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City wants to join Northern Arapaho lawsuit (10/10)
The city council in Riverton, Wyoming, voted to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Northern Arapaho Tribe. The tribe claims Riverton and parts of Fremont County are Indian Country. The lawsuit claims the land was never removed from the...
Report: Triple murder linked to tribal weapons deal (10/10)
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department in California is investigating a 27-year-old murder case that is being linked to three tribes who were pursuing large-scale weapons testing on their reservations, KESQ-TV reports. Fred Alvarez, the former chairman of the Cabazon Band...
BIA urges San Pasqual Band to resolve dispute (10/10)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will meet with the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians of California in hopes of resolving a leadership dispute. Two factions claim control of the tribe. They split over an enrollment dispute affecting 80 people,...
Artman joins Indian law practice at firm (10/09)
Correction: Carl Artman will be based in Milwaukee, not Madison. Carl Artman, the former head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is joining the Godfrey & Kahn law firm. Artman, a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, will be...
Joint trial sought for Aquash murder defendants (10/09)
The U.S. Attorney's Office in South Dakota wants a joint trial for the two men accused of murdering American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. John Graham was set to go trial on Monday but a federal judge dismissed...
Land-into-trust argument fight gets even more nasty (10/09)
A dispute over who will present the state of Rhode Island's views in a land-into-trust case before the U.S. Supreme Court is getting even more nasty as the November 3 hearing approaches. Joseph Larisa Jr., the assistant solicitor for Indian...
Constitutionality an issue in land-into-trust lawsuits (10/08)
The Interior Department says complaints that challenge the constitutionality of its decision to acquire 13,000 acres in trust for the Oneida Nation of New York should be dismissed. The state, two counties and other groups have raised the constitutionality issue...
BIA weighs faster review of Shinnecock recognition (10/08)
A lawsuit appears to be forcing the Bureau of Indian Affairs to take action on the federal recognition petition of the Shinnecock Nation of New York. The BIA will make a decision by the end of the month whether to...
Judge blocks Muckleshoots from Duwamish case (10/08)
A judge won't let the Muckleshoot Tribe intervene in the federal recognition lawsuit filed by the Duwamish Tribe. The two Washington tribes have long been at odds over the status of the Duwamish. The Muckleshoots say they are the successors...
9th Circuit rebuffs Snoqualmie Tribe on sacred site (10/08)
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not violate the religious rights of the Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday. The tribe challenged FERC's renewal of license for a power plant at the...
Attorneys at 'impasse' for land-into-trust arguments (10/08)
The attorney who filed the land-into-trust lawsuit that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court says he is being pressured to let a legal heavyweight present the case. Joseph Larisa Jr., the assistant solicitor for Indian Affairs in the town...
Indian law cases on Supreme Court's new docket (10/07)
The U.S. Supreme Court opened a new term on Monday, after expanding its docket to include two more Indian law cases and declining a handful of others. The justices previously agreed to hear a major land-into-trust case affecting the Narragansett...
Wisconsin legal opinion excludes tribal police (10/07)
A legal opinion from Wisconsin attorney general J.B. Van Hollen said tribal law enforcement agencies are not covered by the state's "mutual assistance" law. The law allows a law enforcement agency to request the aid of another agency. The responder...
Crow chair says race behind recall of Indian sheriff (10/07)
A recall election against the Indian sheriff in Big Horn County is motivated by race, the chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana says. "Politics in Big Horn comes down to if you're red or white," Chairman Carl Venne...
Aquash family 'devastated' by delay in murder case (10/07)
The family of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash is "devastated" by the delay in the trial of a Canadian man accused of murdering her in 1975. John Graham was set to go to trial on Monday. But...
White Earth Band wants state to cede jurisdiction (10/07)
The White Earth Band of Ojibwe wants the state of Minnesota to cede its jurisdiction over the reservation. Congress granted criminal and civil jurisdiction to the state under Public Law 280. Tribal leaders say the state hasn't lived up...
Arguments still not settled in land-into-trust case (10/07)
Note: The hearing takes place November 3. An earlier posting listed the wrong date. Who will represent the state of Rhode Island in an upcoming land-into-trust case before the U.S. Supreme Court? As of Monday, the state still hadn't figured...
