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June 28, 2005 Listening Lounge: Senate Indian Gaming Hearing Welcome to the Listening Lounge! Here you will find audio recordings of the June 28, 2005, Senate Indian Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the regulation of Indian gaming. Download them... McCain seeks to close 'revolving door' in Washington Federal government officials who go to work for tribes will no longer be able to lobby their former employer for a year under a bill introduced by Sen. John McCain... Statement by Sen. John McCain on S.1312 The following is the statement introduced into the Congressional record by Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), on S.1312, the Reducing Conflicts of Interests in the Representation of Indian Tribes Act of... Federal Register: Probate Reform Act certified The American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 was officially certified today with the publication of a notice in the Federal Register. The law was passed last year in order... Supreme Court wraps up October 2004 term The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term on Monday with decisions in a string of high-profile cases but no announcement on the future of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. The... Yellow Bird: The growing pains of tribal leaders "For the past 60 years, many tribal governments have become more and more like the federal government, while others have become less and less stable. As these novices step into... Gangs blamed for shooting death in Minneapolis Gangs are being blamed for yet another shooting death at an Indian housing complex in Minneapolis. Wambli S. McArthur, 30, was charged with second-degree murder for the death of Vincent... Ex-police officer denies taking custody of Native teen A former police officer fired for being linked to the death of a Native teen categorically denied taking custody of Neil Stonechild the night he went missing. Larry Hartwig and... Mashantucket Tribe selling ferries for $10M each The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is selling its two high-speed ferries for $10 million each. The ferries were launched in 1998 to transport commuters in New England.... USET kicks off annual meeting with apology to tribe The United South and Eastern Tribes kicked off its annual meeting on Monday with an apology to the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut. USET President Keller George apologized for not... Republican lobbyists fighting for, against tribes A high-powered Republican law firm with ties to the White House has been lobbying for and against Connecticut tribes. Barbour Griffith & Rogers [Web Site] has been hired by Town... Wyandotte Nation dedicates airport cargo facility The Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma dedicated a 20,00-square-foot air cargo facility at the Joplin Airport last Friday. The facility, fully owned by the Wyandotte Tribal Corporation, will provide ground... Judge won't protect Si Tanka's federal student aid A federal judge won't stop the Department of Education from cutting off financial student aid to Si Tanka University in South Dakota. Si Tanka asked for protection after being informed... NCAA committee swayed by tribal support of mascot The NCAA Minority Opportunity and Interests Committee has made a number of confidential recommendations about the use of Indian imagery but a ban is not among them. The committee... BIA contract funds lost to Iraq, Afghanistan wars The military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan are draining tribal contract funds, according to a Bureau of Indian Affairs self-determination specialist. Dion Killsback used the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana... Indian couple has big plans for Little Big Horn Camp An Indian couple has big plans for the Little Big Horn Camp in Montana, including brand new developments and a museum to display the historic "Custer's Last Rally" painting.... Northern Cheyenne share accounts of Bighorn Breaking 100 years of silence, members of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana are sharing their accounts of the June 28, 1876, Battle of Little Bighorn. Cheyenne warriors helped... Opinion: Downfall of Indians traced to Army, BIA "As the economists Terry Anderson and Fred McChesney have documented, the downfall of the American Indians correlates neatly with the rise of two federal bureaucracies. The first was the standing... Hopi Tribe drops lobbyist who worked with Abramoff The Hopi Tribe of Arizona has ended its relationship with Kevin Ring, a former associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and his law firm. The tribe had rehired Ring,... Goshute chairman given three years' probation Leon Bear, the chairman of the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah, was sentenced on Monday to three years of probation for pleading guilty to one count of tax... Justice Department seeks $14B in tobacco case The Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Monday to force tobacco companies to pay $14 billion for alleged fraud. Of the amount, $10 billion would be used for... Supreme Court opens file-sharing firms to suits The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opened the operators of file-sharing services to lawsuits over allegations they allow users to swap copyrighted materials. In a unanimous ruling, the court held... Mixed rulings on display of Ten Commandments The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued two mixed rulings on the display of the Ten Commandments in public places. In a 5- ruling, the court disallowed the display of... Supreme Court rejects suit in domestic violence case The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a Colorado woman who was the victim of domestic violence cannot sue law enforcement for failing to enforce a protective order. In... Congressional reports now online free of charge The Center for Democracy and Technology has created a website featuring hard-to-get reports created by the taxpayer-funded Congressional Research Service. The searchable site at http://www.opencrs.com contains 8073 reports. Some of... Hayworth downplays links to Abramoff scandal A labor law measure sponsored by Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Arizona) has nothing to do with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, aides to the co-chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus... SagChip leader feels vindicated on Jack Abramoff The subchief of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan says he feels vindicated by the investigation into disgraced lobbyists Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon. Subchief Bernie Sprague opposed the tribe's... |