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Home > News > More Headlines August 23, 2005 BIA names director of law enforcement office LAW AND ORDER: Chris Chaney (l) is new director of the Office of Law Enforcement Services. On the right is Patrick Ragsdale, the director of the Bureau of Indian... Cayuga tribes ask 2nd Circuit to rehear land claim The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma and the Cayuga Nation of New York asked the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear their land claim. On June 28, the court threw... Review: Indian civilizations eclipsed others "Think back to high school history class: Remember the part about buffalo in the New World? It probably went something like this: When Europeans began settling the interior of... Son of land claim judge wins at Oneida Nation The son of the federal judge who handled the Oneida Nation land claim and other tribal land claims won $45,000 at the Oneida Nation's casino. Neal McCurn Jr. won the... Totem park in Alaska gets seven new totem poles Seven totem poles were rased over the weekend in the Klawock Totem Park in Klawock, Alaska. The poles were replicas of ones that were deteriorating. Native carver Jon Rowan... Haskell ready for freshmen, returning students Haskell Indian Nations University expects about 1,000 freshmen and returning students to be enrolled for the fall semester. More than 400 students enrolled on Monday. A few hundred freshman are... Lawyer says Churchill cleared of some charges Controversial University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill won't face discipline for misrepresenting his alleged Indian heritage or for copyright infringement, his lawyer said. But a university committee said Churchill should... Column: Book portrays Indians as savages and squaws "A few increasingly outspoken Indians in Indiana, joined by a researcher in the Loyal Shawnee tribe in Kansas, have turned their wrath on Columbus and Hoosier writer James Alexander... Ex-Cherokee councilors fined for Freedmen support Three former Cherokee Nation council members have been fined $10,000 for using tribal funds to challenge an election in which the Cherokee Freedmen weren't allowed to vote. In May 2003,... UKB sets hearing for removal of Cherokee Chad Smith Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith says he will fight an attempt to remove him from the rolls of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. Smith is enrolled in both the... Editorial: Native children not getting best education "The spotlight last week was on how well Montana schools fared meeting federal test standards. Mostly, the news was heartening. Even the fourth-grade math scores were up quite a bit... Tim Giago: Indians became refugees in own land "Can the early Indian reservations be compared to refugee camps? After all, they held a lot of similarities to the refugee camps of say, the Palestinians. They were, in a... CMU to cite support of tribe for 'Chippewas' nickname Central Michigan University plans to appeal the inclusion of the school's "Chippewas" nickname in the new NCAA policy against Indian mascots. The school says the nickname has the support... County to file letter opposing Chumash Tribe land bid Santa Barbara County plans to file a letter in opposition to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians' land-into-trust application. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has agreed to take 6.9... Judge agrees to move tribal member's murder trial A judge in Wyoming agreed to move the first-degree murder trial of a Northern Arapaho man who is accused of abusing and killing his 22-month-old daughter. Andrew Yellowbear's sought a... Hualapai Tribe to open Grand Canyon skywalk The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona is hoping to attract more tourists with the opening of a skywalk over the Grand Canyon. The $40 million glass-bottomed skywalk gives people a unique... Shinnecock Nation tackles substance abuse The Shinnecock Nation of New York announced the creation of a program to treat substance abuse among tribal members. Tribal representatives said they started Substance Abuse Mobilization Project to... Tribe says state lobbied Interior on recognition The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation is accusing the state of violating a "no-contact" order that bars lobbying the Interior Department on the tribe's recognition case. The tribe filed papers in federal... Column: William & Mary 'Tribe' name harmless "William and Mary is in the process of assembling a report to the NCAA about its nickname - Tribe - and why it should not be judged "hostile and abusive"...

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