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Home > News > More Headlines November 09, 2005 White House still looking for new BIA nominee Several months after the resignation of former assistant secretary Dave Anderson, the Bureau of Indian Affairs still lacks a leader. Jim Cason, the associate deputy secretary at the Interior Department,... Family advocacy center dedicated in Minnesota The Family Advocacy Center of Northern Minnesota was dedicated on Tuesday. The center will provide services to victims of domestic violence. It will serve the Red Lake, Leech Lake and... Tribal leaders to meet with police, mayor in Duluth Tribal leaders in Minnesota will meet with the police chief and the mayor of Duluth to discuss police treatment of Native Americans. Allegations of racial profiling and police brutality have... Judge to rule on media access to Jourdain trial A federal judge will rule this week on a motion to open the trial of Louis Jourdain, the only person charged in connection with the March 21, 2005, shootings on... Investigation ongoing in Navajo triple homicide The FBI, the Navajo Nation and other agencies are investigating a triple homicide on the reservation in New Mexico. The FBI identified one of the victims as Vicki Benally, 26,... Shadow Wolves combat flow of drugs into United States The Shadow Wolves are a unique group of border patrol agents, an all Native force aimed at stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the United States. The group began... Editorial: Honor Muscogee Nation with statue "It seems only appropriate to honor the Creek Indian Nation with a statue of a Creek Indian. The Creeks were a group of native Americans who lived and farmed in... Loss of Delaware recognition prompts recall of chief Members of the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma voted 551-260 to recall Chief Joe Brooks. The campaign to oust Brooks began when the tribe lost federal recognition, said Curtis Zunigha, a... BIA calls Shinnecock decision 'out of the ordinary' A federal judge's decision to declare the Shinnecock Nation of New York an Indian tribe is "out of the ordinary," a Bureau of Indian Affairs spokesperson said. Other attorneys and... New markers for Trail of Tears in Arkansas A marker to the Cherokees who were forced to walk the Trail of Tears was dedicated in Arkansas on Tuesday. The marker on the Northwest Arkansas Heritage Trail was placed... Wisconsin tribe pays tribute to former president The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans in Wisconsin paid tribute to former president Leonard "Jack" Miller, who died on Saturday, November 5, at the age of 74. Miller led the tribe... Haudenosaunee discuss border, land concerns Members of the Haudenosaunee nations discussed border and land issues at a Syracuse University symposium on Tuesday. Members of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora nations said they... Editorial: Congrats to Shinnecock Nation but... "In the Shinnecock Indian Nation's long quest for justice, a federal judge's ruling that it is really a tribe is a welcome moment of affirmation. We share in the Shinnecocks'... House scheduled to vote on ANWR drilling measure The House is scheduled to vote this week on a budget measure that would allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The budget reconciliation passed the Senate... County backs Little Shell Chippewa Tribe Commissioners in Cascade County, Montana, voted Tuesday to back the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe's bid for federal recognition. The county supported the tribe's recognition and agreed to help the tribe... Republican accepted money from Abramoff's tribes Republican U.S. Senate candidate Van Hilleary accepted $10,000 from two tribal clients of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The money was donated to one of Hilleary's old political action committees back... Narragansett Tribe suspends lobbyist over remarks The Narragansett Tribe has suspended lobbyist Guy Dufault after he threatened to "bring down" Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) with allegations about extramarital affairs. Dufault has been working for... Senate panel sets hearing for Italia Federici Italia Federici, an associate of Interior Secretary Gale Norton, is slated to testify before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee next week about her involvement in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal....

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