January 6, 2010

Navajos in Utah reach settlement for trust fund case (January 6, 2010)

Members of the Navajo Nation who live in Utah reached a $33 million settlement with the state over the management of the Utah Navajo...

Congress gets more time to act on Cobell settlement (January 6, 2010)

February 28 is the new deadline for Congress to take action on the $3.4 billion Cobell settlement. The Cobell plaintiffs and the Department of Justice...

Salazar sets deadline on wind project and sacred site (January 6, 2010)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar set a March 1 deadline for the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to reach an agreement with...

Melvin Martin: Gangs a big problem in Indian Country (January 6, 2010)

The setting for this short tale of extreme woe: my Uncle Vernon's house at the "Indian Ghetto" (a district of subsidized housing units) in North...

Mark Trahant: Some resoluting on Indian tobacco use (January 6, 2010)

"A story in Indian Country Today reported about the Tulalip Tribe’s tobacco cessation effort. “Here at Tulalip and throughout Indian country we face an uphill...

Tim Giago: Addressing misconceptions about Indians (January 6, 2010)

It is always something special to start a new column in a new year. Many of us just assume that the New Year will be...

Gavin Clarkson: Alabama-Coushattas wait for payout (January 6, 2010)

"In a nation where a trillion dollars can be earmarked for Iraq and Afghanistan, and hundreds of billions of dollars can be quickly approved for...

Editorial: A long overdue settlement to Cobell lawsuit (January 6, 2010)

"It took nearly 14 years of litigation, three administrations and two contempt citations against Cabinet secretaries, but Native Americans are finally poised to receive some...

Tribal foe from Connecticut a possible Senate hopeful (January 6, 2010)

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D), a noted critic of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and of federal Indian policy, could launch a campaign for...

Dorgan announces plans to retire after 30 years in DC (January 6, 2010)

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee,announced his plans to retire after 30 years of service in the nation's...