May 28, 2010

Congress fails to meet deadline to act on Cobell settlement (May 28, 2010)

UPDATE: The House has passed the bill with the Cobell settlement, The Blog of Legal Times reports. With a vote delayed in the House and...

9th Circuit rules on long-running treaty and fishing dispute (May 28, 2010)

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a long-running treaty and fishing rights dispute in Washington on Thursday. In a unanimous opinion, the court...

IPR: Keweenaw sacred site protest ends with two arrested (May 28, 2010)

"Police, this morning, cleared out six protesters on the site of Kennecott's planned nickel and copper mine in Marquette County. Two Native people subjected...

Indian students upset over fake tribal attire at UCSD event (May 28, 2010)

The Native American Student Alliance at the University of California San Diego said students dressed up in fake "tribal" attire, including fake headdresses, at a...

Red Lake Nation receives $2M to operate detention facility (May 28, 2010)

The Red Lake Nation of Minnesota will receive $2 million from the federal government to settle a lawsuit over an unused detention facility on the...

Navajo protesters told to sit in back of room at conference (May 28, 2010)

Three members of the Navajo Nation and a non-Indian supporter were told to sit or stand in the back of a room at a uranium...

Editorial: Obama resolves concerns about who's 'in charge' (May 28, 2010)

"President Obama put a welcome end Thursday to some of the unattractive finger-pointing and responsibility-dodging of recent weeks with respect to the disastrous BP oil...

Director of MMS resigns in response to Gulf oil spill disaster (May 28, 2010)

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, the director of the Minerals Management Service, resigned on Thursday, the first major casualty of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf...

Tom Oxendine, decorated Lumbee veteran, passes on at 87 (May 28, 2010)

Tom Oxendine, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, died on Thursday. He...

Rep. Hastings loses bid to change terms of trust settlement (May 28, 2010)

Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington), the top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee, tried to change the terms of the $3.4 billion settlement to the...