The Federal-Indian Trust and Treaty Relationship
2012 Headlines
President Obama signs Bridgeport land and Pascua Yaqui bills (12/21)
Two South Dakota tribes share $6M from trust fund settlements (12/20)
House approves bill to help Quapaw Tribe resolve trust dispute (12/20)
Native Sun News: Group eyes cut of Standing Rock settlement (12/13)
Colville Tribes won't share rest of $193M trust fund settlement (12/12)
GAO: Minerals on Indian lands worth $3.5B in fiscal year 2011 (12/12)
Senate passes Bridgeport land-into-trust, Pascua Yaqui bills (12/12)
Opinion: Clear land-into-trust standard needed for Carcieri fix (12/05)
Mescalero Apache Tribe to share per cap from $33M settlement (12/04)
House Resources Committee markup for Barona Band land bill (12/04)
Land-into-trust fix remains in limbo as end of year approaches (12/04)
County sues BIA over Ho-Chunk Nation land-into-trust papers (12/03)
BIA completes regulations to speed leasing in Indian Country (11/28)
Hoopa Valley Tribe approves $10K per capita from settlement (11/27)
Sen. Reid cites continuing negotiations for a land-into-trust fix (11/27)
Land-into-trust fix could come up for consideration in Senate (11/26)
South Dakota tribes received $101M for trust fund settlements (11/20)
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes consider per cap vote (11/20)
Per cap payout from Ute Mountain Ute boosts local businesses (11/14)
Cherokee Nation council supports UKB land-into-trust litigation (11/14)
County seeks delay in potential land transfer to Chumash Tribe (11/14)
North Dakota tribe sees ups and downs in energy development (11/09)
NCAI optimistic on a land-into-trust fix, VAWA during lame-duck (11/09)
Speculation begins on makeup of Obama's second term Cabinet (11/08)
Pawnee Nation still working on per cap from $4.4M settlement (11/01)
Confederated Salish and Kootenai group wants another per cap (10/31)
Hoopa Valley Tribe pushed to distribute $49M trust settlement (10/31)
Petitions ask Mescalero Apache Tribe to share trust settlement (10/31)
Chumash Tribe looking to acquire federal site with sacred cave (10/30)
Mescalero Apache Tribe urged to share $33M trust settlement (10/30)
Aide to Sen. Akaka confident on support for a land-into-trust fix (10/25)
Kevin Washburn addresses NCAI for first time as leader of BIA (10/23)
Native Sun News: Cheyenne River landowners sue over flooding (10/19)
Chumash Tribe looking to avoid land-into-trust process at site (10/16)
Sen. Akaka to push land-into-trust fix after November election (10/12)
North Dakota tribe to move forward with plans for oil refinery (10/11)
Obama signs Minnesota Chippewa Tribe trust fund bill into law (10/09)
BIA won't let city see Ottawa Tribe's land-into-trust application (10/03)
County challenges Miccosukee Tribe land-into-trust application (10/03)
Fort Peck Tribes distribute per capita from trust fund settlement (10/03)
Nisqually Tribe reaches agreement for newly acquired trust site (10/02)
Hualapai Tribe considers per capita from $5.4M trust settlement (10/02)
Poarch Creeks dispute latest attack on legal status of trust lands (10/01)
BIA ordered to reconsider Oneida Nation land-into-trust ruling (09/26)
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe awaits $28M payout in land dispute (09/25)
OST handles more than $3.7B in trust for tribes and individuals (09/25)
Senate passes three Indian measures during late night session (09/24)
Obama nominates Vince Logan, Osage, as new Special Trustee (09/24)
Press Release: Secretary Salazar on Vincent Logan, Special Trustee Nominee (09/21)
More tribal trust fund settlements expected in coming weeks (09/20)
Native Sun News: Panel talks energy leases in Indian Country (09/20)
Navajo Nation signs deed to place property in Arizona in trust (09/19)
IRS official questioned about taxation of per capita payments (09/19)
County suing BIA for Ho-Chunk Nation land-into-trust papers (09/19)
Delaware Tribe debates change in trust fund management (09/18)
County weighs lawsuit on Ho-Chunk Nation land-into-trust (09/18)
Rosebud Sioux Tribe to seek trust status for Black Hills site (09/17)
Grand Traverse Band submitted land-into-trust application (09/14)
SoundCloud: House hearing on taxation and per capitas (09/14)
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes share in per caps (09/13)
Witness list for House hearing on taxation and per capitas (09/13)
OST urges Indian beneficiaries to read IRS notice on per caps (09/12)
Pawnee Nation approves per caps from trust fund settlement (09/12)
Hoopa Valley Tribe open to distribution for trust settlement (09/11)
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe pushed to share trust settlement (09/11)
Witness list for SCIA hearing on Carcieri and Patchak rulings (09/11)
Confederated Salish and Kootenai per cap goes out this week (09/10)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on Carcieri, Patchak (09/10)
