indianz.com your internet resource indianz.com on facebook indianz.com on twitter indianz.com on Google+
ph: 202 630 8439   fax: 202 318 2182
Kill The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
Advertise on Indianz.Com
Home > News > More Headlines
January 27, 2006
Tex Hall: Poverty a bigger scandal than Abramoff
"I decided to write this column because, before this whole Abramoff affair goes any further, America needs to hear from American Indians themselves. There are three points that I want...

Bush says photos with Abramoff not 'relevant' to probe
President Bush said on Thursday that he welcomed the federal probe of Jack Abramoff but adamantly refused to release photographs that place him with the disgraced lobbyist. Addressing the scandal...

Transcript: President Bush and Jack Abramoff
The following is the text of several Jack Abramoff questions President Bush was asked during a White House press conference on January 26, 2006. The entire transcript can be found...

Men sentenced to life in prison for kidnap, rape
Two men were sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping two women and raping them on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations. Patrick Doyle, 21, and Daniel Curtis Bigman, 20,...

Bill would create buffer zone around Bear Butte
Two Indian lawmakers in South Dakota have introduced a bill aimed at protecting the sacred Bear Butte. Paul Valandra, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Jim Bradford, a...

Two Washington tribes reach deal on state gas tax
Two Washington tribes have reached an agreement to collect a state gas tax in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on the subject. The Swinomish Tribe and...

Meskwaki members fear disenrollment from tribe
More than a dozen members of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa fear they will be disenrolled for being political opponents of the tribal council. Donald Wanatee Sr. and others have...

Mohegan Tribe's chief of staff abruptly resigns
Tom Acevedo, the longtime chief of staff for the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, resigned abruptly on Thursday. "He caught us all off guard," chairman Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum told...

Jodi Rave: Chippewa Cree artist honored for work
MERLE BIG BOW First Peoples Fund to honor four Native artists First Peoples Fund - http://www.firstpeoplesfund.org "Merle Big Bow has been selling his artwork the only sure way he's known...

School won't play Crow Reservation teams
The boys and girls basketball teams at a high school in Montana have forfeited the rest of their games on the Crow Reservation due to safety concerns, The Billings Gazette...

Judge tosses suit challenging tribe's ownership
A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Northern Cheyenne Tribe's ownership of the Tongue River bed. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull adopted the recommendations of...

Democrats question timing of Bush nomination
Democrats called for an independent prosecutor to investigate Jack Abramoff after the Department of Justice official in charge of the probe was taken off the case because he was...

GOP Leader: Tribal sovereignty is no longer useful
Ed. Note: John Dendahl is the former chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party. He writes a column for The Albuquerque Journal [Link] that has criticizeed the actions of tribes...

Opinion: Maybe it's time to end reservation system
"Maybe we should give land back to the rez-dwellers, so that they may own private property the way other Americans do. Currently, the inability to put up land as collateral...

DeLay denies being a target of Abramoff probe
Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), the former House majority leader who was forced to relinquish his post due to ongoing legal troubles, is denying that he is a target of...

Abramoff says he won't release photos with Bush
A spokesman for Jack Abramoff said the disgraced lobbyist won't be releasing or selling photos with President Bush. Abramoff and Bush have taken photos together at least five times, according...

Coeur d'Alene Tribe launches online tutoring program
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho launched a pilot program with Washington State University to provide tutoring for tribal students via Internet video teleconferencing. Officials say the program makes it...

Tribe, state to continue talks over Klallam village
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the state of Washington will continue talks over a Klallam village where hundreds of ancestors and thousands of artifacts were uncovered. The tribe and...

Michigan tribe shares road funding with counties
The Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi, also known as the Gun Lake Band, is sharing its Indian Reservation Road funds with local counties. The tribe submitted inventories of road projects in...

Sault Tribe members bar ex-officials from office
Members of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians voted overwhelmingly to bar the former chairman and seven other people from running for public office. Tribal members passed a referendum against...

