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Court cites 'troubling record' at Interior
Department of Interior officials came "perilously close" to criminal contempt sanctions for refusing to abide by court orders, the federal judge overseeing the trust fund debacle has ruled....
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In The Hoop: Rumblings from San Diego
The 59th annual session of the National Congress of American Indians is winding down here in San Diego, California....
Republicans elect new leadership
The Republican party elected its new Congressional leadership on Wednesday but there were few major surprises....
Clinic tackles Indian diabetes epidemic
The Oklahoma City Indian Clinic has a diabetes program that has from from 138 patients six years ago to than 1,000 participants today....
Obituary: Jones, First Native bishop
The Reverend Harold Jones, the first Native American bishop, died in Arizona on Tuesday....
Native film festival attracts talent
The 27th annual American Indian Film Festival kicked off this past weekend in San Francisco, California....
Minn. tribal college gets new hire
The police chief in Duluth, Minnesota, is joining the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College on the Fond du Lac Reservation....
Native corps to receive wireless refund
Three Alaska Native corporations whose investment in a federal wireless auction is the subject of Supreme Court case will receive a $233 million refund....
Accused minister to Indians resigns
An Methodist minister who is part of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference is accused of 'first-degree rape of a teenage girl....
Tribal members reject trust takeover
The Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming can operate slot machines and other Class III games, a federal mediator has ruled....
Sentences upheld in Chiapas massacre
A federal appeals court in Mexico on Tuesday upheld the prison sentences of 18 non-Indian farmers who massacred an Indian village in Chiapas....
Close S.D. Senate race decided
Senator Tim Johnson's (D-South Dakota) narrow victory over Republican John Thune was complete on Wednesday....
Racetrack losses blamed on tribe
An Oklahoma racetrack is blaming its financial problems on Indian gaming....
Conn. casinos reach out of state
Connecticut's two tribal casinos draw a large number of out-of-state tourists, according to a new survey....
House approves continued federal budget
The House on Wednesday approved a continuing resolution to keep funding for federal agencies at the current level....
New president for N.M. tribal college
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute of New Mexico has named Joseph Martin, a member of the Navajo Nation, as its new president....
House passes homeland security bill
The House on Wednesday passed legislation to create a Department of Homeland Security....
Tim Giago: Question BIA blood quantum
"Who is a Native and who is not has been a question the bureaucracy has kicked from pillar to post for more than 100 years....
Dismissal in Crow Tribe theft case
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed charges against a non-Indian man accused of conspiring to steal funds from the Crow Tribe of Montana....
Tribe's fire crews serve country
The fire fighting team of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas has been called on to fight fires throughout the country....
Bush's Klamath review criticized
A White House-ordered review of the Klamath Basin that restored water to non-Indian farmers has been criticized as politically influenced and without sound scientific backing....
New Navajo president wants more power
Joe Shirley, recently elected president of the Navajo Nation, wants to bring back the tribe's old style of government
Shirley believes the three-branch government has hampered economic development....
Opinion: Tribes are not sovereign
"To own a casino is to be backed up to the loading dock of the federal mint....
Senate approves Shoshone payout
The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to distribute a $138 million trust fund to members of the Western Shoshone Nation....
McCaleb honors last Okla. allottees
The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Wednesday honored the last surviving Oklahoma tribal members who received original land allotments....
Norton finalizes Seneca compact letter
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton on Monday sent out her decision letter on the Seneca Nation gaming compact with the state of New York....
Tribes focus on broad agenda at NCAI
Trust reform, sacred sites, veterans and health care are a few of the issues on the agenda for the 59th annual session of the National Congress of American Indians....
Tribal members reject trust takeover
A majority of members of the Fort Belknap Tribes of Montana voted against a takeover of trust services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs....
Fees awarded in trust fund litigation
The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust fund debacle has awarded more than $120,000 in fees to the Cobell plaintiffs for frivolous motions filed by the federal government....
GOPs to shape new energy policy bill
The fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Indian Country development will be in Republican hands next year with the breakdown of talks over an energy policy bill....
Shawnee tribe seeing local opposition
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is developing a new Class II casino on 33 acres of trust land....
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