Alaska Federation of Natives funneled donations in 2010 election (December 9, 2010)
The Alaska Federation of Natives funneled a $308,000 donation to an independent expenditure committee that supported Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) in her historic write-in campaign...
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BIA wants to give tribes priority over Alaska Native corporations (December 9, 2010)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs wants to give tribes in Alaska priority over Native corporations when it comes to consultation. Alaska is home to more...
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Jury deliberates fate of man charged with Aquash's 1975 murder (December 9, 2010)
A jury in South Dakota began deliberations in the 1975 kidnapping and murder of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. John Graham, a...
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Native man to pursue complaint after being abandoned by police (December 9, 2010)
A Native man who says he was abandoned by police officers in subzero temperatures plans to file a complaint with the Manitoba Law Enforcement...
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Judge orders ex-Pueblo leader to report to prison for hit-and-run (December 9, 2010)
A federal judge ordered Linda Diaz, the former lieutenant governor of Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico, to report to prison no later than December...
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Navajo Nation men plead guilty in shooting at home with children (December 9, 2010)
Two men from the Navajo Nation pleaded guilty for a drive-by shooting on the New Mexico portion of the reservation. Jarin Scott, 20, pleaded guilty...
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Pueblo water settlements become law after decades of litigation (December 9, 2010)
President Barack Obama signed H.R.4783, the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, into law on Wednesday, ending decades of litigation over tribal water rights in northern...
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Supporters still hope for passage of Lumbee Tribe recognition bill (December 9, 2010)
Supporters are praying for passage of a bill to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. The House passed the bill in...
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BIA delays final decision on federal recognition for Juaneno Band (December 9, 2010)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has once again delayed a final decision on federal recognition for the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians of California. The...
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Sen. Baucus press release on Cobell and Crow water rights settlements (December 9, 2010)
The following is a press release from Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana). Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus joined Elouise Cobell, Chairman Cedric Black Eagle of...
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Elouise Cobell press release on signing of settlement into law (December 9, 2010)
The following is a press release from Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana who is the lead plaintiff in the Indian...
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Democracy Now: Obama signs bill with Cobell settlement into law (December 9, 2010)
"And President Obama has signed into law a pair of multi-billion-dollar settlements resolving longstanding lawsuits over the mismanagement of Native American land trusts and discrimination...
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Rep. Cole authored land-into-trust provision in appropriation bill (December 9, 2010)
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), the only Native American in Congress, authored the fix to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar that passed...
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Gabe Galanda: Dear Santa, Please Buy Indian this holiday season (December 9, 2010)
"Dear Santa, I’ve been good this year. Please bring all of this stuff for me and my big Indian family: For my mom, please bring...
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Billy Frank: Washington water law an accident waiting to happen (December 9, 2010)
"The Washington State Supreme Court chose to pass the buck when it ruled recently that the Municipal Water Law doesn’t violate the state constitution....
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Delphine Red Shirt: The last generation raised in Lakota language (December 9, 2010)
Note: The following opinion by Delphine Red Shirt appears in the current issue of the Native Sun News. When I come back for the annual...
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Land-into-trust fix passes House as part of continuing resolution (December 9, 2010)
The House passed a fix to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar on Wednesday as part of a continuing resolution to fund...
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Larry Echo Hawk: Congress must pass a 'clean' land-into-trust fix (December 9, 2010)
"The 111th Congress also has more work on its plate before it breaks, including enactment of a legislative fix for the U.S. Supreme Court’s February...
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