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July 21, 2005
Sen. Byron Dorgan Statement on S.1439
The following is the text of a Senate floor statement by Sen. Byron Dorgan on S.1439, the Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005. July 20, 2005. Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President,...

Text of S.1439, the Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005
The following is the text of S.1439, the Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005 as introduced on July 20, 2005. The table of contents, however, has been removed in order...

Sen. John McCain Statement on S.1439
The following is the text of a Senate floor statement by Sen. John McCain on S.1439, the Indian Trust Reform Act of 2005. July 20, 2005. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President,...

Supreme Court rejects Native logging rights claim
The Supreme Court of Canada delivered a blow to Native rights on Wednesday, ruling against Mi'kmaq loggers who were arrested for cutting down trees on government land. In two unanimous...

Woman won't give research to Connecticut tribe
A woman who has collected years of research in the hometown of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation is refusing to give information to the tribe. Francelia C. Johnson has said she...

McCain and Dorgan introduce trust reform legislation
Sens. John McCain (R-Arizona) and Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee introduced a comprehensive trust reform bill on Wednesday. Here is...

Great Lakes tribes to announce center, museum
The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council is endorsing a proposal for a cultural and educational center and children's museum in Wausau, Wisconsin. The council, which represents 10 tribes in Wisconsin and...

Trump presses lawsuit against Eastern Pequots
Casino mogul Donald Trump said he won't give up his lawsuit against the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut. Trump sued the tribe after he was dumped as a casino...

Discussions ongoing over Chumash trust land bid
Supervisors in Santa Barbara County, California, say they will continue to negotiate with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians over the tribe's trust land request. The county and the...

Another dean at First Nations University eliminated
Another dean at the troubled First Nations University of Canada has been fired. The removal of Dawn Tato, the dean of the Regina campus, the latest in a series of...

North Carolina sites may be added to Trail of Tears
More than 20 routes and sites in western North Carolina might be added to the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. An estimated 16,000 Cherokees were forced to leave their...

Fire on Colorado reservation 75 percent contained
A fire on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in Colorado was 75 percent as of Wednesday night, The Denver Post reports. The 300-acre Dwelling Fire is burning within the Ute...

Men indicted for hunt on South Dakota reservation
Five people have been indicted on federal charges for what authorities say was an illegal deer hunt on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The five men organized the hunt and...

Indian women star in Bolivia's wrestling spectacle
Indian women are the new stars of "lucha libre," Bolivia's version of entertainment wrestling. Adopting stage names and personas, the women take to the ring in traditional dress. Known...

Former chairwoman up for challenge in election
Wendy Schlater, a former chairwoman of the La Jolla Band of Mission Indians, says she is ready for the challenge of running against a Republican county supervisor. Schlater, a Democrat,...

Crews work to contain fire on Crow Reservation
Fire crews expect to have a fire on the Crow Reservation in Montana fully contained by Saturday. The fire grew from 4,800 acres to about 5,000 acres on Tuesday night....

Editorial: Native Hawaiian bill is un-American
"Sometime in the next few days, Congress may endorse secession. If this is the first you've heard of it, that suits Hawaii's Democratic Senator Daniel Akaka and Republican Governor Linda...

NARF lawyer fears Roberts will lean conservative
A Native American Rights Fund lawyer who argued the Venetie U.S. Supreme Court case fears the nomination of John G. Roberts could erode tribal rights. Heather Kendall-Miller, a NARF attorney...

Arizona tribes focus on homeland security
Arizona tribes should receive homeland security funds directly from the federal government, a report from the 25th annual Arizona Indian Town Hall states. Homeland security was the main topic of...

Massachusetts tribe to pay town for public services
Leaders of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe have reached a deal to pay the town of Aquinnah, Massachusetts, for public services provided to the reservation. The tribe and the town had...

Senate hearing on Navajo-Hopi land settlement bill
Indianz.Com Listening Lounge, Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Navajo-Hopi land settlement. July 21, 2005 Note: All files in MP3 format. Introduction - 7:22 - 1.26MB Panel I - 17:45...

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