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June 24, 2005 Report looks at urban Native population in Canada The number of Natives living in urban areas more than doubled -- and in some cases tripled -- over the past twenty years, according to a report from Statistics Canada... Partisan fight looms over tribal labor law rider The normally bipartisan Congressional Native American Caucus is gearing up for a major fight as Republicans and Democrats trade barbs over a tribal labor union measure. Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Arizona),... Editorial: Congress should settle trust fund "America's inspiring history also has its list of shameful events, and topping it is certainly the country's inexcusable and despicable treatment of American Indians. The nation now has a chance... Native corporation president charged with assaults Jacob Adams, the president of Arctic Slope Regional Corp., was arrested and charged with two criminal misdemeanor charges of assault after scuffling with police whom he says were trying... Opinion: Reed didn't lie, he just followed the law "Ralph Reed has long been opposed to the expansion of casino gambling. As far back as 1997 he helped pass federal legislation creating the National Gambling Impact Study Commission. The... Ceremony to mark shift in white-Indian relations Descendants of Lakota leader Sinte Gleska and an Army colonel will meet on Saturday and Sunday to dedicate an exhibit to Mni Akuwin, the 17-year-old daughter of Sinte Gleska who... Column: Hearing slated on two-word change to NAGPRA "To many, it is unthinkable for Congress to pass a law restricting or prohibiting scientific research because it might prove contradictory to biblical creationists' cherished beliefs about how the... Choctaws rehire lobbyist accused in Abramoff fraud The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has rehired a lobbyist accused of participating in the potential defrauding of the tribe, The Jackson Clarion Ledger reports. The tribe hired Kevin Ring,... Redding Rancheria wants study at future Wal-Mart site Citing the discovery of artifacts, the Redding Rancheria of California is calling for further study at the site of a future Wal-Mart Tribal members say they have found arrowheads, beads... Chairman of Spirit Lake Nation recalled in vote Members of the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to recall chairman Valentino "Tino" White. The vote was 275 to 55 against White, The Grand Forks... Utah senator withdraws rider against Goshute waste Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Thursday proposed but immediately withdrew a rider to the national energy policy legislation that would have blocked the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe's nuclear waste... 'Medicine man' arrested, charged in peyote flap A self-described "medicine man" from Utah was arrested and charged on Thursday for illegal possession and distribution of peyote and for misrepresenting himself as an American Indian in order... Supreme Court rejects suit over water usage The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that water users in California who are fighting tribes cannot sue the federal government to enforce a water contract. In a unanimous decision,... Supreme Court rules in property rights dispute The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments make seize land from property owners to further an economic development interest. The 5-4 ruling affirmed the Fifth Amendment allows... Yakama Nation buys minor league basketball team The Yakama Nation of Washington announced the purchase of the minor league Yakima Sun Kings basketball team on Thursday. The tribe plans to rename the team the Yakama Sun Kings.... Tribe, ACLU accuse school district of discrimination The Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint on Thursday accusing the Winner School District of discriminating against Indian students by subjecting them to harsher... State willing to meet with Tulalip Tribes over park The state of Washington won't sell a new beach park to the Tulalip Tribes but is willing to accommodate tribal concerns about the development, the state parks director said.... Idaho senator inserts rider to kill salmon counting Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has inserted a rider into an energy appropriations bill that eliminates the Fish Passage Center, a federal agency that keeps track of salmon that run... Ralph Reed pressed by rival to document tribal ties Ralph Reed should document his ties to tribes, his Republican opponent in Georgia's lieutenant governor race said. Reed accepted $10,000 from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in his... Editorial: Washington in worst lobbying scandal ever "Washington is mesmerised by its worst lobbying scandal in decades as evidence emerges of political fixers taking millions from casino owners and funnelling the cash to themselves and friends in... Column: Jack Abramoff's Choctaw Nation "Is Jack "I don't want sniper letterhead" Abramoff, the paleface Republican lobbyist whose fleecing of the Mississippi Choctaw alone will earn him a permanent place in the history of Washington... Editorial: Reed lied about taking money from Choctaws "Until recently, the office of Ralph Reed, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, issued a standard prepared denial whenever the press inquired about allegations that Reed had knowingly accepted millions... Column: No limits to Republican sleaze in Washington "When faced with evidence of corruption and sleaze by such Republican stalwarts as Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay, conservatives have responded in three ways. The first is to deny the... Harjo: Tribes lobby to fleece their own people "Increasingly in recent times, national Indian efforts have been weakened or thwarted by one, two or a dozen tribes striking out on their own for a better deal; not for... |
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