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January 30, 2006 Michigan tribe finally acquires land base for casino After more than six years of delays, a Michigan tribe finally claimed victory on Friday when the Bureau of Indian Affairs placed its land into trust. Less than a month... Opinion: Tribes may be penalized for Abramoff "Some Indian tribes are understandably concerned that the political taint in Washington surrounding the Jack Abramoff bribery and influence-peddling case could harm their own ability to participate in the political... Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by mixed-blood Utes Mixed-blood Utes who were terminated by the federal government lost the right to challenge their status and cannot stake a claim in a $32 million trust fund, a federal judge... BIA to decide on Oneida Nation trust lands in 2007 The Bureau of Indian Affairs will decide whether to take more than 17,000 acres into trust for the Oneida Nation of New York in 2007, according to The Syracuse Post-Standard.... Smithsonian fights Alaska Natives over remains The Smithsonian Institution and the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. are locked in a battle over 85 human remains that were taken from Alaska's North Slope in the early 20th century.... Native Harvest Cafe draws visitors far and wide A coffee shop and cafe on the White Earth Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota has attracted customers from as far away as Hawaii and Nigeria. The Native Harvest Cafe opened... Navajo soldier killed in Iraq laid to rest in New Mexico More than 1,000 people attended funeral services for Clifton "Tigger" Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation who was killed in Iraq. Yazzie, 23, was a sergeant in the... Wyoming tribes await trust fund settlement Two Wyoming tribes who successfully sued the federal government for breach of trust are expected to receive a $10.5 million payment within weeks, according to The Jackson Hole Star-Tribune. The... Pombo has accepted more than $500K from tribes Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), the chairman of the House Resources Committee, has accepted more than $500,000 in campaign contributions from tribes over the past three years, Knight Ridder Newspapers... Rep. Doolittle pressed DOI for Abramoff's tribes Rep. John Doolittle (R-California) pressed the Interior Department to make decisions favoring Jack Abramoff's tribal clients while receiving campaign contributions from the disgraced lobbyist and the tribes, the Associated... Hog-dog fights staged on Seminole Reservation Five men were arrested last week on charges of animal cruelty for staging fights between dogs and wild boars on the Seminole Reservation in Florida. The fights took place... Griles arranged for Norton photo with Abramoff A photo that Interior Secretary Gale Norton took with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Mississippi Choctaw Chief Phillip Martin was arranged by former deputy secretary J. Steven Griles, the... Thune calls on Bush to disclose Abramoff contacts Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) and other Republican lawmakers called on President Bush to disclose any contact the White House had with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Appearing on "Fox News... DOJ says ex-Bush official tipped off Abramoff A former Bush administration official gave inside information about government business to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the Department of Justice alleged in a court filing on Friday. As the... Sherman Alexie: Fake Indian stole my life story " In 1999 a Native American writer, born fragile and poor on a destitute Indian reservation, published an essay, "The Blood Runs like a River Through My Dreams," in Esquire.... Editorial: Jack Abramoff and the White House, again "If a typical picture is worth a thousand words, a picture of President Bush with Jack Abramoff, we suppose, might be worth about 10,000. And so we understand the desire... Yellow Bird: The suicides at Standing Rock -- Why? "Almost a year has passed since the word of teen suicides at Standing Rock Indian Reservation became national news. During that time, has anything changed for the Lakota nation and... Mark Trahant: Bush will tell us everything is great "Are consumers tapped out? What a dumb question. Of course. Some of us even know it's time to pay that piper dude. Debt, like politics, has a cycle. There are... |