Narragansett chief starts community service (10/07)
The leader of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island began his court-ordered community service for his arrest in the state's July 14, 2003, raid of the reservation. Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas was found guilty of simple assault by a state...
Murder trial stalled due to 'Indian' status issue (10/06)
Government prosecutors filed new murder charges against a Canadian man on Friday after a judge raised questions about the defendant's "Indian" status. The new indictment acknowledges John Graham is from the Southern Tutchone First Nation in the Yukon of Canada....
Border city might join Northern Arapaho lawsuit (10/06)
Officials in the city of Riverton, Wyoming, will meet tomorrow to discuss a lawsuit filed by the Northern Arapaho Tribe. Mayor John Vincent said the city needs to be named a defendant in the case, along with Fremont County. The...
Narragansett Tribe won't argue at Supreme Court (10/06)
The Narragansett Tribe won't be allowed to present its side of a land-into-trust dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices issued an order today that rejected the tribe's request for time to argue at the November 3 hearing. The...
Supreme Court won't hear Osage Nation case (10/06)
The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear a taxation case involving the Osage Nation of Oklahoma. The tribe sued the state over income taxes assessed on members who are employed by the tribe and live on tribal land. The...
Cayuga Nation gives away gas amid tax protest (10/06)
The Cayuga Nation of New York gave away $10 in free gas on Saturday as an anti-Indian group led a motorcade to protest the state's Indian tax policy. A reported 200 people met at the LakeSide Trading gas station to...
9th Circuit delays ruling in sacred site case (10/06)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to stay its decision affected the sacred San Francisco Peaks in Arizona. The Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and other tribes go to the peaks to pray, gather medicine and hold ceremonies....
Judge to consider Shinnecock Nation recognition (10/06)
A federal judge says he will determine whether the Interior Department has "unreasonably delayed" the Shinnecock Nation of New York from federal recognition. The tribe submitted its petition to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1978. Despite being at the...
Off-reservation gaming policy survives lawsuit (10/03)
The Bush administration's controversial off-reservation gaming policy survived a legal challenge this week with the dismissal of a Wisconsin tribe's lawsuit. The St. Croix Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued the Bureau of Indian Affairs in December 2007, anticipating changes...
Wisconsin Law Journal: Menominee attorney (10/03)
"The director of legal services for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin usually keeps an eye on cases involving the tribe he represents, or Seventh Circuit cases involving other Native American groups. However, earlier this summer, he was also...
Blackfeet woman pleads not guilty for son's death (10/03)
A woman from the Blackfeet Nation of Montana pleaded not guilty to charges that she murdered her 2-year-old son and his body in the trunk of her car, The Great Falls Tribune reported. Summer Many White Horses, 31, allegedly...
Judge dismisses case against Aquash murder suspect (10/03)
A federal judge dismissed an indictment against a Canadian man who is accused of murdering Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. Judge Lawrence Piersol said the charges against John Graham failed to identify him as an "Indian" under federal law. Graham...
Sen. Stevens loses bid to dismiss corruption case (10/03)
A federal judge refused to dismiss the corruption case against Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) or declare a mistrial even as he said he lost trust in Department of Justice attorneys. Government attorneys admitted they withheld information about the charges...
Ruling affects Oneida Nation's purchase of golf course (10/02)
A federal judge threw a wrinkle in the planned purchase of a golf course by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. The tribe is willing to pay up to $12 million for the Thornberry Creek Golf Course. But the judge ruled...
Navajo Nation trust case on Supreme Court docket again (10/02)
A long-running breach of trust case that the Bush administration claims will encourage more lawsuits was accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. The justices will determine whether the Navajo Nation can sue the federal government over a bungled...
Goshute Tribe threatens suit over rare Utah fish (10/02)
The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation in Utah says it will sue the Interior Department for failing to act on a petition to protect a rare fish. The tribe, joined by two conservation groups, want the least chub...
States' rights at issue in Supreme Court cases (10/02)
Appeals from state governments make up more than a dozen cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming term. Two of the cases are disputes between states and tribes and Native Hawaiians. States are usually on the winning end...
Northern Arapaho Tribe files Indian Country suit (10/02)
The Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming filed suit in federal court in hopes of settling a long-running Indian Country issue. The tribe contends Riverton and other parts of Fremont County are part of the Wind River Reservation. The state...
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