on Thursday announced it will provide up to $1.3 million to help the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota recover from a fire that destroyed... Chumash Tribe makes new land-into-trust request The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has filed a second land-into-trust application in Santa Barbara County. The tribe is asking the Bureau of Indian Affairs to acquire less than... Indian park superintendent uses post to educate Gerard Baker, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, is probably the highest ranking Native American in the National Park Service. Baker is the first Indian superintendent of... Editorial: Si Tanka bankruptcy hurts businesses "The former Huron University was purchased in 2001 by Si Tanka University, a tribal college of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Persistent financial troubles, including counting on federal money that... Lincoln Indian Center names Omaha man as director Clyde Tyndall, a member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, has been named the new director of the Lincoln Indian Center. Tyndall, 56, hopes to make economic development a priority.... More money slated for Natives and law enforcement The Saskatchewan government says it will spend $48 million (Canadian) to implement recommendations of the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform. In June 2004, the commission... Native people won't be ignored by Queen, says official Native people in Alberta are playing a key role in the Queen of England's upcoming royal visit, the province's aboriginal affairs minister said. Pearl Calahasen said her office has worked... New study cites alarming rates of Native HIV cases HIV/AIDS cases among Native people in British Columbia are set to explode on First Nation reserves, a forthcoming study warns. The explosion is being tied to drug use. In... Harjo: Native people, like 'extinct' bird, survive "The honorable ivory-billed woodpecker has returned from the dead and is living in a wildlife refuge in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas. It seemed to disappear in 1944 and... BIA refutes criticism of land-into-trust checklist The Bureau of Indian Affairs official who issued a new land-into-trust checklist referred to objections from the state of Connecticut as "incomprehensible," Indian Country Today reports. George Skibine, the acting... Passamaquoddy Tribe to weigh new gas terminal site The Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine is being asked to approve an agreement to host a liquefied natural gas terminal at a new site after the first one on the Pleasant... Sheriff's ties to Seminole Tribe under more scrutiny A Florida county sheriff under state investigation for possible corruption in relation to the shooting of Seminole lawyer Jim Shore is facing a federal probe into his ties with the... 14 states file brief in Supreme Court tribal tax case Fourteen states have filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow states to impose gasoline taxes on tribes and tribal members engaged in off-reservation activities. The brief... Group wants county smoking law enforced on tribe An anti-sovereignty group in New York plans to file a lawsuit against state officials in order to enforce a county public smoking ban on the Oneida Nation. Upstate Citizens for... Democrats won't budge on Myers, other nominees Senate Democrats offered on Thursday to confirm four of President Bush's judicial nominees but are continuing the fight against Bill Myers and other controversial picks. Democrats offered votes on three... Column: Tribal bucks went to Republican interests "Jack Abramoff won’t make the May 12 Salute to Tom DeLay banquet at the Capitol Hilton. Oddly, it’s because of the money that Abramoff is not welcome at the DeLay... Grand jury in Abramoff probe subpoenas Democrats A federal grand jury investigating disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff has subpoenaed records of two Democrats who tried to help the Tigua Tribe of Texas reopen its casino, The New York... GOP group funneled tribal money to anti-gamblers Americans for Tax Reform, a conservative anti-tax group headed by Republican activist Grover Norquist, took $1.5 million from tribes and funneled $1.15 million of it to anti-gambling groups fighting tribes,... Albert White Hat reflects on Lakota language Albert White Hat Sr., a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, has been a Lakota language instructor for 25 years. He recently spoke of his efforts at... |
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