The Federal-Indian Trust and Treaty Relationship
2011 Headlines
Bill Lomax: Supreme Court decision hurts tribal economies (12/15)
School district sues over San Pasqual Band land-into-trust (12/12)
Supreme Court blocks San Carlos Apache Tribe from appeal (12/12)
County raises Carcieri issue on Shakopee Tribe land-into-trust (12/06)
Fronteras: Proposal aims to speed Indian Country development (12/05)
Salazar names Indian Trust Administration and Reform panel (11/30)
BIA promises 'enforceable' deadlines for leases on trust lands (11/29)
Sen. Akaka and Rep. Cole: Action needed on land-into-trust fix (11/16)
Osage Nation hosts public auction for mineral estate leasing (11/10)
United Keetoowah treasurer returned land-into-trust bonus (11/10)
United Keetoowah council given bonuses over land-into-trust (11/08)
Supreme Court's trust ruling affects at least six more tribes (11/07)
Editorial: Shakopee land-into-trust an issue for election (11/04)
DOI official reaffirms support for fix to land-into-trust ruling (11/02)
Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux man fights Cobell settlement (11/02)
Sycuan Band seeks to triple the size of small reservation (10/28)
Hilary Tompkins: Signing the Osage Nation trust settlement (10/24)
Osage Nation files lawsuit to block wind farm construction (10/19)
Turtle Talk: Land-into-trust debate ignores elephant in room (10/17)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee addresses land-into-trust fix (10/14)
Audio: SCIA hearing on crisis created by land-into-trust ruling (10/13)
Shakopee Tribe submits land-into-trust request for 124 acres (10/13)
BIA won't accept former Army property for Ho-Chunk Nation (10/11)
Witness list for SCIA hearing on fix for land-into-trust 'crisis' (10/11)
Sen. Reed doesn't want land-into-trust fix in appropriations bill (10/05)
County official opposes Sycuan Band land-into-trust application (09/28)
Osage Nation to receive $345M settlement payment in November (09/27)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee schedules hearings in October (09/27)
Shoshone Paiute Tribes challenge decision on land consolidation (09/27)
Chumash Tribe starts website to support land-into-trust efforts (09/20)
BIA warns wind developers about Osage Nation mineral estate (09/20)
Letter: Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation land-into-trust a no win game (09/16)
Chumash Tribe to hold public meeting on land-into-trust plan (09/13)
Opinion: Some 'facts' about Chumash Tribe land-into-trust bid (09/02)
Opponents raise alarms about Chumash Tribe's trust land bid (09/01)
10th Circuit won't allow Miami Nation to consolidate allotment (09/01)
Native Sun News: Class action filed over BIA mineral leasing (08/31)
Chumash Tribe describes plans for housing on 1400-acre site (08/30)
Sen. Akaka touts self-determination at Native Hawaiian meet (08/26)
Navajo Nation erases its budget deficit with Peabody settlement (08/23)
Navajo Nation settlement includes payments, scholarship funds (08/22)
Osage Nation to settle trust mismanagement lawsuit for $380M (08/18)
BIA holds second consultation on land consolidation in Minnesota (08/17)
Opponents to host meeting to discuss Chumash land-into-trust (08/12)
BIA changes mind on Shoshone Paiute Tribes land consolidation (08/10)
Navajo Nation announces settlement for Peabody lease dispute (08/05)
BIA took large administrative fee for Quapaw land consolidation (08/05)
Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on probate (08/04)
Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs Committee probate hearing (08/03)
Republican amendment could bar land-into-trust applications (08/03)
Alaska Native man gets another shot at lawsuit over allotment (08/02)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee schedules hearing on probate (08/01)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee adds land-into-trust fix to bill (07/29)
Group seeks field hearing on Chumash Tribe land-into-trust bid (07/28)
Native Sun News: County opposes Rosebud Sioux Tribe trust bid (07/21)
Interior Department holds first consultation on land consolidation (07/18)
Interior Department begins consultation for land consolidation (07/14)
Supreme Court decision impacts land-into-trust process at BIA (07/13)
Audio from House subcommittee hearing on land-into-trust fix (07/12)
Law Article: Supreme Court decision in Jicarilla Apache case (07/12)
County worried about Lytton Band land-into-trust application (07/12)
Witness List: House subcommittee hearing on land-into-trust (07/11)
City won't oppose Citizen Potawatomi Nation land-into-trust bid (07/07)
