February 21, 2012
Fort Mojave Tribal Band to be featured in new documentary
The Fort Mojave Tribal Band will be featured in a new documentary called Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum. Members of the Fort Mojave...
Pokagon Band works to preserve the Potawatomi language
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians in Michigan is working to preserve the Potawatomi for future generations. Only nine Pokagon members speak the language fluently. So the tribe is reaching...
Opinion: Human rights abuses within the Tuscarora Nation
"During the last year, the Niagara Falls Reporter devoted a fair amount of space to two ongoing stories. One is a success story: the struggle and triumph of Niagara Falls...
Blog: Cherokee Phoenix starts publication in February 1828
"On February 21, 1828, the first Native American newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, began publication. Editor Elias Boudinot explained the paper’s purpose—to promote anything that will be to “the benefit of...
Jim Brown: Elem Pomo families reject insulting settlement
"As a part of the 30-day public comment period on a settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Elem Colony and Bradley Mining Co., on...
Dante Desiderio: Tribes gaining access to capital markets
"Congress all but guaranteed tribal finance to be a clear winner in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. Included in the Act were two provisions that held the promise of...
Opinion: Caution and opportunity for tribal energy projects
"In my 20-plus years of dealing with economic development on tribal lands, I have found that few people are familiar with federal Indian law or tribal law, governments and dispute...
Oklahoma's highest court to consider tribal water use case
The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider whether a tribal water rights case should be resolved by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. Citing treaties, the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation...
New Mexico tribe handing out traffic tickets to non-Indians
Some officials in Cibola County, New Mexico, say Laguna Pueblo officers shouldn't be issuing traffic tickets to non-Indians. The tribe says it has civil jurisdiction over non-Indians on the reservation....
NPR: Interview with David Treuer, Leech Lake Ojibwe writer
"Stories about life on Native American reservations often focus on the hardships — alcoholism, drugs, violence and poverty. In Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life, Ojibwe writer...
Law Article: Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe wins immunity case
"A man who slipped and fell in the parking lot of a golf course owned by the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Indian Tribe cannot sue the Tribe or the Tribe’s insurer, a...
Supreme Court won't hear tribal court jurisdiction dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition in Gustafson v. Poitra, a tribal jurisdiction case. Darrel Gustafson, a non-Indian, entered in a consensual lease with Leon Poitra and Linus...
Supreme Court asks for state reply in Public Law 280 case
The U.S. Supreme Court is asking the state of Minnesota for a reply in Beaulieu v. Minnesota, a Public Law 280 case. David Beaulieu, a member of the White Earth...
Supreme Court declines Ute Mountain Ute Tribe's tax case
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined a petition in Ute Mountain Ute Tribe v. Padilla, a taxation case. The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe sued the state of New Mexico for...
Supreme Court won't hear Indian domestic violence case
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition in Cavanaugh v. US, an Indian Country domestic violence case Roman Cavanaugh Jr., a member of the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation in...
Bill in Washington allows retrocession of state jurisdiction
Tribes in Washington are supporting HR 1448, a bill that affects criminal and civil jurisdiction in Indian Country. The state exercises jurisdiction in Indian Country under Public Law 280. This...
Declination rate remains high for crimes in Indian Country
Not much has changed when it comes to crime in Indian Country, The New York Times reports. Reservations suffer from the highest crime rates in the nation. And American Indian...
Senate Indian Affairs Committee roundtable and hearings
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will be hosting a roundtable and two hearings in the coming weeks. On Thursday, March 1, majority staff director Loretta Tuell will host a roundtable...
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