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Home > News > More Headlines July 12, 2005 Giago: Underground Railroad to escape boarding school "When Richard “Sonny” Torres and Ray Briggs arrived at Holy Rosary Indian Mission in the fall of 1951 the first thing they did was to look for a way to... Editorial: Tribe has one 'last shot' at recognition "The Schaghticoke tribe had sought federal recognition since 1981 when it got it in 2003 and then lost it this year. Now the Bureau of Indian Affairs has granted the... Wyoming tribe wins Class III gaming case again The Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming is "ecstatic" after its gaming rights were affirmed by a federal appeals court for the second time, Chairman Richard Brannan said on Monday. The... Tribal colleges awarded teacher training grants Several tribal colleges have received grants from the Department of Education to teach and train more Indian teachers. The Fort Belknap College in Montana received a $325,000 to work with... Members of three Oklahoma tribes go to the polls Members of three Oklahoma tribes went to the polls over the weekend. Here are the results, as reported by The Oklahoman. Internationally recognized artist and former state Sen. Kelly Haney... Navajo student's poem wins international contest A 15-year-old Navajo student from New Mexico is one of 35 winners of an International Society of Poetry contest. Josephine Pioche, who attends Shiprock High School, was awarded the Editor’s... Klamath Basin tribes to make return trip to Scotland Members of four tribes in the Klamath Basin of California and Oregon will return to Scotland this month to make their case for salmon preservation. The Yurok, Hoopa, Karuk and... First Nation to look into industrial waste dump The government of Canada has awarded $56,000 to the Poundmaker Cree Nation to consider building an industrial waste dump on off-reserve treaty land. The feasibility study will look at placing... BIA challenged on approval of natural gas terminal The Bureau of Indian Affairs is being asked to reconsider its approval of a deal for a liquefied natural gas terminal. The BIA approved a lease between the Passamaquoddy Tribe... Native leader stripped of Order of Canada membership Ahenakew, 71, is only the second person in history to be removed from the prestigious organization. He has vowed not to return his membership pin. On July 8, a... North Dakota tribe's firm lands government clients A business created by the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota is busy fulfilling a a $3.4 million defense contract. MHA Systems Inc. has 25 employees. They are... County reconsiders Chumash land-into-trust deal The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will meet behind closed doors today to reconsider a deal with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians over the tribe's land-into-trust application.... Closing of Army depot would impact Nevada tribe Closing an Army depot in Nevada would put Native Americans out of work, Walker River Paiute Tribe Chairwoman Laurie A. Thom said on Monday. Thom spoke at a Base Closure... Lawmakers set for appeal of voting rights case The South Dakota Legislature's Executive Board passed a resolution at an emergency meeting on Monday that paves the way for an appeal of an Indian voting rights case. The board... Oklahoma tribe's lawsuit claims large portion of Ohio The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma has filed a land claim against the state of Ohio, demanding more than 93,000 acres in the northwest part of the state and hunting,... Opinion: Mexico not racist compared to America "The United States has been an independent nation for 229 years. Has it ever had a Native American or African American president? We all know the answer is no.... Altercation at San Pasqual Band council meeting Three people were hurt and one man was arrested at a council meeting for the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians on Sunday, The North County Times reports. Local police... UKB discusses banishing Cherokee's Chad Smith Leaders of the United Keetoowah Band said they might revoke Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith's membership in the tribe due to the Cherokee Nation's opposition to the UKB's trust... Kickapoo Tribe considers partnership with college The Kickapoo Tribe and the University of Kansas met recently to discuss forming a partnership. The tribe hosted University Chancellor Robert Hemenway. Tribal leaders asked him to support the tribe's...

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