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Home > News > More Headlines January 11, 2006 Appeals court upholds tribal jurisdiction after rehearing A federal appeals court reversed course on Tuesday and upheld tribal jurisdiction over an accident that occurred on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. By an 8 to 3 vote, the... State study finds seat belt use low on reservations Drivers on Montana's seven reservations don't like to buckle up, according to a study from the state Transportation Department On the Fort Belknap Reservation, as many as 90 percent... Navajo Nation close to deal over gas pipeline The Navajo Nation is close to finalizing a deal to keep a natural gas pipeline on the reservation. The tribe has been in negotiations with the El Paso Natural Gas... Texas tribe questions $50K donation to charity The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas gave $50,000 to a charity that it didn't know was run by Jack Abramoff, council members said. The tribe gave the money to the Capital... Tribal colleges happy to receive Abramoff donations Tribal colleges in Montana say they are more than happy to receive money connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Little Big Horn College on the Crow Reservation received $2,700... Opinion: Greed too weak to describe Abramoff "I thought of the inadequacy of words last week when the man in the black fedora and trench coat made his perp walk to a Washington courthouse. The news talked... Wyoming governor criticizes budget cuts for tribes Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) criticized the federal government for not living up to its obligations to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the Northern Arapaho Tribe. Freudenthal spoke to Arapaho... Mille Lacs Band to make drug war a top priority The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe will make fighting drugs its top priority, tribal executive Melanie Benjamin said in her annual State of the Band address on Tuesday. Benjamin said... Law firm takes $10M to fight tribe's land claim A law firm has collected more than $10 million in taxpayer fees to fight a land claim on behalf of a First Nation in British Columbia, The Vancouver Sun reports.... Alito pledges to keep an 'open mind' on abortion U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. said he will keep an "open mind" on abortion despite writing legal memos that sought to overturn a woman's right to choose.... Career officials negotiated Abramoff guilty plea Jack Abramoff's plea agreement was negotiated by career prosecutors at the Department of Justice who say politics didn't play a role in their aggressive case against the disgraced lobbyist. The... Opinion: Indian lobbyists just as bad as the rest "Political anthropologists will have to excavate why Mr. Abramoff is a mega-scandal when peeps were barely raised about previous outrages in which the chief actors were public officials who presumably... GOP leadership candidate connected to Abramoff Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), one of the candidates to replace Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) as House majority leader, has his own ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Blunt signed on... DeLay pressed officials after taking Abramoff money Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) urged the Bush administration to shut down a casino in Texas after receiving money from Jack Abramoff, the Associated Press reports. In December 2001, DeLay... Montana Supreme Court won't rule on Indian mascots The Montana Supreme Court last week dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a public school's use of Indian nicknames and imagery. In a unanimous decision, the court said Francine Dupuis, a... Tribes scammed by Abramoff take cautious approach Two of Jack Abramoff's former tribal clients are taking a more cautious approach after being scammed by the confessed felon. The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan passed a new lobbying... Former Little River Band official sentenced to prison The former chief financial officer for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians was sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling more than $500,000 from the Michigan tribe. Daniel... Salish and Kootenai Tribes get new chairman The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana have a new chairman. James Steele Jr., 38, was elected chairman by the 10-member tribal council last Friday. He has served on...

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