Secretary Salazar seeks nominations for Indian trust commission (07/07)
Subcommittee to hold hearing on land-into-trust fix on July 12 (07/05)
Chumash Tribe wants to discuss land-into-trust bid with county (06/30)
Tribes press for fix to land-into-trust ruling at nation's capitol (06/27)
In These Times: Fractionation a big issue in Cobell settlement (06/27)
United Keetoowah Band hosts celebration for land-into-trust (06/22)
S.E. Ruckman: Oklahoma tribes leading way on land-into-trust (06/22)
Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on IRA (06/21)
City seeks meeting with Ho-Chunk Nation on land-into-trust (06/15)
DOI consultation meetings on land consolidation start in July (06/14)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on 75 years of IRA (06/13)
Supreme Court issues decision in Jicarilla Apache Nation case (06/13)
City planning to discuss Ho-Chunk Nation's land-into-trust bid (06/09)
DOJ cites Supreme Court case in bid to dismiss Quapaw suit (06/07)
Tribes to rally in Washington for fix to land-into-trust ruling (06/07)
United Keetoowah Band hails BIA action on land-into-trust (05/26)
BIA approves United Keetoowah Band land-into-trust bid (05/25)
Ho-Chunk Nation sees more opposition on land-into-trust (05/25)
County fights Ho-Chunk Nation land-into-trust application (05/19)
County officials worried about Ho-Chunk land-into-trust bid (05/11)
Eastern Shawnee Tribe a victim of Supreme Court decision (05/02)
Supreme Court changes the game for tribal trust litigation (04/27)
Tohono O'odham Nation loses trust suit in Supreme Court (04/26)
Village uses meeting to slam Oneida Nation land-into-trust (04/22)
Supreme Court hears Jicarilla case without Justice Kagan (04/21)
Turtle Talk: Preliminary thoughts for Jicarilla Apache case (04/20)
Turtle Talk Poll: Why no decision in Tohono O'odham case? (04/20)
Supreme Court takes up Jicarilla Apache Nation trust case (04/20)
Supreme Court yet to issue ruling in Tohono O'odham case (04/19)
School district fighting San Pasqual Band land-into-trust bid (04/18)
Rhode Island governor opposes fix to land-into-trust decision (04/11)
Kialegee Tribal Town files land-into-trust application in Georgia (04/08)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee approves land-into-trust fix (04/08)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee to consider two bills at meeting (04/05)
Two federal court rulings on Yankton Sioux Tribe land-into-trust (04/04)
Rep. Cole introduces fix to Supreme Court land-into-trust ruling (04/04)
Supreme Court hearing in Jicarilla Apache trust case on April 20 (04/04)
Echo Hawk 'strongly supports' fix to land-into-trust decision (03/31)
Bills introduced to fix Supreme Court land-into-trust decision (03/31)
Poarch Creeks head to Congress for land-into-trust legislation (03/31)
Blog: Koch Oil caught stealing from reservations in Oklahoma (03/25)
Editorial: Chumash Tribe should forego land-into-trust process (03/17)
Some from Quapaw Tribe will opt out of $3.4B Cobell settlement (03/15)
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe enlists ex-Rep. Delahunt as lobbyist (03/10)
Local official claims Chumash Tribe doesn't need land-into-trust (03/08)
Shoshone woman jailed for trying to cash OST check at Walmart (03/03)
Opinion: Groups fight Chumash Tribe land-into-trust application (02/24)
Original BIA records dumped in trash at National Archives in DC (02/24)
Rep. Hanna urges BIA to kill Cayuga Nation land-into-trust bid (02/22)
Seminole Tribe to meet county over land-into-trust application (02/16)
Judge awards Alaska Native family $4.9M for breach of trust case (02/09)
Counties submit final arguments over Oneida Nation foreclosure (02/09)
Federal judge backs Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate land-into-trust bid (02/08)
Members of Quapaw Tribe seek damages for trust mismanagement (02/07)
Seminole Tribe submits land-into-trust application for housing plan (02/04)
Oneida Nation submits arguments to 2nd Circuit in foreclosure case (02/04)
New York budget cuts assistance to counties for Oneida Nation land (02/02)
Turtle Talk: Commentary on DC Circuit decision on land-into-trust (01/31)
Dakota descendants back in court over mismanagement of trust (01/28)
Opening briefs due in Oneida Nation foreclosure case next week (01/19)
Native Sun News: Loyal Mdewakanton Dakota win a partial ruling (01/19)
Tule River Tribe wins BIA approval of its land-into-trust application (01/13)
County agrees to hold off Cayuga Nation foreclosure proceedings (01/12)
Supreme Court won't be hearing Oneida Nation foreclosure case (01/10)