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House panel holds NAHASDA reauthorization hearing (June 7, 2007)

Tribal and Indian leaders testified on the need to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act at a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. With the law set...

Flood hits Northern Cheyenne elementary school (June 7, 2007)

Heavy rains sent up to half a foot of water into the Lame Deer Elementary School on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. The water hit the school's library, cafeteria,...

Officials discuss Cayuga land claim settlement (June 7, 2007)

Officials in Seneca County, New York, discussed the proposed Cayuga land claim settlement on Wednesday. Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) has proposed to limit the Cayuga Nation's land-into-trust applications to...

Disenrolled Indians oppose exclusion bill in California (June 7, 2007)

Disenrolled Indians in California are opposing a bill that would make it a crime for non-tribal members to enter reservations without tribal permission. Senator Gloria Romero, a Democrat, sponsored SB131....

Navajo Nation didn't check background before loan (June 7, 2007)

The Navajo Nation failed to do a background check of the CEO of a company who was convicted of mail fraud, wire fraud, commodity fraud and perjury, a tribal official...

First Nations chief knows how to deal with white man (June 7, 2007)

The chief of the Roseau River First Nation in Manitoba is facing call to resign for comments he made about non-Natives. Chief Terry Nelson told media organizations last month: "There's...

Abramoff investigators want dirt on Norton (June 7, 2007)

Federal prosecutors are seeking to connect former Interior Secretary Gale Norton to the Jack Abramoff scandal, the Associated Press reports. A government official told the AP that Italia Federici, a...

Lawmakers urge no vote on Lumbee recognition bill (June 7, 2007)

Update: The bill passed this afternoon following a lengthy debate and four votes. The first debate was a closed rule to prevent amendments on the bill. After the rule was...

Meskwaki Tribe plans $21M expansion of school (June 7, 2007)

The Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa has begin construction on a $21 million expansion of the Bureau of Indian Affairs school on the reservation. The project will more than double the...

Opinion: Native Hawaiian entity ripe for corruption (June 7, 2007)

"Proponents claim the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007 (Akaka Bill, S 310) will protect Hawaiian entitlements and assets. But the strong connections between the Broken Trust scandal of...

Chickasaw Nation to manage Kiowa Tribe housing (June 7, 2007)

The Chickasaw Nation will manage federal housing programs for a fellow tribe in Oklahoma. The Chickasaws were recommended to the Kiowa Tribe by the Department of Housing and Urban Development....

Cherokee Nation to vote on constitution again (June 7, 2007)

Members of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma will go to the polls on June 23 to elect a new leader and vote on a proposed constitutional amendment. The amendment would...

New York to appeal Oneida land claim decision (June 7, 2007)

The state of New York is appealing a federal judge's decision to keep the Oneida land claim open. The state wants the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to block the...

Chippewa Cree Tribe can't declare water safe (June 7, 2007)

The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana says water restrictions on the Rocky Boy's Reservation will remain in effect until June 29. The tribe issued a no-use order after the water...

Yakama Nation to celebrate treaty of 1855 (June 7, 2007)

The Yakama Nation of Washington will be celebrating its June 9, 1855, treaty with the United States. The tribe has scheduled three days of events for the 152nd annual Treaty...

NCAI statement on passing of Sen. Craig Thomas (June 7, 2007)

The late Sen. Craig Thomas (R-Wyoming) with National Congress of American Indians President Joe Garcia at NCAI's 2007 winter session in Washington, D.C. Photo © NSM. National Congress of...

FBI tells Sen. Stevens to preserve records (June 7, 2007)

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) told The Washington Post that he has been asked by the FBI to preserve records as part of a political corruption probe. "They put me on...
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