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December 12, 2011
School district sues over San Pasqual Band land-into-trust
A public school district in southern California has filed a lawsuit to block a land-into-trust application for the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians. The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved...

Hopi Tribe strips chairman of certain duties during absence
The leader of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona has been stripped of certain administrative duties. Chairman Leroy Shingoitewa was in Washington, D.C., for the White House Tribal Nations Conference when...

Mark Trahant: Payroll tax debate matters in Indian Country
Congress has a long to-do list to complete before the end of the year. It must enact a budget, either a real one, or for most federal agencies, a Continuing...

Supreme Court blocks San Carlos Apache Tribe from appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court won't let the San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona appeal a decision in a trust law case. The tribe asked for permission to file a petition...

Supreme Court to hear dispute over Arizona immigrant law
The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear a dispute over SB1070, Arizona's anti-immigration law. The controversial law allows state police officers to ask about people's immigration status. The Tohono...

Rival factions from Little Shell Chippewa Tribe present case
A special panel of judges will decide who runs the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. John Sinclair is in charge of the Little Shell Tribal Council. John...

Tigua Tribe leader says Jack Abramoff's apology is too late
Jack Abramoff says he's sorry for defrauding Tigua Tribe out of $4.2 million. But the convicted lobbyist isn't apologizing to tribal leaders in person. Instead he told The El Paso...

Nez Perce Tribe puts police officers on leave after shooting
The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho has placed three police officers on leave following a fatal shooting. The officers were involved in a chase that ended in gunfire on November...

Charles Trimble: Gyasi Ross is a great new writer among us
We’ve been told for many years “don’t judge a book by its cover.” I would add to that, “don’t judge a book by its title either.” In the early 1970s...

United Auburn Indian Community votes for council election
Members of the United Auburn Indian Community of California voted in a tribal council election on Saturday. Kim Dubach and Brenda Conway were re-elected to the council. Their challengers were...

Two Indian domestic violence cases before Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to hear two Indian Country domestic violence cases. In the first case, Roman Cavanaugh Jr., a member of the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation...

Ray Austin: Alaska Native corporations allow few to benefit
"December 18, 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANSCA), the anniversary of the “great experiment” that failed many Alaska Native corporations...

Steve Russell: US laws fail to protect rights of Mother Earth
"Last year, in the ironically named Citizens United case, the U.S. Supreme Court followed the logic of a line of cases declaring corporations to be “persons” within the meaning of...

Andrew Cohen: Asking Indian Country about Obama policy
"Earlier this month, I wrote a piece here at The Atlantic about the ways in which the three branches of federal government this year have handled matters of great importance...

Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux Tribe wants police academy
The following story was written and reported by Karin Eagle. All content © Native Sun News. James "Toby" Big Boy RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA -- The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council...

Jimmy Indian: Dear Santa, please buy Indian for Christmas
"Dear Santa, I’ve been good again this year and am very excited for Christmas. Thank you for all of the wonderful Native-made presents you brought my family and me last...

Review: Jack Abramoff still boasting about lobbying efforts
"Early in 1998, Jack Abramoff was in Imelda Marcos’s condominium in Manila, advising the former first lady of the Philippines on how to overturn a Supreme Court order that...

Letters: European settlers were the first illegal immigrants
Julia A. King: "It was stunning to read Christopher Hewitt’s insinuation that “settlers” from Europe in the 17th century arrived in lands where there were no existing societies. The implication...

Tim Giago: SuAnne Big Crow's legacy lives on at Pine Ridge
Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) © 2011 Unity South Dakota SuAnne Big Crow was furious after she watched an NBC broadcast about the Pine Ridge Reservation...

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