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March 14, 2005 Fort Belknap soldier returns home to big welcome A young soldier from the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana returned home on Sunday after a near deadly experience in Iraq. Sgt. Brandi King, 24, was greeted at the airport... FEC ruling separates tribes from their businesses Politically-active tribes who make contributions to federal campaigns can do so while performing contracting work for the government, a split Federal Election Commission ruled on Friday. Rejecting a recommendation of... Editorial: Sacred peaks don't belong to tribes alone "Seemingly lost in the controversy over snowmaking equipment at the Arizona Snowbowl is this dose of reality: The majestic San Francisco Peaks are public lands. They are not the private... Indian lawmakers in Oklahoma seek to organize Oklahoma's Indian lawmakers are seeking to organize an informal caucus to serve as a liaison between the state Legislature and tribes. Rep. Lisa Johnson-Billy (R), a member of the Chickasaw... Memorial pays tribute to legacy of Fritz Scholder Tributes poured out for Fritz Scholder, the late Luiseno artist who defied stereotypes and challenged notions of Indian art. A memorial at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa... Tribe gave $75K to group founded by Norton The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan gave $75,000 to a Republican organization founded by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, bringing the known tribal contributions to the Council of Republicans for Environmental... Si Tanka continues effort to secure federal funds Leaders of Si Tanka University in South Dakota will continue efforts in Washington, D.C., to secure federal funds. The Bureau of Indian Affairs won't release "471" funds to the school... Hearings on New York land claim deals continue A second round of hearings on deals to settle five tribal land claims was held by the New York Assembly on Friday. Oneida Nation representative Ray Halbritter testified against the... Fire won't deter Indian woman from foster care A fire that claimed the lives of four young members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribe won't deter Marlys Robertson from providing foster care to those who need it. Robertson, a grandmother,... Indian project in the works as Daschle joins firm Former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) is joining the law firm of Alston & Bird, and he has an Indian-related project in the works, Daschle will be a special adviser... Griles fought casino opposed by Abramoff's clients Former deputy interior secretary J. Steven Griles launched a last-minute campaign against a tribal casino apparently at the behest of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.... Tribe, gambling firm funded DeLay's overseas trip The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and a gambling firm funded House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's overseas trip, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff suggested DeLay... Onondaga Nation makes history with land claim A lawsuit in the works for decades finally came to fruition on Friday when the Onondaga Nation filed a claim for more than 2 million acres in upstate New York.... Gale Norton: Drilling in ANWR won't hurt environment "Technological advances in oil exploration are at the heart of a debate over America's energy future. Congress will soon decide whether to open up a sliver of the Arctic National... Indian Eddie: Racist innuendo links Indians to fire "Any innuendo suggesting that American Indians burned down a house under construction on the West Side, in protest of development near Petroglyph National Monument shows, if not blatant racism, then... Funding for Indian education in Montana slashed A proposal fund Montana's Indian Education for All Act has been slashed from $23 million to $1.4 million over two years. The Montana Indian Education Association and Montana's Indian lawmakers... Lakota woman lobbies U.N. for indigenous rights Charmaine White Face, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is in Geneva, Switzerland, to lobby the United Nations for indigenous rights. White Face is part of a delegation of... Sauk-Suiattle Tribe's longtime police chief fired The longtime police chief of the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe of Washington was fired last week, and an employee who refused an order to oust the chief also left the tribe. Ernie... Allegations by professor derail Churchill buyout talks A Canadian professor's allegations that controversial University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill plagiarized and threatened her have derailed buyout talks with CU. Professor Fay G. Cohen said Churchill stole an... Yellow Bird Series: Suicide on the reservation "Five young people - three teenagers and two 25-year-olds - on the Standing Rock reservation in Fort Yates, N.D., took their own lives from December through January. In addition, and... Northern Cheyenne Tribe sues church and school The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana filed a lawsuit in state court on Friday accusing the Roman Catholic Church and the St. Labre Indian School Educational Association of exploitation. The... Stevens 'depressed' over ANWR drilling fight Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) told reporters on Friday that he is "depressed" over his failure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to development, and that he is seriously considering... Editorial: Facts don't look good for Senator Burns "At worst it was the kind of power politics that gives politicians a bad name. But whatever the final judgment of history, it is obvious that Sen. Conrad Burns didn't... Elouise Cobell to speak at tourism conference Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit, is speaking at the Indian Country Tourism in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday. Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Nation,... Editorial: Virginia tribes in need of recognition "Virginia's American Indian tribes have never had an easy time of it. Once killing Indians with bullets became socially unacceptable, the extermination of Virginia's tribes on paper was begun. Any... |