March 31, 2011
UTTC News: Tribal college students set for AIHEC conference
News from the United Tribes Technical College. American Indian students attending the nation’s tribal colleges and universities will converge on Bismarck, Noth Dakota, this month for their annual student conference....
Turtle Talk: The 'soft trust' in 10th Circuit's eagle feather case
"The analysis of the Tenth Circuit in United States v. Wilgus is striking. Of note, the court adopts a sort of limiting principle that it hopes meets all of the...
Column: The Chumash Tribe and a fix to land-into-trust ruling
"Recently, in litigation concerning the attempts by the Santa Ynez Chumash to take fee lands off of the tax rolls and place them in federal trust, thus evading state and...
South Dakota reservations rank lowest in healthy living study
For the second year in a row, reservations in South Dakota ranked lowest on The County Health Rankings, a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of...
Law firm seeks money for efforts on Oneida Nation land claim
A law firm in New York says it's entitled to a "substantial" fee for working on the Oneida Nation land claim. Bond, Schoeneck & King filed the lawsuit in 1970....
Rep. Cole questions need for bill to limit Cobell attorney fees
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), the only Native American in Congress, doesn't think lawmakers should be interfering with the $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian trust fund lawsuit. Cole, a member...
Echo Hawk 'strongly supports' fix to land-into-trust decision
The Obama administration "strongly supports" a fix to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk said on Wednesday. Testifying on Capitol Hill, Echo...
Native Sun News: Radiation high on South Dakota reservations
The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman. All content © Native Sun News. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA — Culminating more than six years of citizen water sampling...
Witness list for House hearing on Indian energy development
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs holds its second hearing of the 112th Congress tomorrow. The hearing will focus on energy development in Indian Country. The witness...
Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on SBA 8(a) program
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing next week to discuss the 8(a) program at the Small Business Administration. The program has helped tribal and Alaska Native owned...
Editorial: State can make case for saving the 'Fighting Sioux'
"Will the NCAA also take a hard line in the matter of the Fighting Sioux nickname at UND? It might. But then again, it might not. Maybe North Dakota’s new...
Richard Gomez: Chumash Tribe works to preserve languages
"Last week in Los Angeles, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians received special recognition at the 34th Annual California Conference on American Indian Education for our work on Assembly...
NPR: High intermarriage rates pose tribal membership issues
"Native Americans intermarry at higher rates than any other group in the country, according to U.S. Census data. For the Eastern Shoshone of Wyoming, you have to be at least...
Bills introduced to fix Supreme Court land-into-trust decision
Legislation has been introduced in the 112th Congress to fix to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. The decision states that the Bureau of Indian Affairs can...
Blaze destroys apartment on Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe Indians in Wisconsin lost an apartment building on the reservation to an early morning fire on Wednesday, WDIO-TV reports. The fire completely destroyed...
Column: Minnesota reaches milestone with dental therapists
"This is a big week for dental care in Minnesota, and maybe nationwide. The country's first class of dental therapists (DTs) and advanced dental therapists (ADTs) -- oral health providers...
Poarch Creeks head to Congress for land-into-trust legislation
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians in Alabama is asking Congress to place thousands of acres in trust. The tribe doesn't want to go through the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation looks into Fiesta Bowl contract
The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation of Arizona is investigating a "secret" arrangement that tribal leaders might not even know about. The tribe has an agreement with the Fiesta Bowl to...
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