April 11, 2011
Rhode Island governor opposes fix to land-into-trust decision
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I) opposes S.676, a bill to fix the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. The bill ensures that all tribes, regardless of the...
10th Circuit dismisses charge against non-Indian at cockfight
The federal government cannot prosecute non-Indians for victimless crimes in Indian Country, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. Robert Langford, a non-Indian, attended a cockfight on an allotment...
Additional meetings scheduled in Indian trust fund settlement
More meetings are being held this week to discuss the $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian trust fund lawsuit. The settlement provides $1.412 billion in payments to individual Indians. It...
Robert Porter: Seneca Nation will fight state tobacco initiative
"Your editorial on April 2 directs Gov. Cuomo to commence state cigarette-tax collections on Indian lands within the state ("Andrew & the Indians"). You demean the sovereignty of our Nation,...
WeNews: Seeking justice for Indian victims in South Dakota
""When the nuns wanted you at night, they'd come get you from the dorm," recalled Mary Jane Wanna Drum, 64, who as a young child lived at one of South...
Home and Away: Osage woman from long line of head cooks
"“When we cook, we always pray,” said Asa Cunningham, head cook since July 2010 for Pawhuska District within the Osage Nation. “It’s a very big honor for an Osage woman...
Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on bills on Thursday
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will take up three bills at a hearing on Thursday. S. 636 will help the Quileute Tribe move out of a tsunami and flood zone....
Seminole Tribe comparison to terrorists still in Pentagon brief
The Department of Defense won't remove portions of a brief that compares ancestors of the Seminole Tribe of Florida to the terrorist group al-Qaeda. The tribe asked Secretary of Defense...
BIA asks Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes to decide who's in charge
The Bureau of Indian Affairs wants to know who is in charge of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. Janice Prairie Chief-Boswell took office as governor in January 2010....
Opinion: Open Saginaw Chippewa crime records to the public
"I wish to address the issue of Tribal sovereignty, hopefully better than President Bush did, after reading recently that three tribal members had been indicted in federal court for serious...
Vi Waln: Protecting Indian women and children from violence
President Barack Obama has issued an Executive Proclamation designating the month of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. He also signed an Executive Proclamation naming April as Sexual Assault Awareness...
Editorial: 'Excessive' request for attorney fees in Cobell case
"Late last year, President Obama signed into law a $3.4 billion settlement with Native Americans who had sued the U.S. government for swindling them out of billions in oil and...
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