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May 25, 2005
BIA recognition decision database v2.0 now online
Welcome to Version 2.0 of the Federal Recognition Database by Indianz.Com! The database is an online version of the Acknowledgment Decision Compilation (ADC), a record of documents that the Bureau...

Listening Lounge: SCIA hearing on apology resolution
Welcome to the Listening Lounge! Here you will find audio recordings of the May 25, 2005, Senate Indian Affairs Committee oversight hearing on S.J.Res.15, the U.S. apology resolution. Download them...

Utah tribe cleared for decision on nuclear waste
A deeply divided Utah tribe moved closer to hosting Indian Country's first nuclear waste repository with the rejection of a legal appeal on Tuesday. The Skull Valley Goshute Tribe has...

County opposes Cayuga Nation on land-into-trust
Lawmakers in Cayuga County, New York, voted unanimously on Tuesday to oppose the Cayuga Nation's land-into-trust request. The tribe has asked the Bureau of Indian Affairs to hold its properties...

Oneida Nation to detail spending in tax fight
The Oneida Nation has agreed to detail how much it has spent on improvements to its properties in the town of Verona, New York, The Syracuse Post-Standard reports. The tribe...

Memorial service set for artist Dan V. Lomahaftewa
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 28, for Dan V. Lomahaftewa, the Hopi/Choctaw painter who died unexpectedly on April 14. Growing up on the Hopi Reservation...

Churchill says school already looked into heritage
Controversial University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill said the school already looked into allegations that he is not Indian and found them without merit. Churchill claims the Department of Ethnic...

1877 Nez Perce battle site joins National Park Service
The site of the 1877 battle between the Chief Joseph Band of the Nez Perce Tribe and the U.S. Army was officially welcomed into the National Park Service on Tuesday....

Seattle Times: Unearthing Tse-whit-zen Village
The Seattle Times concludes its special report on the discovery of a major village of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington. Part 4 examines how the discovery of...

Office would help Navajos find work in film industry
Navajo Nation Vice President Frank Dayish Jr. is leading talks to create an office to help tribal members obtain work in the film industry. Dayish talked with Navajo producer Elsa...

Navajo same-sex marriage ban up for vote again
A controversial bill to ban same-sex marriages on the Navajo Nation will be considered at a special session early next month. The Navajo Nation Council passed the Diné Marriage Act...

North Dakota officials oppose return of land to tribe
North Dakota state officials spoke out against the proposed return of land to the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation at a public hearing on Tuesday. State officials said the return...

Missouri River dams destroyed way of life for tribes
Tribal elders in South Dakota shared their memories of life on the Missouri River at a conference in Pierre, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports. Vern Ashley, 89, a member...

Opinion: Churchill playing game on Indian heritage
"[Ward] Churchill's dubious Indian identity first got him into trouble in 1986. His political opponents in the American Indian Movement complained to CU - unsuccessfully - that Churchill was committing...

Clashes reported as Bolivian Indians stage protest
Thousands of Bolivian Indians led a massive protest in the capital of La Paz on Tuesday amid reports of clashes with the police. Protesters filled nearly every street in the...

Court won't make Navajo wife testify in abuse case
An elderly Navajo woman who married her husband in a traditional ceremony can't be forced to testify against him in a sexual abuse case, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals...

Agreement near on handling of Stillaguamish remains
The state of Washington and the Stillaguamish Tribe are near an agreement over the handling of ancestral remains at a state construction site, The Seattle Times reports. The agreement would...

NCAI welcomes compromise on judicial nominations
The National Congress of American Indians will continue to oppose controversial judicial nominee Bill Myers but welcomes the Senate's compromise, President Tex Hall said on Tuesday. Hall said the agreement...

Witness list for hearing on U.S. apology resolution
Here is the witness list for the May 25, 2005, Senate Indian Affairs Committee oversight hearing on S.J.Res.15, A joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and...

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