Village debates appeal after losing Oneida Nation taxation case (09/07)
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs sets hearing (09/07)
IRS affirms per capita payouts from trust settlements not taxable (09/06)
Oneida Nation wins lawsuit over local taxation of trust property (09/06)
San Pasqual Band considers plan to develop full grocery store (09/04)
Fort Peck Tribes continue to weigh per cap on $75M settlement (08/30)
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to share $10K per cap (08/30)
Crowds line up for Northern Cheyenne Tribe's per cap checks (08/27)
Pawnee Nation debates uses for $4.4M trust fund settlement (08/27)
Northern Cheyenne Tribe to distribute trust fund settlement (08/23)
Social Security Administration issues ruling on trust payouts (08/23)
Colville Tribes will share another $58M from trust settlement (08/22)
County provides response in Chumash Tribe land-into-trust flap (08/15)
Rep. Young not planning for Chumash Tribe land-into-trust bill (08/08)
Nisqually Tribe looking to open gas station on newly acquired site (08/02)
Colville Tribes start sending checks from $193M trust settlement (08/02)
Poarch Creeks discuss land-into-trust issues with local officials (08/01)
Coushatta man pays $250K in restitution for fire at tribe's store (08/01)
Salish and Kootenai group eyes bigger share of trust settlement (08/01)
North Dakota tribe submits land-into-trust application for ranch (08/01)
Salish and Kootenai Tribes to share half of $150M trust payout (07/31)
Nez Perce Tribe donates $3M to NARF for work on trust fund case (07/30)
House subcommittee weighs bills affecting Oregon tribal lands (07/26)
Coeur d'Alene Tribe received $18M as part of trust settlement (07/26)
Opposition groups appeal Chumash Tribe land-into-trust ruling (07/26)
Narragansett Tribe looking to talk land-into-trust with governor (07/24)
Nez Perce Tribe sharing $34M trust settlement with membership (07/24)
Colville Tribes to vote on $193M trust settlement per capita plan (07/24)
Passamaquoddy Tribe sends trust fund settlement to members (07/18)
Chumash Tribe battles land-into-trust opponents for 10+ years (07/12)
County won't dispute Chumash Tribe land-into-trust application (07/11)
Editorial: Challenge Chumash Tribe's land-into-trust application (07/10)
BIA approves land-into-trust bid for Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (07/10)
Native Sun News: Native landowners square off against Sitka Tribe (07/06)
BIA approves three land-into-trust acquisitions for Pueblo tribes (07/06)
Makah Nation acquires ceded lands with $25M trust settlement (06/27)
BIA cites Carcieri in backing Chumash Tribe land-into-trust bid (06/27)
Lytton Band to pay more than $1M to cover land-into-trust bid (06/27)
BLM offers more time on fracking rules that affect Indian lands (06/27)
Blackfeet Nation to distribute part of $19M trust fund settlement (06/22)
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation seeks to diversify economic holdings (06/22)
Pueblos plan commercial development at Santa Fe Indian School (06/21)
Chumash Tribe critics hail Supreme Court's land-into-trust ruling (06/21)
Sen. Bingaman opposes bill for Pueblo economic development (06/20)
Fond du Lac Band plans to distribute trust fund to its members (06/20)
House approves bill to distribute Minnesota Chippewa trust fund (06/19)
Supreme Court decision kills California land-into-trust measure (06/19)
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe leader faces recall over trust settlement (06/15)
Turtle Talk: Fixing the land-into-trust decision for Michigan tribes (06/15)
Gas station executive calls Michigan tribe 'thieves' and 'felons' (06/14)
Turtle Talk: DOI and DOJ used to argue separately in trust cases (06/14)
Land-into-trust bill in California due for consideration next week (06/14)
BIA moving forward on Lytton Band land-into-trust application (06/11)
Editorial: Put California land-into-trust bill back into the grinder (06/07)
Stockbridge-Munsee Community upset over land-into-trust flap (06/07)
Some Colville leaders support per caps from $193M settlement (06/07)
House approves measure for Pascua Yaqui Tribe land-into-trust (06/06)
Pascua Yaqui land bill, Alaska Native land bill on House schedule (06/04)
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes agrees to distribute $60M settlement (06/04)
Colville Tribes pushed to distribute more from $193M settlement (06/04)
Law firm for Cobell case also worked on tribal trust settlements (06/04)
Quapaw Tribe seeks help from Congress in settling trust lawsuit (06/01)
Senate Indian Affairs Committee approves report on Carcieri bill (05/25)
Hoopa Valley Tribe expects to receive $49.2M trust settlement (05/24)
Passamaquoddy Tribe ready to receive $11.4 trust settlement (05/24)
Creek Nation pays $1.1M to city after taking control of business (05/23)
