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Home > News > More Headlines February 14, 2006 Census Bureau report highlights Indian Country A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau paints a comprehensive, and rather interesting, portrait of the 2.4 million Americans who claim American Indian or Alaska Native heritage. "We the... License granted to store waste on Goshute reservation The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday issued the first license for a nuclear waste facility located in Indian Country. The NRC approved the license for Private Fuel Storage, a consortium... Jodi Rave: Program to help Natives in legal system "Montana politicians and prison officials are looking to Canada as the state launches the nation's first known pilot program aimed at helping Native people navigate the legal system. Rep. Denny... Elimination of urban Indian health care opposed Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Washington), the top Democrat on the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee, says he will fight the Bush administration's request to eliminate the urban Indian health care program.... Hopi v. Navajo contest for Arizona State Senate A Republican member of the Hopi Tribe is challenging a Navajo Democrat for a seat in the Arizona State Senate. Royce Jenkins, pictured at right, is the director of... Jicarilla Apache Nation celebrates 119 years The Jicarilla Apache Nation celebrated the 119th anniversary of the creation of the tribe's reservation in northern New Mexico. The tribe held its annual Jicarilla Day Powwow over the... Yellow Bird: Names and nicknames important "Names and nicknames are important to many Indian people. They have meaning and tie us to our families and community - although, I should add, some names are negative and... Mother guilty for death of son on First Nation A judge in Regina, Saskatchewan, found Dawn Schoenthal guilty of criminal negligence for the causing the death of her 21-month-old son on the Gordon First Nation. Schoenthal, 27, had denied... Big witness to testify about killing of Native man The inquiry into the death of Dudley George, an Ojibwe activist who was killed during a police siege in 1995, will be hearing from a big witness over the... Pombo says Abramoff 'never lobbied me on anything' Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), the chairman of the House Resources Committee, isn't worried about being linked to the Jack Abramoff scandal. As head of the committee with jurisdiction over... Fatal bus accident on Tohono O'odham Reservation A school bus accident on the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona on Monday resulted in the death of a tribal police department ranger. Jerome L. Lewis, 34, was killed instantly... Interior to give away $7B in oil and gas royalties The Interior Department plans to give up $7 billion in oil and gas royalties between now and 2011, according to new projections contained in the fiscal year 2007 budget. The... Bush has no time frame, cost on Yucca Mountain MAP: Tribes located near Yucca Mountain site. The Bush administration doesn't know when it can open the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada and may never be able... Abramoff boasted of contacts with White House Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff often boasted of his contacts with the Bush White House through chief political aide Karl Rove, the Associated Press reports. Abramoff raised more than $100,000 for... Bald eagle faces removal from endangered species list The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the comment period on a proposal to remove the bald eagle from the list of endangered and threatened species. When the... New FEC official seeks limits on tribal political donations Senate Indian Affairs Committee Oversight hearing on Indian Tribes and the Federal Election Campaign Act, February 8, 2006. • Introduction - 3:43 - 872kb • Panel I - 23:18 -... Listening Lounge: Hearing on FY2007 budget request The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this afternoon on President Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget request. Rather than hold two separate hearings -- one for federal witnesses and... McCain criticized for focus on lobbying, gaming Since assuming the chairmanship of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee a year ago, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) has held six hearings on gaming, three hearings on Jack Abramoff, one hearing... Tim Giago: Yes, Virginia, Indians do pay taxes "Periodically there is a repeat column I am forced to write. It usually takes an ignorant and insensitive remark by a non-Indian to prompt me to return to the scene...

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