May 14, 2010

Rep. Hastings insists Congress not on 'deadline' over Cobell (May 14, 2010)

Congress doesn't face a "deadline" to settle the Indian trust fund lawsuit, according to Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington), the top Republican on the House Natural...

Chickasaw Nation opens compressed natural gas fuel station (May 14, 2010)

The Chickasaw Nation opened a compressed natural gas fueling station in Ada, Oklahoma. The Oklahoman said the Ada Travel Plaza is the first tribally-owned...

Ojibwe fishermen stage protest to support 1855 treaty rights (May 14, 2010)

Members of the Leech Lake Band and the White Earth Band began a treaty rights protest today on Lake Bemidji. The tribes say they...

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe looking at 'Fighting Sioux' petition (May 14, 2010)

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has begun looking at a petition that calls for a referendum on the controversial "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo of...

Police probe officer's response to swastika-branding incident (May 14, 2010)

Police in Farmington, New Mexico, are conducting an internal investigation into an incident in which a mentally challenged man from the Navajo Nation was...

Seneca Nation man loses online tobacco sale case in Oregon (May 14, 2010)

Scott Maybee, a member of the Seneca Nation in New York, lost an Internet tobacco sales case in Oregon. Maybee operates a business on his...

Couple sentenced for stealing Yakama artifacts from US land (May 14, 2010)

Two people were sentenced for stealing Yakama Nation artifacts from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site in Washington. Devin Prouty, 27 and Tiffany E....

Court bars Washington from applying state law at treaty site (May 14, 2010)

The state of Washington can't enforce its criminal laws against tribal members at a treaty site on the Columbia River, the Washington Court of Appeals...

Supreme Court nominee never filled Harvard Indian law post (May 14, 2010)

Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's nominee to the to the U.S. Supreme Court, never filled an Indian law post at Harvard Law School, where she...

Senate Judiciary Committee supports nominee to 9th Circuit (May 14, 2010)

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-7 along party lines to approve the nomination of Goodwin Liu to be a judge on the 9th Circuit Court...

Medical students reused needles during diabetes screenings (May 14, 2010)

The University of New Mexico wants to get in contact with people who underwent diabetes screenings at the the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque...

Obama appoints six to Advisory Council on Indian Education (May 14, 2010)

President Barack Obama has appointed six people to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. The council advises the Department of Education about Indian education...