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February 22, 2006 Trust relationship not convincing to Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a small religious group from using a hallucinogenic tea in a unanimous decision on Tuesday that included some potentially hostile language about the... Opinion: Republican presidents pick on urban Indians "I haven't figured out why Republican presidents like to pick on urban Indians, but that seems to be the case In the early 1980s, President Reagan (another cowboy president) zeroed... Lawmakers won't fund Indian education positions The Nebraska Legislature’s Appropriations Committee refused to fund the salaries of two Indian education positions. The state Education Department sought money for the positions after Gov. Dave Heineman (R) failed... Boulder won't build training center on sacred site The city council in Boulder, Colorado, abandoned plans to built a fire-training center on a sacred prayer site and pioneer burial ground. The Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming opposed the... Judge accuses Native leaders of blackmail, corruption A judge in Canada has issued a strong ruling against leaders of the Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, accusing them of blackmail and influence peddling. Justice Pierre Blais of... Girl arrested for alleged threat to Leech Lake school A 13-year-old girl was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making a threat to carry out a shooting at the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School on the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota. The girl,... Action promised to improve water on First Nations The Canadian government is promising to improve the water quality on First Nations after CBC News documented major problems with the system. Based on government records, CBC News found that... Navajo teen survives battle with brain tumor A 13-year-old Navajo boy from Arizona is undergoing monthly chemotherapy treatments after having a tumor removed from his brain. Travis Yazzie went to the hospital three times before the... Navajo Nation mourns loss of revered educator Leaders of the Navajo Nation are mourning the loss of Robert A. Roessel Jr., a non-Indian who died last Thursday after spending more than 50 years on the reservation as... Oklahoma tribal retailers subject to new tax rule The Oklahoma Tax Commission voted Tuesday to adopt a new rule for tribal retailers who sell tobacco. The emergency rule [PDF: Announcement] applies to retailers who are licensed by tribes... Supreme Court ruling prompts study of peyote case Attorneys for the state of Utah are studying the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in a religious freedom case to determine the effect it may have on the use of... Terminated Utes to press case in court, public arena Former members of the Ute Tribe of Utah who were terminated by the federal government will continue to press their case in the courts and in the public arena. The... Western Shoshones take land fight to United Nations Leaders of the Western Shoshone Nation will take their long-running battle over land rights to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, this month. The Western Shoshone National Council says an... Mashpee Wampanoag lobbying paid off in Washington Tired of waiting for an answer on its federal recognition petition, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts hired lawyers and lobbyists to fight the case, an effort that appears to... Column: Daddy, aren't you one of those lobbyists? "As we were watching a story on the evening news about the extravagance and excesses of lobbyists, my son asked me, "Aren't you a lobbyist?" Yes, I said. "You must... Dorgan to hold hearing on FY2007 budget at UTTC Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) will take the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Thursday for a field hearing on President... Indian Affairs Committee hands over Abramoff files The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has turned over previously unseen documents about Jack Abramoff to the Senate Finance Committee, the Roll Call newspaper reported on Tuesday. A source said the... Harvard president Summers announces resignation Lawrence H. Summers, a former Clinton administration official who was a named defendant in the Cobell trust fund lawsuit, announced his resignation from Harvard University on Tuesday. Summers faced criticism... |
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