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January 27, 2006 Tex Hall: Poverty a bigger scandal than Abramoff "I decided to write this column because, before this whole Abramoff affair goes any further, America needs to hear from American Indians themselves. There are three points that I want... Bush says photos with Abramoff not 'relevant' to probe President Bush said on Thursday that he welcomed the federal probe of Jack Abramoff but adamantly refused to release photographs that place him with the disgraced lobbyist. Addressing the scandal... Transcript: President Bush and Jack Abramoff The following is the text of several Jack Abramoff questions President Bush was asked during a White House press conference on January 26, 2006. The entire transcript can be found... Men sentenced to life in prison for kidnap, rape Two men were sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping two women and raping them on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations. Patrick Doyle, 21, and Daniel Curtis Bigman, 20,... Bill would create buffer zone around Bear Butte Two Indian lawmakers in South Dakota have introduced a bill aimed at protecting the sacred Bear Butte. Paul Valandra, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Jim Bradford, a... Two Washington tribes reach deal on state gas tax Two Washington tribes have reached an agreement to collect a state gas tax in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on the subject. The Swinomish Tribe and... Meskwaki members fear disenrollment from tribe More than a dozen members of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa fear they will be disenrolled for being political opponents of the tribal council. Donald Wanatee Sr. and others have... Mohegan Tribe's chief of staff abruptly resigns Tom Acevedo, the longtime chief of staff for the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, resigned abruptly on Thursday. "He caught us all off guard," chairman Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum told... Jodi Rave: Chippewa Cree artist honored for work MERLE BIG BOW First Peoples Fund to honor four Native artists First Peoples Fund - http://www.firstpeoplesfund.org "Merle Big Bow has been selling his artwork the only sure way he's known... School won't play Crow Reservation teams The boys and girls basketball teams at a high school in Montana have forfeited the rest of their games on the Crow Reservation due to safety concerns, The Billings Gazette... Judge tosses suit challenging tribe's ownership A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Northern Cheyenne Tribe's ownership of the Tongue River bed. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull adopted the recommendations of... Democrats question timing of Bush nomination Democrats called for an independent prosecutor to investigate Jack Abramoff after the Department of Justice official in charge of the probe was taken off the case because he was... GOP Leader: Tribal sovereignty is no longer useful Ed. Note: John Dendahl is the former chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party. He writes a column for The Albuquerque Journal [Link] that has criticizeed the actions of tribes... Opinion: Maybe it's time to end reservation system "Maybe we should give land back to the rez-dwellers, so that they may own private property the way other Americans do. Currently, the inability to put up land as collateral... DeLay denies being a target of Abramoff probe Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), the former House majority leader who was forced to relinquish his post due to ongoing legal troubles, is denying that he is a target of... Abramoff says he won't release photos with Bush A spokesman for Jack Abramoff said the disgraced lobbyist won't be releasing or selling photos with President Bush. Abramoff and Bush have taken photos together at least five times, according... Coeur d'Alene Tribe launches online tutoring program The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho launched a pilot program with Washington State University to provide tutoring for tribal students via Internet video teleconferencing. Officials say the program makes it... Tribe, state to continue talks over Klallam village The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the state of Washington will continue talks over a Klallam village where hundreds of ancestors and thousands of artifacts were uncovered. The tribe and... Michigan tribe shares road funding with counties The Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi, also known as the Gun Lake Band, is sharing its Indian Reservation Road funds with local counties. The tribe submitted inventories of road projects in... Sault Tribe members bar ex-officials from office Members of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians voted overwhelmingly to bar the former chairman and seven other people from running for public office. Tribal members passed a referendum against... |