September 25, 2012
Mashantucket Tribe won't manage child care center anymore
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is handing management of its child care center to a third-party, The New London Day reports. The Mashantucket Child Development Center provides services...
Crow Tribe starts work on first project with $461M settlement
The Crow Tribe of Montana broke ground on the first phase of a major water project on the reservation. The money for the project is coming from the tribe's $461...
Man sentenced to prison for arson at Tonkawa Tribe property
A 20-year-old man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for burning down property owned by the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma. Kyle Enloe pleaded guilty to arson, second-degree burglary...
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe awaits $28M payout in land dispute
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe will receive $28 million under a bill that's waiting to be signed by to President Barack Obama. After decades of litigation, the tribe received $20 million...
Miccosukee Tribe shows checks totaling $10M paid to law firm
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida paid more than $10 million to its former law firm and has the checks to prove it, The Miami Herald reports. As part of a...
GOP candidate's staffers caught on tape doing tomahawk chop
Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) were caught on video making stereotypical "war whoops" and doing "tomahawk chops" in a confrontation with supporters of Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate...
HUD clears up confusion over 'extra' $18M in Lumbee account
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina does not have an extra $18 million in federal funds, the Department of Housing and Urban Development clarified. Some tribal leaders claimed the money...
Ponca Tribe prepares to open convenience store on trust land
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is about to open its second convenience store. The White Eagle Express is located on trust land in Lincoln. It will offer food, soda and...
Oglala Sioux Tribe receives $6.5M to build veterans cemetery
The Oglala Sioux Tribe has received a $6.5 million grant to build a veterans cemetery on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The money came from the Department of...
Radio: Tribal provisions in VAWA caught up in partisan debate
"Native American women are being sexually and violently assaulted at shockingly high rates in the United States. According to Justice Department statistics, not only are Native American women ten times...
Wiyaka Chasing Hawk: Reservation is rich in Lakota way of life
"Recently I read some news articles regarding Ziebach County being the “poorest in America” and I am genuinely uneasy and upset by the information circulated by a person that doesn’t...
Julianne Jennings: Indian Country well represented in military
"Historically, Native Americans have the highest record of service per capita when compared to other ethnic groups. This Native American service with the U.S. actually goes back to the Revolutionary...
Kevin Washburn confirmed to BIA job but not yet at work in DC
Kevin Washburn has been confirmed as the new leader of the Bureau of Indian Affairs but he's not yet at work in Washington, D.C., a spokesperson for the agency said...
Elizabeth Warren responds to attack on Indian ancestry claims
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, is coming under attack again over her claims of Indian ancestry. Warren, who grew up in Oklahoma, has claimed Cherokee...
OST handles more than $3.7B in trust for tribes and individuals
The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians manages more than $3.7 billion in trust for tribes and individual Indians. OST manages more than 2,900 accounts for more than...
Tribal campaign contributions on the rise in 2012 election cycle
Tribes have contributed $3.25 million in the 2012 election cycle, a big increase over 2008, with the lion's share going to President Barack Obama and the Democratic party. Obama alone...
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