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June 23, 2005 Editorial: Mississippi Hiding "You have to be ruthless. You can't be nice to these people." -- C. Bryant Rogers, outside counsel for Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. June 22, 2005. The Mississippi... Land returned to Seneca Nation under settlement The Seneca Nation won the return of 51.3 acres under a land claim settlement with the state of New York The tribe went to court 20 years ago for the... Committee report on horizon in tribal lobbying scandal Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) and Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) at Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. June 22, 2005. Photo © NSM. Indianz.Com Listening Lounge: Note: All files are... Column: Wasichus testify on lobbying scandal "In three hours yesterday, [Sen. Byron] Dorgan and John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, quizzed witnesses on what the lawmakers described as an elaborate web of... Mississippi Choctaws focus of Senate lobbying hearing Indianz.Com Listening Lounge: Note: All files are in MP3 format. Intro - 28:06 - 11.2MBIntroductory Statements Panel I - 24:51 - 9:95MBPanel I Testimony Q&A - 34:05 - 13.6MBPanel... Graves uncovered at work site in Rhode Island The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island met with state and local officials on Tuesday to discuss the discovery of two historic graves at a $6.5 million sewer-construction site. The talks... Former residential school to be turned into museum A former residential school building in Manitoba will be turned into a museum by the Long Plains First Nation. Chief Dennis Meeches said a museum is needed to document the... Pala Band claims small victory in landfill fight The Pala Band of Mission Indians claimed victory on Wednesday when an air-quality permit application for a controversial landfill was canceled. The tribe has been fighting the proposed Gregory Canyon... Blackfeet Nation council removes chairman For the second time in the past two years, William "Allen" Talks About has been removed as chairman of the Blackfeet Nation council. Talks About was accused of mismanaging tribal... Editorial: Shinnecock Nation right to file claim "In 1703, the Town of Southampton leased 3,600 acres to the Shinnecocks for 1,000 years. But, in keeping with the perfidy of governments in dealing with indigenous people, that didn't... All-Native basketball tournament kicks off The third annual Native American Basketball Invitational, the largest all-Native tournament of its kind, kicked off in Arizona this week. More than 60 teams are registered to compete. Early games... Wildfire prompts evacuation of Soboba Reservation A brush fire that burned more than 2,000 acres as of late Wednesday forced a voluntary evacuation of the Soboba Reservation in southern California. The Soboba Fire spread quickly... Seminole Nation opposes FSU's 'Seminoles' mascot The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma opposes the use of Florida State University''s use of "Seminoles" as a nickname and mascot, council member David Narcomey said. Narcomey said the Seminole... Editorial: Deadline needed for deal on trust land "The measure of just how frustrating government-to-government negotiations can be is when the first side blinks. In the case of talks between the Chumash tribe and county government about development... Tulalip Tribes want work at state park halted The Tulalip Tribes asked the state of Washington on Wednesday to halt work at the new Cama Beach State Park so the tribe can buy the land and preserve it.... Police still looking into Native girl's disappearance Police in Regina, Saskatchewan, have assigned six new investigators to look into the disappearance of Tamra Keepness, who went missing nearly a year ago. Keepness was five years old... Column: Bill creates 'tribe' of Native Hawaiians "Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) has introduced a bill called the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005, S.147. Akaka wants to extend the government's policy of self-governance and self-determination to... Kosher meat plant taps into Pine Ridge workforce A kosher meat plant in Nebraska hopes to draw 40 to 50 workers from the nearby Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The Local Pride firm is working with the... House ethics chairman said to consider stepping down The chairman of the House ethics committee might quit his post over the Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) controversy, The New York Times reports. Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Washington) is said... Wampanoag Tribe wants sacred site protected The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts is hoping it can work out an agreement to protect a sacred site threatened by a housing development. The tribe doesn't think the development... Oneida Nation in talks with Pataki over land claim The Oneida Nation is in talks with New York Gov. George Pataki (R) to settle the tribe's 250,000-acre land claim, representative Ray Halbritter said on Wednesday. A date for... Klamath Tribes hold out for restored reservation After being terminated in 1954, the Klamath Tribes of Oregon won restoration as a federally recognized tribe on August 27, 1986. Termination had created deep divisions with the tribe, led... |