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The Federal Communications Commission's sole Democratic member last week objected to a decision which limits tribal competition in the lucrative telecommunications market....

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Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....

"In extreme fighting, young men go at each other with pretty much all they've got, except their teeth....

Opponents of expanded gaming in Nebraska asked a state judge on Thursday to throw out a voter initiative to legalize video slot machines....

The Catawba Tribe of South Carolina plans to hold elections on September 7....

After missing the entire 2001 cross-country regular season due to an injury, Forrest Tahdooahnippah took third place at the Minnesota Class AA boys' meet....

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its casino....

The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History is repatriating several burial-related items to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....

"The National Congress of American Indians, the largest tribal government organization in the country representing more than 250 tribes, said during its midyear conference that American Indian tribes must move beyond reliance on government programs....

Federal and state authorities in Minnesota are adopting a tough-on-crime stance when it comes to Indian Country....

A judge in North Carolina temporarily reinstated the state beauty title to a member of the Lumbee Tribe....

The Farmington Daily-Times gives the 15th annual Totah Festival a grand endorsement as the arts festival and pow-wow kicks off in New Mexico today....

The Navajo Nation plans to keep most of the revenues from a 3-cent tax it instituted earlier this year....

The National Park Service in South Dakota has postponed a dinosaur bone dig opposed by Oglala Lakota tribal members....

Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) is promising to focus on village safety if he is elected governor of Alaska....

An Alaska Native village corporate is making the first of two $100,000 payouts to shareholders today....

The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma won't be firing its executive director....

Tribal members and union members have formed a group called the Coalition for Environmental and Economic Justice to protest a chemical plant in Oklahoma....

Members of the Lummi Nation of Washington brought their healing pole to Wisconsin on Thursday as part of a cross-country journey to mark the September 11 terrorist attacks....

A Canadian man accused of murdering an 11-year-old boy was being transported to Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Thursday....

The third annual Native Nations Law Symposium was held in Kansas on Thursday....

Johnathan Curiel of The San Francisco Chronicle reviews "The Business of Fancydancing," the directorial debut of author and poet Sherman Alexie....

Arizona tribes have spent at least $10 million to promote their Indian gaming initiatives, The Arizona Republic reports....

The bodies of four Mexican nationals were found on Tohono O'odham Nation lands in Arizona this week....

Seven of eight members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation asked the General Accounting Office on Thursday to investigate the federal recognition of the historic Eastern Pequot Tribe....

Wisconsin state regulators are concerned about possible pollution from a mine operation proposed near the Mole Lake Reservation....

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs in Oklahoma is attempting to lease a commercially-viable plot of land at the request of a tribe whose business practices have come under scrutiny, sources close to the unfolding dispute said....

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n another limit to federal powers over Indian Country, a federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a criminal indictment against a tribal member....

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The Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to take an Indian gaming initiative sponsored by the state's tribes off the upcoming ballot....

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho has moved quickly to regain the accreditation it lost this year....

Eight months after a federal judge directed the Department of Interior to fix its computer problems, Indian systems still remain broken....

The Cleveland Indians baseball team, home of Chief Wahoo, wants Indian Motorcycle to stop using the word "Indians." The team says the script logo of "Indians" is trademarked....

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the FBI to explain why its investigation of the only person arrested in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks contains no record of alleged e-mail transactions....

A group of lawmakers in Nebraska issued a statement saying they oppose an attempt to legalize video slot machines....

The Nevada State Museum in Carson City has opened an exhibit of works by Native artists....

The 15th annual Totah Festival kicks off in Farmington, New Mexico, tomorrow at noon....

Haskell Indian Nations University held a convocation service on Tuesday for a long-time employee who died in a car accident on Monday....

A woman from the Crow Reservation in Montana was sentenced on Wednesday to three years of probation for her part in an Indian Health Service prescription drug case....

A former Oklahoma state official has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and bribery charges in connection with work he did involving tribes....

All five members of a school board on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Oklahoma are the target of a recall petition initiated by a tribal lawmaker....

The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma is protesting what is being called inaction against a chemical plant that is leaking potentially dangerous materials on tribal land....

The Duwamish Tribe of Washington is hosting The Spirit Returns Paddle this weekend to commemorate its historical relations with non-Indians....

The American Indian Community House in Manhattan isn't big enough to handle the city with the largest number of American Indians and Alaska Native, community members say....

Henry Shavings is what one might call an Alaska Native renaissance man. Born in a Yup'ik home in 1929, he carries on his traditions through arts and crafts and fishing....

The California Assembly on Wednesday easily approved a bill to protect sacred sites after it was gutted of a provision to allow tribes full veto power over proposed development....

