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December 16, 2005 Tribes continue fight for self-determination contracts Two important legal cases seeking to force the federal government to abide by its promises to tribal governments are moving forward in the courts. In one case, the Shoshone-Bannock Nation... Writer paid to praise Choctaws, Abramoff clients Ed. Note: The Cato Institute has removed the Choctaw article from its website. The link to the Choctaw article is to the cached version kept by Google. After the Abramoff... Crow Tribe honors soldier on leave from Iraq The Crow Tribe of Montana honored Gus Other Medicine, an Army soldier on leave from duty in Iraq. Other Medicine came home December 9 and is due to return... Plea deal reached for peyote case in Utah A Utah man accused of distributing peyote pleaded guilty on Thursday to possession of coca leaves in a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Nicholas Walter Stark, who claims he is... Former Stillaguamish executive murdered David Koenigs, the former executive director of the Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington, was found murdered in Seattle, King 5 Television reports. Koenigs, 57, was found on Wednesday in a... Narragansett Tribe receives grant for health center The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island received a $500,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The money will be used to build a new health center. The... New Mexico tribe, city reach deal over site A deal has been reached over the construction of a civic center in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tesuque Pueblo has agreed to drop objections to the $55 million center... Rep. Ney returns Tigua money, just not to Tiguas REPRESENTATIVE #1 • Scanlon Plea | Attachment • US v. Scanlon Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), one of the lawmakers under investigation in the Jack Abramoff scandal, has returned $32,000... Pombo gives Abramoff cash to Red Lake Boys & Girls Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), the chairman of the House Resources Committee, is donating $7,000 he received from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to the Boys & Girls Club on the Red... Ralph Reed now regrets working with Abramoff Ralph Reed, the conservative Republican activist and candidate for lieutenant governor in Georgia, recently told a Christian teen group that he regrets working with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and... Probate reform law causing headaches for tribes The American Indian Probate Reform Act was passed and signed into law in 2004 with much fanfare but tribes are already uncovering problems with the law, Indian Country Today reports.... Bush blasted for remarks on Abramoff, DeLay Democratic leaders criticized President Bush on Thursday for his remarks on the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and the indictment of Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas). During an interview on Fox News,... Editorial: Burns should not run for re-election "We aren't in a position to render a judgment about the legality of [Sen. Conrad] Burns' activities in office. He's not been charged with any crime and he has... Burns to return $150K in Abramoff donations After facing months of criticism, Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) will return $150,000 in donations from former tribal clients and associates of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Burns will return money... Another former Abramoff partner pleads guilty A former business partner of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to bank fraud in a deal that requires his cooperation with the federal investigations of Abramoff. Adam Kidan... In the Loop: Griles attended DOI's Christmas party Former deputy secretary J. Steven Griles was welcomed to the Interior Department's recent Christmas party by Secretary Gale Norton, Al Kamen of The Washington Post reports. Griles left the department... Report: Cason says termination of trust on the table Update: Kevin Gover, a professor at the Arizona State University College of Law and an organizer of the conference, chimed in today with a short e-mail. "He didn't say what... Jana McKeag: DOI to transfer three Indian museums Ed. Note: Jana McKeag, Cherokee, is the chair of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, an agency within the Interior Department. "The Department of the Interior is exploring with affected... David Gipp: Dorgan a tireless advocate for Indians Ed. Note: David Gipp, Standing Rock Sioux, is the president of the United Tribes Technical College (http://www.uttc.edu) in Bismarck, North Dakota. We recently observed an orchestrated campaign to try to... |