More headlines...
Local Links:
Federal Register | Indian Gaming | Jobs & Notices | In The Hoop | Message Board
Latest News:
Native Sun News: Alaska Native leaders blast VAWA measure (8/12)
Kathleen Buerer: Tribes should use Black Hills settlement fund (8/12)
Cedric Sunray: Haskell University must live up to commitment (8/12)
Jay Daniels: Indian Country faces many threats to sovereignty (8/12)
Column: Suicide rate still high among Manitoba's Native youth (8/12)
Editorial: Address controversy affecting megaload shipments (8/12)
Column: Early voting in South Dakota about 'racial geography' (8/12)
Editorial: Oregon governor must veto Indian mascot measure (8/12)
Native Sun News: First Nations Sculpture Garden wins approval (8/9)
William Old Chief: Corruption ignored on Blackfeet Reservation (8/9)
Sherman Alexie: 'Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight' at 20 years (8/9)
Marty Two Bulls: Oglala Sioux Tribe faces dilemma on alcohol (8/9)
Darren Bonaparte: Mohawk perspective on Two Row Wampum (8/9)
Dalton Walker: NCAI and google start Indigenous Mapping Day (8/9)
Gyasi Ross: Nez Perce Tribe shows true leadership with protest (8/9)
Nez Perce Tribe aims to stop megaload shipment with litigation (8/9)
9th Circuit rejects case over Fort Belknap Tribes rent subsidies (8/9)
Center: Indian Country payday lenders face increased scrutiny (8/9)
Chumash Tribe submits land-into-trust application for property (8/9)
Cheyenne-Arapaho elder shares tribal knowledge of tornadoes (8/9)
Zuni Pueblo and Navajo Nation end dispute for surplus property (8/9)
Moapa Band sues energy company over waste at power facility (8/9)
Historic Narragansett Tribe village protected from development (8/9)
Slate Editor: No longer using name of Washington football team (8/9)
Judge requires bond of nearly $500K in horse slaughter lawsuit (8/9)
Paper intent on proving Delaware Tribe's Kansas casino intent (8/9)
Group gathers signatures for referendum on North Fork casino (8/9)
Lakes Entertainment reports gains from Shingle Springs casino (8/9)
Column: Graton Rancheria casino still the number one concern (8/9)
Siletz Tribes share $3634K in casino revenues with community (8/9)
Native Sun News: Wounded Knee landowner sets final deadline (8/8)
Native Sun News: Tim Giago inducted into NAJA's Hall of Fame (8/8)
Simon Moya-Smith: Indian family accused of marketing culture (8/8)
Sharon Day: Walking the rivers to raise awareness of pollution (8/8)
Judge orders immediate move of Baby Veronica to non-Indians (8/8)
Nez Perce Tribe to sue over megaload shipment on reservation (8/8)
NPR: EPA set to allow fracking waste on Wind River Reservation (8/8)
Sex. Baucus cites large number of child victims on reservations (8/8)
Six charged with stealing from Blackfeet Nation youth program (8/8)
Chippewa Cree Tribe delays swearing-in of chair amid challenge (8/8)
Lawsuit disputes school board district on Fort Peck Reservation (8/8)
Narragansett Tribe seeks dismissal of lawsuit by former lawyer (8/8)
Blog: Former player calls Washington football mascot offensive (8/8)
Judge sets hearing in fight over United Keetoowah Band casino (8/8)
more headlines...

Home | Arts & Entertainment | Business | Canada | Cobell Lawsuit | Education | Environment | Federal Recognition | Forum | Health | Humor | Indian Gaming | Indian Trust | Jack Abramoff Scandal | Jobs & Notices | Law | National | News | Opinion | Politics | Sports | Technology | World

Indianz.Com Terms of Service | Indianz.Com Privacy Policy
About Indianz.Com | Advertise on Indianz.Com

Indianz.Com is a product of Noble Savage Media, LLC and Ho-Chunk, Inc.