The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is restating a recent financial statement after its new accountants discovered an error....

One of the biggest questions on the mind of many in Indian Country is when US District Judge Royce Lamberth will make a decision on the Bush administration's contempt trial....

Police in Canada on Wednesday night arrested a man suspected of the brutal murder and of an 11-year-old boy....

Opponents of Idaho's Indian gaming measure say they will go back to court if voters approve it this November....

John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and the first American Indian to go into space, is making a special appearance tomorrow....

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Oklahoma voters went to the polls on Tuesday and chose two tribal members to represent their parties in the upcoming U.S....

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The SAT scores of college-bound American Indian and Alaska Native students increased over the past decade, according to statistics released on Tuesday....

The Boys and Girls Club serving the Leech Lake and Cass Lake Ojibwe reservations in Minnesota is getting a makeover....

Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns (R) opposes expanded gaming in the state. But if casinos were authorized, he said he's support sharing some of the revenue with teachers....

The Center for American Indian Economic Development at Northern Arizona University is sponsoring a workshop on Indian economic development....

"Last month, the American Indian Scouting Association bestowed its highest award on [Lydia] Gonzales, the coveted Francis X....

"Great art for one person may be just so much hooey for another person - or perhaps so much elephant dung or so many old cars. Remember the 1999 piece by Chris Ofili? It is called “Holy Virgin Mary, Lightning-rod canvas with elephant dung.” The painting evoked outrage, and many people were offended, saying it desecrated a Christian symbol. At first look, it is difficult to tell whom the artwork was depicting....

Only 16 Native Americans work for the Arizona Department of Public Safety in a state with a high Native population....

With 60 percent of the precincts reporting, Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) was well ahead of his GOP challengers in Alaska's primary for governor....

A man from the Crow Reservation in Montana pleaded guilty on Tuesday to shooting at a Bureau of Indian Affairs patrol vehicle....

Members of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma will hold a general council session tonight....

The bones of a 73-million year old marine reptile were found on the Blood Nation Reserve in Alberta, Canada....

When it opened in January 2001, the $80 million resort and spa at Santa Ana Pueblo of New Mexico was the largest such facility in Indian Country....

"The summer of 2002 will long be remembered for the catastrophic wildfires that have raged across our Western states in one of the worst fire seasons in modern history....

A Kansas state judge has delayed the state's prosecution of a company accused of failing to pay taxes for distributing gas to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation....

The grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says a report on the health of Canadian Natives is unfair because it describes smoking, alcohol use and obesity....

A New Mexico man was sentenced to two life terms plus 10 years for his involvement in the murders of two Navajos....

"I read in complete disbelief the statements made by Charles Barron and Louis Farrakhan in your editorial on Aug....

A Southern Ute tribal judge on Tuesday refused to allow Chairman Leonard Burch to withdraw his guilty plea for drunk driving....

A federal judge on Monday returned the federal recognition case of a Michigan tribe to the Bureau of Indian Affairs....

A federal judge in New Mexico has thrown out a statement made by a former Bureau of Indian Affairs worker accused of demanding $300,000 in kickbacks....

The Indian trust system is broken and it doesn't matter if the loses are in the millions or billions, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader writes in an editorial today....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is seeking to renew two information collection requests: the Tribal Colleges and Universities Annual Report Form, OMB No....

Off-reserve Natives in Canada suffer from poor health, depression and chronic diseases at higher rates than their non-Native counterparts, according to the first study of its kind....

Workers at a construction site in northern California uncovered what were said to be the remains of Ohlone ancestor....

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The federal government has spent more than $3 billion over the last 20 years to recover fish in the Pacific Northwest but lacks hard data to prove the effort is working, according to a Congressional report released on Monday....

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The federal government isn't doing enough to increase participation in a home ownership program for Native veterans, a new Congressional report charges....

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If you're lucky enough to be in a town where legendary activist and poet John Trudell is performing, go check him out....

An Indian gaming lawsuit filed by three Ojibwe tribes in Wisconsin has been moved....

A team of researchers from the University of New Mexico and other institutions is spending a year among the Chimane Tribe of northeastern Bolivia....

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded information sharing grants to 17 tribes....

The Norwich Bulletin in an editorial today congratulates the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut for "returning to their roots as a people familiar with fishing." The paper says the tribe's major aquaculture project will set the stage for others to follow....

The chief executive officer of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, will appear at the third annual Native Nations Law Symposium....

A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that the Department of Justice cannot close immigration hearings to the public....

"Here's what I liked best about the fishing tournament sponsored Saturday by St....

The discovery of the African Burial Ground in New York City was hailed as an historic and monumental find but its handling has been fraught with accusations of racism, numerous delays and other problems....