Rep. Young won't introduce Chumash Tribe land-into-trust bill (05/21)
Seneca Nation adds 55 acres to reservation for housing project (05/21)
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe vows to continue battle for trust fund (05/18)
Federal judge approves 25 settlements in tribal trust lawsuits (05/17)
DC Circuit dismisses challenge to Western Shoshone trust bill (05/16)
SCIA hearing on Thursday on the federal trust responsibility (05/14)
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe distributes trust fund to its members (05/09)
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes accept $60M to settle trust lawsuit (04/30)
Round Valley Indian Tribes receive $8.5M trust settlement (04/25)
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe accepts $42.6M in trust settlement (04/24)
House Resources Committee markup for five bills of interest (04/23)
Makah Nation settles trust mismanagement lawsuit for $25M (04/23)
Oglala Sioux Tribe requests investigation into 75 deaths (04/19)
Creek Nation wants to put newly purchased site in trust (04/19)
Stockbridge-Munsee land-into-trust deal stirs debates (04/18)
Poarch Band battles county on status of trust property (04/18)
Tule River Tribe receives $7.1M for trust fund settlement (04/17)
Alabama county cites Carcieri in bid to tax Poarch Creeks (04/16)
Irene Cuch: The future of the federal trust responsibility (04/13)
Quechan Nation to receive $3M for trust fund settlement (04/13)
MPR: Chippewa Tribe receives $2M from trust settlement (04/13)
BSPR: Three Idaho tribes sharing in $1B trust settlement (04/13)
NARF cites Obama as catalyst for tribal trust settlements (04/13)
Leech Lake Band receives $3.5M in trust fund settlement (04/13)
Utah Navajo programs at standstill in trust fund dispute (04/12)
Video: Announcement of $1B settlement in tribal lawsuits (04/12)
Settlement amounts in tribal trust cases cover big range (04/12)
Tribal leaders hail $1B in trust management settlements (04/11)
DOI/DOJ press release on $1B in tribal trust settlements (04/11)
Chumash Tribe cites economic benefits of land-into-trust (04/11)
White House event on settlements in tribal trust lawsuits (04/11)
8th Circuit backs Yankton Sioux land-into-trust application (04/06)
Ute Tribe in Utah announces trust management settlement (04/06)
Passamaquoddy Tribe reaches $11.4M trust fund settlement (04/02)
Colville Tribes debate uses for $193M trust fund settlement (03/30)
Navajos in Utah file another lawsuit over trust management (03/30)
Trust land blossoms into homeless camp under BIA's watch (03/20)
Richard Pombo sees 'no chance' to pass land-into-trust fix (03/15)
BIA approves land-into-trust application for Mohegan Tribe (03/14)
Blackfeet Nation weighs $19M trust management settlement (03/08)
Echo Hawk points to big increase in land-into-trust approval (03/08)
Fronteras: Sycuan Band sees opposition for land-into-trust (03/07)
White House official also hopeful for tribal trust settlements (03/06)
Witness list for House hearing on IHS and OST budget request (03/06)
Leech Lake Band threatens litigation over share of trust fund (03/05)
Opinion: United Keetoowah Band not equal to Cherokee Nation (03/02)
MPR: House panel debates Minnesota Chippewa trust fund bill (03/02)
Expect more announcements for tribal trust fund settlements (03/01)
Witness List: House hearing on Chippewa trust fund measure (03/01)
Leech Lake chairman to testify against trust fund legislation (02/29)
Fort Peck Tribes reach $75M trust management settlement (02/28)
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs hearings (02/27)
Colville Tribes reach $193M trust management settlement (02/27)
Colville Tribes face opposition to land-into-trust application (02/17)
Bill authorizes distribution of $28M Chippewa judgment funds (02/16)
Tulalip brothers file lawsuit over BIA's handling of allotment (02/13)
OST continues a downward trend with latest budget request (02/13)
Witness List: House subcommittee hearing on Indian land bill (02/06)
California county cites concerns about land-into-trust bids (01/30)
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs hearing (01/30)
City to oppose Shakopee Tribe's land-into-trust application (01/25)
Opinion: Land-into-trust wasn't intended for 'wealthy' tribes (01/19)
Ray Joseph, senior trust reform official, leaves Interior post (01/18)
Shakopee Tribe aims for better relations over land-into-trust (01/11)
WPR: Wyoming tribes face long fight in trust mismanagement (01/11)
Federal Circuit reinstates trust claim in Wyoming tribes' case (01/10)
Sycuan Band gains support for its land-into-trust application (01/10)
Opinion: A lack of leadership over Chumash Tribe land-into-trust (01/05)
BIA extends comment period for Shakopee Tribe land-into-trust (01/05)
City council stays out of Shakopee Tribe land-into-trust dispute (01/04)