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Oklahoma tribes caught in water battle before Supreme Court (05/02)
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments lats week in Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, a water case involving Oklahoma and Texas. The Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation...
Filed Under: Environment | National
Report warns of threats from fracking to water supply in West (05/02)
A new study says stressed communities in the West are facing growing competition from hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. Fracking requires the use of...
Filed Under: Environment | Law
Supreme Court hears water suit that affects Oklahoma tribes (04/22)
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments tomorrow in Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board, a state agency, doesn't want to sell water to...
Filed Under: Opinion
Hayley Elkins: Native women armed with their own arsenals (04/02)
Hayley B. Elkins on Native women in Texas: We young West Texas women—especially young Native women—come out of the chute with our own arsenals. We don’t have access to a...
Filed Under: Law | Recognition
Nonrecognized tribe in Texas sues over seizure of eagle feathers (03/13)
Leaders and members of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas are suing the federal government over the seizure of eagle feathers at a powwow. An agent from the U.S. Fish...
Filed Under: National
Texas man who claims Apache heritage told to cut hair for job (01/16)
A Texas man who says he has Apache heritage could lose his job for keeping his hair long. Art Poore works as a VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio. Employment...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: Texas Tribe perpetuates stereotypes of Indian people (10/24)
"As a self-identified Cherokee, I have understood since I was seven years old that America’s indigenous population has survived and is still here. Still, our educational system largely fails to...
Filed Under: Opinion
Steve Melendez: Educating the public about genocide in US (09/18)
"Why is there a need for the Jewish Holocaust Museum? Does it exist in order “to play the guilt card”? Are reparations the goal? No, the purpose of the Holocaust...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Law | National
Judge in Texas allows taking of land for Keystone XL Pipeline (08/24)
A judge in Texas is allowing TransCanada to take land from a ranching family for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. Julia Trigg Crawford and her family rejected an offer of...
Filed Under: Business | Sports
Tigua Tribe looking to buy stadium from city for baseball team (08/08)
The Tigua Tribe of Texas is looking to buy a stadium from the city of El Paso in order to keep its minor league baseball team in town. The El...
Filed Under: Law | Politics
Congress clears bill to allow Tigua Tribe to define membership (08/03)
A bill that allows the Tigua Tribe of Texas to define its own membership standards is being sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. In 1968, Congress placed the...
Filed Under: National
Texas Trails: The history of the weeping warriors of Caddo Tribe (05/30)
"The first successful farmers in Texas were the Caddo, a tribe that occupied large parts of East Texas, with some spillover into Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Southernmost of the great...
Filed Under: Environment | World
Kickapoo Tribe in Texas no longer opposes mine in border town (05/17)
The Kickapoo Tribe in Texas is no longer opposing plans for a coal mine near the U.S.-Mexico border. The tribe was part of a coalition against the mine and had...
Filed Under: Environment | Law | National
Texas family fights attempt to use land for Keystone Pipeline (05/08)
A family in Texas is going to court to prevent their land from being used for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. TransCanada made a "final offer" of $21,626 for an...
Filed Under: Business
Tigua Tribe prepares for debut of $3M entertainment center (04/02)
The Tigua Tribe of Texas is spending $3 million to convert its Olympic-sized swimming pool into an entertainment facility for concerts, sports events and other activities. The Socorro Entertainment Center...
Oklahoma tribes caught in water battle before Supreme Court (05/02)
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments lats week in Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, a water case involving Oklahoma and Texas. The Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation...
Filed Under: Environment | National
Report warns of threats from fracking to water supply in West (05/02)
A new study says stressed communities in the West are facing growing competition from hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. Fracking requires the use of...
Filed Under: Environment | Law
Supreme Court hears water suit that affects Oklahoma tribes (04/22)
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments tomorrow in Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board, a state agency, doesn't want to sell water to...
Filed Under: Opinion
Hayley Elkins: Native women armed with their own arsenals (04/02)
Hayley B. Elkins on Native women in Texas: We young West Texas women—especially young Native women—come out of the chute with our own arsenals. We don’t have access to a...
Filed Under: Law | Recognition
Nonrecognized tribe in Texas sues over seizure of eagle feathers (03/13)
Leaders and members of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas are suing the federal government over the seizure of eagle feathers at a powwow. An agent from the U.S. Fish...
Filed Under: National
Texas man who claims Apache heritage told to cut hair for job (01/16)
A Texas man who says he has Apache heritage could lose his job for keeping his hair long. Art Poore works as a VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio. Employment...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: Texas Tribe perpetuates stereotypes of Indian people (10/24)
"As a self-identified Cherokee, I have understood since I was seven years old that America’s indigenous population has survived and is still here. Still, our educational system largely fails to...
Filed Under: Opinion
Steve Melendez: Educating the public about genocide in US (09/18)
"Why is there a need for the Jewish Holocaust Museum? Does it exist in order “to play the guilt card”? Are reparations the goal? No, the purpose of the Holocaust...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Law | National
Judge in Texas allows taking of land for Keystone XL Pipeline (08/24)
A judge in Texas is allowing TransCanada to take land from a ranching family for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. Julia Trigg Crawford and her family rejected an offer of...
Filed Under: Business | Sports
Tigua Tribe looking to buy stadium from city for baseball team (08/08)
The Tigua Tribe of Texas is looking to buy a stadium from the city of El Paso in order to keep its minor league baseball team in town. The El...
Filed Under: Law | Politics
Congress clears bill to allow Tigua Tribe to define membership (08/03)
A bill that allows the Tigua Tribe of Texas to define its own membership standards is being sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. In 1968, Congress placed the...
Filed Under: National
Texas Trails: The history of the weeping warriors of Caddo Tribe (05/30)
"The first successful farmers in Texas were the Caddo, a tribe that occupied large parts of East Texas, with some spillover into Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Southernmost of the great...
Filed Under: Environment | World
Kickapoo Tribe in Texas no longer opposes mine in border town (05/17)
The Kickapoo Tribe in Texas is no longer opposing plans for a coal mine near the U.S.-Mexico border. The tribe was part of a coalition against the mine and had...
Filed Under: Environment | Law | National
Texas family fights attempt to use land for Keystone Pipeline (05/08)
A family in Texas is going to court to prevent their land from being used for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. TransCanada made a "final offer" of $21,626 for an...
Filed Under: Business
Tigua Tribe prepares for debut of $3M entertainment center (04/02)
The Tigua Tribe of Texas is spending $3 million to convert its Olympic-sized swimming pool into an entertainment facility for concerts, sports events and other activities. The Socorro Entertainment Center...
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