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Home > News > More Headlines June 10, 2005 Editorial: Interior's endless charade on Indian trust What happens when Indian people want to know why they aren't getting the most for the use of their land? They are repeatedly told there is no mismanagement, that there... NCAI heads to Oneida Nation for mid-year session The National Congress of American Indians is heading to Wisconsin for its 2005 mid-year session. The conference will be held June 12-15 in Green Bay. The Oneida Nation, whose casino... 'Patriots' to patrol reservation despite warning A group calling itself the Yuma Patriots plans to patrol the Cocopah Reservation in Arizona despite being warned they aren't welcome there. The all-volunteer group has been warned by the... Counties said to be in talks for Oneida land claim Two New York counties that received land stolen from the Oneida Nation are said to be talking with Gov. George Pataki (R) about settling the tribe's claim. Pataki's office wouldn't... Judge says Kiowas wrongly denied chance to vote A judge for the U.S. Court of Indian Offenses ruled that the Kiowa Tribe's election board wrongly denied scores of tribal members a chance to vote in an upcoming election.... KKK leader on trial for slayings in Choctaw territory Jury selection will begin on Monday for the retrial of Edgar Ray Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen accused of killing three civil rights workers... Fire Thunder defends record in advance of hearing Cecelia Fire Thunder, the first woman president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, says she has done nothing wrong to warrant a hearing on her possible suspension. Fire Thunder says she... World Peace and Prayer Day 2005 in the Black Hills The 10th annual World Peace and Prayer Day will be observed Tuesday, June 21, in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota. The event is preceded by three days of... March to call for end of liquor sales in Whiteclay Native activists will hold a march on Saturday to call for the end of liquor sales in the reservation border town of Whiteclay, Nebraska. The march will start on the... Forest Service rejects tribal appeals on snowmaking The Southwestern regional office of the U.S. Forest Service upheld a controversial decision to allow the use of reclaimed wastewater in the sacred San Francisco Peaks. Regional Forester Harv Forsgren... Senate confirms more appeals court nominees The Senate voted this week to confirm four of President Bush's appeals court nominees, including three on Thursday. The Senate voted 53 to 45 yesterday to confirm former Alabama attorney... Native woman's death blamed on substance abuse A Native woman from the Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba was found frozen to death after drinking large amounts of alcohol and inhaling solvents, authorities in Thompson said. The death... First Nations leaders worried about university spat Tribal chiefs in Saskatchewan are worried about the way the controversy over the First Nations University of Canada is being handled. The chiefs are worried that students and the... Tribe worried that county not responding to dog bites The Big Pine Paiute Tribe of California is considering a government-to-government agreement with Inyo County in response to recent dog bite attacks on the reservation. The tribe called the county's... Oglala Sioux Tribe seeks law enforcement funds The Oglala Sioux Tribe is asking the Bureau of Indian Affairs for more law enforcement money. The tribe's annual law enforcement budget is $3.4 million, which includes benefits, administration and... Pataki land claim bill leaves out out-of-state tribes Only one tribe would be allowed to open an off-reservation casino in the Catskills region of New York under legislation submitted by Gov. George Pataki (R) on Thursday. Pataki called... Lawmaker under scrutiny for links to Abramoff Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington) says he doesn't know Jack Abramoff but his links to the disgraced lobbyist are becoming an issue. Hastings is chairman of the House ethics panel,... Republican leader defends letter to Gale Norton A House Republican leader who represents a state with no Indian tribes is defending a letter that warned Interior Secretary Gale Norton of "reservation shopping." Rep. Eric I. Cantor... New Coushatta chairman hopes to sort out scandal The new chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana says it will time take for the tribe to recover from the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. Kevin Sickey, 35, was... Review: 'Into the West' tries to be fair to both sides "The first Indian massacre on 'Into the West' is committed by a herd of stampeding buffalo, not by vigilantes or the United States cavalry. The first scalping of a frontiersman... Roundup: Reviews of TNT series 'Into the West' Should you watch "Into the West," the TNT mini-series that follows an Indian and non-Indian family amid the settling of the West? The reviews are flooding in, with most critics... DOJ changes tactics again in tobacco industry case The Department of Justice wrapped up its eight-month trial against the tobacco industry on Thursday by dropping its demand that tobacco companies pay for programs to help people quit smoking.... Native student denied diploma after wearing bolo tie A Native high school graduate in Maryland is being denied his diploma because he wore a bolo tie to his commencement ceremony. Thomas Benya, who is of Cherokee descent,... Judge sworn in as new president of Bolivia The chief judge of Bolivia's top court was sworn in as the country's president on Thursday after the resignation of Carlos Mesa was accepted by the Congress. Eduardo Rodríguez, the...

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