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July 22, 2005
McCain prods tribes, government on tribal land dispute
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...

Cobell calls trust reform bill a win for Interior
Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the trust fund lawsuit, said the trust reform bill introduced by Sens. John McCain (R-Arizona) and Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) is a victory for...

CBC: First Nations University may close campus
The troubled First Nations University of Canada may close its campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CBC News reports. FNUC has been undergoing a management and financial shakeup. Some news reports...

Signs of progress reported for Natives across Canada
Native people in Canada are making more money, becoming better educated and moving to urban areas at high rates, according to recent reports. An estimated 60 percent of the Indian,...

Red Lake chairman called to stand in shootings case
Floyd Jourdain Jr., the chairman of the Red Lake Nation, was called to the stand on Thursday in a court hearing over his son's alleged role in the March 21,...

Utility to remove small dam on Bear River in Idaho
The Shoshone-Bannock Nation of Idaho joined a number of government agencies and private groups in signing an agreement to remove a dam on the Bear River in Idaho. The Cove...

Chibitty, last Comanche Code Talker, passes away
Charles Chibitty, the last Comanche Code Talker, died at a Tulsa hospital on Wednesday. He was 83. Chibitty was among a handful of Comanches who used their language to...

Surgeon at Indian center claims police brutality
A heart surgeon working at the Gallup Indian Medical Center is considering a lawsuit against police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after he suffered injuries during an incident with officers....

Illegal miners threaten reservation in Brazil
Mining is illegal on reservations in Brazil but that hasn't stopped a flood of mining activity on Yanomami tribal land. At least five landing strips and eight mines have been...

Ross Swimmer: No 'reparations' for Cobell lawsuit
"A few weeks ago, a $27.5 billion offer was proposed - by plaintiffs and others - to settle the Cobell v. Norton Indian Trust accounting litigation. This case has dragged...

TV stations challenged on use of 'Redskins' name
The four largest television stations in the Washington, D.C., area have been warned not to use the name "Redskin" in their stories, The Washington Post reports. George Washington University professor...

San Manuel Band releases hawk back into wild
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians held a ceremony on Thursday to release a rehabilitated hawk back into the wild. The red-tailed hawk was found a month ago...

Lawsuit accuses car dealership of discrimination
A four-year-old lawsuit accuses a bankrupt car dealership in Rapid City, South Dakota, of taking advantage of Indian consumers. The J.D. Byrider lot promised to help Indian consumers rebuild their...

Crow Tribe's college has accreditation affirmed
The Little Big Horn College on the Crow Reservation in Montana has won reaccreditation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The college was accredited for 10 years following...

Opinion: Indians wrongly credited over whites
"Textbooks widely used in public schools consistently downplay white men in favor of women and minorities. (Thomas Edison gets less space than a black scientist who tweaked one of Edison's...

Sentencing delayed in reservation abuse case
A member of the Northern Ute Tribe of Utah who pleaded guilty to abusing her two grandsons faces a delay in sentencing because federal prosecutors are seeking a harsher...

Tohono O'odham Nation can't stop immigrants
Immigrants from Mexico and other countries south of the U.S. border continue to pose law enforcement, health and funding problems for the Tohono O'odham Nation. Last year, more than 491,000...

North Dakota tribe, park reach agreement on bison
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation has reached a new deal to receive excess bison from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. The tribe had been receiving bison under...

Lac du Flambeau Band still upset with newspaper
A Wisconsin tribe's disagreement with a local newspaper is turning into a full-out battle over media censorship, freedom of speech and tribal rights. The Lac du Flambeau Band of...

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