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Home > News > More Headlines December 20, 2005 Cobell legal team awarded fees for trust fund fight The federal judge handling the Indian trust fund lawsuit awarded the Cobell legal team $7.1 million on Monday for successfully fighting for the rights of hundreds of thousands of account... New Mexico holds Indian education summit The New Mexico Public Education Department held an Indian Education Summit on Monday to discuss ways to improve the education of Indian students and improve tribal-state relations. The summit was... Indian students raise $4K to help needy families Indian high school students on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana have raised $4,000 to help needy families for the holidays. The seniors at Browning High School donated $2,000 of their... Arizona Indians a fourth of pedestrian fatalities Indians in Arizona account for 25 percent of pedestrian fatalities in the state, according to an analysis by The Arizona Daily Star. The paper said most pedestrian fatalities occurred in... Defense bill includes Goshute Band provisions The 2006 defense appropriations bill passed by the House early Monday morning includes provisions affecting the Skull Valley Goshute Band of Utah. A subtitle of the act contains a section... Fire Thunder removal hearing delayed a second time A hearing to consider the impeachment of Oglala Sioux Tribe President Cecelia Fire Thunder was delayed for a second time on Monday amid a crowd of shouting tribal members,... Column: Pequots use money to bolster legitimacy "Given the multitude of peoples and tongues that the Mashantucket Pequots and Foxwoods have attracted as casino and employer, how surprising is it, really, that they've finally inspired this: Earlier... Report shows Oregon tribe's impact on county A study commissioned by the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians shows the tribe contributed $107 million to the economy in Douglas County in 2004. According to... Oneida Nation to pay state $9.1M for prison land The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin is buying nearly 1,500 acres from the state for $9.1 million. The land is part of the tribe's original reservation. It is currently used by... Schaghticoke Tribal Nation seeks BIA documents The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Connecticut has asked a federal judge to force the Bureau of Indian Affairs to turn over documents related to the tribe's recognition. The tribe was... Guam audit finds wrongdoing in hiring of Abramoff The public auditor in Guam released a report on Monday that concluded the Guam Superior Court improperly hired disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The court was writing $9,000 checks every month... Ralph Reed denies lobbying tribal issues in Texas Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition and a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Georgia, denies lobbying Texas officials on tribal matters. Reed was paid by... Pombo takes on Indian issues but avoids Abramoff Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), the chairman of the House Resources Committee, has used his position to hold hearings and promote legislation on major Indian issues like the trust fund,... Bolivia's new Indian president ready for change Evo Morales, the newly elected president of Bolivia, said he will follow through on promises to keep the country independent of the United States. Morales, 46, an Aymara coca... AlterNet: Making sense of the Jack Abramoff scandal Everything, or just about everything, you wanted to know about the players in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal are presented in a report from AlterNet. You get everyone from... Senate faces fight over ANWR in defense bill Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has inserted a provision to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling in the 2006 defense appropriations bill. Stevens agreed to the provision after the... Sen. Baucus returns $19K in Abramoff donations Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana) is returning nearly $19,000 in donations linked to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Montana Democratic Party also said it was returning $5,000 it had received from... Tim Giago: The Olympics of Indian basketball "It started out 29 years ago as a tournament to bring American Indian teams together and prepare them for the long season ahead. It has gone where no one alive...

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