July 12, 2011
New Mexico Indian Affairs secretary accused of breaking law
Arthur Allison, a member of the Navajo Nation who serves as Secretary of Indian Affairs for New Mexico, is selling tax-free cigarettes at one of his businesses, the Associated Press...
Audio from House subcommittee hearing on land-into-trust fix
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing this morning on three bills. The majority of the hearing focused on H.R.1291 and H.R.1234. The two bills...
Native Times: Tribes reaching out to their citizens with radio
"Across Indian Country, commercial radio has become a way reach tribal diasporas, preserve tribal languages and promote government services. For the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, commercial radio was a way to...
Kevin Abourezk: Friends and family mourn loss of Native mom
"At 6:30 Sunday morning, Yvette Taylor learned her sister, Crystal Canby, had died in a rollover crash in northeast Nebraska. Less than four hours later, Taylor gave birth to a...
Five-year-old grandson of Samson Cree chief shot in drive-by
A five-year-old boy was killed early Monday morning in a drive-by shooting on the Samson Cree First Nation in Alberta. The boy was identified by The Edmonton Journal as Ethan...
Blood Tribe celebrates Prime Minister Stephen Harper as chief
The Blood Tribe of Alberta inducted Prime Minister Stephen Harper into the Kainai Chieftainship at a ceremony on the reserve on Monday. Harper was given the name "Chief Speaker." He...
Opinion: Otoe-Missouria Tribe hosts 130th annual gathering
"Some 130 years have passed since the Otoe-Missouria Tribe was moved from the Big Blue Reservation in southeastern Nebraska to Indian Territory. Every year since their arrival, the people have...
Osage Nation to take over state park that was about to close
The Osage Nation has agreed to take over a park from the state of Oklahoma. The 1,100-acre Wah-Sha-She State Park is located in Osage County. The tribe will take control...
Column: Colville Tribes get a seat at table for climate change
"Bill Gates and team may be the State of Washington’s most celebrated entity to embrace the seemingly intractable crisis of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, but there are...
History: Confederate treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw
"Looking for a way to bolster its influence in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, the Confederate South turned to Albert Pike to negotiate a treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes....
Law Article: Supreme Court decision in Jicarilla Apache case
"On June 13, 2011, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, 564 U.S. ___ (2011), holding that the fiduciary exception to the attorney-client privilege...
County worried about Lytton Band land-into-trust application
The board of supervisors in Sonoma County, California, will discuss the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians land-into-trust application today. The tribe wants to have 124 acres placed in trust. The...
Column: White House lawn turns into lacrosse field for youth
"About 80 children sat in the oppressive heat on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday morning. White, black, American Indian children — a rainbow coalition itching for...
Cow Creek Band impresses travelers with freeway 'rest stop'
The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians has opened the only privately-owned rest stop on the West Coast, The Roseburg News-Review reports. The rest area is located near...
Snoqualmie Tribe passed marijuana resolution just as 'a joke'
A resolution to legalize marijuana was just "a joke," the leader of the Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington said. Chairwoman Shelley Burch said tribal leaders came up with the idea because...
Column: Seminole Tribe complies with ruling on mobile homes
"With no fanfare or resistance, the Seminole Tribe complied with a federal judge’s deadline on Monday and returned a disputed Hollywood mobile home community on tribal land to its former...
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