Tribal politics are hurting agribusiness on the Navajo Nation at a time of potential growth, The Farmington Daily-Times says in an editorial today....

HATRED OF TRIBES: "Two years ago I was in the front row of the Ledyard High School auditorium to listen to Jeff Benedict speak about his new book “Without Reservation.” By the time the “discussion” ended, I was disgusted by what I had seen and heard....

The members of the board that is putting on the 79th Shiprock Northern Navajo Fair will keep their jobs for now....

A coalition of Native artists representing 38 tribes wants to create a multi-cultural mural in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma....

The 53rd annual Governors' Interstate Indian Council is being held in Kansas this year....

An Alaska Native village corporation has won a $300 million contract to help run an Army fort....

Salmon and steelhead recovery projects in the Columbia River Basin are working, the lead agency said in response to a Congressional report....

The El Paso Times in an editorial today calls on state lawmakers to authorize gaming on Indian reservations....

A Tohono O'odham Nation tribal judge resigned from his post after being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol....

The defendants in the Wyandotte Nation lawsuit are seeking certification as a class action....

The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian was federally recognized in 1988 and has grown to economic success in a few short years....

Alaska Native tribal courts have shared jurisdiction over child custody cases, a federal judge ruled....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is facing two lawsuits over a drunk driving accident involving a former Bureau of Indian Affairs employee....

Members of the Lummi Nation of Washington are making a cross-country journey to Ground Zero in New York City....

Sandia Pueblo in New Mexico wants changes made to a land claim bill near Senate passage....

The state of Oklahoma will add a program coordinator to the Tar Creek Superfund site....

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Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is refusing to testify about her role in the recent ouster of a federal official who questioned her claims of progress in fixing the broken Indian trust fund, the latest attempt by the Bush administration to restrict oversight of the growing debacle....

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A federal appeals court on Friday refused to reinstate a discrimination lawsuit involving a self-described medicine man who faces criminal charges for possession of peyote....

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Idaho tribes win major victory on gas taxes, Indian County gets update on landmark trust fund case, top Indian gaming regulator to resign from post, and elder health care focus of new reports....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is the only federal agency that requires all fire fighters to submit to drug tests....

"On reservations, there are men and women who are unsung heroes....

"WILD CAR CHASES THROUGH BUSY DOWNTOWN STREETS! BUSTIN' DOWN DOORS, VIOLENT GUN BATTLES, SLAPPIN' SOME UNCOOPERATIVE PERP UPSIDE THE HEAD, BLOWIN' STUFF UP, WILD SEX and DONUTS have absolutely nothing to do with this column....

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut a federal permit for a major fishery project....

An Alaska Native corporation has come under fire for its views on fish culverts....

A company that wants to operate a hog farm on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation has asked the Supreme Court to intervene....

The 15th annual Totah Festival is being held in Farmington, New Mexico, this weekend....

"Shortly after my campaign for Congress ended in July, I heard from Mashantucket Chairman Kenny Reels....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has taken nine acres of land into trust for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....

An Alaska Native village corporation is distributing $200,000 to 147 shareholders....

Putting the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota into receivership might help reduce a $31 million debt, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial....

Inuit hunters in Canada have come up with an ingenious way to preserve their subsistence lifestyle, earn some money and make big game hunters happy....

The Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado has been forced to find alternate sources for water because post-fire mud and debris have polluted the Pine River....

The Skull Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah plans to store up to 44,000 tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste on its reservation....

After a long hiatus, the infamous Pequot Letters are back! A sampling of the latest published by The New London Day of Connecticut....

The Southern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is one of several groups claiming descent from the historic Pequot Nation....

Who controls housing at for the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma? As the tribe figures out the answer, housing is being denied to tribal members....

Two northern California tribes are caught in a battle over fish, water, treaty rights and angry white farmers....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has a new chief information officer who is responsible for fixing the agency's numerous computer problems....

The Billings Gazette continues its ongoing series on the Nez Perce War of 1877....

The Canadian government hasn't been providing funds to clean up a heavily contaminated Arctic island in Nunavut....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is the target of a class action alleging violation of federal privacy laws....

The Red Cross in Arizona is holding a bone marrow drive on September 2 for Blanca Frias, a 13-year-old Pasqua Yaqui tribal member who is suffering from leukemia....

Paul Waterman, a traditional Onondaga Nation chief, died at a New York hospital on Sunday....

The following documents of note were published in today's Federal Register....

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut wrapped up its annual Schemitzun pow-wow this weekend....

Congress is poised to pass legislation to distribute a $120 million trust fund to about 5,000 Western Shoshone tribal members in Nevada....
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