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April 14, 2011
GAO conducting study of IHS for Tribal Law and Order Act
Pursuant to the Tribal Law and Order Act, the Government Accountability Office is conducting a review of the Indian Health Service. The GAO will study the capabilities of IHS facilities...

County considers bill to transfer land to Onondaga Nation
The Onondaga County Legislature is considering a bill that would lead to the transfer of land to the Onondaga Nation in New York. The tribe wants to reclaim the 36-acre...

Editorial: Progress on Little Bighorn museum, visitor center
"Like spring breezes on the bluffs above the Little Bighorn River, ideas floated at a meeting Thursday in the battlefield museum brought hope for change. As the National Park Service...

Turtle Talk: More on Indian law cases and Supreme Court
"As noted before in my certiorari study, tribal interests do very poorly in the certiorari stage of Supreme Court litigation, especially compared to the state interests and private parties that...

Los Coyotes Band leases land for military training facility
The Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians is leasing land to a company for a Department of Defense training facility, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The paper stumbled...

Watchdog: Minnesota tribes return $1.7M stimulus grant
"It’s enough to give government a good name, if not necessarily the federal stimulus program. After all, when’s the last time the recipients of a $1.7 million federal stimulus grant...

Opinion: Educating John Stossel about tribal sovereignty
"Congress, American presidents, the United States Supreme Court, and the States have all, in many varied ways, given recognition to Native American tribes as sovereign entities. Sovereign tribal authority is...

Only two elders in Mexico still speak Ayapaneco language
Linguists plan to publish a dictionary of the Ayapaneco language, spoken by just two elderly men in Mexico. The dictionary will feature two versions of the language, one spoken by...

Bill authorizes water leases for Mescalero Apache Nation
Legislation introduced in the 112th Congress would allow the Mescalero Apache Nation to lease its water rights to other communities The Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act authorizes leases of...

Family wants San Manuel Band to repair destroyed home
A family says the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians should pay for repairs to the home they lost in a mudslide. The Hernandez's say the mudslide last December was...

Non-Indian charged with Saginaw Chippewa home invasion
A non-Indian man is accused of breaking into a home owned by a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan. Joshua James Houser, 31, allegedly kicked in the door...

Gun Lake Tribe welcomes elders with first housing project
The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe, has completed its first housing project. The tribe used $2.5 million in federal funds to...

Group sets up in county at odds with Coeur d'Alene Tribe
A human rights group is setting up shop in Benewah County, Idaho, where officials have refused to negotiate a law enforcement agreement with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. Christina Crawford...

Swiss woman makes a home on the Pine Ridge Reservation
Isabel Stadnick, a Swiss woman who was born in Brazil, now makes her home on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Stadnick first visited the reservation in 1989. She...

Mashantucket Tribe signs contract with firefighters union
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has signed a contract with the Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters of Connecticut. The contract took three years to negotiate. It's the first union agreement that...

Counties fight to remain in Mishewal Wappo Tribe's lawsuit
Two California counties say they should remain a part of the federal recognition lawsuit of the Mishewal Wappo Tribe. Napa County and Sonoma County were allowed to intervene in the...

Opinion: Enough is enough with Chumash Tribe's land grab
"At what point does the Chumash tribal government say, “We have achieved financial independence?” According to Tribal Chairman Armenta, it’s when the tribe says so. That isn’t the law, but...

Column: Tahnee Robinson heads to WNBA, signs with Nike
"Give Nike credit: The apparel giant understands marketing. Third-round WNBA draft picks don't get sponsorship deals. Nevada's Tahnee Robinson was a third-round pick on Monday by the Phoenix Mercury,...

Writer examines Jewish settlers among tribes in the West
Writer Jim Winnerman is documenting the presence of Jewish pioneers among tribes in the West. Winnerman's grandparents lived in Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma. They spoke Yiddish and...

California attorney general pressed to protect sacred site
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is being asked to stop the construction of a park on top of a sacred site. Ohlone, Miwok and other descendants don't want a 3,500-year-old...

Operator of Grand Canyon Skywalk battles Hualapai Tribe
The operator of the Grand Canyon Skywalk has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Hualapai Tribe of Arizona. David Jin says the tribe is trying to take over...

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