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February 13, 2006
Jodi Rave: Tribal employee admits to fraud in Iraq
"S&K Technologies [Web Site], an information technology business owned by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, has come under scrutiny in recent weeks after one of its employees, Robert Stein...

Abramoff tried to exploit tribes for Washington project
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff planned to "use" one of his tribal clients in order to land a lucrative piece of property in Washington, D.C., according to documents filed in federal...

Yakama Nation members take tribe to federal court
Several members of the Yakama Nation of Washington are taking the tribe to federal court, citing frustration with the tribal court process. Attorney Ted Mahr acknowledged the cases don't need...

Oneida Nation opposes efforts to restrict tribes
Senate Indian Affairs Committee Oversight hearing on Indian Tribes and the Federal Election Campaign Act, February 8, 2006. • Introduction - 3:43 - 872kb • Panel I - 23:18 -...

BIA proposes to take land into trust for Cayuga Nation
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is proposing to acquire 125 acres in trust for the Cayuga Nation of New York, according to a notice published in the Federal Register today....

DOI meeting on energy rights-of-way on tribal lands
The Interior Department and the Energy Department have scheduled a meeting next month to take comments on issues regarding energy rights-of-way on tribal land. Section 1813 of the Energy Policy...

Tribal member, a lobbyist, not part of Team Abramoff
Brian Drapeaux, a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, is fighting off allegations that he was part of "Team Abramoff." Drapeaux worked at the Greenberg Traurig firm...

Man claims to have killed 412lb buck on reservation
An Arkansas man has stirred Internet buzz about a 412-lb pound buck that he says he killed on a Nebraska reservation. Stan Whitt. an archer, won't identify the reservation...

EPA to hold meeting on tribe's treatment as state
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a meeting this Wednesday to discuss the treatment as state status for the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Wisconsin. The...

Shakopee Tribe's trust land stirs controversy
The Bureau of Indian Affairs could make a decision on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's land-into-trust application within two months, regional director Terry Virden says. Virden, the former director of...

Body of missing Indian man found on reservation
The body of Charles Reed Chapoose was found on the Uintah-Ouray Reservation in Utah on Friday, almost three months after he went missing. Chapoose, 26, had last been seen...

Rep. Doolittle defends aid for Meskwaki Tribe
Rep. John Doolittle (R-California) says he's an opponent of all forms of gambling but that didn't stop him from trying to help the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa reopen its...

Bush in photo with ex-Kickapoo chief and Abramoff
Raul Garza, the former chief of the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas, has released a photograph that shows him with President Bush and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff (circled). Garza, whose...

Interview: Lance Morgan, CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc.
Ed. Note: Lance Morgan is the CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska's economic development corporation. Ho-Chunk Inc. owns Indianz.Com and its sister e-commerce site AllNative.Com. "ndian...

Opinion: Storm photos cast Indians in negative light
• Storm Photo Gallery (December 7, 2005) "I wanted to express a concern I see here in northeast South Dakota. I am not from here, but I have lived...

Editorial: Indians punished for standing up for rights
"No American should be punished for standing up for his rights. But that's exactly what the U.S. Interior Department is doing to Native Americans. In a letter from Associate Deputy...

Opinion: UND ignores opponents of 'Sioux'
"UND's administration has consumed much time and energy refuting the "hostile and abusive" label applied to its sports nickname and logo. But it is unwilling to address the specific concerns...

Mark Trahant: Future taxpayers will cough up dough
"We fund federal debt with two kinds of instruments, public debt and agency debt. The first is money we borrow to "finance the federal deficit." Then there is agency debt,...

Yellow Bird: Film to explore tribe's young people
"As I walk life's path, there are times in my life when something reins me in, pulls the bit up tight and stops me short. Meeting filmmakers from New York...

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