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Letter backs Massachusetts tribes on sacred site (11/06)
The Massachusetts Historical Commission is backing the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in a dispute over a sacred site. MHC executive director Brona Simon said she found "considerable archeological, historical, and ethnographic information" to support the...
Interior promises action on wind turbine project (11/03)
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he expects to make a decision on a controversial wind turbine project in Massachusetts by the end of the year. The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe oppose the Cape Wind project....
Editorial: Reject tribal claim on wind turbine site (11/02)
"After eight years of arduous state and federal environmental reviews, the promoters of Cape Wind, a wind energy project off the Massachusetts coast, had every reason to believe that they were home free. Then the Wampanoag tribes asked the...
Opinion: Tribes, sacred sites and environment (10/30)
"For a moment there, it looked as if the bitter, decade-long feud over building a "wind farm" in federal waters off Cape Cod was finally over. The plan to put 130 giant wind turbines out on a shoal in Nantucket...
1st Circuit dismisses Passamaquoddy LNG case (10/29)
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged federal approval of a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Passamaquoddy Reservation in Maine. Tribal leaders at Pleasant Point signed a contract with Quoddy Bay LNG to...
Alaska Native man to plead guilty in hunt case (10/29)
One of the Alaska Native men charged for violating state hunting laws will plead guilty for shooting more than 100 caribou and leaving many to waste. Randy John Oktollik, 26, told The Anchorage Daily News he is innocent of the...
Tribe included in $3.4B 'smart grid' Energy grants (10/28)
The Navajo Nation is part of $3.4 billion in "smart grid" grants announced by the Department of Energy. The Navajo Tribal Utility Association will receive $4.9 million to modernize its energy delivery system. The smart grid can be used to...
Charges considered against Port Gamble officers (10/28)
Two natural resource officers from the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe of Washington could face charges for allegedly detaining three non-Indian men off the reservation. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office conducted an investigation...
Lenient sentence for man who robbied Yurok site (10/28)
A California man who pleaded guilty to illegally excavating an ancestral village of the Yurok Tribe was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 60 hours of community service and a $530 fine. James Edward Truhls faced up to a year...
Navajo Nation Council delays ski resort measure (10/23)
The Navajo Nation Council will take more time to consider the purchase of a ski resort at the center of a sacred site case. The bill authorizes the Navajo Nation to seek an appraisal of the Arizona Snowbowl and negotiate...
Navajo Nation Council weighs purchase of resort (10/22)
The Navajo Nation Council is considering legislation that could lead to the purchase of a ski resort at the center of a sacred site case. The Arizona Snowbowl is located on federal land in the Coconino National Forest in Arizona....
Witness list for Senate hearing on Indian energy (10/21)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds an oversight hearing on Indian energy and energy efficiency on Thursday. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the chairman, and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), the vice chairman, released a concept paper last month in anticipation...
Offshore drilling allowed in Native whaling area (10/20)
The Minerals Management Service says offshore drilling won't disrupt Alaska Native subsistence whaling in the Beaufort Sea. Shell Oil plans to drill two exploratory oil and gas wells next year. MMS says operations will cease during the entirety of...
Opinion: Hope for tribes with alternative energy (10/19)
"We agree with Hopi and Navajo concerns over economic development and job creation and their right to speak out. We also stand united in encouraging tribal leaders to embrace prosperity and health in the 21st century with clean, renewable energy....
Pavement Pieces: Coal mining on Navajo Nation (10/19)
"Since the mid-20th century, coal has been the primary source of energy for electricity-generating power plants around the world. Regardless of how it is measured, coal mining, and the processing of converting coal into electricity, has proved to have...
Tribes donate $900K to turn sacred site into park (10/16)
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Nez Perce Tribe each donated $300,000 to help create a state park in Oregon. The tribes worked with the Oregon Parks and...
Tribes recognized for preserving massacre sites (10/16)
The National Trust for Historic Preservation honored the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes for their work to preserve two massacre sites. The tribes work closely with the National Park Service to ensure...
