EPA schedules conference calls for tribal consultation policy (June 11, 2010)
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold two conference calls to discuss its tribal consultation policy. The first call takes place Wednesday, June 30, from 3pm...
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White Earth candidate who lost by 28 votes seeks a recount (June 11, 2010)
A member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Indians of Minnesota who lost his election by 28 votes wants a recount. Kenneth Coleman ran...
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New Mexico panel will discuss amphitheater at Indian school (June 11, 2010)
The New Mexico Cultural Properties Review Committee will discuss the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater at Santa Fe Indian School today. The committee put the item on...
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House Resource Committee markup includes three land bills (June 11, 2010)
The House Natural Resources Committee will hold an open markup session next Wednesday, June 16. Two of the bills on the agenda address tribal land...
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee acts on nominees and bills (June 11, 2010)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee took action on several items at a business meeting on Thursday. The committee approved the nomination of Tracie Stevens as...
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee oversight hearing on NCLB (June 11, 2010)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold an oversight hearing next Thursday, June 17. The hearing will focus on the No Child Left Behind Act...
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Judge won't allow county to avoid Indian voting rights ruling (June 11, 2010)
A federal judge said he won't allow Fremont County in Wyoming to ignore his decision in an Indian voting rights lawsuit. Judge Alan B. Johnson...
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Two incumbents ousted in Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe election (June 11, 2010)
Members of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota ousted two incumbents in an election on Tuesday. Secretary-treasurer Herb Weyaus lost his bid for...
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Pueblo man fights eight-year sentence issued by tribal court (June 11, 2010)
A man from Nambe Pueblo in New Mexico says an eight-year sentence handed down by his tribe's court violates the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA)....
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Letter: Navajo Nation commission clings to victim mentality (June 11, 2010)
"The PC police may crucify me, but somebody has to say it. The Farmington Community Relations Commission is working on a general agreement with the...
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Opinion: Renewable energy deals must benefit tribal nations (June 11, 2010)
"Returning from yet another “Renewable Energy in Indian Country” conference, I was struck by what passes for a “fair” or “equitable” renewable energy development deal...
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Tulalip Tribes hire housing official who played role in scandal (June 11, 2010)
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington have hired a former housing official who played a role in a housing scandal in the 1990s, The Everett Herald...
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Counties ask Supreme Court to hear Cayuga Nation tax case (June 11, 2010)
Officials in Cayuga County and Seneca County in New York will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the Cayuga Nation tobacco tax case. The...
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Choctaw Nation prepared to take action over transfer of lake (June 11, 2010)
The Choctaw Nation is prepared to take action if the Oklahoma Water Resources Board votes to transfer control of a lake within tribal territory to...
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Sen. Barrasso won't pull amendment to trust fund settlement (June 11, 2010)
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), the vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, won't drop efforts to change the $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian...
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Review: A Comanche leader in 'Empire of the Summer Moon' (June 11, 2010)
"If Custer illustrates how the spotlight of history sometimes shines on the wrong actor, Quanah Parker exemplifies the more deserving who get left in...
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Tracey Fisher: Tribes tap into other resources on reservation (June 11, 2010)
"Tribal leaders do not have to shoulder all the responsibility for economic and community development alone. In many Native communities, other non-tribal resources are becoming...
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