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June 29, 2005 Senate Indian Affairs Committee passes bills The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a meeting this morning to consider pending business [Agenda]. A large number of bills, including some high-profile ones, were considered. They included the U.S.... Opinion: Indians should thank the Europeans "Before Europeans arrived, the scattered tribes occupying North America lived in abject poverty, ignorance, and superstition--not due to any racial inferiority, but because that is how all mankind starts out... Penobscot Nation to sell prescription drugs The Penobscot Nation of Maine is getting ready to launch a business that will offer discount prescription drugs through the mail. PIN Rx will launch by mid-August, The Portland Press... Oklahoma senator loses Indian health care vote The Senate voted 75 to 17 against a rider offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) that would have added $121 million to diabetes and substance abuse programs. Coburn offered the... Appeals court dismisses land claim in favor of state A divided federal appeals court dismissed the 64,000 acre Cayuga land claim on Tuesday, ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court has "dramatically altered the legal landscape" of Indian land claims.... Lewis and Clark event puts spotlight on tribes Montana's tribes will take the spotlight during the Lewis and Clark bicentennial commemoration in Great Falls, Montana. "Explore the Big Sky" begin today and run through Monday at the Montana... Indian education program proposed for Oklahoma Educators in Oklahoma are developing a strategic plan to implement an "Indian Education For All" program similar to the one in Montana. The Oklahoma Native Education Network heard about the... Native students get crash course in college prep Fifty-nine Indian high school students representing 40 tribes attended a five-day "crash course" in college preparation at Harvard University in Massachusetts. The students are taking part in the College Horizons... Appeals court upholds stop, search by tribal police Tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs police officers didn't violate the constitutional rights of an Indian man who was stopped for an alleged violation of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's motor... Soboba Band signs law enforcement contract The Soboba Band of Luiseņo Indians signed a law enforcement contract with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday, said to be the first of its kind in California. The... Utah 'medicine man' won't be released from jail A federal magistrate in Utah ordered a self-proclamed "medicine man" to remain in jail pending trial on charges of illegal possession and distribution of peyote. James "Flaming Eagle" Mooney... First Ute graduates under college's tribal program Farrell McCook is the first person to graduate from Colorado Mountain College under a program that gives a tuition break to members of the Northern Ute Tribe of Utah. The... High hopes for preservation of Miami language The Miami Nation of Oklahoma and Miami University of Ohio are collaborating on efforts to preserve the Miami-Peoria language. The school's Myaamia Project completed an audio CD of the language... Lawsuit filed over reservation hog farm settlement Four groups filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs for approving a hog farm settlement on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Concerned Rosebud Area Citizens, Humane... Native activists arrested at gunpoint in Canada Two Native activists from British Columbia are questioning why they were arrested on Monday in what CBC News reports was a "full-scale police takedown." David Dennis, James Ward and... Wisconsin governor signs consultation policies Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) signed a series of policies on Tuesday requiring 12 state agencies to consult the 11 federally recognized tribes. The goal is to resolve policy disputes,... Column: Indians teach others how to be American "A week ago, at the conference of the Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) meeting at the Morongo Casino Resort, the evening banquet opened with a ceremony that begins most... Wisconsin court upholds award to Mole Lake Band The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a $370,796 jury award to the Sokaogon (Mole Lake) Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for negligence and breach of contract by the... Column: Kosher deli owner brought home the pork "The regulars who savored briskets and corned beef at Stacks, the only kosher deli ever to grace Pennsylvania Avenue, never figured that the Orthodox Jew who owned the joint would... Groups prepare quick response on Supreme Court pick Liberal and conservative groups are preparing campaigns in order to quickly shape public opinion within hours of a potential U.S. Supreme Court nomination. No one knows whether there will be... Abramoff cut Ralph Reed off from Choctaw money Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff funneled money from his tribal clients to Republican activist Ralph Reed but cut him off in 2002, CNN reports. Abramoff used Mississippi Choctaw funds to... NCAI's Hall praises Senate passage of energy bill The Senate voted 85 to 12 on Tuesday to approve a national energy policy bill that includes an Indian energy title aimed at helping tribes develop their lands. National Congress... |