Billings Gazette: Natives and Newcomers series

Monday, May 5, 2008  

The Billings Gazette is running a special report on tribal sovereignty, tribal-state relations and the effects of sovereignty on business and non-Indians.

The stories in "Natives and Newcomers" have focused on a wide range of topics -- from jurisdiction to taxation to tribal courts to economic development. Montana tribes have been at the center of some major sovereignty court cases.

So far, nine stories have been published.

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Natives & newcomers: 'We didn't get justice' (The Billings Gazette 5/4)
Court case over Bighorn River 'beginning of an erosion' (The Billings Gazette 5/4)
Tribes often on losing end of court battles over taxation (The Billings Gazette 5/4)
Indian Country increasingly looking to Congress, executive branch for relief (The Billings Gazette 5/4)
Crow tribal court kept busy (The Billings Gazette 5/4)
Tribal governments gearing up for more responsibility (The Billings Gazette 5/5)
New agreements allows banks to offer secured loans(The Billings Gazette 5/5)
Tribes work on preserving tax base (The Billings Gazette 5/5)
Anti-sovereignty group challenges concepts in court (The Billings Gazette 5/5)