Indian Affairs Committee meeting and hearing (10/16)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a business meeting and hearing on Thursday, October 15. The business meeting will focused on pending committee issues. An agenda has not been posted. The meeting will be followed by an oversight hearing...
Ute members protest tribe's work at sacred site (10/15)
The Ute Tribe of Utah will move forward with a hatchery project over protests that the work is harming a sacred site. The tribe is building a pipeline to a fish hatchery. Opponents say the pipeline will take water from...
Santee Sioux grave dig being investigated (10/09)
The Santee Sioux Tribe and the Knox County Sheriff's Office are investigating the disturbance of a burial site on the reservation. A non-Indian man who owns land on the reservation said he uncovered a man and a woman during some...
Prairie Band crew cleans up lake Illinois pond (10/08)
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas sent a crew to Illinois to clean up a fish-rearing pond in Shabbona Lake State Park. The six-member crew will dredge the pond, which is adjacent to Shabbona Lake, this week. The...
Port Gamble police incident under review (10/08)
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office are investigating an incident in which three non-Indian men say they were detained by officers from the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe. Adam Boling claims tribal officers pointed...
Shakopee Tribe ready to run wind turbine (10/07)
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota has installed a $1.8 million wind turbine on the reservation. The turbine will provide up to 1.5-megawatts of power. It is expected to supply enough energy for all residents of the reservation. The...
Resources Committee hearing on NAGPRA (10/07)
The House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing this morning on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The hearing lasted about 90 minutes. Tribal witnesses discussed the inadequate funding of NAGPRA grants, the length of time it...
Trial for Alaska subsistence fishing delayed (10/06)
A judge agreed to delay the trial of state Sen. Albert Kookesh (D) in a subsistence fishing case. Kookesh and three others were cited for exceeding catch limits. Kookesh says the state has no jurisdiction over Native subsistence activities on...
Montana tribe helps annual bison roundup (10/06)
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted the annual roundup at the National Bison Range in Montana. The tribe handles some functions at the range through an annual funding agreement that was...
Opinion: Attorney gets paid to insult Hopis (10/06)
"Scott Canty has crossed the ethical line when he call his clients, the Hopi people , who are saving water and preventing destructions of archaeological and burial sites within Peabody leaseholds, "shills" for outside conservationist groups. All Hopi people, including...
Witness list for oversight hearing on NAGPRA (10/05)
The House Natural Resources Committee holds an oversight hearing this Wednesday on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The hearing takes place at 10am in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building. The witness list follows: Panel...
Arapaho court to handle eagle shooting case (10/05)
A member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming who shot a bald eagle without a federal permit will be tried in tribal court. Winslow Friday was scheduled to go to trial in federal court today but Judge Alan Johnson...
Massachusetts tribes fight wind farm project (10/05)
The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe are fighting federal approval of a wind energy project in Massachusetts. The tribes say the 440-foot-tall turbines planned by Cape Wind will obstruct their view of Nantucket Sound. They also say...
House committee to hold hearing on NAGPRA (10/02)
The House Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on Wednesday, October 7. The hearing takes place at 10am in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building. A witness...
Cherokee Nation claims stake in poultry case (10/02)
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma wants the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the tribe to intervene in the state of Oklahoma's lawsuit against the poultry industry. The tribe initially asked Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson to represent its...
Salazar signs Navajo water pipeline decision (10/01)
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today signed the record of decision for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The pipeline is a component of the Navajo Nation water rights settlement that President Barack Obama signed into law. The project will serve the...
Pueblo welcomes cleanup of traditional area (10/01)
San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico hailed the start of a project that will remove radioactive waste from a traditional hunting and gathering area. Los Alamos National Laboratory stored the waste in large domes in a place known an Area...
Opinion: Protect Cheyenne sites from mining (10/01)
"With Montana’s history of getting shafted by mining companies, state leaders should be wary of any new mining proposals, which may be why the State Land Board took no action last week on an Otter Creek coal mining proposal. That’s...
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