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Home > News > More Headlines September 26, 2012 Muscogee Nation to help fund $60M dan across Arkansas River The Muscogee Nation has agreed to help fund a $60 million dam on the Arkansas River near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The city of Tulsa will take on $30 million in costs.... FP: Why did Muscogee Nation business land military contract? "The Muscogee Nation, part of the Creek Indian tribe, which fought with Confederate troops against the U.S. military during the Civil War, is now guarding Americans stationed at U.S. bases... Site for sacred Navajo healing ceremony damaged by vandals Vandals spray painted a hogan where the Yei’ Bi’ Chei healing ceremony will take place in Shiprock, New Mexico. The hogan, along with several vending booths, were vandalized sometime on... Seneca-Cayuga Tribe invited to Ohio for Chief Logan ceremony The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma is being invited to Ohio to take part in the 100th anniversary of the Logan Elm State Memorial. Chief Logan was a Cayuga chief who... NCAI criticizes both sides in hot Senate race in Massachusetts The National Congress of American Indians is criticizing the campaigns of both Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Scott Brown, saying the heated race for for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts has... Cherokee chief wants Sen. Brown to apologize for 'racist' acts Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker is calling on Sen. Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) to apologize for the "racist" and "offensive" actions of his staff and supporters. Baker was... Cherokee Nation sends top officials to Democratic convention The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma was well represented at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Principal Chief Bill John Baker led the delegation, which included Treasurer Lacy Horn, Secretary of State... Mississippi Choctaws break ground on new retail development The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians broke ground on a new retail development in the Bogue Chitto community. The 5,200 square-foot Big Creek General Store will house a general store,... Native Sun News: Great Plains health board battles $1M in debt The following story was written and reported by Jesse Abernathy, Native Sun News Editor. All content © Native Sun News. As the new executive director of Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s... Man investigated for taking artifacts from sacred Washoe land Authorities are investigating the removal of artifacts from land held sacred by the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. Darrel Cruz, the director of the tribe's historic preservation office, declined... Editorial: Lumbee leaders do damage with claims of extra $18M "Members of the Lumbee Tribal Council who last week rushed to proclaim the news that housing money had been going unspent since 2007 and an $18 million windfall had piled... Cover Story: Non-Indian couple not giving up on ICWA dispute "Matt and Melanie Capobianco spent their adopted daughter Veronica's third birthday 1,200 miles away from her. They wrote their wishes for her on purple balloons and released them into the... Wyoming tribes participate in testing of water in fracking zone Wyoming's two federally recognized tribes participated in a groundwater test that could turn up a connection between pollution and hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking.... Tonto Apache Tribe to celebrate 40 years of federal recognition The Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona is celebrating 40 years of federal recognition. The tribe was recognized by an act of Congress that was signed into law by then-president Richard... Another stay granted in Oklahoma tribal water rights litigation A federal judge granted another stay in the water rights lawsuit filed by the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation. The tribes and the state of Oklahoma have been negotiating... Turtle Talk Poll: Should same-sex marriage be legal for tribes? "Several Indian tribes in recent years have considered whether to authorize same-sex marriage in their respective lands — Coquille and Suquamish have said yes, while Cherokee, Navajo, and Little Traverse... BIA ordered to reconsider Oneida Nation land-into-trust ruling A federal judge has ordered the Bureau of Indian Affairs to reconsider the Oneida Nation land-into-trust application in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar The... Steve Russell: A voter's guide to gaffes on the campaign trail "Michael Kinsley, writing in The New York Times, famously defined a gaffe as “when a politician tells the truth—some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” I leave it to...

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